The 2010s Basketball Shoes That Defined an Era

While only a few years ago, the 2010s was a decade of rapid innovation in basketball footwear technologies. A lot of the faces of the NBA that you know today, had some groundbreaking sneakers release. Think of Kevin Durant and his Nike KD4 or LeBron James with his Nike LeBron 8. These shoes set a new bar in both performance and style. In this video we take a look back at some of the best basketball shoes from the 2010s'. Enjoy!

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[therealmarcc.]

In the early 2010s, D Rose kicks also had a huge impact. Also, in 2012-2014, the Kobe 8, LeBron X, KD 6, and the annual Nike Basketball Elite Series had everyone by their toes.

[Swany]

The OG Hyperdunks looked soo sick. I wanted a pair real bad but they were so expensive back in the day

[ericliu]

Man I miss those days so much. Legendary players with varied shoes for everyone. The hyperdunks are sorely missed 😢

[them]

2009 to 2010 was a crazy year for basketball shoes. Kobe V, KD2, and Lebron 8s were all in retail (my personal favs from each line). OG and 2010 Hyperdunks were amazing too. Even adidas was building hype for their bounce and crazy light lines. Fun times picking which shoe to get back then!

[HightopRob]

2010s was an interesting decade which was much more earth shattering was when Steph Curry joined Under Armour

[mainsourcery]

Man..the Hyperdunk 2012. I loved hoopin in those. I wish Nike dropped kicks like that with a ton of colors, enough for anyone to purchase on demand.

[elijahdelacruz]

I’m really happy that Under Armour started to retro the Curry 1s last year, as I finally got a pair of the Dub Nation Home colorway of the Curry 1. But man, I remember back then in 2015 and 2016, Curry 1s and 2s were really impossible to get. Resellers here in the Philippines and neighboring countries such as Hong Kong kept buying out all stocks and resold them for way over retail price. Steph not only impacted the game of basketball in a major way, his signature shoe line also had a big impact to basketball sneaker culture.

[DylanLey]

Truly a great era for BB kicks! Great history video as always!

[wilder]

Even though I'm actually too old for this era of hoop shoes, it was still really interesting to watch the sneaker history video. This speaks for the unbelievably good quality and style of the video. The script was also really well written. Just great 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[jackrabbitAZ]

A video series covering different players iconic shoe lines would be so interesting! You could cover Lebron, curry, and others. I would certainly watch it

[claysoggyfries]

KDs during that time was the coolest thing to ever happen. KD 6-8 were so school while I was in middle school

[ohiorichkidbeats]

Excellent video I remember all of those

[jonathanng]

The decade I grew up in and the era I got into sneakers! It'll always have a special place in my heart!

[scottrichardson]

What a great era in sneakers! I still got the Christmas Lebron 8’s, creamsicle kd4’s, Easter kd5’s and another colorway (I used to love kd5’s but looking back they were kinda mid haha the 4’s are still heavy hitters tho for sure!), the ink Kobe 5, white black and red Lebron 7’s, prism Lebron 10, freegums Lebron 9, the USA and Easter Lebron 9 lows, a couple lebron 11’s and 1 pair of 12’s, fighter jet, gym green and Orlando foams and I even have a pair of hyperdunk 2009’s. Definitely a very different time in sneakers!

[fieldtriip]

Kyrie’s and D Rose were a big part of the 2010’s too.

[bengepp]

I'll cop those Air Structures (back drop upper left) thankyou very much 💜

[kevinbao]

The hyperdunk 2011 is weirdly enough what got me into shoes...still got my nike ID hyperdunk 2012s too lol

[lovingthesauce]

If you put in the foams then you have to include the 2011 concord 11’s. Those releases were the pivotal point of the whole decade💯🔥🔥🔥

[phillip_reynolds]

Great video! Yea, I’m hear for a video (or series) on LeBron’s sneaker line.

[toondoesthings]

Great video, man. What a nostalgia trip. The great thing about these sneakers is that they're relatively attainable price and availability wise compared to products coming out today. I'm certain it's hard to find good examples of sneakers from this era because they're so good people actually used them for hooping.

IMO Nike's Elite series for the post-season is also worth mentioning in a good and bad way. Good because I think that's when they realized people are ready for no-compromise 'upgraded' versions of already pretty good products bud bad because I believe that's what started the steady price increase of hoop shoes since then.