Kyrie trashes upcoming Kyrie 8's

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

Which was interesting because I thought I saw him wear testing them when they first leaked. I guess they couldn't get them right.

the 11s have the least amount of ankle support…

the 9s and 10s before and everything like 13 and up have pretty high ankle cushioning/support

they were probably trying to push that “mid ankle cut” wave onto bron like basically all the other athletes do now..and he was probably like “nah I need high tops”

 

[Doctor Doom]

His line is pretty bad, I'm not surprised that Nike doesn't work too closely with players on aesthetics.

I'm not sure how common it is in the industry for designers to work hand in hand with athletes beyond maybe cushioning and construction preferences - even then seems like the company would just tell them how their shoes sits in the hierarchy / price structure and what is available to them.

False.

3s - 5s were some of the most popular shoes in the league at the time of their release with some dope ass colorways. Outside of that, performance wise only the KD9 and PG2 is fukking with him (excluding Kobes).

You can easily make the argument Kyrie has the best shoe game today.

 

[feelosofer]

I don't hate the design actually. I might make it a true high top but that's about it.

 

[ROFL_GUY]

KY a baller

Insufferable tho

Difficult to ride for

 

[Buggsy Mogues]

Kai bout to be rocking Li Ning

 

[ROFL_GUY]

Oppressed 200milliinare

Agree understand his perspectives

The optics ain't in his favor

 

[BXKingPin82]

NIKE gotta make him some exclusive Little Mountain moccasins!

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

Why would Nike not work with him and get his feedback on his signature sneakers?

This is weird because Kyrie has worked on the designs to previous shoes before. I wonder why they didn’t okay it with him this time.

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

PJ Tucker will Debut a pair before Kyrie.

He had a pair of Giannis' kicks before he even did

 

[Sugar]

.

 

[RAX 010]

Kyrie tryna be like Bron again

 

[Versa]

I looooove the 3, 4, 5 and 6 but the 7 was whack and the 8 doesn't look good either.

 

[MJ Truth]

Why would Nike not work with him and get his feedback on his signature sneakers?

Kyrie probably went AWOL for a few days, per usual, and Nike just proceeded forward without him.

 

[MJ Truth]

Iverson said he picked the designs of all of his Reebok shoes.

Maybe this a Nike thing.

Iverson was a lot more important to Reebok than Kyrie is to Nike though, in relative terms.

 

[SAINT]

Nike been churning out garbage for about a decade now