If you ve been watching Team USA do their thing out on the hardwood in the 2012 Olympics at all recently you ve probably gotten the sense of how much of a favorite they are for the gold medal this summer. Even the announcers, doing their best to be PC about it and not come right out and say what we re all thinking, slip up sometimes and nike flystepper mention how likely it is that our boys will be grabbing the gold. In the event that that does happen Nike Basketball has of course crafted a special set of sneakers to pay tribute, with Kevin Durant s Nike Zoom KD IV Gold Medal pictured in a few new angles here. Click through with us to get a better look at nike tri fusion run the regally shiny sneaker and keep in mind that this colorway will be hitting shelves August 18th.
USA Men s Basketball members LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Coach K provided us with some insight behind the preparation behind international play and Nike products that help them achieve their goal, but the Men might have a thing or two to learn from the Women. USA Women s Basketball is undefeated in Olympic play since 1994. The standout veterans of USA Women s Basketball, like Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings, and Coach Geno Auriemma, gave their side of Team USA pride and competition as well, so check out the video below for Insider Access to USA Women s Basketball and keep an eye out mens nike for the ladies of Team USA to bring home the Gold once again!
It took longer than expected, but Nike Air Penny fans will finally receive a Royal Blue colorway of the Nike Zoom Rookie! Remember, the initially buzz-growing colorway was the infamous Glow In The Dark edition, which was followed by the in-line Binary Blue , but since those two served as the debut, we haven t seen anything Royal in terms of Zoom Rookie colorways since. Penny s 1-of-1 Memphis Blues was the lone exception, but thankfully that 1-of-1 designation slowly unraveled into a wide releases, going down this weekend.
Any serious sneakerhead could tell you of Tinker Hatfield s immense influence on sneaker design and the first few entries in Nike Basketball s 20 year retrospective echoed this fact. As we follow time forward into the middle 90s, another legendary designer makes his name starting with Penny Hardaway and the revolutionary Foamposite line, then continues to build his star along with the new generation of freakishly athletic roundball stars. Eric Avar s 2000 Nike Shox BB4 was itself the culmination of two decades of research, a shoe whose core theme could finally be realized thanks to the invention of improved foam fabrication. The BB4 s unique rocket and booster appearance proved Avar s opinion that every shoe should have one bold, iconic expression to it [and] sometimes you can get away with two, and will forever be remembered as the shoe that made Fred Weis famous (did you get the Dream Team pack retros?).
Considering Nike has been so open in re-using midsole molds for a number nike duckboot of its newer models, it s rather refreshing to see the original vis-Air unit be used rather selectively. So it seems that Nike has some expectations set for the Nike Wardour Max 1, as it s been giving that prime distinction of the 87 midsole, but even the toe-box stitch design is very AM1-like in itself. Three colorways Grey/Volt, Brown/Black, Black/White are currently slated for a release very soon as UK s hanon has em up for pre-order, so it s time to take a detailed look at this new
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