Nike Basketball has always been at the forefront of high-tech comfort and engineering

Nike Basketball has always been at the forefront of high-tech comfort and engineering, but usually the question asked at the outset is “Does it look good?”. That’s just the nature of signature shoes, where visual appeal trumps what may be under the hood and ‘the look’ is just as important (or more than) ‘the feel’. By now we’ve got a firm idea of what the LeBron V3 looks like – a luxurious upper combined with the 360-Air Unit from the Air Max LeBron V2 – but the deliberation behind the design of LeBron’s eighth shoe goes further than aesthetic Nike Free Run Shoes pleasure. The swoosh, for example, is pushed more toward the rear with the tail ending at the heel to represent LeBron’s speed, and the figure-8 graphic on the heel is actually the X-Flex design which allows the heel to displace force and pressure without missing a gear. Continue reading for a look at the Nike Air Max LeBron V3 tech-specs as well as new images of the upcoming shoe and stick with Sneaker News for more Nike LeBron news.

Maybe he was satisfied with the NBA career record for made three-pointers or maybe he didn’t want to dethrone teammate and defending Foot Locker 3-Point Shootout champ Paul Pierce, but Ray Allen didn’t add a second title to the one he won back in 2001.  Even though Miami guard James Jones walked away with the crown, Boston’s gotta be happy two of their big three made it to the final round and Ray played the entire way in his typically smooth style.  That inclues the above pictured pair of Air Free Run Evolution 85 PEs, ironically enough the same sneaker Sugar Ray wore during the Celtics’ last game vs. Miami.  Click through to see more of Ray Allen’s Nike LunarGlide 5 three point contest shoes and stick with Sneaker News to see what he and the rest of Free Run Brand‘s contingent show off during the 2011 NBA All Star Game.

 

In the twenty-three years since its 1988 debut, the Air Free Run 3 has risen to the top of the sneakerhead pantheon, this first of Tinker Hatfield’s Air Free Run Legacy designs widely considered to be one of, if not the single greatest sneaker of all time. 2011′s been Nike Free Run 4.0 V2 a huge year for Air Free Run 3 Retros, and not only did we see the release of three of the four OG colorways, but also a series of brand new looks, including the just dropped ‘Stealth’ edition. The newly unveiled colorup above is darker than the Stealths, a blacked-out take on the 2007 ‘Flip’ that reverses the typical elephant print and tumbled leather blocking. So is an all-black Flip AJ3 better than the white and Chrome original? Click through to have a closer look and stick with Sneaker News for the Air Free Run 3 Retro ‘Black Flip’ release date. viaAir-Randy

The Supra Owen is the Crown brand’s first running sneaker, a departure for this brand that’d heretofore focused its energies on the skateboarding scene.  It’s a risk that’s paying d5idends as sneakerheads and casual buyers alike come to recognize the potential for lightweight and breezy summer comfort coming from this ‘unlikely’ source at a wholly reasonable price point.  The Owen is back for summer with two new colorways, one a ‘Sport Blue’-inspired answer to March’s OG Air Max 1-inspired release, the other closer to the kinds of styles we saw in 2010′s Air Attack Pack thanks to the subtle use of purple accents on an otherwise black base.  Check out both in greater detail below, then grab yours straight from Supra.