THE OFFICIAL KOBE 9 THREAD ****** WHAT THE KOBE RELEASED ******** BHM RELEASE 1/19

Whats your favorite Kobe 9 Elite?

  • Masterpiece

    Votes: 13 39.4%
  • NRG Black

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • NRG White

    Votes: 2 6.1%
  • Devotion (All-Star)

    Votes: 4 12.1%
  • Inspiration

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Perspective

    Votes: 2 6.1%
  • Detail

    Votes: 1 3.0%
  • Showtime

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Superhero

    Votes: 1 3.0%
  • Fundamentals

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Influence

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Legacy

    Votes: 1 3.0%
  • Victory

    Votes: 1 3.0%
  • Strategy

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Christmas

    Votes: 2 6.1%
  • What the Kobe

    Votes: 2 6.1%
  • BHM

    Votes: 4 12.1%

  • Total voters
    33
 
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I was watching one of Nightwing2303's recent videos, and he mentioned that the fuse layer everyone keeps talking about under the FK is actually additional glue that Nike uses to hold the flyknit together and stabilize the upper for more structure. Apparently that's why it feels stiff but becomes more flexible over time. A designer was telling him that with woven/synthetic uppers they just use varying amounts of glue on different areas of the shoe to provide structure where it's needed. If all of that's true, I guess it's still "real" flyknit, just stiffened up with glue to provide more structure for basketball/performance purposes. Definitely agree with you that ventilation is an issue though, but I also love the traction.
I thought this too, heard everyone saying it was fuse underneath early on in the thread and just assumed thats what it was (due to ASG being my first pair and theres alot of white on the back), but its definitley not, its just something extra on the back of the flyknit for structural strength/rigidity. My ASG that have been worn to hell are alot sloppier in terms of flyknit but still stiffer than a normal pair of FK runners.

Also I sprained my ankle last night and thought id try the high laced up tight as a moon boot/compression strap, but it didn't work due to not being tight enough in the exact area of damage (ankle).

Having played in the same pair 50+ times now, I can say they are extremely durable. they are not as stiff as they once were, but traction still has plenty left, lunarlon is compressed but still ok. They twist both ways now fairly easily as in not stiff with lateral movement like they were. ventilation is poor, I dont care because my feet don't overheat, but the inside of my shoe is moist as hell, so pretty gross for back to back games and stuff. I havn't rolled my ankle in them, but have twice this year in other kicks.
 
Still got the restored on my cart with the 20% discount lol. I'm thinking buying them and then exchanging them for the legacy in store.
If you press place order or refresh the page, it will probably say there was a price update and your coupon code will be negated. But try it if it works.
 
UPS gotta quit playing and leaving boxes at my door.
The "Legacies" arrived today. Everything checked out. Ain't touching em till I've fiddle with the lace swap.
 
Both bench players though. This is coming from a Celtics fan, I think the Lakers will surprise people and be somewhat competive and not lottery bound

Nick Young might be a bench player but he was in the running for 6th man last year and there's nobody to run the offense with when Kobe is on the bench. Lin has to move to the second unit now to offer some scoring since Young is out. And we know Lin is injury prone anyway.
 
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Nick Young might be a bench player but he was in the running for 6th man last year and there's nobody to run the offense with when Kobe is on the bench. Lin has to move to the second unit now to offer some scoring since Young is out. And we know Lin is injury prone anyway.

Lin will start at the 1. For young on a bad team somebody has to score. His stats are inflated because he was the only option and just jacked up a million shots. He's a decent energizer or role player off the bench, nothing else.
 
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Lin will start at the 1. For young on a bad team somebody has to score. His stats are inflated because he was the only option and just jacked up a million shots. He's a decent energizer or role player off the bench, nothing else.

It was already discussed not too long ago that he's most likely not starting. And yes Young can be a chucker but he's still their second best scoring option which is sad to say. Who else is creating their own shots on the team besides him and Kobe? And if you're saying Young isn't that good, which I can't argue then they are really low on depth. Xavier Henry another injured player isn't the answer.
 
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It was already discussed not too long ago that he's most likely not starting. And yes Young can be a chucker but he's still their second best scoring option which is sad to say. Who else is creating their own shots on the team besides him and Kobe? And if you're saying Young isn't that good, which I can't argue then they are really low on depth.

Who would start without Nash now?
 
I'm guessing they would have to use Clarkson until they can find someone out there. It would have been nice to still have Farmar. It's not like the Lakers have ever had a real pg play with Kobe. He's always taken the ball up court. Fisher wasn't really a ball handler.
 
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I'm guessing they would have to use Clarkson until they can find someone out there. It would have been nice to still have Farmar. It's not like the Lakers have ever had a real pg play with Kobe. He's always taken the ball up court. Fisher wasn't really a ball handler.

Clarkson will be good but now need a 3rd option
 
Dudes an unproven rookie. Lakers fans are hyping him up to be the next big thing

Lol all these statements are just proving my point. It's going to be a long season unfortunately. At least we'll get to see Kobe shoot all day and pass guys like MJ on the all time scoring list. Btw this was just tweeted by Eric Pincus. Same thing I was saying. ‏

@EricPincus
"I think Lin fans need to look at Kobe as starting pg - backed by Lin - best way to look at it - Kobe played de facto pg most of career"

"So Lakers want best player w/ball in hand in starting unit - 2nd best player w/ball in hand in 2nd unit - til Swaggy is back
Otherwise Lakers have no offense - nada - if Kobe or Lin isn't on the floor - worked vs. Blazers 2nd/3rd unit w/Price w/o Kobe but come on"
 
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