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^It's actually not flyknit backed with fuse, just additional glue that Nike uses on some of its woven type of bball uppers for extra support/structure. I know Nightwing2303 brought that up in a couple recent posts or videos he had after he talked to a Nike designer. I think people just assumed it was fuse in the beginning because of how stiff it is out of the box and takes a few wears to break in.

But I get where you're coming from. I don't have a strong preference either way as long as the upper gets the job done.
Thanks -- now that you mention it, it does seem to be more of just a heavy glue layer.  Just seems like a layer of a plastic, like TPU when in hand.  Glue makes sense though
 
Is it just me or does the medial side of the Outsole look like the 6? But I need to see the lateral view, it'll make or break the shoe for me :nerd:
 
First off ....how and the hell can Kobe ball in lows. He needs support. He's not 21 anymore. 2nd of all...im a fan of nike shoes but these Kobes are all look the same. The 9s were the most drastic change in a minute.. the flynit was super dope. Now they come with this X. The image to me looks like a sample kd that was rejected and didn't make the cut . Its nothing to this shoe at all.  I hate to jump the gun. I hope this isn't all to the Kobe X....smh

lows>>>>>>>>

not even a question
 
 
First off ....how and the hell can Kobe ball in lows. He needs support. He's not 21 anymore. 2nd of all...im a fan of nike shoes but these Kobes are all look the same. The 9s were the most drastic change in a minute.. the flynit was super dope. Now they come with this X. The image to me looks like a sample kd that was rejected and didn't make the cut . Its nothing to this shoe at all.  I hate to jump the gun. I hope this isn't all to the Kobe X....smh
lows>>>>>>>>

not even a question
mids-highs unless its summer than lows bcuz they make great summer shoes since I don't wear sandals
 
So I made a real quick concept of my version of the Kobe 10, tell me what you guys think. 
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The upper is definitely mesh. Clear mesh I think it's called. I'm not worried about the looks at all, it will surely grow on us but the performance is what got me worried. I'm not keen on the outsole, looks like it's gonna be stiff. Hope we can feel the zoom and lunar.

Cant wait to see the final product.
 
Excited to see what that event will be about. Hopefully we get a good look at the Xs

I def think they're going to reveal it. The facebook link has an event rsvp for the live stream of it. The event is titled "A Look Into the Future." Maybe they'll be introducing some crazy new tech.
 
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Wish I could put both pics side by side to show you but....guyz if ya remember last year we got an "early" 1st pic of the KOBE 9 EM Low "Bruce Lees" sitting on sumones desk, and this year yet again that same desk that those "Bruce Lees" were sitting on we have an "early" 1st pic of the KOBE X on what looks like to be sitting on the same desk???    am I making sense?..LOL if sumone knows how to put up both of those"early" pics that im talking about, that sure would help me out? you can totally tell from the wall/background etc...reason im bringin this up is cause maybe those Kobe Xs are infact the real Kobe Xs that were gettin?  cause that pic from last year was indeed the shoes we got.   ...food4thought.
 
some detective work tells me this is an event for Kyrie's first signature sneaker..
 
Actually if you go to the link posted with the video http://gonike.me/RSVP  it directs you to the FB event page. There's a cover pic with "A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE" and a description which says: "Join Nike Basketball for an exclusive glimpse into a groundbreaking moment in our team’s history. The event will be live streamed from New York here: fb.com/nikebasketball."

Now if you go to Nike.com and type in "Kyrie" in the search bar it directs you to this  http://www.nike.com/us/en_us/c/basketball/kyrie-irving which shows Kyrie's new logo with 12.3.14 on the bottom which is the same date of the event.

This event could be the unveiling of a couple of Signature lines, I'm even hoping to hear something about the rumored James Harden sig. But hey I could be wrong.
 
Sneakernews  posted a photo with Kyrie's logo and the caption ''Kobe Bryant reveals what it means to be a Nike signature athlete, and it ties in with this invite we received for a Nike Basketball event on December 3rd.''

Sole Collector http://*************.com/news/kobe-bryant-explains-what-makes-a-good-signature-sneaker/ suggests its a ''passing of the torch'' and I tend to agree with it, since Kobe in the video itself is just talking about the designs of a shoe. I think Kobe is just giving his opinion as a veteran of shoe and a Nike spokesman to help Kyrie promote. If it is an unveiling for the X they wouldn't have Kyrie's logo anywhere as the unveiling of the X would be a huge event in itself.

...you never know and do hope it's some sort of leak for the X, but the Kyrie logo killed it at least for me.
 
Forgot Kyrie said he/Nike has an annoucement to make next week. Nothing to see here then lol.
 
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