THE OFFICIAL ADIDAS THREAD OF JAMES HARDEN - VOLUME 9 IN LOS ANGELES (CLIPPERS)

vettez06 · Feb 22, 2021

ironhorse75 said:
Yeah those are game pictures of him.

Not a good look when the retail version's traction is getting trashed.

It's different to have an added shank plate (Kyrie PE) or smaller air bubbles (Lebron 17), but to completely switch the traction says your retail product is failing.

Nothing they can really do. The product is made. They're just going to have to ship these to the outlets and department stores and take the L.

That’s a very bad look!

duke40 · Feb 22, 2021

My my my...

tigo0240 · Feb 23, 2021

I love the ADC review: "whoever designed these doesn't have feet." :rofl:

EZMONEY SERVANT · Mar 2, 2021

jrdatrackstar23 · Mar 3, 2021

If asked about it Harden would probably be like “oh shoot idk what they be doin...I thought they were all the same...”

Lol

EZMONEY SERVANT · Mar 10, 2021

kaz109 , cant even thank you enough. finally went at a time when there was no damn line got a pair
went back 1 week later for 3 more
for me, best straight outta the box feel ever, literally no break in time

IF you wear an 11 my man shoot me a priv, i got a bunch ima bout to let go REAL REAL cheap, for YOU REAL REAL REAL cheap ( mostly NB lifestyles and a pair or 2 of them bron 11's), if not thanks again for the heads up and all

hooked on that HARDEN 4 like its black tar and ish

duke40 · Mar 10, 2021

AI'sMyGOAT said:
kaz109 , cant even thank you enough. finally went at a time when there was no damn line got a pair
went back 1 week later for 3 more
for me, best straight outta the box feel ever, literally no break in time

IF you wear an 11 my man shoot me a priv, i got a bunch ima bout to let go REAL REAL cheap, for YOU REAL REAL REAL cheap ( mostly NB lifestyles and a pair or 2 of them bron 11's), if not thanks again for the heads up and all

hooked on that HARDEN 4 like its black tar and ish

I didn’t go back and see what

kaz109 hooked you up with - thought you were talking about the 5 at first

EZMONEY SERVANT · Mar 10, 2021

Harden 4 my bad

after reading what yall said about the 5 I think thats gonna be a 1 and done for casual use only.

jrdatrackstar23 · Mar 10, 2021

The traction and the cushioning on the 4 was such a letdown. First time this year moving on from the Harden line...

duke40 · Mar 10, 2021

AI'sMyGOAT said:
Harden 4 my bad

after reading what yall said about the 5 I think thats gonna be a 1 and done for casual use only.

I agree - it looks GREAT on foot.

EZMONEY SERVANT · Mar 11, 2021

tonight

jerseysauce · Mar 12, 2021

AI'sMyGOAT said:
tonight

Interesting monochrome colorway. No designs or patterns on the sneaker.

JS”

thapointguy · Mar 12, 2021

tigo0240 · Mar 12, 2021

They LOOK cool and I want to grab a pair for casual use. There's just no way I'm paying anywhere near retail for a sneaker that sucks so hard.

duke40 · Mar 12, 2021

Check Amazon - they were going for under $100 last week.

redrum3281 · Mar 13, 2021

thapointguy said:

and they should stay in china

EZMONEY SERVANT · Mar 13, 2021

straight fukcin piffffffffffffffffffffff

ironhorse75 · Mar 16, 2021

Harden 2 worth scooping up? Love the 3, like the 4.

rbk93 · Mar 16, 2021

They're pretty comfortable as far as casual wear.

jrdatrackstar23 · Mar 16, 2021

ironhorse75 said:
Harden 2 worth scooping up? Love the 3, like the 4.

If you’re playing on clean or very lightly dusty courts then yea. They use to be my favorite but after trying Nikes again and seeing how well their traction is I just couldn’t go back, still hurts me that I can’t hoop as well as I want to in them. Despite the weight I was quick in them and the cushioning was good. ..

The traction just can’t hold it’s own on dust unless you wipe all the time.

si3n4 · Mar 16, 2021

jrdatrackstar23 said:
If you’re playing on clean or very lightly dusty courts then yea. They use to be my favorite but after trying Nikes again and seeing how well their traction is I just couldn’t go back, still hurts me that I can’t hoop as well as I want to in them. Despite the weight I was quick in them and the cushioning was good. ..

The traction just can’t hold it’s own on dust unless you wipe all the time.

I think the 3s are a better shoe than the 2s.
- Traction is definitely better and more consistent on clean to dusty courts.
- Cushioning is just as good even though it looks thinner. Nice bounce and impact protection. I also find the cushioning to be more consistent pair to pair. Some of the 2s I had felt plusher and others firmer out of the box. I had a similar experience with the Rose 6s. I have not had any cushioning inconsistency issues with the 3s (or 1s).
- I like the fit better. I get great lockdown in the 3s without feeling like my foot is getting swallowed by my shoe like I did in some of pairs of the 2s (this does get better after extended wear).
- Side to side stability and containment are very good to excellent on both shoes.

jrdatrackstar23 · Mar 16, 2021

si3n4 said:
I think the 3s are a better shoe than the 2s.
- Traction is definitely better and more consistent on clean to dusty courts.
- Cushioning is just as good even though it looks thinner. Nice bounce and impact protection. I also find the cushioning to be more consistent pair to pair. Some of the 2s I had felt plusher and others firmer out of the box. I had a similar experience with the Rose 6s. I have not had any cushioning inconsistency issues with the 3s (or 1s).
- I like the fit better. I get great lockdown in the 3s without feeling like my foot is getting swallowed by my shoe like I did in some of pairs of the 2s (this does get better after extended wear).
- Side to side stability and containment are very good to excellent on both shoes.

I totally agree, and you and I had similar experiences with Boost (another reason I left the Harden line this year). My concrete Vol 2 (white and grey colorway) for some reason always made my left foot hurt because the Boost was different in that shoe compared to all my other Vol 2. I agree the cushioning was more fun and had more bounce in the forefoot than the 2 (the 2 felt like solid soft foam with minimal bounce while the Vol3 had noticeable bounce).

The only reason I am not hooping in my Vol 3 is the heel containment was terrible for me, I could literally tie the shoe at its tightest and pull the shoe off dang near still. Although the cushioning was good, it still had too much court feel for me now (I’m 34 with bad knees lol) so I had to move onto the Zoom Rize and KD13 this year.