How do you bring back an adidas classic that was once worn by Antoine Walker? You get a Celtics fan favorite like Avery Bradley to rock them, but you also get one of your high flyers to put on a new (well, kind of new) colorway. That was the case when Josh Smith responded to his latest All-Star Game snub by going 17-14-7 along with 2 blocks and helping the Atlanta Hawks beat the adidas superstars fading Boston Celtics in the adidas Real Deal.Anyways, Matt Barnes rocked a new colorway of the adidas D Rose 4.5, Reggie Bullock wore another Jordan CP3.VII colorway, Dwyane Wade continued to push on with the Li-Ning Way of Wade 2 Lei Feng and much more.
You probably missed it because you were out trick or treating or having way too much fun dressing up as Prince and singing adidas eqt Purple Rain , but last night the NBA actually had games on Halloween night. Fortunately the brands did not forget as a number of players were seen rocking kicks appropriate for the day, from the bright orange from Nike and Jordan athletes like Anthony Davis and Chris Paul, to the complete Night of the Ballin Dead collection from the adidas crew.Being a sneaker free agent means you can do just about anything you damn well please. Take John Wall , for example. If he was still an adidas athlete, there s a good chance the majority of the sneaker world would have ignored him and his J Wall 2s. But last night at the NBA All-Star Game, he got everybody talking with his kicks. Prior to the game, he teased that he was going to wear the Nike nmd adidas Kobe 11 Last Emperor on the NBA s Twitter account. That turned out to be a red herring.
As for the rest of the night in kicks, Dwyane Wade wore a grey Li-Ning Way of Wade 4, James Johnson brought out the Air Jordan 11 Playoffs and Nick Young continues to tease a sneaker deal that wouldn t be so obvious if he wasn t wearing adidas all the time.Check out the rest of the weekend in kicks which includes Dwight Howard bringing back his adidas D Howard 4 that he wore on Christmas Day, Rudy Gay blacking out on his Jordans and much more.10. adidas A3 Superstar eBay Iconic Moment: Tim Duncan almost gets quadruple-double in series clincher
How appropriate we begin this countdown with the man who might be playing in his last NBA Finals (or maybe more because I m not even sure he s human anymore). Tim Duncan s early days with Nike might be what sneakerheads remember most, but he has been balling in adidas for over a decade now and he made the brand proud right from the start as he led the Spurs to their second championship in franchise history in 2003 while rocking the A3 Superstar. Duncan s signature performance would come in the form of a 21-point, 20-rebound, 10-assist, and 8-block game in the closeout Game 6.ÿþIn the 1985 NBA Finals, the Lakers finally beat the Celtics in the Boston Garden but it doesn t happen if Kareem Abdul-Jabbar doesn t have a throwback moment and remembers he s one of the greatest centers of all-time. Kareem would score 36 points in the critical Game 5 and eventually take home the MVP award. Spurs fans are hoping Tim Duncan another adidas guy has a Kareem-like series for the next two weeks.
On a night when people were preoccupied and taking care of other things (like say, New Years parties), the NBA rolled adidas flux along on New Years Eve with six games on the slate to bring to 2012 to an end. Rudy Gay led the charge on the kicks side of things as he subbed out his typical (but really awesome) Nike Air Max Hyperposite PE with a blast from the past in the form of the Nike Air Max Tempo LE, but in new colors. While the colorway has a Michigan vibe to it, it s unlikely you re going to be seeing any Wolverines rocking it anytime soon. Something about
Michigan being an adidas school now or something like that.