With Kobe Bryant becoming the fifth and fastest player in NBA history to score 30,000 points, Dime is looking at all angles of the five-time champion’s career today. (Hey, we already called him the greatest player since 2000.) It’s equal parts celebration and examination of one of the NBA’s most polarizing and talented players in history. Read More »

I get that “Snake Pool” plays off Kobe Bryant’s “Black Mamba” nickname, and that Nike has a good thing going by marketing around said moniker. The truly perfect name for the Nike Zoom Kobe VII “Snake Pool” edition, though would have been calling it the Nike Zoom Kobe VII “Janus.” A company based on Greek mythology should know the power behind Janus, the Roman two-faced god who signals both an end and a beginning — kind of like Kobe’s remaining time left in Los Angeles. Read More »

Carmelo Anthony used parts of his summer on Instagram to bless us with colorways of his new sneaker, the Jordan Melo M8 Advance. Now Kevin Durant took the plunge to give us a glimpse of these joints: the Nike Zoom KD IV “All In One.” Read More »

In the new issue of Dime Magazine, we took a look at the best – and worst – the game has offered since the turn of the century. From the players to jerseys to sneakers to teams to even trends, you can relive the past 12 years by scooping up the new issue currently on newsstands nationwide. In those pages, you’ll find the following feature… Read More »

Being that they’re stationed in downtown L.A., the Nike Vault always comes correct with Kobe Bryant apparel. Recently, we showed you their USA Basketball Collection, an awesome assortment of Team USA gear, from jerseys and jackets to the Nike Zoom Kobe VII “USA” editions. Now tomorrow, Nike Vault will be releasing these limited edition Kobe USA Custom Nike Elite Socks on a first-come, first-serve basis. Only 24 pairs of each colorway will be released, and they will also be retailing for $24. Read More »

The Olympics are right around the corner, and after we nearly lost to Argentina yesterday, every basketball fan in the country can feel the tension. To help get us ready, Nike Vault recently posted some of their new USA Basketball collection on their Facebook page, and not surprisingly, much of it features Kobe Bryant. Read More »

This piece was originally printed in Dime #69. Check the magazine for the entirety of this feature…

With the NBA season rapidly coming to a close, there’s a good chance your team crashed and burned before making a deep run in the playoffs. Laker fans probably realize they’re on the cusp of a new age, a time that doesn’t include a trip to the Finals every year. Chicago watched its season fall apart with Derrick Rose’s season-ending knee injury. And we don’t even need to talk to Charlotte, Washington or Sacramento fans, if there are any. We can feel their pain. Read More »

We all know Kobe Bryant is a cultured dude who grew up in Italy and has interests in many things all of us couldn’t care less about. So it’s no surprise, especially after Nike did a similar thing with the Kobe VI, that he’d drop a “FC Barcelona” pack for the Nike Zoom Kobe VII as an overseas exclusive. In order to describe these, I need something stronger than the word loud. Read More »

Technically, I spent my entire weekend working. But when you’re going to Team USA practice to catch the best players in the world in their element, attending Converse block parties to see The-Dream and Stalley perform and checking out 20 years worth of Nike and Jordan footwear design and technology, you can take it. This really wasn’t work. And the people at USA Basketball, Nike, Jordan and Converse didn’t want it to be. It was a celebration of the game, the Olympics and our men and women who will be going across the sea to represent us on the hardwood. Read More »

You’re seeing sneakers get more flamboyant seemingly every month, and this new design from the people at Nike Basketball is as wild as they come. Nobody has released better colorways than Kobe Bryant‘s signature line this year, and they keep it up with the Nike Zoom Kobe VII “What The Kobe” edition. Crazy laces, poison dart frog inner lining, paint splattered heel counter with a cheetah and shark upper, and purple Flywire turn this into the Mr. Potato Head of kicks. Read More »