Did Nike give up on the Articulated Integrated Traction? I really liked it in my Lunar Control Vapor shoes. And I noticed the Lunar Control Vapor 2 has disappeared from the website and now it's about the React Control Vapor 2, which looks like the Lunar 2 but has spikes instead of the AIT.
I don't think Nike would put them on a lot of their main guards this season without a reason. But I agree that it would take a good colorway like Harden's for me to cop.
These new Kobe's look like they'll be much more comfortable than the VII's. I found the VII's to be too narrow and too stiff. Hoping these VIII's will feel light like the IV's felt.