Slam Kicks: Basketball Sneakers That Changed- Ben Osbourne, Robert Jackson

The definitive primer on the world's most popular shoe: the basketball sneaker. Back in the 1930s, a basketball sneaker was created for straight-up performance. Basketball shoes have a long and storied history both on and off the court.

SLAM Kicks breaks down the path of the basketball sneaker, from the birth of the very first iconic shoe, the Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star, to the white-hot best-selling cultural-phenomenon Nike Air Jordan sneaker line. Today, hoops footwear do double duty: they're designed for and by elite players, but to sneakerheads, how they look is nearly as important as how they perform. This book showcases the hottest basketball kicks over time, throwbacks and new shoes alike, covering each legendary sneaker and its design, the technical advancements found in the shoe, the athletes who made the shoe famous, and the cultural waves the footwear has made off the