Nike LeBron 18 *First Look*

[jacktown83]

He still has 2 years left of his contract after this year.

And literally rested last post season and some of this season.. He’s gaining time on those legs..

 

[cjdynasty]

This is a shoe, period. Nothing about this shoe signals “the flagship signature shoe for the biggest athlete in the planet”.

 

[nikekid6]

Yea I think I’m gonna have to sit out on these

Yup

 

[Darth Fett]

I'm praying that these are just the lows

 

[suchafraud23]

The tongue is throwing me off

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

Can't wait until they drop a limited pair just to see the ones who don't like it make that turnaround.

Always happens

Perfect example were the LeBron 14 OONW.

 

[talonmarko]

The tongue is throwing me off

This is my biggest turn off of this shoe, thats just awful. I mean, whats the point, it doesnt do nothing for the support or anything?

Thank goodness DHL just delivered my CP3.XII today, gonna have a few hoop shoes to run through before buying a new pair.

 

[truenike81]

I hate James Gang on the shoe. Will always pass with that saying on them.

Gy

Can't wait until they drop a limited pair just to see the ones who don't like it make that turnaround.

Always happens

Perfect example were the LeBron 14 OONW.

Lebron 14 oonw was the only dope cw the rest were duds

 

[nickatnite]

these lowkey look like Kevin Durant's ha ha

 

[cjdynasty]

Can't wait until they drop a limited pair just to see the ones who don't like it make that turnaround.

Always happens

Perfect example were the LeBron 14 OONW.

that was actually a dope shoe tho. All of the limited 16s and 17s are readily available at any outlet of your choice. Just a trash silo period. Nike desperately needs to get away from the knit. It’s embarrassing at this point that all his signatures shoes are trash and not moving. I got Ash 17s for like $50DS. It’s truly sad.

 

[vood99]

Jason Petrie needs to go they need some new blood

visual representation of meh

Petrie's handicapped by Nike's insistence on using knit/mesh on the uppers - you are severely limited by what you can design.

 

[vood99]

Looks like a KD 10.

these lowkey look like Kevin Durant's ha ha

10000% a reworked Durant sneaker with LBJ motifs.

 

[truenike81]

Petrie's handicapped by Nike's insistence on using knit/mesh on the uppers - you are severely limited by what you can design.

What serious wow I see why some of nike dope designers left

 

[SC kid]

 

[Blue Mamba]

Man I haven’t liked anything being worn from Lebron. The forbidden city, LA, James Gang, black and white, no colorway has made this shoe look good so far

 

[Magic33]

Petrie's handicapped by Nike's insistence on using knit/mesh on the uppers - you are severely limited by what you can design.

Is it Nike or Lebron?

 

[kingjay718]

Nike.

Seems like at this point LBJ Sr just signs off on whatever. As long as his friend and family get the PE’s.

 

[g-time]

I don’t think they’re bad. Just need to see more colorways.

 

[jacktown83]

The blacks really remind me of a Barkley

 

[Blue Mamba]

 

[vood99]

Is it Nike or Lebron?

Nike.

Seems like at this point LBJ Sr just signs off on whatever. As long as his friend and family get the PE’s.

It's Nike Magic33 - they're approaching this with an assembly line methodology. Look at their running product also - it's super hard to differentiate among that line up too.

If all their products use the same materials and share similar design principles/ideologies then the factories in China they outsource too have a quicker turnaround time and charge them less overall.

Lebron's getting paid handsomely, he gets PEs for his camp and is generally well looked after. The only thing he can really control is the feel, comfort and performance of the shoes. Materials and aesthetics are out of his control.

Lol although I think even LBJ might have no control over feel and comfort based on some revisions to his sneakers.

 

[si3n4]

The tech sounds intriguing, the design in general is ok, but, man, I am not digging the big floppy tongue at all. I will likely cut the tongue down if I get a pair...

 

[thapointguy]

 

[NToweG]

His last couple pairs were fully covered in this overdone knit material..

 

[urn0tlike]

Look way better in black.