Real talk. Never understood when cats say I want to be one with the floor. Or I want to be closer to the floor.
How tall are yall? Reason I ask is because while I don't call it "court feel", for guards when you're slipping in and out of places and have to make quick moves and avoid defenders and teammates alike, cushion is great but being able to really tell where your feet are while you're doing a move can be helpful to avoid stepping fully on someone else's foot, or knowing if you plant wrong, et cetera. You also get a clearer feel of how much traction you've got going on, and helps on defense to get a better sense of if you can quickly plant and get to a spot to make a steal or a block. This factors in even more if you have no vertical
Like yall have seen nightwing's videos. If he gets 6 inches off the ground, it's a good day. Though he's 'older', I have to take his words with a grain of salt if he's talking about cushion, because as you say, when you're coming down off a high leap, "court feel" is PAIN
For me it's a balance. When I play outside, I go for cushion, because these outside courts will wreck your joints no doubt. So like you I've been shooting around in One Takes & I just got some Why Nots. Also went out in Amber XXXIVs. But last year if I got hyped, I'd put on the Freak 1s and have a field day being lightning quick. I'm under 6 feet with decent bounce so shoe weight affects my play. But it's definitely a tradeoff between 'court feel' and cushion depending on how you feel that day, whether you're outdoors or indoors, or if the court is trash (even if indoors) or good. It also matters if you're playing half or full, and how big the court is. Some full courts are still small, but if you're at like a college gym, it can be damn near NBA size. So if you're going to be doing a ton of running, you need that cushion if you plan on playing for 2 hours. If you're playing for 2 ours but its outside and it's half court, you can probably get away with less cushion. If you're indoors playing half you can probably wear something as minimal as the freak 1s and get out of there with no pain. When I'd play in the freak 1s outside the joy I had in playing and winning games caught up to my *** the the next day, no doubt.
The way I would explain it is the closer you are to the court, the less “lag time” or response time between contact with the court and the opposite reaction force being applied to your foot. It’s the same reason suspensions are stiffer in sports cars, so they have a quicker response time and stay in contact with the road at high speed turns. I was a shifty guard when I played, so I needed every split second I could get coming in and out of cuts. But it is usually a trade off between cushion and court feel and now days my knees need more cushion lol
I probably wouldn't have cared so much if both sneakers had matched, but one of mine looked like the top photo and the other looked like the bottom. This is an accurate representation of what they look like in hand (the swoosh is fuzzy and grey):
I play in the KD 13 outdoors and rotate them with the Zoom Freak 1s and it seems like the traction is wearing out faster on the KD 13 than ZF1. But for $65 you might as well beat them up.
KD 13 al the way. I wanted to like the Lebron but they are uncomfortable in the tongue.I think I sawduke40 say he likes the 18 more. Maybe he can elaborate in detail his thoughts on this vs.
