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3 days ago | 
sneakernews.com | Matt Varga
After looking to poised to at least approach the repeat championship they so dearly dreamed of, the 2025 NBA playoffs ended up a nightmare for the Boston Celtics. Thoroughly felled by the New York Knicks in the second round of the playoffs, the series loss was worsened by an Achilles injury to their north star in Jayson Tatum.
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3 days ago | 
sneakernews.com | Matt Varga
In the past few years, Salomon has risen in the footwear consciousness from an outdoorsy oddity to a genuine player in the market. While the trendiness of “gorpcore” aesthetics certainly didn’t hurt, don’t discount the brand’s own efforts in reaching their current status. Over that span, they’ve savvily joined up with names from Feid to atmos to Maison Margiela to help showcase the diverse creative applications possible with their silhouettes.
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3 days ago | 
sneakernews.com | Matt Varga
“Team Bank” colorways serve as one of the most tried-and-true traditions in basketball shoes, trotting core silhouettes out in simplistic palettes intended to align with uniforms at all levels. For their part, Nike has its own long history of decking out their signature models in said fashion, gracing Sabrina Ionescu, Ja Morant, and Kevin Durant’s models in 2024.
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3 days ago | 
sneakernews.com | Matt Varga
For years now, the GEL-Kayano 14 has been ASICS’ hottest product, a driver of the Y2K aesthetic and an unavoidable sight on the feet of trendy dressers. All of a sudden, it appears that the well-established tech runner might have some in-house competition, as the ASICS GEL-Nimbus 10.1 begins to crest with mainline and collaborative editions.
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3 days ago | 
sneakernews.com | Matt Varga
We already made our feelings clear on the upcoming Nike Foamposite One “Deep Royal,” positing that Nike would’ve been better served leaving the 2024 retro of the “Royal” alone rather than additionally issuing this just-adjacent take. However, there’s no denying the appeal of the overall clean look. If it’s got purchase with you and you’ve got a little one in your life to kit out, pairs in smaller sizes have already started hitting the market.
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3 days ago | 
sneakernews.com | Matt Varga
The era of the Nike Kobe 9 Protro is well underway, delivering on the original high-cut build and its “Engineered Mesh” takedown, a build that closer aligns with the low construction that defined the Mamba’s line in his later days. While we’re still anticipating several launches for the earnest Kobe 9, the EM has become an increasingly frequent sight, debuting anew with the “Mambacita” colorway and consistently hitting the newswire with PE do-ups.
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3 days ago | 
buff.ly | Matt Varga |Andrew Rizzo
With an NBA champ crowned, it’s now time to take a short break and get back into the lab to refine and tune the game for the 2025-2026 season. Assisting in this journey of discipline is the Kobe Brand and its latest offering of the Kobe Team Bank series this Fall 2025 season. With the Kobe 9 EM Protro now in the fold thanks to the special Mambacita release back in May, Nike has chosen the model as one of its focuses as it heads into the latter half of 2025 and into 2026.
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3 days ago | 
sneakernews.com | Matt Varga
Vans’ OTW label, on top of trotting out bold reimaginings of their classic product (the Engineered Knit series, Old Skool 36 FM, or Vibram-soled variations), has become its foremost launching pad for collaborations. Just this year to date, we’ve seen Gallery Dept. and FDMTL go wild on some of the brand’s most treasured icons.
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3 days ago | 
sneakernews.com | Matt Varga
Things are getting spicy at the Purple Palace. The long-awaited Kevin Durant trade brought home two new teammates for Devin Booker in Jalen Green and Dillon Brooks, and all signs are pointing towards a considerably different roster surrounding Book come October. Regardless of the outside noise, Devin Booker has remained steadfast in his goal to spend his entire career in Arizona.
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3 days ago | 
buff.ly | Andrew Rizzo |Matt Varga
While the rest of the world has to wait until later this Fall to cop the Shai Gilgeous Alexander shoes, Converse is unleashing a special treat for the OKC Thunder fans on the day of the Championship parade. That’s right: Converse is releasing the “Butter” colorway of the new SGA shoes exclusively in Oklahoma City at a special activation held at the “MVP” mural on 626 W Main St. in the heart of the city.
