lmao I just chirped on this in the dunk thread. Y'all gotta open your eyes. Most nike consumers are not sneakerheads like us. It's families outfitting themselves and their kids and athletes copping **** to perform in.
React is in a lot more than you think - Sabrina 1 has react and zoom and that has been a very popular hoops shoe from the streets to the pros. It crossed over into some heritage models like af1 but it's more commonly used in performance. Zoomx has been on many running shoes. Zoom strobels in basketball shoes like jordan 36, GT cut. Flyease for those with disabilities (not just the flyease model, but the way it's also been used on jordan 1, air max, etc). I think adapt autolacing will become more commonplace later. I got the zoom pegasus trail 4 goretex and it's an amazing shoe for hiking, decent shoe for running. You can truly buy and wear whatever you want as long as you like it, without worrying about consumer appeal or if other ppl think it's cool. I mean I wear air rifts lmao
I live in the biggest city in the US so I understand there's a bias but believe me, normies are out here in everything. The wackest shoes, the ugliest clothing, the stupidest outfits, all out here in abundance in NYC. Many many people don't care about the nuances we sneakerheads do. They don't care about the history or heritage of a colorway or silhouette. So while **** may seem stale to us, most people don't care.
edit: I also think the way that contemporary shoes like lebron 8s, vomero 5s, kd4s, kobe protros have come back and are still comfortable and performance-worthy is indicative that the tech has plateaued a little. All of those were top of the line performers at the time 10+ years ago, and are still more than adequate now.
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