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Since the black Lakers pair have the little away tag I’d say it’s at least a possibility that those are the home pair...Whether that means a release or not is a different thing...
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Anyone else notice how thin the air unit is in the back of the whites he wore tonight? Or am I just trippin?
you’re not the only one. they look sleek too
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Anyone else notice how thin the air unit is in the back of the whites he wore tonight? Or am I just trippin?
yes for stability.
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Yep. One or two wears and they can be dirty. Its a job to clean them.
You're right, but there's only so many times you can do this before you're damaging the shoe.
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That’s why you hand clean them as well. Yes, white knit can be a pain to clean. Majority of all white shoes are, but if you don’t wait to long to clean them, the white is easy to keep clean.
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Y’all are tripping...These are the best colorway so far...
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Would be sick with a black sole
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The completely different build reminds me of when Pippen played in his own Zoom PE without the Air Max unit. LeBrons change isn’t as drastic, however I’m trying to see if he switched to a traditional AM unit or if it’s Zoom. Looks like traditional AM.
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They should really have him test the shoe thoroughly before releasing them to the public
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exactly! He signs off on them. I can understand why he would want less air though.
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He probably did.
It's a marketing decision.
Every youtuber that covered the shoe from performance to casual said "the largest air unit in a basketball shoe ever." Exactly what Nike wanted.
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I will say this, I don't know what is going on with your guys pairs, but I'm not having an issue with the tongue.
I just got back from hooping and this is how they look.
I just got back from hooping and this is how they look.
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I will say this, I don't know what is going on with your guys pairs, but I'm not having an issue with the tongue.
I just got back from hooping and this is how they look.
I think it's just the black pair that's causing problems. The lakers pair doesn't have the laces go through the tongue at the top. Pulling them out helped stop the chafing for me
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There's nothing i need yet
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starting to feel the Reds
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Your Lakers colorway is laced differently than the red carpet and future air. Lakers laces go through and over the top. As shown below, the others go completely underneath the extra piece of material.
There is no way those colors aren't bunching. Look at these pictures and look at your photo again. Big difference.
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I don't have any real issues with the tongue either, and I have the In the Arena pair. I think the shoe has a very supportive upper...the tongue isn't very flexible and if you lace the shoes all the way and pull them tightly it clamps down around your ankle just like a brace would. Everyone's experience is their own, and at $200 I can get why people would want to be completely satisfied with these shoes lol.
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How about the Oreo colorway?
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You may or may not get the tongue chafing your ankle. The tongue does bunch up a bit when you tie it tight but nothing like the future air
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As Naruto pointed out it looks like it has slight bunching potential. It's also a different setup than the rest as it has the most laces going through the tongue which is why people are complaining about feeling the laces.
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May have to modify the reds then because those are the next purchase.
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Bored at the moment, so I re-laced one of my shoes...
Now I only re-did the top part of the shoe, then walked around the house to see if I noticed a difference between the two...honestly I didn’t find there was a huge difference. Traditional laces gave better lockdown, going through the laces wasn’t bad but it’s almost like there’s no lace loop there at all. Of course I’d have to play in them this way to put to the ultimate test, but I’m feeling like I could go either way with no problem. Traditional looks better imo ??
Now I only re-did the top part of the shoe, then walked around the house to see if I noticed a difference between the two...honestly I didn’t find there was a huge difference. Traditional laces gave better lockdown, going through the laces wasn’t bad but it’s almost like there’s no lace loop there at all. Of course I’d have to play in them this way to put to the ultimate test, but I’m feeling like I could go either way with no problem. Traditional looks better imo ??
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