{"id":309224,"date":"2013-07-01T14:17:30","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T19:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=309224"},"modified":"2022-09-16T16:21:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T21:21:15","slug":"10-things-we-learned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/10-things-we-learned\/","title":{"rendered":"Kicks On Court: 10 Things We Learned This Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2012-2013 NBA season will be remembered as one of the best when it comes to Kicks On Court. There was obviously a lot of attention payed to detail in regard to the specific shoes that hit the hardwood this season. Why was this such an incredible season? Here are 10 things we learned concerning Kicks On Court<\/a> this season.<\/p>\n

Customs Are Here to Stay<\/h3>\n Air Jordan 13 Custom by Mache\n

“You’ll see even more customs on court next season. A lot of players are wanting to stand out more and more. You should hear some of the conversations I have with these guys in regards to performing in customs. It’s great.”<\/em> – Mache<\/p>\n

Custom sneakers are not reserved to off-court wear and\/or their creator’s Instagram accounts. These 1-of-1s spilled over onto the hardwood in March when Iman Shumpert rocked his Sole Swap custom adidas Real Deals (he wore three more customs after that) and Dwyane Wade laced up a pair of Mache-designed Way of Wades. Yet, customs really took a life of their own on Day 1 of the NBA Playoffs when Nate Robinson, Danny Green, Malcolm Thomas and others all wore never-before-seen creations on court. Look for customs to play a big part in the 2013-2014 NBA season. Individuality plays a big role in the Kicks On Court Champion voting.<\/p>\n Nick Young’s Air Jordan 11 and Air Jordan 8 Customs\n Iman Shumpert’s adidas Real Deal Custom by Sole Swap\n Malcolm Thomas’ Air Jordan 11 Custom\n

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Switching Shoes at Halftime Has Become the Norm<\/h3>\n

In previous seasons, the act of switching shoes at halftime undoubtedly generated headlines the next morning. The act was a rarity, and only happened 2-3 times per year. Yet, the 2012-2013 NBA season saw five times as many switches as last season. Between Kicks On Court Champion Derrick Williams, LeBron James, Nick Young, Rudy Gay and Nate Robinson, we recorded a total of 26 switches, including the latter player’s three shoes in one game. We’re just waiting on someone to rock six shoes in one game; that’s four quarters and two overtimes worth.<\/p>\n

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Wearing a Signature Player’s Shoe Against That Signature Player is a No-No…Unless You Play for the Spurs<\/h3>\n

The unwritten rule: Never wear a player’s shoe against that player. Observation: The Spurs don’t care about our unwritten rules – well, not all of them. For the most part, those that consistently wear LeBrons, Kobes or Durants locked them away when they faced that respective player (even Tyler Hansbrough gets it), but members of the Spurs tickled LeBron’s fancy by breaking the unwritten rule. We’re sure Manu Ginobili would love to take some of those LeBrons<\/del> games back.<\/p>\n

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The Nike Hyperposite was One of the Most Underrated Shoes in Recent History<\/h3>\n Rajon Rondo’s Nike Hyperposite “Atomic Green”\n

Sure, the Foamposites, LeBron Xs and Kobe 8s of the Kicks On Court world received the most attention throughout the season, but the Nike Hyperposite was easily one of the better shoes of the season.\u00a0Aesthetically, it turned heads and headlined a number of Kicks On Court daily recaps. Performance-wise, it was preferred over the Foamposite, a shoe that seems to be everybody’s favorite, by the likes of Rajon Rondo, LaMarcus Aldridge and Rudy Gay.\u00a0We wouldn’t be surprised if the Hyperposite carried over into next season by multiple players.<\/p>\n Rajon Rondo Nike Hyperposite “Christmas” PE\n

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iDs Are Becoming More Favorable Than PEs<\/h3>\n Chris “Birdman” Anderson’s Nike LeBron X iD\n

The term “player exclusive” did not hold the same weight as it did in previous seasons. Players moved towards creating their own identities through NikeiD more so than any other season. Even some of the signature athletes, such as KD shelved his player exclusives for NikeiDs for long stretches of the season at times. The player exclusive will never entirely die out, but NikeiD, miadidas and YourReebok will continue to make a big splash.<\/p>\n

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Non-Basketball Shoes Have Become “Statement” Wears On Court<\/h3>\n

Blame Gilbert Arenas. Ever since his wear of Dolce & Gabbana sneakers in LA two seasons ago, everything has been accepted on the hardwood. Yeezys, Cam Newton trainers, Jeremy Scotts and Bo Jacksons were all seen on court this year. What could possibly be next? Well, we have a clue. Nick Young stated that he might bring something from Kanye West’s Louis Vuitton line to the court next season. Oh, gosh.<\/p>\n

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The adidas D Rose Line Was Still Extremely Relevant Even Though Derrick Rose Did Not Suit Up<\/h3>\n

No Derrick, no problem. We wondered how the Rose line would hold up with Derrick being out the entire season. Looking back, adidas made a seamless transition to life without Rose on court. A number of players, including Jrue Holiday, Damian Lillard, Jeff Teague and Tony Allen all wore various Rose signatures throughout the season. adidas did a great job of producing a limitless amount of Rose 3, Rose 3.5 and Rose 773s colorways, so no matter what team a player was on, he had a colorway to coincide with the team’s uniforms.<\/p>\n

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The Nike KD V was the Most Worn Signature This Season<\/h3>\n

iDs, general releases and playoff versions of the Kevin Durant’s fifth signature model was on display in pretty much every arena this season. While the Kobe VII dominated the 2011-2012 NBA season, it was the KD V that was most consistent among NBA players this season. It also helped that the giving nature of KD generated boxes and boxes of shoes on the doorsteps of some of his friends in the league, such as Jeff Green, PJ Tucker and Jarrett Jack.<\/p>\n

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Players Took Themed Kicks On Court Into Their Own Hands<\/h3>\n

It’s now the norm to see special makeups on Christmas, MLK Day and St. Patrick’s Day, but this season we picked up on themes that were carried out by the players themselves instead of the brands. King James returning to Cleveland in the LeBron VI, Nate Robinson wearing Concords with the Bulls’ pinstripes and Nick Young welcoming Kobe Bryant to his hometown of Philly in the Kobe I were just a few of the self-inspired themes we picked up on throughout the season.<\/p>\n

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It Will Only Get More Competitive From Here<\/h3>\n

The competitiveness in regards to kicks on court increased a few notches this season. There were multiple players who were easily deserving of the crown this season, and we almost ended in a tie between Derrick Williams and Nick Young. Judging by the post-crowning tweets, there will be much more competition moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2012-2013 NBA season will be remembered as one of the best when it comes to Kicks On Court. There was obviously a lot of attention payed to detail in regard to the specific shoes that hit the hardwood this season. Why was this such an incredible season? Here are 10 things we learned concerning Kicks On Court this season.<\/p>\n

"You'll see even more customs on court next season […]<\/em> – Mache<\/p>\n

Custom sneakers are not reserved to off-court wear and\/or their creator's Instagram accounts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":309486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[618,835],"tags":[1225551],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKicks On Court: 10 Things We Learned This Season<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here are 10 things we learned concerning Kicks On Court this season.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/10-things-we-learned\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/10-things-we-learned\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kicks On Court: 10 Things We Learned This Season\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here are 10 things we learned concerning Kicks On Court this season.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/10-things-we-learned\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Snkrs Day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NiceKicks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/matthalfhill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-07-01T19:17:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-16T21:21:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2013\/07\/koc-learn-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"740\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"493\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matt Halfhill\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/matthalfhill\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@snkrsday\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matt Halfhill\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"WebPage\",\"ItemPage\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/10-things-we-learned\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/10-things-we-learned\/\",\"name\":\"Kicks On Court: 10 Things We Learned This Season\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/10-things-we-learned\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/10-things-we-learned\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2013\/07\/koc-learn-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-07-01T19:17:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-16T21:21:15+00:00\",\"description\":\"Here are 10 things we learned concerning Kicks On Court this season.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/10-things-we-learned\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/10-things-we-learned\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/10-things-we-learned\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2013\/07\/koc-learn-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2013\/07\/koc-learn-1.jpg\",\"width\":740,\"height\":493},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/10-things-we-learned\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Features\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/\",\"name\":\"Snkrs Day\",\"description\":\"Sneakers News. 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