I literally just started writing this blog post and I’m already frustrated. Compiling Kevin Durant’s greatest moments list now is a bit like writing your memoirs at the age of 25. You know that it’s incomplete and every day it becomes more outdated. Especially when you put a ranking on it, which I’m totally gonna do […]
Basketball is a funny thing. Great moments in this sport are almost always connected to other things and as time goes on you can not remember one thing without the other. Take Michael Jordan for example. His comeback from Baseball will always be linked to jersey number 45. His 1997 heroics against Utah will always […]
Whether you are a basketball fan or not, Shaqtin a Fool is almost guaranteed to put a smile on your face. After all what is funnier than watching multi millionaire super athletes falling on their faces or playing like they forgot how to basketball? These are all the Shaqtin A Fool episodes for the season […]
It was that time of the year again! The NBA hosted its annual Global Game in London in cooperation with Nike. The Boston Celtics and their new superstar Kyrie Irving against the Philadelphia 76ers with their up-and-coming stars Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid, that promised to be a good one. Tickets were hard to get… […]
Talking to an NBA player is a rare opportunity for anyone. If that NBA player is Kobe Bryant it’s almost surely a once in a lifetime thing, at least for European media. In my case I was lucky enough to have spoken with Kobe a couple of times before. Back when we were both young. […]
ALL NEW. New uniforms, new All-Star Game format, new rosters. The NBA will look drastically new and different in the upcoming season 2017-18. One of various highlights this off-season was the unveiling of the Nike x NBA apparel collection, featuring brandnew jerseys, warm-up gear and NBA fan merch. From head to toe, Nike will now […]
Damian Lillard. Dame. Dame D.O.L.L.A. The point guard of the Portland Trail Blazers has been one of the most underrated players nowadays, let alone in NBA history. Dame, who consistently improved since Day 1 of his NBA career, led his team vigorously throughout last season, but eventually lost against the Warriors in the First Round […]
The year is 1996. Scottie Pippen plays his sixth All Star Game. Michael Jordan is back with the Bulls and they win their 4th NBA championship. In the Summer, Scottie wins his second gold medal with the Dream Team II at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta in spectacular fashion. Scottie Pippen’s shoe of choice? The […]
JOINED FORCES, MAKING A STATEMENT The wait is finally over! After officially unveiling the brandnew jerseys and the official apparel collection at a star-studded event in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago, it was finally GAME TIME for Nike’s global apparel partnership with the NBA. Our colleague Philip was in L.A. to experience this […]
KICKZ is currently on a field trip in the US, because Nike has just launched their all new NBA jersey collection for the upcoming season in Los Angeles, California. And by “all new”, I literally mean all new. They have totally refurbished the NBA jersey as we know it, using new materials, applying new cuts and […]
