Got the black magic’s yesterday and hooped in them this morning just to shoot around before lifting. Getting your foot in these is a pain in the ***, but it takes a while to figure out how to loosen up the flytrap lacing section. Once you do that, I firmly believe these may be the most secure shoes I’ve worn in terms of lockdown. The turbo zoom setup can be felt out of the box and it’s refreshing to have zoom in the forefoot of a Kyrie model. I went a half size down from the Kyrie 4 as I had too much toe space, but I am also always inbetween an 11.5 and 12 so I had to try these on in-store, and recommend others do as well. If you’re a wide-footer, I can see these being a pain as I have relatively skinny feet. But the heel lockdown and the mid foot are so secured in these I may not even need to wear ankle braces when I play.
More to come later this week after I get some good pickup sessions in. Overall, definitely a fan of this model already.