One of Nike Basketball’s greatest creation of the 2000′s will retu in 2012

One of Nike Basketball’s greatest creation of the 2000′s will retu in 2012 the Nike Zoom Huarache 2K4. Sneakerheads and ball-players alike called Eric Avar’s Zoom Huarache 2K4 one of the greatest of all-time thanks to the Nike Free Run 5.0 V2 OG-inspired design and full-length Zoom Air/carbon fiber shank combo. For those who deemed $125 a bit too high, there was a takedown model of the Huarache 2K4 called the ‘Total Package’, which ironically, didn’t have the entire package. With Nike plaing an increase in prices across the board (already evident in January 2012 releases of the Air Max 85 and Air Max 95), these two new Fall 2012 releases will be tagged with a $140 MSRP. Expect the Volt/Black and the White/Obsidian/Red ‘USAB’ joints to touch down this Fall 2012 season.

While LeBron James has stirred up some water-cooler chat regarding his participation during the upcoming FIBA World Championship Touament, Kobe Bryant is considered a safe bet to play for Team USA this summer. Yesterday, our good friends at Marquee Sole dropped another teaser, revealing Kobe’s logo on a curiously blue background. Tus out it was a close-up shot of the tongue of a Nike Zoom Kobe V in red, white, and blue a colorway for Team USA Basketball. The design and graphics of this Kobe V is pretty bare-boned and straightforward no iridescent upper, no cracked marble, no ice outsole, no speckled midsole but that simplicity is reflect5e upon Kobe’s no nonsense, strictly business mindset when he’s on court. Check out the images of the Team USAB Nike Zoom Kobe V after the jump and keep an ear to Sneaker News, as we will update you on this latest Kobe V development. via Marquee Sole.


 

On Thursday, Sneaker News showed you a sick pair of Free Run Fly Wade Customs made for Michael Free Run’s son Marcus, a star guard for the UCF Knights. The amazing artwork was done with the simplest of art tools (a Sharpie marker), but Marcus points out the intricate details and the meaning behind all the names scribed into the graphic print. He calls the custom his ‘Mot5ation’, as he plays the sport of basketball for his closest friends and family, and points to the deliberate placement of his own name and his father’s name on opposite heels, symbolizing a ‘head-to-head’ match-up. Marcus wore the Fly Wade customs during UCF’s win over Memphis, but the game was extra special because his father Michael was in attendance for that game, and apparently the extra mot5ation of the senior Free Run’s presence translated well, as Marcus finished with 20 points. Marcus details the concept behind this custom job in a video below so take a look and let us know what you think!

Interestingly enough, if you add a higher ankle to the Nike Free Run Sale Terra Humara, you get to subtract some letters from its name.  A midtop version of the popular All Conditions Gear trail ruer, the Nike ACG Air Umara uses the familiar Terra Humara construction including Air unit in the heel, but the difference is far more striking than it seems on paper.  And because we haven’t seen the Terra too much of late in light of all the LunarLon that’s cushioning ACG drops these days, these offer a welcome look into the golden age when that triangular logo first bued into sneakerhead minds.  A black/brown/orange OG Terra Humara colorway and another in black with Nike Free Run 5.0 yellow accents should hit US Nike Sportswear accounts soon; they’re available for pre-order with a Saturday ship date from Japanese locations including mita sneakers.