Cool Shoes?: Nike Zoom Kobe IV

Inspired by the strain soccer players put on their ankles when out on the “pitch,” Kobe (Cool Guy) and Nike have created the lightest (11.6 oz) and LOWEST basketball shoe ever. Ok, here’s my problem: I understand Kobe is an avid soccer fan, and on the surface his reasoning for creating a low-top sound almost reasonable (jump higher, run faster, quicker cuts, the extra edge normal bball clunkers won’t give you). But thinking about it more and more, this is completely insane. Soccer players don’t jump around with 6’8″ athletic freaks and their size 18 shoes for a living. The run on a huge grass field which gives, unlike hardwood. Plus their shoes are outfitted with spikes. Now Nike has packed enough innovative performance technology into these babies you would think they were made by NASA. But the simple truth is I’m a huge Laker fan, and as Kobe goes, so go the Lakers…and I am not prepared to put my dreams inside a fucking low-top. Otherwise they are sick and I love them. Click for photos…

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