The NBA League MVP Award carries the greatest amount of clout within the realm of regular season hardware. Winners read as a ‘who’s who’ of NBA legends. While researching past…
Everyone has a favorite Air Jordan, instagram is littered with pictures captioned with things like, “pick 1”, “pick your top 3”, “rock one, stock one, burn one”, etc. We feel…
Who would you choose if asked to select either Joe Smith or Kevin Garnett? Yeah, we’d pick KG too; but in 1995 the Golden State Warriors selected Joe Smith out…
Twenty-two years ago today Allen Iverson was selected number 1 overall by the Philadelphia 76ers. Today in Sneaker History Philly took a risk on a young man labeled as a…
On a sunny parade day through Los Angeles celebrating the Laker’s 1987 championship head coach Pat Riley famously proclaimed that his squad would repeat as champs. Boooooold move for most,…
While the Reebok Pump is undoubtedly the most prominent of Reebok’s 1990s successes, there were plenty of other Reebok shoes from the era that were equally as important. The Reebok…
It’s common knowledge how prolific Michael Jordan’s Finals performances were; with a perfect 6/6 record in Finals appearances MJ stands as the gold standard of dominance. His shots have nicknames…
About 13,762 cliches exist when talking about perseverance: “never give up”, “impossible is nothing”, “don’t stop believing” are all touching sentiments but “talk is cheap” when it’s time to “put…
Twenty-three years ago Penny Hardaway was formally given a sneaker of his own. His affiliation with the Foamposite and Flight One built hype within the hearts of star gazed fans…