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. […]
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 […]
WE ARE #NEVERNOTBALLIN. Last weekend, we payed our capital a visit to experience Berlin’s fashion scene at first hand. KICKZ was welcomed to exhibit at the Bread & Butter by Zalando and thus, we cooked up something special. A basketball court that had been designed to celebrate the early 90s, a golden age for basketball, hip hop and sneakers. […]
Tuesday, August 29th 2017 was a very special day for KICKZ, as we had the honor to join a very elusive guest list of 20 people for the Air Jordan XXXII launch in Turin, Italy. Why Italy? Why Turin? These were the first questions that came to our minds when we received our invite for this spectacular […]
It’s been a while since Nike launched a completely new sole technology. On August 3rd however, REACT will officially launch with the Nike Hyperdunk 2017 Flyknit and the Jordan Super.Fly 2017. While both shoes feature full-length REACT, they couldn’t be more different… I got to test the Hyperdunk and the Super.Fly in advance to give […]
Redefine what is possible. Challenge the existing. Do more and go further! This summer, Nike is debuting a revolution. It’s a significant breakthrough in footwear foam and the name says it all: Nike React! Never has a cushioning system in the Swoosh’s history been as reactive as this one. Let them Ballers speak! The […]
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 […]
1960s The Converse All-Star aka Chuck Taylor is widely known as the first full-blooded basketball shoe ever. And even though its history can be traced back to 1917, the big on-court breakthrough came only in the 50s and even more so in the 60s. But the broad history of basketball shoes in the 1960s is […]
