I remember it as if it was yesterday. 1997. NBA Playoffs. Best of 5. It’s the Florida duel. The Orlando Magic take on the Miami Heat in the first round. I’m 10 years old. I’m wearing my Penny jersey with the shoes to match, the Nike Air Penny II. There he is, my hero, Anfernee […]
Die heutige Streetwear-Szene hat den Nike Air Force One schon längst für sich beansprucht, dabei hat der kultige Sneaker vor über 35 Jahren eher das Hallenparkett als den Asphalt beherrscht. In 1982 revolutionierte Nike mit der Veröffentlichung des Basketball-Schuhs die gesamte Branche: die Nike Air-Technologie bot dem Athleten nun einen Sneaker mit weicher, federnder Dämpfung und […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOGVj9SE4sw Everything that is essential, nothing that is not. No other words stuck with me the way this slogan did. Maybe because it was written everywhere and quoted every minute at the EQT Launch at Berlin Fashion Week, but it still hit home. The entire adidas event was full of messages. Before opening up to the Questions & Answers […]
Hot, hotter, Kyrie Irving. The Point Guard of the Cleveland Cavaliers has been on fire since uniting with LeBron James and the Wine and Gold. Best ball handling of the league, legendary ankle breaker skills and historic game winners – this guy is unstoppable! Far away from an average 24-year-old guy, the NBA Finals Champion, […]
Former D-League and International Professional Basketball player Brandon Armstrong has quickly become an internet phenom. His hilarious impersonations of NBA players’ signature moves are spot on, earning praise even from the NBA stars themselves and have gone viral on youtube with millions of views. Here is a collection of all NBA players impersonations done by […]
Do you remember the children‘s game “I spy with my little eye…”? Let’s try this one out. The game is on: I spy with my little eye someone who is fast, unstoppable and broke records after records? The Greatest of All Time, Michael Jordan himself ofc! Easy one, the next hint will be a little […]
It’s the time of the year again. People keep on reviewing their choices, their achievements, their wins and their mistakes. Sneakerheads do that as well – in another kind of way though. We SEE our good decisions and bad decisions right in front of our eyes: in our shoe cabinet! Bargain shopping at the mall gone wrong or […]
Stephen Curry keeps on surprising. Take last season for instance. Steph Curry not only shattered (his own) NBA records for threes made (402) and attempted (886), but gleamed with a 45.4% shooting percentage. Even more amazingly, 55.4% of his field goal attempts were from behind the arc. Then this season, on November 18, following an […]
“Oakland taught him the good and the bad, toughness and determination,” explains Damian Lillard‘s mother, Gina Johnson. “Raising Damian…our family did it as a team. He understands how to help others because that’s what he’s been nurtured in to.” Damian Lillard‘s third signature shoe „DAME 3“ shows the Blazers‘ Point Guard‘s true character. Born and […]
Nobody exactly knows how the whole thing went down. So just for the fun of it, let’s assume that Penny Hardaway was led into a small room. He looked around. A silhouette here, another prototype there. Yet, he could not find what he was looking for. Penny did not spot the shoe, he wanted to […]
