After a long injury break, Kevin Durant is finally back and wants to continue his Hall of Fame career. The run of a complicated player is long from being over. What’s another minute when the wait had already seemed like an eternity? Kevin Durant doesn’t need to force anything – he’s passed all that. It […]
Third time‘s a charm! I am back for another performance review on KICKZ.com. This time, I am taking a closer look at the Nike KD 13. Let‘s go! Design Nothing special or unusual, when it comes to the overall shape of the KD13. A mid cut shoe with a more or less familiar silhouette without […]
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 You know that it’s incomplete and every day it becomes more outdated.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 […]
Ten years ago, a skinny teenager from Washington D.C. entered the NBA as the second Draft Pick of the Seattle SuperSonics. This same kid, seen as probably the best rookie in the Draft Class of 2007, was soon signed by Nike. The first signature shoe followed quickly and the Nike KD 1 was introduced […]
VICTORIOUS but not so GLORIOUS USA Basketball has done it again! The 2016 squad has captured the Gold medal at the Olympic Games in Rio in convincing fashion. In the Gold medal game at least… The 2016 Olympic tournament was a rollercoaster ride for USABMNT. After storming out the gates with two landslide victories against China […]
Where’d You Get Those? Legendary radio host, DJ, basketball prodigy and sneaker connoisseur Bobbito Garcia aka DJ Cucumber Slice aka Kool Bob Love has done it again. He put his magic into a collaboration with Puma to bring back the roots of NYC sneaker culture. Say hello to the Puma x Bobbito Garcia Clyde and […]
With the Olympics in Rio already underway, the expectations for USA Basketball’s Mens National Team are, of course, extremely high. The NBA stars are a safe bet for winning it all. But Gold will not be enough. The team will have to dominate their opponents on all levels in order to be considered a success. Thus the […]
Much has been said and written about Oklahoma’s failed playoff campaign. In the Western Conference Finals the Golden State Warriors rallied from a 3-1 deficit to win the best-of-7 series against OKC. Consequently, the Thunder were dubbed “Chokelahoma” and, yet again, Kevin Durant’s hopes to win his first NBA championship were crushed. But being the […]
Let’s assume you’re into basketball and finally find your way to New York City. Of course, you’re gonna visit the Garden – and watch the Knicks. The problem: in the past few years, the Bockers were probably as far away from high-quality basketball as Andre Drummond is from being a half-decent free-throw shooter. You might […]
Today, people in the US celebrate the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to pay tribute to the leader of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s. What better day could we choose to present to you the brand-new Nike Black History Month (BHM) collection of 2016. This year’s line includes basketball signature shoes […]
