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A few of you have asked what the gray & black kicks Avery’s been rocking lately are. They are a tech gray colorway of the Adidas “Rose 773″. Part of Derrick Rose’s signature line, the Rose 773 is an 11.7 oz shoe designed with Adidas’ “SPRINTWEB” technology. Avery and Derrick are both Adidas athletes, but [...]

Hardwood Paroxysm’s and friend of Red’s Army Ananth Pandian caught-up with Antoine Walker aka “Employee #8″ at Concepts’ Adidas “Real Deal” release on Tuesday night. AP talked with ‘Toine about Adidas bringing the shoe back, the recent success of the UK Wildcats and how he was received by fans in Boston: So adidas brought back your [...]

This evening I attended the Adidas Real Deal Release Event held at Concepts in Cambridge. The Real Deal were Employee #8′s signature shoe from his second season in the league. Adidas celebrated the re-release of the shoe with an autograph signing/sneaker release party. To make the event even more special, Adidas invited Celtics stopper Avery [...]

Cambridge sneaker spot Concepts is holding a autograph signing/release party for the Adidas Real Deal on February 12th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. The Adidas Real Deal was made famous by Antoine Walker in the 90′s. Avery Bradley has been wearing this shoe in heavy rotation this season. Concepts is known for their amazing collaborations and [...]

As Kevin Garnett plays his 18th season in the NBA, many fans are taking time to look back on his storied career. Sneakerhead and KG fan LV, a regular over on Hoop China’s forums, has put together a fantastic gallery of KG’s kicks. Similar to last year’s “KG History of Kicks“, these pics tell the [...]

The Adidas “Real Deal” is making a return. Celtics fans remember these kicks as the sneaker of choice for Antoine Walker during the late 1990′s. Avery Bradley is now the latest Boston Celtic to rock them. These were part of the Adidas “equipment” line and you can see a pic of  the original colorways/pairs in [...]

Celtics stopper Avery Bradley returned to the Garden in a green/white pair of Adidas AdiZero Crazy Light II sneakers. Bradley is the only Celtics player currently sponsored by Adidas. The AdiZero Crazy Light II is one of the lightest basketball shoes ever created. They weigh a mere 9.5oz in a men’s size 9. If you [...]

By now all Celtics fans are familiar with Antoine Walker’s financial troubles. The former Celtic made millions during his NBA career and lost it all to poor decisions, gambling, and an excessive lifestyle. Ultimately this lead Walker to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2010. His assets were liquidated and now EBAY merchant “The_Merchandise_Group” is [...]

I love sneakers, and I’ve been called a sneaker-head, but I learned this past weekend that I’m nowhere near the sneaker-head that has come to define the recent explosion in sneaker collecting. I am to true sneaker-heads what the occasional pot smoker is to Charlie Sheen.  I love my kicks, and I can’t resist impulse [...]

Another Media Day has come and gone, and as usual, we saw some sweet kicks. Veterans like Paul Pierce brought out some great shoes, as did newcomers like Courtney Lee. Here’s Paul in his Nike “P2 V” from the 2008-09 season. They feature a replica of his “Gift/Curse” tattoo on them. We also saw Jeff [...]