Yeah, the cushioning felt too soft - maybe I’m too heavy to get the spring from them. My heel being lower than my forefoot felt like I was stretching my Achilles in a bad way. I am in no way blaming the shoe - if I was under 200 and a high flyer still they would probably work great for me. I still really like them but for the price and knowing they weren’t best for me I had to let them go.
Damn I didn’t know elite socks got worse. I still wear the older design ones I’ve had for a while. Funny enough my friend gave me three pairs of size Medium, I normally wear a large since I have a size 10.5 shoe, but the mediums fit nicer to me. The large ones run up to my calf while the medium sit short, like a quarter cut.
For me personally, Thorlos are the best socks I've ever worn for basketball. They're super thick, which I highly prefer, though they used to be thicker all over and now it's mainly on the toes and the bottom part of the heel. They are kind of pricey, though on-par/cheaper than what Nike Elites used to be (I haven't paid attention to those in years) and in my opinion, they're much better. I pasted the link to their "basketball" socks, but the tennis or any similar sports' socks with "maximum cushion" would work well, too.
Ive been having that issue too. Either the shoes are getting narrower or my feet are getting wider, or both. Only thing that helps is buying half a size bigger.Not sure if I'm going to explain myself properly but just wondering if anyone else has issues with discomfort while breaking in new shoes now a days compared to maybe 5-10 years ago?
Seems to be happening quite frequently lately (as in the past 1-2 years). It's not really pain just numbness/discomfort in my feet. I don't crank the laces either, just enough to be secure but not super snug. The feeling usually goes away after a couple of wears on the court. I need to loosen the laces when taking a breather to let my feet relax.
I used to be able to throw on a pair of Kobe's and was good to go out of the box. Maybe I'm just getting too old and my foot muscles don't like the constant change.
Probably just getting old
Having the same issues with those shoes. I think the zoom turbo is just thicker which makes the shoe more cramped inside. Need to break in the midsole foam which lets the foot sit a little lower in the shoe. It’s not a fun breakin process lol
Depends on the shoe really. Off the top of my head Jas, Lukas, Melos were good to go out the box for me but the Kyrie infinity, 36s, cosmic unity had a break in period that would kill my arches or my foot would go numb trying to figure out the proper lace tightness on the initial wears.Not sure if I'm going to explain myself properly but just wondering if anyone else has issues with discomfort while breaking in new shoes now a days compared to maybe 5-10 years ago?
Seems to be happening quite frequently lately (as in the past 1-2 years). It's not really pain just numbness/discomfort in my feet. I don't crank the laces either, just enough to be secure but not super snug. The feeling usually goes away after a couple of wears on the court. I need to loosen the laces when taking a breather to let my feet relax.
I used to be able to throw on a pair of Kobe's and was good to go out of the box. Maybe I'm just getting too old and my foot muscles don't like the constant change.
Probably just getting old
Wouldn’t say they were poor performers, just needed better cushioning.
how the 37 lows treat you?
it's only dirt! im sure they nice and broken in now, in their sweet spot. haha.
