## The Daily Drip — 12 May 2026
Kobe 11 Elite Protro holds the number one slot at 92.6 even with a small pullback (-1.4), but the real story today is what is happening just behind it. Six new names cross into **ON_FIRE** for the first time this week, every one of them on the back of multi-signal heat rather than a single trigger.
### The new ON_FIRE class
- **Adidas x Wales Bonner Stripe Knit Cardigan** at 91.3 — a quiet jump that finally gets the cardigan above the Track Pants in its own collection. - **Hellstar x Adidas Superstar II** at 91.3 (+3.3) — resale price and search momentum both moved together. The Hellstar shell-toe story has gone from cult to canonical. - **Moncler x Adidas Originals NMD** at 90.5 — luxury-meets-archive-runner is the energy the second half of 2026 is going to be made of. - **Caitlin Clark x Nike Kobe 5 Protro ROTY** at 90.2 — the ROTY colourway is now the most Reddit-discussed Kobe of the year. - **Puma Pokemon 30th Anniversary** at 90.1 — children of the 90s and their Switch 2 do not stop talking about this collab. - **Adidas x Wales Bonner Track Pants** at 90.1 — Wales Bonner doubles up at the top, the only Adidas collaborator with two ON_FIRE pieces simultaneously.
### Biggest risers
Asics x Kiko Kostadinov Gel-Aurania (+4.7) leads the climbers, dragging itself out of COOLING. Nike Air Max 90 Tiempo World Cup (+4.4) is being read as the dark-horse World Cup sneaker. Burberry Knight Bag (+4.2) and the Dior x AJ1 Low Grey (+4.2) round out a luxury and collab pairing that says the high end is still firing.
### Biggest fallers
The KNWLS x Air Max Muse Synergy (-9.8) gives back its launch-week premium, as does the Salomon X-Alp Woven (-8.8). The Brazil 2026 x Jordan Change Kit (-8.5) cools but is still SURGING at 80.7 — kit cycles always settle a few days after the reveal.
### Three new entries
- **Nike Sabrina 3 WNBA 30th Anniversary** (SNEAKERS, entry 78.7 SURGING). Released 8 May, the WNBA's most coordinated commercial moment to date. - **Nike Air Griffey Max 1 Freshwater 2026** (RETRO, entry 73.2 RISING). The 30th anniversary OG, dropping 15 May at $170. - **Iran 2026 World Cup Home Kit** (KIT_CULTURE, entry 65.5 RISING). White-with-green Persian-pattern shirt, surfaced the same week as Iran's ten-point ultimatum to FIFA.
### Distribution
ON_FIRE 7 · SURGING 47 · RISING 130 · STEADY 278 · COOLING 76 · SLEPT_ON 7. The board is sharper than yesterday — fewer flat readings, more genuine separation between RISING and STEADY.