Pay very close attention.  adidas Consortium revealed the Artillery Mid NBA Celebrity All Star Pack yesterday, but these are different.  These adidas Originals Artillery Mids equal parts red, white and blue, so you pretty much win either way.  Not only is this thing covered in premium materials like faux-lizard and patent leather, but they’re accompanied by a black Superstar 80s for a steal at only $180 for both pairs.  Expect them in retailers, like, now, with the NBA All Star Weekend 2010 ready to jump off on Friday.  via SC

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Thanks to the attention-grabbing track record of Jeremy Scott’s previous footwear designs for adidas Originals, he is now faced with the daunting challenge of outdoing himself each new season. Although he has created numerous different sneakers for adidas, the JS Wings is easily his most recognizable offering. For Spring 2010, Scott whipped up two new colorways of the JS Wings that go in two totally different directions in terms of aesthetics.

On the more simplistic side, one pair sports a very clean and simple white patent leather upper with contrasting gold stitching as an added touch of flavor. The other new Wings colorway goes towards the other extreme by using an iridescent multi-colored rainbow upper to give the popular model its boldest look yet. Whether you’re looking for flashy or a little more conservative, one version or the other should have you covered in style. If you’ve been waiting for these to hit retailers, you can finally find both at Packer Shoes or from shaolin8 on eBay.

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adidas and Nike have both upped the ante with this year’s NBA All Star Game sneakers.  Nike has a huge lead as the go-to brand for basketball kicks, but adidas is the NBA’s official outfitter and is gaining ground quickly.  It seemed likely that the Swoosh had Three Stripes beaten with their six ASG Air Force 1s and a slew of woodgrain PEs, but here’s yet another pack of classic adidas ballers.

The adidas Consortium Artillery Mid doubles its vintage look with brown leather overlaid atop the All Star’d uppers.  You know the drill by now: red/white for the Western Conference and blue/white for the East squad.  These are going to be quite limited, with 10 pairs of each version dropping at a mere 5 Consortium accounts, followed by a total of 150 additional pairs only at the 2010 NBA All Star festivities in Dallas, Texas.  Other than that, these are ‘player’ exclusives for Friday’s All Star Celebrity Game, so good luck!

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We’ve seen some impressive NBA player exclusive sneakers lately, and this weekend was an eclectic mix.  Sacramento is excited about the future of Kings guard Tyreke Evans, but it’s scoring machine Kevin Martin who rocked some sick Air Jordan XII PEs in Toronto. A few hours southeast, Dwight Howard somehow evaded a fine for his Magic Beast adidas TS Supernatural Commander, which doesn’t exactly match the Magic’s retro uniforms. A guy who plays his home games just down the road from that Orlando vs Boston game, Andre Iguodala looked fresh in the Nike Zoom Skyposite, but still no gum soles (this makes the Dwight Howard kicks even more baffling).

Now, the rest of these guys aren’t household names, but they certainly do have remarkable footwear.  Start that list with LA Clipper Bobby Brown, who dusted off the Carmine Air Jordan VI Retros versus the Spurs.  In that same game, San Antonio guard George Hill was spotted in the black Air Flightposite II.  Last but not least, the winner for quirkiest-NBA-Feet-entrant is Chicago’s Devin Brown in the Nike Trainer 1 Low.  Be sure to stick with Sneaker News for the latest NBA PE sneakers.

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Like straight out of a spy flick, this new adidas Originals Spring 2010 Line-up has been given a code name: the A.039 Collection. The special originates from the first adidas Originals Blue color that pioneered the adidas empire into fashion favoritism among those who are keen about footwear, and this upcoming duet of adidas Full Back in two great colourways (Crimson and Dark Indigo) is enough evidence of that. The velcro ankle strap and dark-gum Samba-like sole add to the already rich colourway and design. Both colourways are available at Size?.

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Football is just a game, but if there’s any team who knows what Haiti is going through right now, it’s the NFC Champion New Orleans Saints.  Two of the most media-stirring tragedies in the past decade, the link up between Nawleans and Port-au-Prince is perhaps even more obvious given the Super Bowl in Miami a mere 700 miles (less than NY to Chicago!) from the earthquake epicenter.

These adidas adiZero Ace 2 runners are just sneakers, but Saints flank-back Reggie Bush designed them on miadidas.com in the Hatian national flag’s colours as a way to extend the spirit of resurrection.  The ‘Help Haiti‘ enscribed kicks are available at adidas Football’s Facebook page or the miadidas website for $105.  Good shoe, even better cause.  And possibly best of all, expect a bunch of game-used Super Bowl XLIV stuff on eBay next week to support the Haiti relief efforts.

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UNDEFEATED’s James Bond has been collaborating with David Beckham on the adidas Originals ObyO collection for a while now, and this is one of the most curious looks from that Los Angeuropean triumverate.  The adidas Pacer DB sports a tradional British colourway with deep red and navy accenting a crisp white base.  BUt you probably won’t even notice that at first, thanks to the Micropacer-like tongue.  These are made for kickin it, so there’s no on board ‘computer’, but our computations find that they’re available from SneakersNStuff.

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adidas is definitely putting a strong foot forward with two special Packs coming out very soon. The first is a Valentine’s Day duo of the adidas Nizza, the Hi with oversized hearts and the low covered in a lustrous red. The second Pack is actually one we previewed before, but it isn’t the NBA All-Star 2010 Pack that we reported before (the All-Star 2010 is the adidas Top Ten Hi). These are actually the Philippe Jeantot Pack, celebrating his achievements in the world of sailing and deep-sea diving. The duo of richly-colored adidas Superstars are made up of sailing elements (peep the canvas and the shoelace rope), along with a neat mariner logo stamped on the inner lining. Watch for these adidas Originals to drop soon. via Kenlu.

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In 2003, sneaker culture was maturing along with the growth of sneaker websites. Information and news on the latest in sneakers were hard to come by, with just a small handful of sources. Among them were Being Hunted, Crooked Tongues, RTHQ, Fatlace, Fixins and Niketalk. Sneaker boutiques didn’t have blogs and most didn’t even have a website, so most sneakerheads turned to Niketalk to find and share news. LeBron James was set to play his first game in November of that year, sneaker releases were generally unannounced, collaborations were rare, Mark Smith started lasering images onto sneakers, and a little known site called Freshness slowly infiltrated New York and the rest of the world covering sneakers, toys and streetwear.

That same year, A Bathing Ape and adidas did a surprising collaboration together and released two styles in three colorways each and limited them to 500 pairs each. The most sought after release is the above Bape Camo adidas x A Bathing Aple Super Ape Star, the other style being the Super Ape Skate.

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Last October, adidas reached out to French-born artist Fafi to release her own special collection of adidas Originals, all adorned with her trademark Fafinettes. The shoeheadettes who adored those spunky female cartoons will get another crack at these kicks this Spring/Summer season with a bunch of new colourways and designs on some classic adidas Originals, only this time around Fafi taps seems to lean more heavily on her paintbrush rather than her sketch pencils. There’s even a nice floral-print on an adidas runner that should remind you of the vintage Nike Hawaii runner for decades ago. Check out the vibrant colors on these new Fafi x adidas Originals and expect these to drop sometime around March. via HS/HB.

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It’s been a minute since Y-3 has caught our attention. But the rise in lifestyle sneaker trendiness has motivated adidas and Yohji Yamamoto into full gear.  This year’s FIFA World Cup is also a booster, as it is this Spring and Summer’s theme to its collection.  A seamless cohesion of sports casual with luxury fashion, the entire selection draws inspiration from football (soccer) trainers, with low insteps and slick lines.  You may recognize the speckled Hayworth II Mid which we showed not too long ago.  A few other styles to choose from, the aesthetics round up the luxury sport look while each has its own distinct aesthetics to please the various tastes amongst the world.  Expect all models to be available at select adidas retailers within the up and coming months.  via FreshnessMag

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This super-clean pair of adidas Originals ZX8000 is part of adidas’ Spring 2010 Line-up also referred to as the A.039 Collection. It may sound like a super-secretive code name but the intent behind this package is quite obvious; sick kicks in sick colourways. The black canvas upper is contrasted well with the white midsole and heel – almost looks like it could be a Stormtrooper as part of the Star Wars x adidas Originals Collection. Check back with Sneaker News for more colourways and models in the upcoming A.039 Collection. via Suede&Mesh.

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These are nothing new.  We’ve known that adidas had these TS Supernaturals in store for its NBA players come this year’s All-Star Game (Coincidentally, yet another event to anticipate on February 14th).  Here’s some stuff you might not know about these bball sneakers.  The TS Supernatural Commander was built with the uptmost stability and propulsion foam in the Pure Motion midsole for maxmium vertical leap.  Perfect for the post-up player, expect to see D. Howard and Kevin Garnet all sporting these in the special All-Star blue/silver/white colorway as they rep for the Eastern Conference with Tim Duncan repping for the Western Conference.

The TS Supernatural Creator, in the All-Star red/silver/white, is equipped for higher-torsion stability for better court feel and acceleration.  Let’s see how well they do for Derrick Rose in his first All-Star appearance, and when he defends his title for Skills Challenge.  Both the TS Supernatural Commander and Creator will be available All-Star Weekend at all major footwear retailers, as well as on-site at the NBA Jam Session in Dallas.

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If you say ‘Clot‘ to a sneakerhead, burning silk is probably one of the first images to come to mind.  Their 1World Nike Air Force 1 was one of the most spectacular collaborations of all time, so they can get away with a blatant tease like this.  The Chinese brand is teaming up with Kazuki Kuraishi on his ObyOKZK collection for adias Originals, including this kzkLOT-branded adidas Superstar ‘Breathe’.  Stick with Sneaker News for more updates.

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Have you noticed how strong the adidas Originals 2010 lineup has been thusfar?  Not only are we getting updated, premium editions of Three Stripes’ iconic silhouettes, but new models are perfectly made for the growing lifestyle sneaker niche.  This adidas Orignals Greeley Mid is conservative with its brown nubuck and suede uppers, but they demand another look.  Lime green on the tongue, sockliner and outer heel is the stuff double-takes are made of, and a crepe-textured midsole hides more lime on the bottom.  Britain’s Size? just got these in stock.

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It’s been a while since we’ve seen any race-inspired adidas’ but they’ve once again collaborated with Porsche design to drop a few more slick looking shoes.  Slightly different in tooling from the last pair we’ve seen, the shoe fits the look of your typical generic casual sneaker.  The coloring is as simple as it gets; tonal white on leather, or tonal black.  What stands out the most, of course, is the Porsche Design branding on the midsole.  Calling all sports car fanatics and mid-life- crisis males alike, these are available exclusively at JD Sports.

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