Crazy Lights live up to billing

I got my Crazy Lights last week and finally got to ball in them tonight. I've been balling all week, but outdoors, and these babies aren't up for that. (The outsole would be smooth way too quick; I'm worried about that even indoors.) SO...I waited. Tonight it was worth the wait! Here are my initial thoughts...

• Great fit for my narrow feet. Really comfortable on the 1st wear.
• The gym was almost 100 degrees and my feet weren't hot. Super ventilation.
• The lightness did make me feel quicker. I definitely had more steals and fast breaks than usual!
  
• They squeak! A lot. But you get used to it.
  
• I do want to try the sturdier insoles. I forgot to bring them along, and at times I felt I could have used more cushioning.
• And as a sneaker fiend as well as a ball player, I did love all the compliments I got on them! They look GOOD.
• My team won.
  

$130. Goes down to a 6.5 men's at Footlocker. More colors coming soon.

NBA All-Star Game Heat from Nike

As always, Nike is treating us to some special releases for the upcoming NBA All-Star game. Here's what will be on the feet of Lebron, Kobe and Kevin Durant.

My favorites were the All Star Lebron 8 V2s... just gorgeous.

The Kobe VIs with special All Star box. They don't stand out from his other VIs as much as I would expect, although the hologram on the tongue is cool. (All 3 of these shoes have holograms on the tongue featuring the player's logo and the East/West logo.)

The Nike Zoom KD IIIs (aka, Durants) were extremely lightweight, although the look and feel was too plastic-y for me.

The beauty of the box was hard for this amateur photographer to capture. It has a striped plastic casing, so when you pull the box out of the sleeve, it appears animated! Great use of old school animation technology. Nice touch for a game played next door to Hollywood...

Melo M7 Scavenger Hunt Starts Wednesday

Okay, I'm not a tweeter, but here's the scoop for all you twitterers in NYC, ATL, B'more, Denver and LA. Have fun!

Melo's M7 Scavenger Hunt.

The new Melo M7 shoe drops on Saturday November 20. Here's your chance to win a
brand new pair, signed by Melo himself, before you can buy them.

Contest Details:
Melo is giving away 5 pairs of signed M7 Sneakers every day from Nov. 17 to Nov 19.
Each day at 4pm EST (2pm MST, 1pm PST) he will tweet a clue for each of the 5
participating cities. Contestants then have 30 minutes, to solve the clue and be the first person to get to the location, find the person in the Melo tee, take a picture with the sneaker and tweet it with the hash tag #M7.

Dates - Wednesday Nov. 17 to Friday Nov. 19
Times - Clues released each day at 4 pm est, (2pm mst, 1pm pst). Contest runs from
4:30 - 5:00 pm est, 2:30 - 3pm mst, 1:30 - 2:00 pm pst.

Participating cities - Atlanta GA, Baltimore MD, Denver CO, Los Angeles CA, New York NY

If you solve the clue and take the pic, feel free to send it to us and we'll post it to give you some love =)

adidas Originals present: The Funflyer

Back in the 80's girls!! That´s what Adidas should think when they started with this designed. The Adidas Funflyer are totally in the early basketball times with the sole and the high top silhouette, but the colorway and pattern, are 2010. Leopard prints are used in gray tones on the synthetic leather and on dark tinted translucent material layered over it.

Sorry guys, just ladies sizes.

Source: Freshness

Top 50 Basketball Kicks of All Time

Our friends at Complex came up with this list. I mostly agree, altho' not with their #1 pick! What do you think? (This feature is not just for basketball players...these picks are seen at least as much on the street as on the court.)