The XV's get hated on cuz lets face it...they're kinda funny style. Certainly a shoe collector's type of shoe. You really have to appreciate the subtleties of this shoe to really see its value.
Personally, I HATED these when they came out wayy back in '99. The shape is crazy. I actually didn't like them till i saw some random dude rockin the CG's on the train with sweatpants to cover the tongue and it was clear as day that in the right situation, these can be dope.
I have the CG's now and I wear them exclusively with sweats. I always get a few neckturns...some look at me like "illl, he's rockin those whack **%*+"....some look at me like "what the eff are those?" (usually the children, but thekid loves the kids)...and some look at me like "i *** wit you for rockin xv's when nobody else would".
I also have the lasers which get rocked....well, never actually. I pretty much totally regret copping those, even though my girl loves them
Honestly though, i feel like as a collector of sneakers, i have a responsibility to step out in sneakers like the XV's...it's easy to be fly in a pair of XI's, not so much with XV's
Cant comment on the performance though...i dont even play 2K, soooooooo.....