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Guilty. It's been so long with no leaks, I'd believe anything at this pointGot a few PM's from folks thinking i was serious.
Guilty. It's been so long with no leaks, I'd believe anything at this pointGot a few PM's from folks thinking i was serious.
No sir. A champ pack would sell out right away given the historical significance of the win. No way would a champ pack sit.
Nike HAS to put a memorable model on the feet of James.
Jordans and retro models sell to an older audience because they remember when their favorite player wore that shoe. They sell to a new generation because they want that vintage feel. The strongest selling point for Jordan Brand is nostalgia.
MEMORIES matter.
Hopefully, since they reportedly scrapped what they had in the spring, this is a sign that they are putting a legitimate effort into this model. I have absolutely ZERO issues waiting as long as it takes for a high quality, high inspiration, and highly memorable model.
We used to already have the LeBron's on people's feet around Asia by October 1..I'm still praying for an opening night miracle sighting of the 14's...although I'm fully prepared for a "Ring Night" Soldier X, or a sick retro from the closet.
Agreed. Though I think the 7's were one of the most popular ones even though there isnt much history tied to them.Sure, there's the select few of us that would collect every single LeBron retro that dropped, but would a retro 13 have the same hype ten years from now that a Jordan 13 does?
I completely understand Nike is pushing for on court performance, but they have to think about the future. Style, materials, and design matter.
MEMORIES matter.
Ring Ceremony XI's too
We used to already have the LeBron's on people's feet around Asia by October 1..
Hated how the 'Ring Ceremony' LeBron X's were a PE though. As for retro... why not pull out the AZG to throw it back to where the journey began?
nike/petrie/team lebron have dropped the ball on direction of this line.
i always feel like just basketball alone has never driven sales or made a shoe popular or unpopular. part of the reason why the jordan line was so successful in the original days (NOT RETRO) was because the shoe looked great on court and had a great deal of casual appeal.
nike basketball decided that they wanted to go in a different direction with the footwear (towards hardcore functionality and away from aesthetics). petrie hasn't done that good of a job in designing memorable models especially after the X. and his work before that is nowhere near the imprint that tinker left.
They are dropping the ball with his sigs lately, I know I'm a minority here but I loved the XI not so much the feel but the shoe looked good to me and would've liked them to go in that direction after, but I hated the XII aestheticly and the XIII was meh in terms of looks. I think they were onto something with making 3 models of each shoe (reg, elite, lifestyle) but the execution has missed. All LS have been ugly to me and there supposed to be the ones to wear casually. So obviously they can't get it right so hey they do need to stick to making 1 model that can be all in one as far as functionality, aesthetics and comfort. Maybe push a elite model with very slight tweaks because it has been synonymous with the line since the VII that I know of but that's it.
ha ha ha ha haI heard they delayed it cause they haven't sold one single pair of 13's yet
I personally don't think Champ Packs have ever really been about profit for Nike, because they've never made enough of them to really make a big profit. To me it's always been about recognition, celebrating an accomplishment of the athlete. The prior MVP shoes, Champ Packs, for Bron have always been very very limited releases. They retail for 250 or 500, then resell for 2500. Resellers made the real profit on those shoes, not Nike. For that reason, I don't think you would ever see a Bron champ pack (if released the same way the past ones were) sit on shelves. Even if it did include the XIII's, they would have amazing packaging, be in a great color, and resellers would pounce hard.@dwoodactennis, @daltonbc
Re: the lack of Championship packs, etc... Nike must have access to marketing data and they must really feel that it doesn't make sense to produce a champ package that'll inevitably get marked down too.
The thing I have never understood is the mentality of what they release.
Who was in the meeting that suggested that a Hazelnut EXT would sell better than the Red Suede pair he wore? I just don't get it.
The thing is, at the time red shoes were at their peak, especially with the LeBron line with the coveted Elite 9 from the pack. That red suede 10 would have been an instant sell out and a timeless classic in the line. Now it's something we hope releases as a retro one day that no one can obtain currently.
GIVE US something Nike.
That opening night 12 with the metallic red posite, why would they not release that?
If we can't get these color ways at retail, give us the ability to on iD.
iD options have gotten more and more limited as time has gone on. They give us uppers like yellow and navy for brief periods and then take them away.
Hell, they have made iD's quick strikes now.
Just give us what the man plays in so we have a reason to keep coming back to the line twenty years from now.