We’ve been warning you that you need to start saving up for the various VNTG Nike Air Max releases around the bend, but we’re actually going to update that statement now that this preview has surfaced. You need to start saving for Nike Sportswear releases of all kind, this extensive January 2013 preview promising plenty of retros (Nike Air Force 180 pairs, those beautiful snakeskin Blazers) and new age offerings (the continued support of the Nike Free Run 2+ and a slick woven upgrade to the aforementioned Blazer). Hit the jump with sneaker news to see the oodles of pairs that we’re all patiently waiting for and let us know in the comments which Nike Sportswear release you’re most eager to claim and look for them soon at spots like Size.

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House of Hoops has grown along with the sneakerhead scene and today we have word that a couple old favorites have come back with another exclusive pack.  The Nike Air More Uptempo and Air Force 180 were focuses of the summer’s Olympic Volt and Dream Team packs, but these new styles apply the timing theme to a much shorter scale.  The ‘Dawn to Dusk‘ pack gives us the AF180 as a crisp morning with a curious tessellated midsole and just a hint of sun peeking over the horizon, while new material techinques allow a ‘Dawn’ More Uptempo to look as only a brilliant customizer could have made them back in ’96.  You’ll see more of both pairs after the jump below; which is your favorite part of the day? Check both and see what’s available right now on eBay.

Nike Air Force 180
Neutral Grey/Anthracite-Medium Grey-White
553547-013
$140

Nike Air More Uptempo
Black/White-Orange Chalk-Night Blue
553546-018
$160

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Nas is no stranger to grabbing the gold, actually surpassing that 500,000 units landmark pretty consistently in his discography with a whopping eight out of ten solo albums hitting platinum (Who said anything about a one hot album every ten year average?). Nonetheless he seemed pretty stoked on Team USA’s ability to do so, showing up for a wild night out in London courtesy of Swizz Beatz to cap off the gold medal performance on the last night of Olympic festivities. Nasty even got on the mic for a bit apparently, pictured here with appropriately patriotic sneaks the Nike Air Force 180 ‘Dream Team’ from the recent Olympic styled pack, flanked by gold bottles of course. Hit the jump to get the photos of Nas in this Nike Basketball classic.

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This past Wednesday, the Nike Basketball retail store in South Korea transformed a chunk of its space into Dream Team headquarters – a full-on showcase of Team USA hooping from ’92 to ’12. Along with the retrospective set-up, the current 2012 squad was also given its shine as a number of patrons gathered for the raffle-release of the Nike Zoom KD IV ‘USA’ which was also head during the opening launch of the Dream Team Showcase. If you’re in the area of Hoop City in South Korea, the showcase will be up until August 15th, so check out the highlights below if you can’t check it out for yourself! Photos: IST

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Since 1992, Nike Basketball has created an endless library of masterpieces that perfectly blended art, design, and function using world-class technology and engineering. Over the next twenty days leading up to the 2012 Olympic Basketball Semi-Final, Nike Basketball will revisit twenty awe-inspiring pairs selected from the last two decades in a mini-feature titled ‘20 Designs The Changed The Game‘, and it begins today with the Nike Air Force 180 Low. The Nike Air Force 180 Low was introduced in 1992 and was built for the ground-and-pound aspect of basketball and made for players like Charles Barkley in mind. Boasting 50% more Air than any other Nike Air shoe, the Air Force 180 Low was a key player in Nike’s game-changing journey. Continue on for a look at this vintage classic and stay tuned for the next chapter.

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Nike Basketball has been playing around with a game of one-upsmanship with itself over the last two decades, redefining the perfect basketball shoe with heroic innovations and audacious designs. It’s been an entertaining and lengthy tale of Nike outdoing Nike, and from 1992 with the original 180-degree Air Unit to 2012′s revolutionary Nike Hyperdunk Sport Pack, Nike has served up twenty iconic basketball models that changed the game and rerouted the future paths of all that encapsulated basketball footwear. With 2012 serving as the 20th Anniversary of the original USA Olympic Dream Team, Nike has plans of celebrating the last two decades by re-telling twenty scintillating stories of Nike Basketball; you may not realize that Nike already began this crusade with the celebrated releases of the Nike Air Force 180, Air More Uptempo, Shox BB4, and Huarache 2K4, but prepare yourself for a history lesson that no brand has ever attempted before.

Beginning this Monday, July 23rd, Nike Basketball will reintroduce one iconic model a day up until the 2012 Olympic Basketball Semi-Finals on August 11th. You heard that correctly; twenty game-changing and court-busting models will see the spotlight again, like Aaron Cooper’s Nike Air Zoom Ultraflight of 2003, a supremely light-weight shoe that featured a unique clear outer shell and a synthetic stretch leather, and 2006′s Air Max 360 BB, which served as a precursor to the full-length Max Air unit seen on several top-shelf Basketball sneakers (LeBrons, for example) of the last few years. This is just a small helping of what’s to come, and our recap of the Nike Basketball Showcase from the World Basketball Festival may give you some hints at what may potentially arise, so stay tuned to Sneaker News for all the updates of this incredible recital of Nike Basketball heritage and get the discussion going on this amazing development by letting us know what classic models of the last 20 years you’d love to see.

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A little over a week ago, the Nike Sportswear ‘Dream Team’ Pack released after most stores missed the originally publicized July 1st drop date. That quartet of classic basketball silhouettes celebrates USA Basketball’s dominance with colorways like the ones you’ll see on display in London in a short while, its counterpart opting for an equally summer-friendly but altogether different appearance. The ‘Black Volt’ pack‘s approach is most apparent on the nearly all-neon Nike Zoom Huarache 2K4, though there’s no mistaking the black nubuck that makes up the majority of the Shox BB4, Air Force 180 and Air Force 1 High for a USAB style. Finshing the set is the Air More Uptempo that had previously been slated for a House of Hoops exclusive, but you’ll find all five of these available now at select NSW stockists on the revised July 21st release date.  via ITSB

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