Jordan Zion 4

How come a no?

Got the Zion 4s in last week. The early reviews are spot on - cushion was good to very good, materials were fine, fit was a little on the narrow side (way better than the 3s), shoe curved noticeably and uncomfortably inward at the toe box, toe box was too tapered, and heel was narrow. I sent the shoes right back to Nike. I don’t know who JB is making these awkward fitting shoes for. If JB made the fit and shape more like a Lebron, Sabrina or GT Cut, these would likely have been a hit for JB. Such a missed opportunity.
The cushion is the only thing that felt good in the shoe. Everything else, not so much. I can tell when I put a shoe on whether or not it's going to feel good on the court & I did not get that from this shoe. I have 4 pair of the Zion 3's & I only needed to try on the very first pair. Once I confirmed that they're a good shoe on the court, the remaining 3 pair I either ordered them online or just walked in the store & bought them without trying them on. The 4's don't give me that feeling so I'd much rather not waste my time instead of buying them, taking them to the court, confirming they don't feel good & then returning them.
 
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Finally got to try these on and yeah these suck.

Looks wise I like them on feet but just getting in to the shoe ruined my socks lol. The sticky insole is terrible and when you finally get them on foot your socks will bunch up and cause irritation and potential foot fungus

Just like ZW’s career, his shoe line has been lackluster for real.
 
Finally got to try these on and yeah these suck.

Looks wise I like them on feet but just getting in to the shoe ruined my socks lol. The sticky insole is terrible and when you finally get them on foot your socks will bunch up and cause irritation and potential foot fungus

Just like ZW’s career, his shoe line has been lackluster for real.
I liked the 2, solid shoe
 
Those look great. I feel like his line is as snakebitten as he is.
Like those shoes look objectively good. The 3s did too. Should be a high performer. But isn't.
 
Nice looking shoe but feels terrible on feet. I'm pretty sure the Kobe 9 EM will be my next hoop shoe.
 
Has anyone put the cushlon drop in from these inside the Kobe 8 or 9 protro?
 
Has anyone put the cushlon drop in from these inside the Kobe 8 or 9 protro?
I didn't even know these had a removable insole. When I tried them on after they first came out the shoe felt so terrible to me I never gave it a second look.
 
Zion reportedly furious after NBA rejects Zion 4 PE:
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Saw those and the other recent ones and thought wow. With good to great colorways on this shoe it must be up there for one of the worst performance models of all time for nobody to be buying or playing in them. It's wild. And it's been so consistent across the board I'm not even willing to ball in a pair cause it's so obvious they're really just a bad model. Wild.
 
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