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Man, really what's the difference? Because a bunch of guys who couldn't hack it in the pros or someone who is a "professional" providing their opinion? Days of people caring about what a magazine or "real source" care about are long gone.The problem is we're relying on YouTube dudes for in depth, accurate reviews. It's not like there's a performance shoe magazine/site with semi-pro athletes, doctors or collegiate/professional free lancers providing feedback. Like you'd need to have a center/guard/forward each provide their opinion and also hope they played in similar shoes so their comparisons are on an equal level.
How many hours did NW/KG play in the shoe? How many games did they play wi said shoe? What are the benchmarks they use? What are their skill levels?
All I saw was NW running around the court chucking shots up. With KG, the same high school dribbling/movement drills. I'll give NW some credit, he will discuss tech some times which I always find interesting. But that's the extent of my interest.
Internet 2.0 has given anyone a voice. Like someone said, buy the shoe from NDC, try it out for a week or two. Then make your decision.
People just want opinions from people they relate to or seem authentic to them. At the end of the day, you're just getting an opinion regardless who it's from.
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I think critical thinking is the most important thing here. If you have the right mindset, it will cut through all of the BS.
I hope no one relies solely on reviewers online. I use them as a reference, along with what other people on forums say. Even then, shoes are like food. You won't know if you like it until you try it for yourself, no matter what the restaurant reviews say.
It's also important to remember that reviewers get shoes for free a lot of the time and have relationships with people at the companies. I don't care what they say, that changes what a person will say and not say about a shoe vs. someone who pays out of pocket like a regular customer.
The overriding issue here to me isn't reviewers vs. no reviewers or this guy vs. that guy. To me, it's more about people not being satisfied and wanting just a little more, wanting something just a little better. We spend too much time looking at reviews and not enough actually playing or working out. The way the market is right now, it's not that hard to find a good shoe to play in and it's been that way for a long, long time now.
You walk into a store right now to pick a shoe and it's basically splitting hairs to me.