FLAGSHIP SHOE: Nike Air Uptempo Player: Scottie Pippen and many others. Original Release: 1994 Retro: N/A Weight: 14 ounces Price: $90 Design Features: Durabuck and full grain leather upper full length polyurethane midsole visible heel Air Sole unit solid rubber outsole with flex… Continue Reading
FLAGSHIP SHOE: Nike Air Zoom GP Player: Gary Payton Original Release: 1999 Retro: 2019 Weight: 15.8 ounces Price: $110 Design Features: full grain floater and synthetic leather upper internal ratchet lockdown system dynamic fit sleeve low profile Phylon midsole encapsulated forefoot and heel… Continue Reading
FLAGSHIP SHOE: Nike Air MZ3 Name: “MZ” stands for “Max Zoom” Player: Juwan Howard and many others Original Release: 1997 Retro: N/A Weight: 14.4 ounces Price: $125 Design Features: full grain floater leather, mesh and synthetic leather upper metalbuck underlays textured, sculpted Phylon… Continue Reading
By Seth Berke Wollman (@souliisole) Let’s get Nashty. Welcome back to the Who Cares series, where we pay tribute to obscure silhouettes and tell you why you should care about them. Today we pay tribute to a highly innovative and… Continue Reading
FLAGSHIP SHOE: Nike Air Vis Zoom Uptempo Player: Allan Houston and many others Original Release: 1999 Retro: N/A Weight: 15.4 ounces Price: $125 Designer: Eric Avar Design Features: combination full grain smooth floater leather upper Lycra spandex full length Dynamic Fit sleeve sculpted… Continue Reading
FLAGSHIP SHOE: Nike Air Aggress Force Player: David Robinson, Khalid El-Amin and many others Original Name: Air Admiral Force Original Release: 1999 Retro: N/A Weight: 18 ounces Price: $145 Design Features: full grain smooth and floater leather upper carbon-fiber reinforced heel and medial… Continue Reading
FLAGSHIP SHOE: Nike Air Team Max Zoom II Player: David Robinson and many others Original Release: 1999 Retro: N/A Weight:16.3 ounces Price: $130 Design Features: floater leather upper with non-stretch textile reinforcement slow recovery foam in collar full length Phylon midsole encapsulated forefoot… Continue Reading
FLAGSHIP SHOE: Nike Air Bakin’ We review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from purchases made through links on this page. Player: Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and others Original Release: 1997 Retro: 2006, 2014 Weight: 15.8 ounces Price: $125 Design Features:… Continue Reading
Five Original Colorways: Mid royal-blue/black/white/lemon black/metallic-silver/dark-shadow/photo-blue white/regal-blue/black Low black/regal-blue white/dark-concord/black/bright-orange Original Release: 1994-1995 Release Type: general release Designer: Eric Avar Takedown: Air Straight Mid (1995) Weight: 15 ounces Design Features: Durabuck and performance mesh upper Dynamic-Fit inner sleeve Elastic reinforcement… Continue Reading
QUICK FACTS Colorway: black/white/true-red Original Release: 1995 Retro: n/a Release Type: general release Weight: 15.8 ounces BACKGROUND The oft forgotten Air DVST8 (devastate…get it?) released in 1995. A classic team bank model, the DVST8 released in just about every colorway… Continue Reading