How long will modern Jordans last playing ball?

[Albundy97]

Back in the day, in junior high and high school, I'd wear basketball shoes for everything not just basketball and I'd usually wear them to the ground.

Now, I use basketball shoes exclusively for basketball and I'm wondering at what point should I replace them. I found this article that recommended changing them every 70 hours or so

http://www.aapsm.org/mlbball.html

That seems quite frequent but I could do it if I had to. I play 3 times a week and about 1.5 hours each time so at that rate I'd need to change them every 3 to 4 months.

Does that sound right or are they overly conservative in their 70 hours estimate?

I use the following shoes for playing

6 x XX8- indoor only due to fragility

3 x XXXI outdoor only

1 x XXXII indoor/outdoor

I do intend to buy the upcoming XVIII and play in them as well if they have the same set up as the originals.

 

[cobrab19]

Every 70 hours seems like a lot. Maybe for professional athletes?

 

[Albundy97]

I thought it was a bit excessive too but the article claims that beyond 70 hours the cushion is worn out too much and the upper starts to stretch.

 

[engineer]

70 hours is probably not too far off. I don’t play much ball these days but I have to replace my running shoes every 200 miles or so. I average like 8 min/mile so that’s about 27 hours of use.
I know it’s not a completely fair comparison and I think with basketball you should be able to get more than that since you’re not constantly pounding on specific areas of the shoe like in running.
I would think that by ~100 hours your shoes will be pretty worn out but it depends on the materials too.

 

[arabianite3]

I think that 70 hour estimate is fair, but if it's considered actual game-time. Like I would count it as if I am at the gym 1.5 hours, I'm probably on the court hooping for 50-60 minutes, with down-time such as breaks, wins, losses, waiting for next taken into consideration.

Like most here, I probably have too many hoop shoes to worry about ever getting to the end of their lifespan, unless I do like I did when I was younger and wear them for everything.