Category: Nike

Cavs deal Irving to Celtics

Brandon King

The Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers have come to terms on a trade. According to Shams Charania of The Vertical, the deal will send Cavs’ point guard Kyrie Irving to the Celtics in exchange for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and the Brooklyn Nets’ 2018 first round pick. Celtics are sending Thomas, Crowder, Ante Zizic and Brooklyn's 2018 first-round pick for Kyrie Irving, league sources tell The Vertical. https://t.co/gdaT9UjVGl — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 22, 2017 Stay tuned to sneakershoptalk for more info as it becomes available.

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Starburys to return this month

Brandon King

Back in 2006, Stephon Marbury introduced his Starbury line, an affordable brand of sneakers that were sold, until 2008, at now defunct retailer Steve&Barry's. His basketball career is coming to an end and we are looking to reintroduce the brand in the US- Gustavo Bass, CFO, Starbury Corp. The $14.98 Starbury will return to the US this month. As reported by the New York Post, the brand reached an agreement with Citi Trends to carry the shoes in their 545 stores. A new e-commerce site will launch in October, coinciding…

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Nike rolls out SNEAKRS app in Europe

Brandon King

Today Nike brings to Europe SNEAKRS app. Available in 19 countries and in 14 languages, the app will allow users to purchase and keep track of coming releases, just like its SNKRS counterpart. According to Nike, during the launch week, sneakers that were highly sought after and sold out, would see a restock via the SNEAKRS app. Users can also look to an August 18 drop of Black/Royal Air Jordan 1, the so-called "Space Jam" Air Jordan XI, as well as the Flyknit Trainer and Air Max 97. The SNEAKRS…

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Cleveland Cavaliers unveils uniforms for 2017-18 NBA season

Brandon King

The Cleveland Cavaliers revealed their gamers for the upcoming NBA season. Like several other teams, their oncourt gear got a Nike makeover. The white, AKA the Association edition features wine coloring with a gold trim for both the "Cavs" and the player number and wine coloring for the neck and arm lining. The shorts have a wine color waistband with golden "CLE" in the front center. The Icon edition (wine) displays "Cleveland" in gold lettering with navy trim, navy player number bordered in gold, with navy bordering for the neck…

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Another Air Zoom Generation retro to come this October

Brandon King

Earlier this year the Zoom Generation returned to retail for the first time since its initial release in 2003. As reported by SoleCollector, the opening of the LeBron James sneaker archives continues this October with the coming release of a black Air Zoom Generation. As of the writing of this piece there is not a set release date nor leaked images of the sneaker.

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LeBron hints at the LeBron 15 is soon to come

Brandon King

The LeBron XIV has only been out since January of this year ,but it appears King James is setting his sights on the next model in his signature line. Wednesday LeBron responded to a tweet in which he outright stated the LeBron 15b is not as far away as one might think. With still more 🔥🔥to come. 15s coming soon! 👀 https://t.co/27AfKJpyGP — LeBron James (@KingJames) August 2, 2017 When the LeBron 15 becomes a reality, we will have all LeBron 15 related news here for you.

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You can win custom kicks in Whataburger’s social media contest

Brandon King

If you enjoy whataburger and a good pair of kicks, then this contest the fast-food chain is holdoing may be right up your alley. To enter, contestant are to take a photo of their favorite customized meal at Whataburger and then post it on social media with the hashtag, #WhataThoseContest. The restaurant has joined forces with renowned San Antonio- based artist Jake Danklefs, founder of the custom design studio Dank and Co. to provide the prizes- three pair of custom created by Danklefs himself. The first place winner gets a…

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 The Basement x Nike Dunk Low BSMNT releases tomorrow

Brandon King

Tomorrow’s release of The Basement x Nike Dunk Low BSMNT marks the first time Nike has teamed up with the London based collective, The Basement.  Designed by  18-year-old Basement member Daniel Pacitti this take on the classic silhouette combines nine different materials ( 14 OZ canvas, Mesh Lining, Double Twill Canvas, Nubuck, Heavyweight Denim, Cordoroy , Flat Leather, Tumbled Leather, and 3M Reflective) to supply its unique look which also has a meaning behind it.  When designing the shoe, we made each panel a different material to represent the diversity…

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Cleveland Cavaliers’ offeseason proves winning does not cure all ails

Brandon King

The Cleveland Cavaliers are quite the oddity.  Although they have been to three straight NBA Finals, winning one in 2016, (and with the current state of the Eastern Conference, they are in a prime position to make additional runs to at least the East Finals) the Cavaliers find themselves in what was termed "a peculiar place."  Since losing the second of their three NBA Finals matchups with the Golden State Warriors, the Cavaliers' offseason has been undergirded with disfunction. It began with allowing David Griffin, their General Manager who constructed…

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Ex-Jordan Brand Footwear Designer Launches Playground Sneaker Line

Brandon King

Former Jordan Brand design director Jason Mayden is behind a new children’s footwear brand, Super Heroic. The aim of the brand is to promote and exhale the power of play. “So many times we go out and encourage kids to dream big, but then we don’t give them the tools to do it. I want Super Heroic to be a tool kit that empowers children to become whatever they want to be. The core [mission] of Super Heroic is pretty simple: to encourage, enable and enhance pure physical play for…

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