Aaron Hope 
The timing of the NBA’s labor resolution was absolutely perfect, a deal to save an entire season that still preserved the league’s biggest annual television showcase. Nike Basketball was emphasizing college hoops while the lockout endured, but were ready with Christmas Day 2011 PEs once a deal got done, and it sorta seemed like all the stars were aligned for a new era of labor peace in the Association. But one guy whose timing has been a bit disrupted by the shortened regular season is Washington Wizards point guard John Wall, who expected to debut his Reebok Zig Encore ‘Beyond the Gold’ a bit earlier in the season. These shiny golden Zig Encores are the follow-up to last November’s ZigTech Slash ‘Gold Rush’, and are similarly being held for Wall’s first game of the season in New York. But unlike last year when that went down during the first week, the Wiz won’t venture up I-95 to Madison Square Garden until April; will you be on call for a lineup whenever the 12-pair briefcase-bound drop is scheduled? Click through to see more of the ‘Beyond the Gold’ Zig Encore and stick with Sneaker News for the release date. via Dime
