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Even though Kevin Durant has a lot of different colorways come out of his sneakers, many of them can connect back to his Oklahoma City Thunder uniforms which isn’t common with NBA players that have a signature shoe. The new ‘Lacquer Blue’ KD7 is a good example of one that matches. This colorway has the [...]

Getting a signature sneaker (with your name and everything on it) from Nike makes you a member of an elite athlete club; most of the best talent in every sport at any time aren’t members but Kyrie Irving is. This is the latest colorway of his new Kyrie 1 basketball shoe. Named for his deceptive [...]

Nike has been releasing signature sneakers for their athletes for 42 years. Kyrie Irving is the latest addition to that club and the ‘Dream’ Kyrie 1 is the first release from his series. Design queues for the Kyrie 1 sneaker were said to come from a skateboard, a brass instrument, and stars representing the Australian [...]

If Kevin Durant played for the Sacramento Kings or Toronto Raptors, this new KD7 colorway would be one of the illest jersey-to-sneaker combinations in the league today. The official nickname story is pretty interesting. The ‘Lightning 534’ comes from literal view of lightning striking a tower on 5th Ave and 34th Street in the Manhattan [...]

Kobe Bryant is the only NBA player to do a lot of things, including having the only Nike Elite version of a signature sneaker (made specifically for the Playoffs) carry over into a new basketball season from the previous. Ever since returning to the active list, the Swoosh has kept a steady stream of new [...]

When Nike introduced the ‘South Beach’ sneaker colorway into the signature sneaker series for LeBron James with the ‘Pre-Heat’ LeBron 8, I don’t think King James or the Swoosh had any (real) idea of how much waves this color combination would cause. The ‘South Beach’ colorway is arguably the most popular debuted on a LeBron [...]

Most NBA players don’t ever get a sneaker named after them and only see their names on Player Exclusive shoes. Players who occupy that already small space almost never have multiple versions release, but LeBron James is anything but common. Check out a sample version of his eighth team sneaker; the Nike Zoom LeBron Soldier [...]

The NBA Playoffs are about a month away so the time is ripe for Nike to unveil the updated versions of their premiere signature sneakers for the post season. Take a look at what Kevin Durant, LeBron James, and (possibly) Kobe Bryant will be wearing as part of the 2014 Nike Elite Team sneaker series. [...]

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 [...]

At the start of Kevin Durant’s 2013 basketball tour of Shanghai, Nike unveils the ‘Bamboo’ KD VI. Inspired by the plant native to China, the Nike KD VI ‘Bamboo’ has a green upper with bronze on the tongue, medial side, and outsole panel. The character in Chinese for bamboo has been revamped to spell out [...]