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absolutely not.
what a pro athlete wears compared to what hits a retailer are two totally different things. It always has been and really always should be, can't compare a pro's needs to that of a weekend warrior like us.
Visible zoom air in a shoe that does not feature any visible air?! Please show the pics of this please.The zoom bags are visible in in-game photos though
In every city in America you will find dudes that can out jump nba cats......weekend warriors dont need cushion tho lol.
This thought that these nba dudes somehow surpassed the needs of the rest of the worlds feet is laughable.
Thats fair but we all know the reason that kyries had no zoom was because they wanted move more kds and brons.It's not that nba dudes surpassed the needs of you weekend warriors. It's just that they are NBA players. And you're weekend warriors.
For top level Nike athletes, molds of the players foot are taken and his or her personal pairs are made from that mold.
Of course that process can be different for LeBron than it is for kd etc etc. And...zoom in the heel of a retail version can be exchanged for full length zoom and other changes. I have no idea what went wrong with the 11s
Regarding the lbj line taking a "back seat" to the kobe line...
That's nobody's fault but LeBron and his camp. Several Nike employees including tinker himself have stated that LeBrons lack of interest and personal ownership over the direction of his sig led to the products we see today. On the other hand, kobe had always been 100% engaged and involved with where his sig shoes went.
That's why it seems as though Nike put the LeBron line on the back burner for the kobe line.
That's why the LeBron line seems to have no lineage and jumps around tech wise...LeBron puts minimal input in.
Not to be a pest but will people stop sounding like Donald Trump on President Obama's birth place and then post info or pics of this so called fact?!Forefoot cushioning should be included in a $140 basketball shoe. If only more people knew that Kyrie himself had full zoom
I agree completely. With the Kobe line you felt that connection with the player (kobe 4 onwards). The LeBron line had a different feel to it, there's that disconnect you see in the Kobe 1-3 and most of the KD line.
LeBron's shoes look great, they just need to get back to the feel of the 2...
Wonder what happen to the "players needs" back in the late 80s and through the 90s. I never remember Jordan or Pippen needing optional cushioning alterations. Or Penny using something other than the norm in the foamposites. This goes for any player that had his own signature shoes. Other than custom insoles, their shoes were the same. We could argue that style of play was different and players feet arent the same. I dont see it being much different from todays atheletes needing extra tech. Like some of you already mentioned, just put the tech in the shoes to start with. A full length insole of zoom air cost $5 a pair on ebay. Surely if they are bought in bulk Nike doesnt pay next to nothing for them. So a mere forefoot or heel zoom drop-in is nothing.
Nike would make a killing if they sold replacement insoles in stores (lunar, full zoom, etc)
Forefoot zoom bag is visible through the bottom of the sole on the pair pictured in this post:Visible zoom air in a shoe that does not feature any visible air?! Please show the pics of this please.
Nike would make a killing if they sold replacement insoles in stores (lunar, full zoom, etc)
I think the front bag in his PE pairs might be bottom-loaded, so it's closer to the outsole and more visible in light-colored soles like thatTbh I don't think that's the airbag, that shoe doesn't have a clear sole, nor can we see the one its ment to have in the heel at all, no doubt he doesn't have the retail version in the slightest but still...