mister jack johnson
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Was this shoe, or series of shoes, a success or failure? The original concept was for Kobe to wear three different shoes for different phases of his game, alldepending on needs. Did his needs change, or was the concept flawed from the beginning, therefore a flop?
My thoughts:
It was a flop. There was a huge risk in thinking that people outside of the Kobe fans on Nike Talk, actually wanted, or needed, 3 Kobe shoes. Instead of makingone good shoe, the first one released garnered all of the attention, leaving the "strength", in the dust, then putting the "lite", on thebackburner. The first release is now considered THE II here on NikeTalk, with a hype driven core considering the shoe to be THAT shoe, by some here onNikeTalk. That OPINION is subjective, but I've worn it, tried to play in it, and then found the Zoom BB to be the much better Nike Hoops shoe by a mile.The reason is the fit, and also questioning if there was a necessity of the 'bells and whistles' that were featured with the now labeled ZKII. For mewhen a shoe has too much going on, it can be a hinderance for what we are supposed to be doing on court. Then it also has been proven that those hoop shoesthat feature so much "tech", inner bootie, ankle collar, free inspired outsole, ankle strap, carbon fiber, blah, blah, blah, never seem to do well atthe registers, unless the name is JORDAN.
Your thoughts...
My thoughts:
It was a flop. There was a huge risk in thinking that people outside of the Kobe fans on Nike Talk, actually wanted, or needed, 3 Kobe shoes. Instead of makingone good shoe, the first one released garnered all of the attention, leaving the "strength", in the dust, then putting the "lite", on thebackburner. The first release is now considered THE II here on NikeTalk, with a hype driven core considering the shoe to be THAT shoe, by some here onNikeTalk. That OPINION is subjective, but I've worn it, tried to play in it, and then found the Zoom BB to be the much better Nike Hoops shoe by a mile.The reason is the fit, and also questioning if there was a necessity of the 'bells and whistles' that were featured with the now labeled ZKII. For mewhen a shoe has too much going on, it can be a hinderance for what we are supposed to be doing on court. Then it also has been proven that those hoop shoesthat feature so much "tech", inner bootie, ankle collar, free inspired outsole, ankle strap, carbon fiber, blah, blah, blah, never seem to do well atthe registers, unless the name is JORDAN.
Your thoughts...