Sneakers

Kyrie Irving has improved his level of play every year he has been in the NBA, and entering his third season with the Cleveland Cavaliers, he has enjoyed a success players with double or triple his professional career length have not. One benefit that is granted to elite basketball players is being the face of [...]

Along with being into his 11th NBA season, Carmelo Anthony is about to reach another milestone with his 10th shoe with Jordan Brand. Here we have an official look at the Jordan Melo M10, Carmelo Anthony’s tenth Jordan sneaker. Using the Flight Plate debuted on the Air Jordan XX8 last year and used on the [...]

Kobe Bryant’s first signature sneaker returns after its 2000 debut under the name adidas Crazy 1. Originally called the adidas Kobe 1, the Stripes has decided to bring back this before the end of 2013 despite having a lukewarm re-release back in 2006. Inspired by the Audi TT design, the adidas Crazy 1 is sure [...]

Following the annual tradition of holiday-themed sneakers for premiere Nike Basketball players, take a look at the ‘Christmas’ colorways for Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James. On the Nike LeBron XI (11) ‘Christmas’ edition,a minty theme is used with standard Christmas-red highlights seen on the laces, Swoosh branding, and inner lining. A snowflake pattern [...]

During the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2012-2013 NBA Playoffs, Lance Stephenson rose to the occasion stepping up into a pivotal role with the Pacers while wearing his first Player Exclusive pairs of the AND1 Tai Chi. Being the only And1 Basketball player in the NBA at the time (now there are three), Stephenson didn’t [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUDGIgXKmlE In this spot we see Harlem rappers Cam’Ron & Juelz Santana team up with Santa for a pick-up basketball game in the latest Reebok commercial for the upcoming ‘Ghost Of Christmas’ pack. Here we see The Diplomats front men challenged to a hoops game out in Miami by some locals. Little do they know [...]

Often times, NBA players wear exclusive, personalized sneakers on court during basketball games. Since basketball is such an involved sport it isn’t the easiest for sneakerheads with a less untrained eye to see to take notice in the more subtle Player Exclusive kicks in sports. Under Armour has been on it recently with giving us [...]

Signature basketball sneakers have always been good business ever since the days of Walt Fraiser and the suede Puma Clyde. Fast forward to the end of 2013 and hoop kicks made for a specific player are priced at an all-time high. Having a similar look to the current shoe Kevin Durant is wearing in the [...]

Being in the last month of 2013, I can’t help but look ahead to basketball sneakers coming out next year so take a very early look at a few of the kicks the Nike Basketball division has scheduled for 2014. Presumably seen displayed here is the Zoom LeBron Soldier 8, Lunar Hyperdunk 2014, and Hyperposite [...]

This December, adidas will continue to build on the recently-revived popularity of Dikembe Mutombo by releasing this simple, clean pair of the adidas Mutombo signature sneaker. Seen in mostly black, this pair of the adidas Mutombo has all of the original features like a tribal weave print seen on some of the upper panels as [...]