The Official Nike LeBron 14 Thread. Retail $175

[ill4eva]

I love how ppl blindly follow the nike brand lol...they lower prices of the KD,kobe and Bron sig shoes because they were sellong at that price picepoint. Why would they not sell if they were the best? Becsuse yhey werent the best. Adidas and UA took huge steps in tech and offered it ay a much lower price.

Nike was getting away with selling garbage at a premium price and its because of the ppl in this thread who blondly follow nike nit paying attention to the rest of the market. I admit i love the kobe xi and KD9 but the CLB2016 is amazing as well as the rose 6 and 7 and all of those come in at a cheaper pricepoint. The lillard 2 was easily the best bang for buck.

Nike has stepping their game up since they have noticed addias and UA are really taking a chuck out of the nike percentage market

And I love how people blindly follow Kanye and hypebeasts. Boost is nice, but no one was paying attention to Adidas before Kanye signed with them. Boost has been around since 2012, but no one paid any attention to it. Pure Boosts were on clearance for $20 at Footlocker at one point. Everyone was dogging adidas basketball thanks to D-Rose's constant knee injuries too. But then Kanye signs with adidas, builds the hype, and then releases Boost mixed in with Primeknit, (basically a rip-off of Flyknit) and now Adidas is great? Lol. Ok.

I'm happy there's competition though. It's caused Nike to lower their prices. However, if I'm choosing equipment to work out in/play in, I'll gladly take Nike all day, every day, twice on Sunday.

 

[chitown4eva]

And I love how people blindly follow Kanye and hypebeasts. Boost is nice, but no one was paying attention to Adidas before Kanye signed with them. Boost has been around since 2012, but no one paid any attention to it. Pure Boosts were on clearance for $20 at Footlocker at one point. Everyone was dogging adidas basketball thanks to D-Rose's constant knee injuries too. But then Kanye signs with adidas, builds the hype, and then releases Boost mixed in with Primeknit, (basically a rip-off of Flyknit) and now Adidas is great? Lol. Ok.

I'm happy there's competition though. It's caused Nike to lower their prices. However, if I'm choosing equipment to work out in/play in, I'll gladly take Nike all day, every day, twice on Sunday.

This. Adidas is riding a wave. Sustainability is questionable. The "threat" is is more of a wake up call to Nike that they can't pull off just anything anymore due to the perception of brand loyalty. Its that other brands have finally done something with the opportunities that Nike has afforded them by their own shortcomings.

 

[GrizzlyAnimal]

And I love how people blindly follow Kanye and hypebeasts. Boost is nice, but no one was paying attention to Adidas before Kanye signed with them. Boost has been around since 2012, but no one paid any attention to it. Pure Boosts were on clearance for $20 at Footlocker at one point. Everyone was dogging adidas basketball thanks to D-Rose's constant knee injuries too. But then Kanye signs with adidas, builds the hype, and then releases Boost mixed in with Primeknit, (basically a rip-off of Flyknit) and now Adidas is great? Lol. Ok.

Was gonna stay out of this, but you're 100% correct

i mess with all brands that's why i stay out of these arguments, but i've never seen so many people cape for adidas like how they are now

the adidas eqt basketball was my shoe back in the day 

 

[130122]

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And I love how people blindly follow Kanye and hypebeasts. Boost is nice, but no one was paying attention to Adidas before Kanye signed with them. Boost has been around since 2012, but no one paid any attention to it. Pure Boosts were on clearance for $20 at Footlocker at one point. Everyone was dogging adidas basketball thanks to D-Rose's constant knee injuries too. But then Kanye signs with adidas, builds the hype, and then releases Boost mixed in with Primeknit, (basically a rip-off of Flyknit) and now Adidas is great? Lol. Ok.

Was gonna stay out of this, but you're 100% correct


i mess with all brands that's why i stay out of these arguments, but i've never seen so many people cape for adidas like how they are now


the adidas eqt basketball was my shoe back in the day 

Martin luther king joints from way back with the clear sides and the mlk socks is sill my fave pair of eqts lol

 

[staffsgtdignam]

Was gonna stay out of this, but you're 100% correct


i mess with all brands that's why i stay out of these arguments, but i've never seen so many people cape for adidas like how they are now


the adidas eqt basketball was my shoe back in the day 

This is also Nike's fault though-they became complacent and some of the designs of their most expensive flagship shoes were really bad (Kobe 10, KD 8 and Lebron 13 immediately come to mind). None of these sneakers were exciting at all and are all ultimately forgettable.

Also, Boost has been around for a few years now and Nike literally has no tech to compete with it. They just keep repackaging Zoom and Lunar and reselling it for some reason.

 

[130122]

Was gonna stay out of this, but you're 100% correct


i mess with all brands that's why i stay out of these arguments, but i've never seen so many people cape for adidas like how they are now


the adidas eqt basketball was my shoe back in the day 

This is also Nike's fault though-they became complacent and some of the designs of their most expensive flagship shoes were really bad (Kobe 10, KD 8 and Lebron 13 immediately come to mind). None of these sneakers were exciting at all and are all ultimately forgettable.

Also, Boost has been around for a few years now and Nike literally has no tech to compete with it. They just keep repackaging Zoom and Lunar and reselling it for some reason.

The Max-Zoom tech was amazing, the problem was nike perfected it on rhe Lebron X and immediately dropped the tech on their next model. Nike flips through designs like crazy and that's another problem. Build off what made the previous shoe good and add better tech to it ie. Air Jordan 1-xx3

 

[kingjay718]

Jason Petrie doing the 14?

 

[ill4eva]

Also, Boost has been around for a few years now and Nike literally has no tech to compete with it. They just keep repackaging Zoom and Lunar and reselling it for some reason.

They don't need to do anything because Zoom and Lunar work. If it ain't broke, then don't fix it. As for new tech - well, Nike has introduced Flywire, Hyperfuse, Flyknit, 360 Air Max over the years, and soon enough, VaporMax.

Adidas? Well, they're paying NASA for Boost material, plus they had to poach 3 designers from Nike. That's all you really need to know about weak their R&D department is. Don't even get me started on their QA. The durability of the 1st generation of Ultra Boosts was laughable. The sole would be worn down after a few runs. Laughable, considering that Adidas marketed them as the "greatest running shoe". Did anyone at Adidas even try wear-testing these before they released? How did they not catch the fact that the outsole would wear down in as little as 30 miles of running? It wasn't until after complaints from several customers did they realize that this was a problem, and thankfully, fixed them in their second generation. But again, these things probably won't matter to 95% of the beasts, since the only thing they use their shoes for is stunting at the mall or hunting for likes on their IG feeds.

 

[staffsgtdignam]

They don't need to do anything because Zoom and Lunar work. If it ain't broke, then don't fix it. As for new tech - well, Nike has introduced Flywire, Hyperfuse, Flyknit, 360 Air Max over the years, and soon enough, VaporMax.

Adidas? Well, they're paying NASA for Boost material, plus they had to poach 3 designers from Nike. That's all you really need to know about weak their R&D department is. Don't even get me started on their QA. The durability of the 1st generation of Ultra Boosts was laughable. The sole would be worn down after a few runs. Laughable, considering that Adidas marketed them as the "greatest running shoe". Did anyone at Adidas even try wear-testing these before they released? How did they not catch the fact that the outsole would wear down in as little as 30 miles of running? It wasn't until after complaints from several customers did they realize that this was a problem, and thankfully, fixed them in their second generation. But again, these things probably won't matter to 95% of the beasts, since the only thing they use their shoes for is stunting at the mall or hunting for likes on their IG feeds.

Literally none of that tech feels as comfortable as Boost though-what Nike tech actually does?

 

[GrizzlyAnimal]

Hurry up and leak 14 

 

[niceshoes247]

2 pair First day cop on discount ...

 

[ammforever23]

Bold prediction. In two weeks we will get a pic of the 14s. I just hope it's comfortable and try to incorporate something from one of the older pairs. Idk if anyone else had this problem but after about a few hours maybe 3-5 of wearing my 13s my feet start to get real tight on the sides.

 

[thapointguy]

Jason Petrie doing the 14?

Is he still alive? lol Never seen him mentioned on social medial either. He's probably in space since all the shoes has been futuristic looking lmao

 

[kingjay718]

Is he still alive? lol Never seen him mentioned on social medial either. He's probably in space since all the shoes has been futuristic looking lmao

Literally none of that tech feels as comfortable as Boost though-what Nike tech actually does?

It all feels the same to me.



ever since that tweet about D Rose's injury and the backlash after it in 2012, he's been keeping a low profile.

I enjoyed when he himself gave us the break down of the LeBron shoe in the fall. I don't think it's time for a new designer either.

 

[daddy style]

It is time for a new designer

It all feels the same to me.



ever since that tweet about D Rose's injury and the backlash after it in 2012, he's been keeping a low profile.

I enjoyed when he himself gave us the break down of the LeBron shoe in the fall. I don't think it's time for a new designer either.

It is time for a new designer, someone with some fresh new ideas, someone who can connect with the now. Adidas has done it, they uave a new young man over there who redid the crazy light boost line. UA has a new identity in Curry, which pushes them ahead of Nike in relevancy. A new design team would not hurt, but keeping what is there now really does not help their cause. Make good shoes, because they aren't coming from whoever that designer is right now.

 

[nstanton]

I didnt mind the lebron 13 elite. If the 14 is like that thats okay

 

[shotguntatertot]

Ok, imma just say one thing and then I'm out on this adidas v Nike discussion. Most of the shoes I own are Nike, and I'm not against them in any way. If Nike makes a great product, then fantastic. It helps the sneaker market (which we are all very passionate about) and everything is all good. The problem is, Nike pretty much had a monopoly on the market from the 90's to a year or two ago (and they're still the best selling brand rn). Since pretty much nobody was buying anything but Nike, they could release terrible product at ludicrous prices and we just had to grin and bear it, because nobody really was challenging them. Now, since adidas and Under Armour are offering better performing shoes at lower prices, they are becoming prevalent in the sneaker society (UA mostly because of Curry). Now, I hate Curry as much as the next guy, and LeBron and Jordan will be two of my favorite players until the day I die, but NT seems to be a massive group of anti-hypebeasts (except the adidas threads). It seems like most people on the Nike threads think that anything not endorsed by Nike or Jordan is exclusively for little kids who only buy hyped releases, and therefore aren't real fans. It's cool to have brand loyalty and all, but there's also nothing wrong with buying a pair of hyped shoes. I myself would buy a pair of 350s if I had the chance because I think it's a good looking shoe, it's a cleaner, slimmer Roshe with better materials. Same deal with the lillard, in comparison to the Kyrie 2, it's a shoe that's more easily worn off court (mostly because of the strap) and I don't think anyone can argue that the lillard is one of the best performing models out right now, (for a better price too). I guess my point is, you don't have to be an adidas or Nike fanboy, I think right in the middle is where most sneakerheads should be, and I don't want these threads to turn into mindless arguments over brand loyalty.

 

[kingsin]

 

[130122]

Yea to be honest if nike dont come with that heat im going to the crazylight line

 

[niceshoes247]

MONEY SAVED IF THEY DONT

 

[GrizzlyAnimal]

 

[ninjahood]

Was gonna stay out of this, but you're 100% correct


i mess with all brands that's why i stay out of these arguments, but i've never seen so many people cape for adidas like how they are now


the adidas eqt basketball was my shoe back in the day 

This is also Nike's fault though-they became complacent and some of the designs of their most expensive flagship shoes were really bad (Kobe 10, KD 8 and Lebron 13 immediately come to mind). None of these sneakers were exciting at all and are all ultimately forgettable.

Also, Boost has been around for a few years now and Nike literally has no tech to compete with it. They just keep repackaging Zoom and Lunar and reselling it for some reason.

agree with everything except da fact that purple Kobe X's are fire.

 

[l knicks fresh knick l]

wheres them pics lol

 

[SC kid]

@snugglesmcduggal

 

[dunkforce1]

I've been a Nike loyalist all my life and will always love the brand, but I recently started getting interested in Adidas. The energy return of boost is very impressive. It's the first sneaker-tech that got me hyped in a long time. You get a bit of this with full length zoom, but the effect is not as dramatic. Plus the few shoes that do have full length zoom tend to be very expensive and it's not included with any of the class lifestyle silhouettes. The Adidas tubular line is also interesting from a fashion perspective in a way that none of the newish Nike stuff is.

Nike and Jordan are no longer the hype brands, but I think this is going to be great for sneakerheads. You already see them dropping the prices on the top end basketball models by $25-30. Hopefully next we can get some relief from the absurd prices they charge for Jordan retros. Ideally I'd also love to see full length zoom getting put into way more shoes, especially classics like dunks and AF1s.