OFFICIAL 2022 LeBron 2 Retro Post: FINALLY

[headdetective]

I still rock basketball shoes casually but big az animal print joints might be a bit much lol

 

[Vegeta's hairline]

Joe exotic 2s

 

[darthska]

Joe exotic 2s

This the one.
People will never financially recover from these.

 

[hhelman7]

these are for the collectors. nike did not have to manufacture as many as they did loll

 

[Dave East]

I remember when SNKRS did that LeBron tournament and you voted for shoes to release. I threw my phone when the animal 2s didn’t make it. I’m definitely grabbing two pairs.

 

[Stink Linx]

I remember when SNKRS did that LeBron tournament and you voted for shoes to release. I threw my phone when the animal 2s didn’t make it. I’m definitely grabbing two pairs.

That “tournament” was a joke. All it was was to entice ppl to engage on the app so it could get some views and downloads. Someone at nike needed to justify keeping their job. Classic propaganda tactic

 

[kingsin]

The secret is all of those pairs are gonna release

Imo I think theyre just using the votes to select which ones to drop first... the least voted get released first so they dont blow their wad early

 

[truenike81]

That “tournament” was a joke. All it was was to entice ppl to engage on the app so it could get some views and downloads. Someone at nike needed to justify keeping their job. Classic propaganda tactic

With that being said where is the championship X that won

 

[Stink Linx]

With that being said where is the championship X that won

Exactly my point… modern day propaganda

 

[sk33termcg33]

We will get the championship Xs in like 2 years at $325 retail lol

 

[illustrayt]

A couple of gems here! Hoping that the Laker 3s, HWC 7s, Shooting Star 7s and SB 15s release sometime the line!… and for a discount! LOL

 

[g-time]

All those, add in the 16 Laker cement 3s, and I still want those 10s too.

 

[Stink Linx]

I doubt nike is going to keep shelling out PEs for retail release if the lebron itself keeps going on strong discount. They’ll keep throwing us bones every now n then but nothing to wooo us anymore. Other bball lines are selling stronger and lower starting price points

 

[g-time]

Well yea they’re lower price points and more functional with updated tech - not retros.

 

[Stink Linx]

Well yea they’re lower price points and more functional with updated tech - not retros.

Thats part of my point. I understand that lebrons line was top notch/high tech when the shoes first came out, but you cant price those shoes out of the general market 10+ yrs later. Especially when his line doesn’t have the oomph

 

[g-time]

Thats part of my point. I understand that lebrons line was top notch/high tech when the shoes first came out, but you cant price those shoes out of the general market 10+ yrs later. Especially when his line doesn’t have the oomph

If anything, the line has oomph last year with the 20. They streamlined and made his sig sleeker and less bulky. But the retros are the opposite of that.

 

[headdetective]

I haven’t noticed any oomph in the lebron line in atleast a decade

 

[g-time]

The 20s sold pretty well last year/season.

 

[detroitonfire]

The 20s sold pretty well last year/season.

Not at the 200$ tag… when they went on sale for sub 150$ they were moving.

 

[headdetective]

I seen 20s at Marshall’s and Ross.

 

[tuxedo1208]

The more colors they produce the further they fall off. If they didn't oversaturate with 30 different colorways they would be appreciated more.

 

[AIR J XIII]

The more colors they produce the further they fall off. If they didn't oversaturate with 30 different colorways they would be appreciated more.

That's an interesting point I never considered about the number of colorways they do with models now vs back in the day. It's almost like an album with too many songs, there might be some bangers but it hurts the overall experience. Compare that to a masterpiece album that's relatively short, like Illmatic, you appreciate each track even more. Like for example, the AJ12 only had 5 colorways, but there were no misses.

 

[headdetective]

100 colorways each model and they all got a goofy nickname.

Cats tapped out 10 models ago

 

[detroitonfire]

100 colorways each model and they all got a goofy nickname.

Cats tapped out 10 models ago

Facts then they drop something like these with the coveted nicknames of “chosen 1’s”

 

[wombat]

Facts then they drop something like these with the coveted nicknames of “chosen 1’s”

Atrocious.

These look like they were inspired by SpongeBob’s house