KICKZ on Court is back! This time around we take a look back at the month of November. Check out our compilation and let us know who got the best shoe game in your opinion in the comments below! We start off big. The Pacers honor the Indiana basketball history symbolized by the Academy Award-winning movie […]
The 2015/2016 NBA season just kicked off and we take a close look at what the superstars have been wearing on-court during week 1. Saturday was Halloween, of course, so we saw a lot of pumpkin themed and spooky sneakers, for example in the form of the Adidas “Ballin’ Dead” pack. But we start off […]
The big 3 Nike Basketball superstars each receive a team color inspired version of their signature kicks this weekend, just in time for the start of the new NBA season. Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and LeBron James are all hungry for success after varying degrees of disappointment in the previous campaign. There’s little doubt about the […]
The cold weather season is upon us, bringing along it’s buddies snow, rain and plenty puddles of mud. With the change of conditions also comes a change in apparel. As a sneakerhead keeping your feet warm and dry obviously should be one of your highest priorities. So if you want to continue leaving the house […]
So here we go again. LeBron James is back for his 13th season in the NBA. So while many would consider that an unlucky number, the King of basketball is clearly all focused on his primary goal for the rest of his career: bringing an NBA championship to the city of Cleveland. Doing so will […]
It is always interesting to see in which direction Nike, the international industry leader, attempts to push the field. We suppose that when claiming upward of 90% of the global sneaker market it is safe to assume that the Oregon brand exercises a certain power that allows them to choose designs and colorways for us consumers […]
What started a few years back with Nike’s first attempt at constructing a shoe’s upper material entirely from cork has now taken hold and carved out a pretty decent niche for itself in the sneakergame. The guinea pig for this experiment was none other than the LeBron 10 “Cork”, a release that celebrated LeBron James’ first NBA title […]
Who doesn’t remember that iconic moment when MJ had a cameo in the other MJ’s music video?! The year was 1993 and Jackson’s hit single ‘Jam’ was nominated for Best Choreography at the MTV Video Music Awards. All in part due to Jordan’s swift dance moves and Jackson’s superior ball handling skills, of course. Not […]
‘Air in a box’. That was Nike‘s simple ad campaign slogan when they launched the Air Force 1 in 1982. The first basketball shoe that featured a pocket filled with air in the heel for cushioning and support. Although the Nike Tailwind – the first shoe with ‘Air’ in the sole – debuted three years earlier, getting ‘Air’ into a basketball shoe was not […]
In 1992, Nike introduced a truly revolutionary basketball shoe that stood out from the crowd: the Nike Air Flight Huarache. Based on the Nike Air Huarache running shoe, which had been released one year earlier, it left its mark on the game and is considered one of the best and most comfortable basketball shoes to date. […]
