Official Nike KD VIII (8) Thread - "Easy Euro" OCTOBER 17th!!

Kobes have stayed relatively stable in price from the ZKIII - Kobe 8 $130- $140.

And they have some of the most innovation and new tech IMO. Nike can keep the price point down if they wanted to. They don't want to and won't for the KD line despite what they said.
 
hyunsoochoi3 said:
Kobes have stayed relatively stable in price from the ZKIII - Kobe 8 $130- $140.
And they have some of the most innovation and new tech IMO. Nike can keep the price point down if they wanted to. They don't want to and won't for the KD line despite what they said.
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LeBron, Kobe and KD all have take down cheaper models. Keeping the price down is for children who may only get 1 pair a year. Sneaker collectors who have a issue with price is funny to me. Dudes buying like 15-20 pairs a year. Keeping the price down isn't for us. People getting priced out is making it easier for me to get what I want. That's the positive. I'll pay the increase to avoid the hassle.
 
BowB4Me said:
LeBron, Kobe and KD all have take down cheaper models. Keeping the price down is for children who may only get 1 pair a year. Sneaker collectors who have a issue with price is funny to me. Dudes buying like 15-20 pairs a year. Keeping the price down isn't for us. People getting priced out is making it easier for me to get what I want. That's the positive. I'll pay the increase to avoid the hassle.
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That's fair, I was just saying that Nike could keep the prices around the same if they wanted to. But like you said, dudes be buying 15+ pairs, why would Nike sell at a cheaper price when they're making all that extra? 
 
It will be interesting to see how nike uses the dynamic fit collar in a basketball shoe. I have a pair of superfly 4 soccer cleats that has the dynamic fit collar and i really dont' feel too much of an impact with it. I still don't see why this wouldn't be a natural progression to the Kobe line. Like make a high cut tight upper for the next kobe. Why jack up the KD price for this tech when you already have a high cut flyknit shoe in the kobe
 
hyunsoochoi3 said:
That's fair, I was just saying that Nike could keep the prices around the same if they wanted to. But like you said, dudes be buying 15+ pairs, why would Nike sell at a cheaper price when they're making all that extra? 
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I got your point. My response wasn't directed at you but sneaker collectors in general who always have a price issue. To the kid who's parents struggle and loves kicks I feel him. To the collector who already has 20+ pairs I don't. It's a expensive hobby ladies and gents.
 
Jking0821 said:
It will be interesting to see how nike uses the dynamic fit collar in a basketball shoe. I have a pair of superfly 4 soccer cleats that has the dynamic fit collar and i really dont' feel too much of an impact with it. I still don't see why this wouldn't be a natural progression to the Kobe line. Like make a high cut tight upper for the next kobe. Why jack up the KD price for this tech when you already have a high cut flyknit shoe in the kobe
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Cause KD is gonna be around a lot longer than Kobe.
 
Picasso Swerve said:
Cause KD is gonna be around a lot longer than Kobe.
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Besides, Nike will make a killing by retroing the Kobe line and Lebron is more for support, and Kyrie is going to be the cheaper signature for a bit.

Still wondering who will get their signature first between PG13 and Harden
 
Picasso Swerve said:
Cause KD is gonna be around a lot longer than Kobe.
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It's because Since the KD IVs the KD line has been a lot more popular than Kobe

The article was written in 2014

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbad...on-and-durant-are-the-nbas-top-shoe-salesman/

LeBron James (Nike): $300 million

Kevin Durant (Nike): $175 million

Kobe Bryant (Nike): $50 million

Derrick Rose (Adidas): $40 million

Carmelo Anthony (Jordan): $30 million

Chris Paul (Jordan): $30 million

John Wall (Adidas): $5 million

Dwight Howard (Adidas): $5 million
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I stumbled on a graph from last years sales and now I cant find it. will post if I do.


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Looks like the Kobe IXs were real popular too. But the Jump was not as big as the jump from the KD IIIs to the IVs.

This one was written a few weeks ago

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbad...e-salesman-with-340-million-for-nike-in-2014/

LeBron James: $340 million (Nike)

Kevin Durant: $195 million (Nike)

Kobe Bryant: $105 million (Nike)

Chris Paul: $32 million (Nike/Jordan)

Derrick Rose: $32 million (Adidas)

Carmelo Anthony: $30 million (Nike/Jordan)

John Wall: $8 million (Adidas)

Dwight Howard: $1.5 million (Adidas)

Up and Comers

Kyrie Irving: $7 million (Nike). Shoe released in Dec.

Damian Lillard: $1.8 million (Adidas). Shoe released in Jan.
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Yall see this New KD shirt.

Not to sure if it was for last years USA/Forth of july Color but 
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http://store.nike.com/us/en_us/pd/kd-4th-of-july-t-shirt/pid-10276078/pgid-10276079 
 
These pry aren't close to what the KD 8 will look like but since all we've heard is that they are a Magista like basketball shoe I went ahead and photoshopped what a Magista would look like with the midsole and sole of the KD 7. Really curious to see what they really end up looking like. 
 
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That would be a dream come true if they look anything like that.

I expect the Flyknit to be reinforced like the Kobe's; hopefully it stays on the inside. I think they used a plastic coating over the Flyknit on some of the recent football boots, if I'm not mistaken. Hope they don't do that.
 
^Did the plastic coating make it waterproof? I asked if flyknit could be waterproof in another thread and they thought I was trollin.
 
Not sure; I don't even remember which model it was. It may have been for durability though
 
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would love to be able to just throw the shoe in the washer like i can with my racers and trainers. 
 
On the obras and other boots Nike uses ACC (all conditions controlled) which helps the boot stay dry in wet conditions and they also use Nike Skin to give a little more grip and a better touch on the ball. Interesting to see if any of that is included in the KD 8 but I doubt it since it's not really nessecary
 
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So the first colorway releases on late june. But there will be an unveiling event some months earlier, like they did with the AJ XX9?
 
I forgot what they did with the KD7 on this schedule.

But they can't do an unveiling event too early if they're trying to push the Elite series.
 
SenorRoboto2k5 said:
I forgot what they did with the KD7 on this schedule.

But they can't do an unveiling event too early if they're trying to push the Elite series.
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Last year wasn't it the last week of june? IK it was after the WTKD.
 
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