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Word. Nike didn’t know what was going on design wise. Just put up whatever they could. 5’s were terrible. 6’s went up against the Kobe 4’s which changed the game. They had no shot in competing
Nike LeBron 8 Retro
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What caught my eye and made me buy my first ever LeBron was the Olympic 6s. That shoe is just a work of art. One of the greatest LeBron’s ever made. The 6 takes a lot of abuse, but I love it and they came out with the best colorways. I feel like the 6 is like the Jordan 2 of the LeBron line. It gets no respect but it’s solid, and the comfort is amazing.
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The UWR pattern on them correct? The 6 wore like a timerberland field boot. Thing was solid. Upper was stiff as all hell and destroyed our ankles during the break in period.
mall said and done I like the 6’s over anything past the 8’s. At least the shoe had legit design to them and wasn’t just a single piece upper. Had good detail inside the collars too
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Whats yall thoughts on the LeBron 6 prototype?
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I thought the prototype was a lot better than the 6.
The 6 was comfortable with the zoom set up, but visually they did nothing for me with the Uptown look.
The Lebron 5 was the worst Lebron IMO
I liked the Lebron 4 however
The 6 was comfortable with the zoom set up, but visually they did nothing for me with the Uptown look.
The Lebron 5 was the worst Lebron IMO
I liked the Lebron 4 however
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Lebron 6's are very very comfy. I liked the 6's and the proto type also.
MANY didn't like the 6's. I love how they felt on my feet
MANY didn't like the 6's. I love how they felt on my feet
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The 7 was a spin off of the 6 prototypes. You can see how they evolved from it. The released 6’s were way better than those though
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It was such a hated shoe. USA's, Big Apples, and Kid's are still in procession. I loved the double stacked zoom.
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I hope we eventually get a release of the 6 prototypes
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I started with the 3, but the 4's had me sold and hooked on the line.
D_eezus
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Or shorts.
4’s are my favorite but they are hard to pull of casually but boy are the a beast to hoop in
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lebron 4's best with shorts !
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Lebron 6 prototypes could have been better than the released version IMO…didn’t they have a foamposite upper? Joints would have been able to correct the wrongs of the Lebron 4. I feel like if they would have stuck with it and tweaked them, they would have had a hit…technically they did as the 7 is very derivative of it.
KanyIZZY
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Hated the prototypes and hated the shoe but someone was trolling with the 5's.. those were straight up 
MoneyAmeer
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5s are Trash
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I think it was LeBron who ultimately had the Original VI scrapped. They would’ve been my favorite LeBron sig of all time if they actually released. The design flows really well and the colorblocking of the home cw (pictured below) is just perfect to me!
It’s far fetched, but I hope they release
like the concept Jordan XIIIs (Black Cat) and Air Max Zer0s.
It’s far fetched, but I hope they release
like the concept Jordan XIIIs (Black Cat) and Air Max Zer0s.
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5's are underrated, they are pretty comfortable and perform pretty well when you break them in.
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Saw this in my google photos.
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Yup, 11 is where the line died. The 12 was such a let down aesthetically.
rbk93
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XII NSRL are fire.
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They started off strong with the 11 and then they petered out. The 12 was subpar and the 13 was atrocious.
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After the XI, I really forget what they they look like, so I have to google image search most of the time lol. However, I thought that the 15 (mainly d/t the LeBron watch cws) and 17 looked decent.
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They just need to retro the 2's asap. New school and old school will eat them up. Low profile and lower cut.
Thierry Henry
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What caught my eye and made me buy my first ever LeBron was the Olympic 6s. That shoe is just a work of art. One of the greatest LeBron’s ever made. The 6 takes a lot of abuse, but I love it and they came out with the best colorways. I feel like the 6 is like the Jordan 2 of the LeBron line. It gets no respect but it’s solid, and the comfort is amazing.
Speaking of the 6....
I'm surprised those Stewie Griffin's didn't get more love in that LeBron Vote Back. That pair is grail status to a lot of Bron heads
I've told the story before in one of the LeBron threads.
One of my classmates in middle school had the All Star pair and i used to stare down at them all class long. I use to get in trouble frequently with the teacher for not payimg attention.
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