Some of the best on court kicks aren’t available in stores so we decided to give em to you online.
Hopefully you all have bought KICKS by now (remember, SLAM subscribers, KICKS will not becoming to you, so hit your local newsstand/Wal-Mart/Borders/wherever), and assuming you have, you will have noticed our annual “Kicksology” piece in the “First Step” section of the magazine, where we ran 25 of our favorite on-court shoes from the KICKS era (’98 til now) and promised to tell you who wore what.
Well, here’s your list…
1. Rip Hamilton, Jordan VII
2. LeBron James, Lebron III
3. Kobe Bryant, Huarache 2k4
4. Ray Allen, Jordan V
5. Vince carter, VC Shox
6. Kobe Bryant, Huarache 2k5
7. LeBron James, LeBron IV
8. Shaquille O’ Neal, Shaq Lightup
9. Gary Payton, GP Flightposite
10. Carlos Arroyo , And 1
11. Michael Jordan, Jordan I
12. Allen Iverson, The Answer IV
13. Rip Hamilton, Jordan V
14. Tracy McGrady, T-Mac 5
15. Kobe Bryant, Kobe 2 (Sunshines)
16. Michael Jordan, Jordan III
17. Antoine Walker, Pro Models
18. Kobe Bryant, Reebok Question
19. Ron Artest, K1X Chief Gliders
20. Rasheed Wallace, Air Force 1
21. Derek Fisher, Air Max Uptempo
22. LeBron James, Lebron I
23. Quentin Richardson, Jordan IX
24. Kobe Bryant, Jordan VIII
25. Steve Francis, Reebok Xbeam Franchise
35 Responses to “Kicksology”
Aug.24 at 4:24 pm
H to the izzo says:
3 LeBron shoes.Seriously?
Aug.24 at 4:26 pm
Matt Caputo says:
Air Caputo’s droppin soon!
Aug.24 at 4:30 pm
Tarzan Cooper says:
it was given that sheed wore the forces
Aug.24 at 4:46 pm
jbn74sb says:
So what does this hope to convey?
Aug.24 at 4:48 pm
Ben Osborne says:
Bodie, it fills people in that bought the magazine and want captions to the photos.
Aug.24 at 4:57 pm
jbn74sb says:
Thanks Ben.
Aug.24 at 5:40 pm
Boing Dynasty says:
How did Matt Bonner not make this list?
Aug.24 at 5:59 pm
Esco says:
I still need to find out where I can cop the mags over here in Paris. This sucks big time…
Aug.24 at 6:56 pm
BETCATS says:
25. Steve Francis, Reebok Xbeam Franchise = Greatest Hoppin Shoe ever!!
Aug.24 at 10:29 pm
TheMC5 says:
Why are shoes called “kicks” in basketball lingo? There’s no kicking allowed in basketball.
Aug.24 at 10:43 pm
tsmooth says:
kobe wore jordans?
Aug.25 at 5:47 am
Tariq says:
Where are the Grant Hill Filas?
Aug.25 at 6:15 am
AB_40 says:
where the pictures at?
Aug.25 at 7:00 am
Lil James.T says:
Hello everybody i am tryin to find out when da Kick gotta come out ? it should come out at Aug 21….but why it coming so late now? i can’t wait get those new Kicks soon as possible, i hope the Kicks wannna be in store,wal-green,or wal-mart or something very soon….. Kicks coming soon….it wanna be hot !
Aug.25 at 8:06 am
BETCATS says:
Konate i still got the Reebok Xbeam Franchise, but what about the Dee Brown Reebok Pumps? I still got those too, and i got the Oakland Raider Starter Shoes but those arent really hoop shoes, but thats what i do in them.
Aug.25 at 10:43 am
Ryu says:
“25 of our favorite on-court shoes from the KICKS era (’98 til now)” - 11. Michael Jordan, Jordan I - How?
Aug.25 at 10:50 am
Ben Osborne says:
Jordan wore the 1s in his last game at MSG as a Bull (spring of 98). I was there and it was dope.
Aug.25 at 11:00 am
Ryu says:
I don’t think I can imagine how dope that was.
Aug.25 at 6:18 pm
BETCATS says:
BREAKING NEWS JAMES POESY IS NOW A CELTIC!!! BETCATS REPORTED IT FIRST!!!
Aug.25 at 9:43 pm
Ryan Jones says:
If I may add: The point of this was that all of us SLAM staffer types picked our favorite worn-by-NBA-players-during-the-SLAM-era shoes, and some of us were more specific than others. Hence, Kobe wearing Questions, three LeBron shoes (only two of which I picked, I think) etc. If you pick up the issue, it’ll all make sense. So pick up the issue.
Aug.25 at 11:31 pm
Khalid Salaam says:
yeah what Ryan said
Aug.26 at 1:57 am
david says:
jordans are the best shoes in the world specially the retro 11s
Aug.26 at 2:02 am
rob stewart says:
Kobe really impressed me by wearing a pair of Iverson’s. WOW
Aug.27 at 2:13 am
Doc says:
Esco, you might be able to find it in a RELAY. Hit up the nearest train station.
Aug.31 at 2:26 am
bigmike407 says:
How did Kobe get away with wearing Questions? Did he wear them in an NBA game? I would think that Nike or whatever shoe company he represented at the time would’ve sued him, but whatever. It’s still a good look. To David: Maybe you’ve never worn III’s or IV’s or seen V’s. I think the XI is way down on the list of J’s. I’m taking 2’s, 3’s, 5’s, 8’s, 9’s, 14’s and 17’s before the 11. Not a fan of patent leather. I remember we thought they’d be cool for the kids in ROTC to wear them when they first came out.
Aug.31 at 2:28 am
bigmike407 says:
Has anyone seen the 90s special issue of Sole Collector? I hate to bring up another mag here, but I’m curious.
Aug.31 at 8:08 pm
SXO4LIFE says:
COME ON BIG MIKE U CANT BE A TRU BALL LUVER BECAUSE EVERY BALLA IN DA DAY HAD AT LEAST 2 PAIR OF AJ 11.DO U NO HOW HARD IT WAS 2 GET A PAIR OF THESE SHOES ON THE 1ST RELEASE AN THEN AFTER THEY
GOT RETRO’D COME ON SUM1 PLEASE CHECK BIG MIKE’S PULSE BECAUSE IT THINK HE MAYBE LOSING IT AN 2 DA OTHER GUY KOBE WORE THOSE IVERSONS THAT YEAR HIS CONTRACT WITH ADDIDAS WAS OVER AN HE WORE THEM IN SEVERAL GAMES AN ALSO IN THAT SAME YEAR HE WORE JORDANS AN OTHER NIKE SHOES.PEACE FROM A REAL FAN OF DA GAME.
Sep.2 at 1:27 pm
Enrique says:
Why is it that Brand Jordan can release the Air Jordan 8 almost every other year and the Air Jordan 11 LOW with the same frequency, yet they do not do the same thing for the Air Jordan 11 (a shoe that every Jordan fan is rabid for!)
Sep.2 at 3:11 pm
TJCLANCY says:
yo i think everybody missed the fact that some shaqs got number 8!!!! what the f**k?
Sep.4 at 10:35 pm
shoe freak says:
i want the number one jordons so bad. they are very rare and are hard to find the originals. i want them so bad!
Sep.9 at 8:47 pm
josh says:
i got that mag
Sep.12 at 7:23 pm
Ankle Breaker says:
air force 1s are the worst!
Oct.30 at 5:25 pm
l.a. sucks says:
mikey is da bomb diggity freshizzle to the p.i.m.p
Nov.13 at 1:11 pm
re-akshon says:
i got most of these right but some kinda surprised me! I finally know what #1 is rip hamilton the hardwood threw me off! i though #4 was carmelo anthony cuz he’s with jordan brand and those jordan 5’s would go nicely with the alternate denver road jersey i thought #17 was grant hill cuz again the hardwood floor threw me off ( orlando magic floor)and grant hill did play in adidas pro models … i think… but it turned out to be antione walker when i thought about it it does make ssense cuz he did play for the mavericks a while back and #18 i thought was shaq cuz he did wear adidas but kobe? surprising? i think so! and #21 i thought was jermaine o’neal cuz of the yellow kicks but derek did play for the lakers so it makes sense… all the others i got no problem
Nov.22 at 5:23 pm
TB24 says:
KOBE’s shoes are da tightest on da planet