The 10 Best Basketball Sneakers from the 2000s to Dunk on Someone With

Were you the posterizer or the posterizee? All depends on the kicks you were wearing at the time, playa.

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The 2000s were filled with a plethora of ferocious dunks. Kobe was beginning to make his case of greatest basketball player along with best posterizer. LeBron dazzled us with his immortal-style of play and rim-rattling bang outs. And, of course, Vince Carter. Dunk contests were still watchable and NBA regular season games were as unpredictable as T-Mac's next trick dunk attempt. 

The 2000s were also filled with some of the most memorable basketball sneakers that are starting to get retroed today. Especially ones that helped catapult our favorite players to the rim on some unsuspecting defenders. The common denominators in all of these facials? A posterizer, a posterizee, and a pair of shoes that helped them to get from point A to point "OOOOOH!" Get your Youtube Player ready and reminisce with us as we go back in time for the 10 Best Basketball Sneakers to Dunk on Someone in the 2000s.

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Converse Wade 1

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Reebok X-Beam Franchise

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Air Jordan XVII

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And 1 Tai Chi

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Reebok Answer VII

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Adidas The Kobe

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Nike Air Zoom Generation LeBron

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Nike Huarache 2K4

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Year Released: 2004

 

Adidas T-MAC 5

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Nike Shox BB4

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