THE OFFICIAL NIKE KOBE FOOTWEAR THREAD: RIP LEGEND 1978-2020. MAMBA FOREVER | 8-24-24

[purp 32]

The Kobe 6s are the best basketball performance shoe I've ever worn.

 

[Naruto]

Random question, but how would yall rate the Kobe 6, 8, and 11 in terms of comfort and performance?

Have the 6 and 11, the 6 is better in all categories for me

 

[bobj885]

Nice to hear you guys thoughts, I like the Kobe 6 and 4 the most.

 

[blueprint10]

They sent me the wrong size

Any chance you got a size 12?

 

[zerogiven]

man i just took my pair to my local outdoor court to shoot around in for 45mins or so, i really really really like them

i went TTS (US11.5) and was wearing nikegrip power crew socks (the really *** thick ones) and it was a pretty good combo, there is a fair bit of space in the shoe especially on top of the foot, i also took some regular thinner socks that i usually play in but fit was no where near as good, so i would say going down half a size is probably the way to go, i also have a pair in US 11 coming which i will test and i suspect they will be even better, however i sometimes struggle with my left pinkie toe getting squished so i rarely am able to go down half a size, i think i might be able to get away with it though because of the 360 flyknit, worst case i would wear these TTS with thick socks and be happy.

they are really light, the feel is great, the cushion is great, i am going to be playing in these over any other hoop shoe i have atm, they are a lot of fun

ok now the bad but obvious part, due to the soft rubber nobs/nobbies/nodules/doo-dads - the stuff the traction is made out of, these are definitely not a shoe you ever want to take outside, stick to the indoor court people. my pair only got 40-45mins of shooting around and it completely obliterated some parts of the traction where i was dragging my foot, some of the little nobs are fully missing, the centre of the shoe is showing the beggining of wear already, these are so fun to play in and i'm playing a lot outdoors lately i'm just going to completely destroy this pair, you know for science, but yeah don't buy these if your going to play outside

the traction was f'ing great though as you would expect

gallery of the destruction here:

 

[therefill]

Thanks for the review, but I gotta say... $200 sneakers to beat up playing outdoors?

Big Baller

 

[kimterran]

Yeah that's pretty good lol. Gonna bust out my pair tomorrow, indoors though

 

[alchemist iq]

@zeroFluksgiven

I learned my lesson not to use my expensive kicks for outdoor basketball last summer.

 

[zerogiven]

hopefully they do NikeID on this model at some point so i can get some with XDR maybe

 

[GrizzlyAnimal]

I really hope they’re not long in my true size

 

[zerogiven]

I really hope they’re not long in my true size

i dont think they are long at all, in my True size they are perfect in terms of length

 

[therefill]

i dont think they are long at all, in my True size they are perfect in terms of length

Any other shoe you can compare to? Other Kobes? UBs? Yeezys?

 

[stangnhoops]

Hibbert Sports has a real time countdown tracker til the 4/30/18 release of the Lakers Home colorway

There's another colorway releasing on the 30th. "Yellow Strike/White"

 

[goat4521]

Thursday can't come soon enough for me.

 

[blueprint10]

Thursday can't come soon enough for me.

What's going onThursday?

 

[goat4521]

What's going onThursday?

Mine get delivered

 

[rem4]

So, question....why haven't we seen more players wearing these...I'm not understanding that.

 

[t11time]

Any chance you got a size 12?

Yeah, PM me

 

[Nickp04]

So, question....why haven't we seen more players wearing these...I'm not understanding that.

They are very minimal and thin. You get stepped on you are going to feel every bit of it. Maybe they want something with a little more material.

 

[buc em]

So, question....why haven't we seen more players wearing these...I'm not understanding that.

Yeah usually 50% of the damn league is wearing Kobe’s whenever they come out. Maybe because this colorway was real limited and not a ton of NBA guys were able to get them?

 

[drisk34]

i mean, they JUST came out, and half the league is no longer playing right now

 

[wtfarabbit]

Yeah usually 50% of the damn league is wearing Kobe’s whenever they come out. Maybe because this colorway was real limited and not a ton of NBA guys were able to get them?

Lol you're wondering whether or not multi-millionaires have access to shoes with resale $2-300ish? They're not hooping in these because of performance or personal preference since they're so far into the season(playoffs).

 

[buc em]

Lol you're wondering whether or not multi-millionaires have access to shoes with resale $2-300ish? They're not hooping in these because of performance or personal preference since they're so far into the season(playoffs).

True. Could be that most of these guys don’t wanna switch up what shoe they’re wearing at this point while they’re in the playoffs. A lot of these guys have been rocking the same shoe just in different colorways for most of the season.

 

[gundamzaku]

which begs the question, wouldn't it be smart if shoe companies release new models in the beginning or at most, halfway thru the season?

 

[gwizzle]

Most of them have been hooping in the AD mids all season so why change in the playoffs?