NBA Feet: 2012 All-Star Weekend – Saturday Night Recap
February 26th, 2012 by John K. | 41 comments
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The 2012 NBA All-Star Weekend continued with Saturday night’s events, which featured the Foot Locker 3-point Shootout, Taco Bell Skills Challenge, All-Star Shooting Stars Competition, and the headlining act, the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest. There was plenty of sneaker action to take notice, beginning with the insane space-themed PEs of the Nike Zoom Hyperdunk 2011 (and a Low version), Nike Zoom Hyperfuse 2011, and the Nike Zoom Brave V (worn by Tony Parker) spotted during the Skills Competition. During the three-point shootout, James Jones wore a White/Red/Yellow colorway of LeBron 9, while runner-up Kevin Durant wore the KD IV ‘Dragon’ on one foot and the Grey/Yellow on the other. Paul George got creative by making himself glow in the dark while rocking the Air Flight One NRG during his spectacular dunk.
It’s hard not to give the top sneaker spot to one of the contemporary sneaker releases spotted during the night, but that prized label goes to Allan Houston, the former New York Knick who teamed up with Landry Fields and Cappie Pondexter during the Shooting Stars Competition; the former Nike athlete, who wore some sick PEs back in the day, wore the Nike Air Flightposite III, which conveniently fit in with the ‘space travel’ theme due to its funky alien-like panels on the upper. Check out the full recap from Saturday night’s events and be sure to stick with Sneaker News for the All-Star Game Recap! via Yahoo
Paul George and Allan Houston killed it bottom line....shoe game sick....no pics of Penny from Friday with the white Galaxy Foams?
dunk contest was trash but Paul George with those Pennys was amazing....Allan Houston with the Flightposites was the sickest moment of the night...ironically enough I didn't like them when they dropped in 2000 but I might cop if they came back out
instead of tweeting and txting the winner....we should tweet and txt the participants
Ha James Jones got hyped for no reason, lossseerrrr
KD be crack'n me up rock'n two different shoes.
The glow in the dark dunk was lame. You kids are easily amused.
are you serious? it was one of the more complicated dunks, in the dark, and he nailed it first attempt.
So I guess we gon have to blame Allen Houston for starting the flightposite hype... Lol... Please stop
what is chalmer's wearing??????
Flightposite III KG's to me were the whole shit of the whole night ! Nike if u gonna retro sumethin', retro dem bitches...now's the time since EERBODY is on this FOAMPOSITE craze. Would b a dope ten yr anniversary re-release, jus sayin'
Allen Houston brought the FOAMPOSITE 3 s out.....nice
does anone know why lebron and wade dnt compete? flightposite 3s need to be retro i want them platinum joints and lmao why kd
Those new NBA socks are Dope
Terrible dunk comp. just terrible. All those stars in the 3 pt and skills, and those 4 donkeys in the dunk.
jeremy evans was sick !!
What was Kevin Love wearing?
Which shoe is westbrook wearing?
Looks like some allstar version of the 2011 hyperfuse
flightposites are nice...the lebron pe's lookin too much like mcdonalds shoes..idk. too many gimmicks in the dunk comp tho...rather just watch all the old ones i recorded from that nbatv marathon..
so stupid that players you never heard of lobby to get into the dunk contest...we should vote players into the dunk contest like we do with the all-star game (which is absurd because they should want to be in it in the first place)...it's so sad to watch it today after growing up watching it in the 80's and early 90's...it's a joke now...I'm looking at you David Stern
Think I speak for everyone; Worst dunk comp ever.. Flightposite III's are dope tho.
I can't lie, I didn't mind this dunk contest. Everyone gets so hyped up waiting for the contest, that the hype exceeds the turn out. You can't expect to see something different. The human body can only do so much. Practically everything has been done. Just be glad there is still a dunk contest...
agreed the Flightposite 3 need to be retroed like right now
there not flightposite 3's you idiot they are nike flight one gitd galaxy nrg's
He is talking about the pair Allen Houston is wearing you stupid fuk
da shoes allen houston got on are flightposites, paul george had da air flight nrg's on... now whos da dumbass yo
i totally agree!
You ain't lyin'. This shit was garbage. I've never been so disappointed in a dunk contest in my life!!! Had to admit though, seen this shit coming from last year......SMFH
where was blake at
This seasons KD's have been swag, wearing two different shoes at the same time... is not.
what is the name of the shoes Allan Houston is wearing?
those r Platinumposites unique looking shoes houston's got a good taste of snkrs
The Platinumposite was a special colorway of the Flightposite III from the Nike Battlegrounds Platinum Elite Collection.
what the hell is a platinum posite, flightposite 3
Fightposite 3
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Flightposite III
can't believe pinhead won wtf dude looks like karl malone with that little ass head
Those JAmes Jones LeBron PE's are dope!!
Yeah look like those Fairfax ones
Jeremy Evans fucking sucks!!!!!! Chase shouldve won!