Awesome Basketball

After dropping NBA star Gilbert Arenas for endorsement, Adidas decided not to scrap the namesake Gil Zero shoe altogether, and instead redesigned it as the Elemental Formotion 3.

Athletic Propulsion Labs Concept 1 basketball shoe is made from space-age materials, including a special technology designed to give your vertical leap an instant boost. Up, up and away!

Air Jordan and Cole Haan collaborate with an ultra-clean Silver Anniversary Duffle & UNC Jersey combo; both sport white and silver colorways and are limited to 500 pieces each.

It’s all about staying light on your feet with Nike’s Air Max Turnaround; the shoe sports a high-cut ankle, herringbone tread outsole, Max Air heel unit, and Phylon midsole (black/silver at S-Y).

ESPN’s College Basketball Encyclopedia is a true full-court press at 1,232 pages with overviews of all 335 D-I teams, season-by-season summaries, and brackets for every NCAA tournament.

Now available: Nike’s Zoom Kobe V is 1 oz less than the IV at 10.6 oz, thanks to a lighter midsole, Flywire, and heat welding; it also features Kobe’s heartbeat traction pattern on the sole.

Sure to be a home run (or a touchdown) for MLB, NFL and NCAA fans, these Baseball and Football Hammers sport a themed rubber grip and team logos; click here for more teams.

Our condolences to fans who did not die in the Staples Center Collapse: yes, it’s an Onion parody, this time skewering the Los Angeles Clippers with a fate worse than death: a shutout.

When The Game Was Ours brings two legendary competitors together in one book, but as co-authors: Larry Bird and Magic Johnson dish out the goods on a rivalry turned friendship.

Nike’s Michael Jordan Letterman Jacket celebrates his induction into the Hall of Fame; it’s basically his whole career embroidered onto a sleeve, with points, MVPs, steals and more.

No word on whether the commentary system’s been tweaked, but this gameplay trailer for NBA 2K10 gets one thing right: the players each have their own swagger, aka Signature Plays.

Honoring Michael Jordan’s 60+ point games and his 1986 game vs Larry Bird, the Bulls vs Celtics Pack sports two Air Jordan 1 Hi Retros in complementary red and green colorways.

It’s the heavily hyped matchup that wasn’t meant to be, but we’re sure that fans on both sides of the great Kobe vs. LeBron debate are waiting for next year; available in white or black.

It’s a great day to be a Tarheel: UNC’s 2009 NCAA Title win is captured in grand style in the timelapse video below, which shows partiers at Franklin and Columbia near the UNC campus.

Even if you’re not a Knicks fan, these Adidas Metro Attitude His remain surprisingly fresh despite using a tried-and-true style; they’re similar to the original kicks worn by Patrick Ewing.

Nubeo and Kobe Bryant team up for the Black Mamba watch, whose DLC-treated case is the most complex ever with 131 pieces; it also packs a Valjoux 7750 calibre and 36 part bezel.

Essentially a glorified iPod Dock with 2.1 audio, Spalding’s iHoop features a suspension cradle to protect your iPod; it also comes with a 1/8″ mini plug for other mp3 players.

You’ll only be able to pull off this Hockey Arena Chandelier at a bachelor pad, so live it up, single dudes. Ice not your thing? Check out these Hoops and Skateboard pendants.

This Incase x UNDFTD basketball bag is one of those rare collabs that makes it ultra-coppable: it’s both useful and good-looking, with ball storage, iPod pocket, shoe bag and more.

Adidas and the NBA have teamed up to release Team Signature kicks for players like Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard and Tracy McGrady; they’ll be dropping throughout the next few months.