This Kyrie Irving-exclusive made its debut in game 3 of this year’s NBA Finals. This PE is outfitted in yellow and black at the upper and midsole. The black Swoosh is bordered by team red. Lastly, a clear outsole with sections of yellow and black caps this shoe’s look.
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This sneaker was birthed out of the inagural collaboration between Nike and L.A.’s WKND Skateboards. It features a white tumbled leather upper with a smaller stitched on Swoosh in place of the large brand insignia that normally drapes across the medial and lateral sides on Blazers. The Nike branding on the rear heel takes the WKND logo and substitutes “NIKE” in place of the letters of the skateboard brand. A white vulcanized sole with a gum rubber outsole rounds out the aesthetic of this shoe. The Nike SB Blazer Zoom…
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We covered Draymond Green debuting 2017 Hyperdunk Flyknit in Game 1 of this year’s NBA finals. Today we are taking a look at another colorway for the Warriors’ star. This PE features a white Flyknit upper, with only a blue swoosh breaking up the upper’s monochromatic aesthetic. A white midsole featuring the React cushioning system sits underneath the upper and the white pressure-mapped outsole finishes the look of this sneaker. Should the series make it back to Oracle Arena, we will see Draymond Green in these or the grey he…
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In our latest edition of low lighting sneaker-related stupidity, we bring you this case out of Akron, Ohio, the hometown of a former headband-wearing, all-world professional basketball player. Horace M. Johnson II of Akron, Ohio was charged with aggravated burglary and improperly discharging a firearm at a habitation after an incident this past Friday. According to police, Johnson showed up at the residence, which is on Sumner Street, near East South Street in Akron, just after 9:30 p.m. and argued with a resident over a pair of sneakers. a woman…
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Many footwear companies are making alterations in their business practices to be more environmentally friendly. A company that produces ultra-thin shoes, Vivobarefoot and Bloom, a company that uses algae to make flexible foams, have teamed to take that to next level. The Ultra III is a sneaker made from algae. In an interview with Smithsonian.com last October, Bloom co-founder Rob Falken discussed how the company harvests the algae. work with any type of blue-green algae,” he said. “Blue-green algae is a polymer, so we basically vacuum it off a lake…
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The NBA Finals is not only a showcase of basketball at the highest level but has also become a showcase for sneakers as well, be it debuting an upcoming model or making sneaker enthusiasts salivate over a new PE that most will never have a chance at owning. The KD 10 that Kevin Durant broke out for game 1 of the NBA Finals definitely fits into the later category. This PE is laid out in a royal Flyknit upper. Golden branding also adorn the upper which sits on a speckled…
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This Nike React Hyperdunk 2017 Flyknit was introduced to the world by Golden State Warriors’ Forward Draymond Green in game 1 of the NBA Finals. Green had this to say when asked about debuting the shoe: To be the first to wear the latest Hyperdunk means the world to me, we’re talking about Nike Basketball here, the biggest athletes in the world and being the first one to actually try this new technology is amazing. Mom, I made it. When you’re talking about Nike, you’re talking things that last for…
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During last year’s Art Basel event in Miami, Adidas gave away 1,000 pair of limited edition “Art Basel” EQT ADV sneakers. The high end art fest was not pleased and Tuesday filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, case MCH Swiss Exhibition (Basel) Ltd., V. Adidas America, Inc. and Adidas AG, 1:17-cv-22002-DPG (FLSD), citing “willful distribution of at least 1,000 pairs of sneakers bearing an unauthorized reproduction of Plantiffs’ registered and incontestable ART BASEL trademark. ‘ The suit also alleges claims of Federal trademark…
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Cleveland Cavaliers Power Forward Kevin Love has been wearing the Nike Hyperdunk 2016 in a variety of colors this season. Today we take a closer look at the PE he has been in for several games in the Cavaliers’ playoff run this year. This Player Exclusive is outfitted in a burgundy upper with Love’s logo and Swoosh emblazoned on the leather tongue. The same hue is present on the midsole , with gold speckles and a golden Swoosh. A clear outsole completes the look of this special edition sneaker. A…
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Police in Anhui (China) recently busted that country’s largest case of sneakers. The seized shoes, which numbered over 500,000 pair, were intended to be shipped to Asia and the Middle East. Although made of substandard materials, the sneakers were still valued at over $87 million. In December 2015 Anhui police received reports from Nike Sports China which indicated they had located a significant number of counterfeit shoes that looked like one of their branded products in Middle Eastern countries. Law enforcement officials spent a month pursuing that lead and it…
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