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Public Enemy · Dec 11, 2020

Dropped on snipes

EZMONEY SERVANT · Dec 12, 2020

12/11/2020

'media dai'

TEAM KAWHI TIL WE DIE

sssstan · Dec 12, 2020

guess we ain’t seeing samurai kawhi this season

EZMONEY SERVANT · Dec 13, 2020

Shoeboy4 · Dec 13, 2020

Murray in something new

EZMONEY SERVANT · Dec 13, 2020

got the same design on the side of the shoe as the 1's, dont look nothin like em though

Shoeboy4 · Dec 13, 2020

could possibly be an updated omn1s

gopre5k · Dec 14, 2020

Shoeboy4 said:
could possibly be an updated omn1s

I don't think it is. That would basically be turning the Omn1s into another version of the Kawhi and they seem to want to keep them distinctive and different. Might be a whole new shoe.

kingjay718 · Dec 14, 2020

Just waiting for the mark downs. These are pretty solid. The fuel cell is nice.

Asho_TO · Dec 14, 2020

Lots of guesses but IMO those are definitely just Kawhi highs, probably a prototype. White on White is hella muted but a lot of the details are the same or very slightly changed between the OG and that one. 6 eyelets vs 7 being the biggest stand out to me, 2 above the ankle whereas the OG just had 1.

robert2itu · Dec 14, 2020

Just curious if anyone here buys the new balance basketball apparel? Ive been eyeing some of the kawhi shorts but not sure on how they fit compared to like nike or adidas shorts.

gopre5k · Dec 14, 2020

Asho_TO said:
Lots of guesses but IMO those are definitely just Kawhi highs, probably a prototype. White on White is hella muted but a lot of the details are the same or very slightly changed between the OG and that one. 6 eyelets vs 7 being the biggest stand out to me, 2 above the ankle whereas the OG just had 1.

I don't think it's a prototype. After what happened with Matt Bonner NB would not risk that. Early pair and a tease perhaps but has to be a finished product.

Asho_TO · Dec 14, 2020

gopre5k said:
I don't think it's a prototype. After what happened with Matt Bonner NB would not risk that. Early pair and a tease perhaps but has to be a finished product.

Weren't basically every pair of Omn1s Kawhi wore at first "prototypes"? I.e. they came from a lab/sample floor rather than a fully finished manufacturing process in Asia? Also it's preseason, they're entirely white, and devoid of any NB branding as far as I can tell. Screams prototype to me but I also just might not really understand what it means to be a prototype :lol:

gopre5k · Dec 14, 2020

Asho_TO said:
Weren't basically every pair of Omn1s Kawhi wore at first "prototypes"? I.e. they came from a lab/sample floor rather than a fully finished manufacturing process in Asia? Also it's preseason, they're entirely white, and devoid of any NB branding as far as I can tell. Screams prototype to me but I also just might not really understand what it means to be a prototype

I am defining it as an unfinished product subject to failure and defects that would be corrected in a finalized version. A beta version.