February 17th, 2012 by John K.
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Jeremy Lin is ballin’ outta control in the Nike Zoom Hyperfuse Low, but are they his favorite shoes of all-time? It must be a dream come true for a sneakerhead to become an official athlete/representative for the brand, and given his recent success and potential as a marketing blockbuster, the Nike x Lin combination is likely be a common theme for the near future. We recently showed you a video of Jeremy Lin showing off his sick two-handed dribbling skills, but Nike also caught him on for a Nike ‘Charge The Court’ moment, asking him a question we all ponder on a daily basis: What’s your favorite Nike shoes of all-time? For casual wear, Lin prefers Air Force 1s, and for balling, he points to a early-2000′s hit – the Nike Shox BB4. Check out the quick video below and let us know what your favorite Nike casual wear/basketball kicks are!
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December 8th, 2011 by Aaron Hope
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This past Tuesday was the biggest one for the Nike Air Zoom Huarache 2K4 during the entire time Sneaker News has been online. This modern classic showed up first as part of the Nike USAB Pack celebrating previous summer Olympic Games and then again alongside a highlighter-like pair covered in Volt. Turns out that second pair was a sign of things to come, as now we see that each of the four models from the USAB set have been reproduced in black and Volt for another upcoming pack for Q3 2012. Along with the Huarache 2K4s, expect the Nike Air Force 180, Air More Uptempo and Shox BB4, fittingly done primarily in black, leaving the Huaraches as the sole all-Volt design (2004 being the only Olympics of these four that didn’t result in US gold). Click through to view each pair, and let us know how these compare to the USAB joints, as well as which single design is the best among them.
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December 6th, 2011 by Aaron Hope
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While basketball fans were suffering with the spectre of an NBA season lost to another lockout, we all kept our collective heads up with the knowledge that we’d at least have the 2012 London Olympic Games. Nike is perhaps more aware of this fact than anyone other than maybe Coca-Cola, so you can expect a variety of Olympic-oriented sneakers and gear, probably in just a few short months. The earliest indication of such a release comes at least in part from Nike Sportswear, and perhaps entirely, though the recent release of one of these models on NIKEiD suggests it might still fall under the Nike Basketball umbrella. That’s where each of these classic basketball shoes from the upcoming ‘USAB Pack’ originated, this pack containing three gold medal winners and the aforementioned Nike Zoom Huarache 2k4 that’s considered a gold standard in b-ball kicks to this day.
Joining the Huarache 2k4s in this white, navy, red and gold-colored quartet is the Nike Air Force 180we’ve only seen in hybrid form since the last retros in early 2008. Joining that Charles Barkley look from the 1992 Dream Team comes Scottie Pippen’s Air More Uptempo from the ’96 Atlanta Games, along with Vince Carter’s Shox BB4 from the millenial event in Athens. It could be harder to find a sneakerhead without warm and fuzzy feelings for at least one of these shoes, than to find someone who’s indifferent to the four-pack, so click through to see each of these models in their OG form and stick with Sneaker News so we can let you know each pair’s release date.
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