Most basketball fans already know Kobe Bryant loves soccer. So it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the mad geniuses at Nike fused the design of the Nike Mercurial Vapor IX, one of their most popular football boots. With the latest Kobe signature model to form the Nike Kobe 8 Mambacurial.
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Nike is amplifying Charles Barkley’s attitude with the release of the Barkley Posite Max. The new lifestyle model honors his shoes of the past with an aesthetic of the future. Designer Marc Dolce took inspiration from a trip to a museum dinosaur exhibit and combined those ideas with iconic elements of past Barkley shoes.
The Nike Barkley Posite Max shoe is available in four remaining colorways that will debut monthly through August 2013 and Nike also released some snazzy artwork to salute the “Round Mound of Rebound”.
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Nike celebrates LeBron James winning his fourth MVP award with a special edition LEBRON X MVP shoe (that he wore yesterday) to go along with a new “Witness History” campaign. Featuring a multifaceted vibrant colorway on the right an left shoe, MVP on the tongue and a bunch of other design surprises. Here is what Nike has to say about them.
“The vibrant LEBRON X MVP shoe fuses the unique colorways and designs of each style in the LEBRON X series, which James debuted in August 2012. The design details, including MVP on the shoe tongue, weave the story of James’s incredible journey over the past year. It’s a path that has seen him striving for excellence by perfecting his shooting efficiency, assists and rebounds to cut through defense effectively as an individual and as a team. Along the way, James has traveled from the courts of London to the hardwood arena of Miami, achieving victory in an extraordinary 27-game winning streak.”
The LEBRON X MVP shoe will be available in limited quantities at select retailers in North America and China soon.
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In a surprise move, Nike bought ad space in a paper to cheer Kobe Bryant up while he recovers from his torn achilles.
You showed us that an 18-year-old could play with the best.
You showed us that a championship game, an exhibition game, and a charity event are all must-wins.
You showed us how to play chess while others played checkers.
You showed us how to hit game-winner after game-winner.
You showed us that an 81-point game is a real thing.
You showed us that gold still matters.
You showed us how to take an ice bath.
You showed us how to score 30 points in a quarter, twice.
You showed us the Mamba Face.
You showed us how to demand perfection and demand it from everyone.
You showed us how to put big-boy pants on.
You showed us that you were never out of it, ever.
You showed us how inspirational a pair of free throws could be.
Now, show us again.
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Modern-day athletic superheroes LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant showcase an uncanny skill-set, which is now complemented by their signature Nike kicks.
The Nike Basketball ELITE Series 2.0 fuses lightweight construction, enhanced fit and dynamic protection. Kevlar® aramid, an advanced material typically used in body armor, provides a locked-down, protective fit with its incredible high tensile strength-to-weight ratio. Pretty cool, huh?
Have a better look at these superheroes in their super shoes below.
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Well these are fun. Sneaker artist Mache is back at it again with more custom Nike LeBron X goodness, this time using Stewie Griffin from Family Guy as his inspiration.
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Nike honors Kevin Durant, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant and their super powerd status by championing Durant’s lightning speed, Bryant’s unparalleled snake-like vision plus awareness, and James’ diamond-hard toughness. With two sneakers aligned with each player; The Nike Air Hyperflight and the Nike Lunar Force 1. Both founded on the principles of making footwear as light as possible.
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Industrial design student Florent Baheux from France decided to explore what the next inception of the Kevin Durant signature shoe from Nike would look like as a personal project. Using a few elements from the Nike Zoom Kobe VII, Nike Zoom KD IV and the Air Yeezy II. This is his version of the KD VI for next season. What do you think?
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