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Tony Wroten and Manu Ginobili’s Sneaker Malfunctions<\/h1>\n We usually witness\u00a0a shoe blowout once every 2-3 years, but this season, two southpaws fell victim to sneaker malfunctions within two weeks of each other. Manu Ginobili exploded through his shoe by simply planting his foot on defense. Meanwhile, in an attempt to spin past his defender, Wroten’s Air Jordan 10 White\/Red came undone from the bottom.<\/p>\n
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Kevin Martin Boldly Wears Jordan Future, A Non-Basketball Shoe<\/h1>\n Though it’s equipped with an Air Jordan 11 outsole – a shoe many would place among the cream of the crop in regards to performance basketball shoes – the newly-developed Jordan Future is by no means a performance-ready basketball shoe. Yet, that didn’t stop Minnesota Timberwolves guard Kevin Martin from wearing them on court in a game against his former team, the Sacramento Kings, this season. In a time where anything, like Trainers, Yeezys, and high-fashion sneakers are accepted on court,\u00a0are you a fan of seeing the Future on court?<\/p>\n
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LeBron James Prefers Soldier VII Over LeBron 11<\/h1>\n LeBron James not consistently wearing his latest signature, the Nike LeBron 11, was undoubtedly the biggest elephant in the room this season. The $200 sneaker was worn by players, such as DeMarcus Cousins, Manu Ginobili and P.J. Tucker more so than LeBron James himself, who wore his 11th signature shoe few and far between. Instead, the 4-time MVP opted to wear the latest from his secondary signature line, the Nike Zoom LeBron Soldier VII, faithfully. Besides a quote from James stating that Nike was in the process of redefining the 11s\u00a0midway through the season, we never heard much more as to why he decided to wear the Soldier VII.<\/p>\n
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JR Smith Unties Opponents’ Shoelaces<\/h1>\n At the beginning of January, J.R. Smith was hit with a $50,000 fine by the NBA for untying opponents’ shoelaces. Smith never gave a reason as to why he went on an untying tear midway through the season, but it was definitely one of the memorable moments of the Knicks’ season, which probably doesn’t say much.<\/p>\n
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Kyle Lowry Goes On Unexpected Air Jordan\u00a0Tear<\/h1>\n Kyle Lowry, a longtime PEAK brand member, oddly went on an Air Jordan rampage fresh out of All-Star Weekend. For two weeks straight, the Raptors point guard laced up a number of beloved sneakers, such as the Air Jordan 9, the Air Jordan 1 and the Air Jordan 10 before returning to a number of PEAK player exclusives throughout the rest of the regular season and playoffs. Weird.<\/p>\n
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Robin Lopez Customizes His Own Shoes<\/h1>\n We knew custom sneakers would be a huge on-court trend this season, but we never imagined hand-drawn, self-designed sneakers\u00a0would ever make it to the hardwood. Enter Portland Trail Blazers center Robin Lopez. The twin sported multiple adidas models that\u00a0featured hand-drawn custom art created by him. After catching up with Lopez during the second round of the NBA Playoffs, we found out that he customizes pairs prior to the tipoff of each game.<\/p>\n
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Footwear Brands Celebrate “Awards Season”<\/h1>\n Every year, most sneaker brands provide their players with holiday-themed player exclusives.\u00a0We’ve seen decorated sneakers for Christmas Day, Veterans Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, St. Patrick’s Day and many others. This season, however, brought about a new theme in\u00a0January. Brands, such as Jordan, adidas and Under Armour surprisingly provided the majority of their players with gold-accented “Awards Season” exclusives in celebration of the Grammy Awards, The Oscars, the Academy Awards and more. Carmelo Anthony, Stephen Curry and others debuted these PEs on Grammy Night.<\/p>\n
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Dion Waiters Serves Up Prelude Kobe VI Preview Months Before\u00a0Its Release<\/h1>\n At the beginning of December, Nike unveiled the 8-sneaker Kobe Prelude Pack during the Kobe 9 Launch Event. The highly anticipated lineup began with the re-release of the Kobe I on December 7. However, Cleveland Cavaliers guard Dion Waiters somehow got his hands on the Kobe VI from the Prelude Pack just four days after the initial release of the Kobe I,\u00a0and he wore them on court a whole month before the release date.<\/p>\n
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LeBron James\u00a0Laces Up 1-of-1s Off Court<\/h1>\n While players like\u00a0Norris Cole, Derrick Williams, Eric Bledsoe and Nick Young were busy wearing LeBron’s previous models on court, King James shockingly laced up two 1-of-1s of the Nike Zoom LeBron II and the Nike Zoom LeBron III. The latter\u00a0featured a black and white color scheme with glow-in-the-dark laces, while the formers\u00a0owns a leopard and zebra print finish.<\/p>\n
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Isaiah Thomas Surprisingly Sports Low-Top Rebook Kamikaze II PE<\/h1>\n Retro-wise, Jordans rule the NBA courts each year. However, Reebok made a big splash by supplying their brand member Isaiah Thomas with new constructions of their most famed retro models. Out of nowhere, Thomas took to the court in a few low-top versions of the Reebok Kamikaze II. Over the years, we’ve seen a number of new colorways on classic models from most brands, but a whole new construction of a ’90s model is a first.<\/p>\n
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Russell Westbrook Wears Two Previously Unseen Air Jordan 10 PEs<\/h1>\n Maybe this is something we can look forward to each season. After abruptly wearing an otherworldly Air Jordan 3 player exclusive last season, we spotted him in two never-before-seen Air Jordan 10 PEs this time around. In fact, he wore a white-based Oklahoma-esque colorway of MJ’s 10th signature shoe on Christmas Day, and followed that up with a black-based pair in his return home to Los Angeles in mid-March.<\/p>\n
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Joe Johnson Breaks Out Air Jordan XVI PE<\/h1>\n Another player exclusive that unexpectedly hit the hardwood was Joe Johnson’s Air Jordan XVI. In a year where the Air Jordan 6 has been re-release in a number of colorways, the Air Jordan XVI was brought out by Johnson towards the latter part of this season and worn well into the NBA Playoffs.<\/p>\n
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Nick Young Sports Supreme x Nike Foamposite Days After Release<\/h1>\n The mass hysteria that surrounds Nick Young’s on-court footwear seems to broaden with each passing year. We love the fact that he has the audacity to wear some of the most highly-anticipated and hyped sneakers on court – that most people wouldn’t dare play basketball in – as if to say, ‘they’re just shoes.’ His wear of the Supreme x Nike Air Foamposite One relayed that exact message, as he wore them just four days after the limited release of this shoe.<\/p>\n
While wearing a pair of Foams on court might not seem too crazy, the madness surrounding the release of this shoe made his on-court wear of his pair one of the most talked-about and eventful sneaker moments of the season.<\/p>\n
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The 2013-2014 NBA season was eventful in more ways than one. We witnessed some incredible performances, amusing antics and captivating storylines throughout the year, but from a sneaker standpoint, we observed some rather interesting happenings as well.<\/p>\n
From Manu Ginobili’s shoe explosion to Russell Westbrook’s Air Jordan 10 surprises, we take a look at the most bizarre sneaker moments of the NBA season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":387353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[835,1219126],"tags":[1225551],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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