How Old-School Basketball Sneakers Became the Hottest New Shoes
Basketball shoes are a constant in the sneaker world, but the kind of hoops shoe that makes noise has grown a little stale. There are the monthly Air Jordan sell-outs, of course, and the occasional performance sneaker that still manages to make some noise (shouts to Kyrie Irving’s Spongebob collection). But the hottest releases happening these days lean far more in the direction of Yeezys, Travis Scott collabs, and Nike Dunks than to old-school hoops retros like the Nike Air Raid or CB ‘94. That looks to be changing. While old-school basketball sneakers getting the occasional rerelease h...