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i'm washed so i'll probably be grabbing at least one pair to rock with a t shirt and shorts lol
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Consensus on fave KD model here? Curious
Of the models I own:
4 - cheap, great CWs, uncomfortable
5 - cheap, great CWs, good hoop shoe, subjective aesthetics (personally I like them casually)
5 Elite - overpriced, clunky, but I do enjoy wearing my EYBLs
6 - great CWs, aesthetically pleasing but ultimately plastic shoes (I regret buying so many pairs)
6 Elite - overpriced, very comfortable, decent hoop shoe, "meh" aesthetics
7 - great looks, decent CWs, good hoop shoe, comfy
8 - forgettable looks, underperforming cushion, couple decent colors (N7, Easy Euro)
9 - looks good, comfy, lackluster performance, hard to get on and kind of hard to "style" casually
9 Elite - same as the 9 but a much better performer
10 - basically the same shoe as the 9 but easier to wear casually
Casual (aesthetics, comfort) - 4, 7, 10
Hoops - 5, 7, 9 Elite
Overall - I'm going to have to go with the 7
Aren't they sticking to $150?
That reviewer bought them at least a half size to full size too big he said as well. We are still talking about a shoe that is not out and is not his shoe for this season but next season. KD likes his shoes loose and free feeling he has said in interviews so it having no support like the 9s does not shock me one bit. these are excerpts from an article about why his shoes keep falling off 538 did
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-kevin-durants-shoes-keep-falling-off/
“Kevin really hates wearing a pair that’s brand new. He likes them boys worn, and then he’ll stick with them consistently, for a long time,” Housen says, adding that he even prefers to use the same pair for both practice and games. “He doesn’t care if they match the uniform that night. He’s just, ‘Those are my shoes — the shoes I practice in, the shoes I play in.’ So I just bring them back and forth for him, and he lets me know when he’s ready to start over with a new pair.” (One indication of all this: Durant’s brand-new sneaker, the KD 11, is available for him to wear now. And Nike’s initial plan was for him to market the shoe to the basketball world by playing in them during the high-profile Western Conference Finals against Houston. But true to form, Durant has yet to wear the shoe, which is slated to be released to the public in June.)
Durant’s explanation for this is simple. “If I feel something is right, I just like to stay in it,” he said. Asked how long he’ll stay in the same pair, Durant thought for a second. “Usually about three weeks — maybe every eight games?”
“Anything too tight on my body as I play, I feel like it restricts me a little bit. I don’t wear the arm sleeves, the undershirts, the finger tape, the wristbands, or none of that stuff,” he said. “I’m already skinny as it is, and I don’t need anything else weighing me down. I want to be aerodynamic out there, and I guess that’s how I think of my shoes as well.”
And so to achieve that featherweight feeling, Durant wears a size-18 while on the court — one full size bigger than what he wears when in casual settings.
“These are like slippers, man, and I just try to be as efficient as I can when I create what I want out there. I don’t want something that’s too bulky. So, sometimes they may come off, but the good thing is, I can slip them back on and keep playing.”