Imagine a basketball game played in 1917. Scrawny players wear a uniform consisting of a sad-looking tank-top and...a belt? A belt! Necessary to keep up those shorts—made out of canvas, of course, as ...

Sky Gellatly—marketing director of shoe heaven Flight Club and bona fide sneakerhead, is doing a series of blog posts for the GQ Eye called Sole Searching, a rundown on history’s most iconic sneakers.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nick Crain is an NBA reporter covering the OKC Thunder for Forbes. The path to superstardom in the NBA comes with unique ...