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Nike Air Zoom Kobe V Review - The Greatest Basketball Shoe of ALL TIME
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and his back spasms are due to the jersey. damn adidas!!
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^again, only his ankle issue has been cited as the injury keeping him out...
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^ Go away.
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Obviously, you know nothing about basketball. Even with a mid or high top, if someone big, (such as Lamar Odom), steps on your foot while you take off running, you're going to get hurt. There are plenty of players who have sprained their ankles when wearing high tops. You're criticism on the shoe = fail. You yourself = idiot.
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the argument about the cut of one's shoe for bball and ankle sprains is really like beating a dead horse now and especially on NT. i don't understand why some people still criticize a shoe's performance without ever playing in them. and further more, i don't understand why those people feel the need to express themselves publicly when their opinions have no credibility.
on topic: kobe V's are stealing all the game time from my other shoes!
on topic: kobe V's are stealing all the game time from my other shoes!
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you guys are probably right... I might be biased here because I don't like Kobe at all, and have ONLY ever sprained my ankle playing in lows... once moderately fooling around in chuck taylors, and once severely in Zoom MVPs (with ASO's on). But for his fans sake, I think its unfortunate that Kobe - the second best player in the world behind LeBron - is missing regular season and all-star games due to an ankle injury suffered while playing in the "lightest, lowest basketball shoe ever". Just doesn't inspire much confidence in the V for me.
This is the way I see it.
If you're going to step on someone's foot, or land on someone's foot on the way down, you WILL do more damage in a higher cut shoe. High cut shoes tend to be higher off the ground as well... whereas the low cut shoes are lower to the ground (ala kobe 4's and 5's).
I have only rolled my ankle in high cut shoes... I've been wearing the kobe 4's since May 2009, and a few weeks ago decided to put my high cut shoes on and rolled my ankle, slightly. Never going back to a high top again after that experience.
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do i need to buy ankle braces when i get these? should i?
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As far as the ankle problems with lows... I'd have to side with the fact that you do sprain in either highs or lows, one isn't more reliable than the other. If you turn your ankle landing on someone's foot, you're going to hurt yourself either way.
I think it all comes down to if people want that "natural movement" with their ankles free, as opposed to the extra support mids give you.
I think it all comes down to if people want that "natural movement" with their ankles free, as opposed to the extra support mids give you.
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True statement. That's how I feel.
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It also depend on how you rolled your ankle. However shoes with thicker sole tend to give a more severe ankle sprain than shoes with thinner sole. I sprained my ankle in the Air Max 360 in 06 and it took me nearly 6 weeks to get back to the court. I went in for a one handed rebound and landed on some big dude with a size 14 shoes. I jump pretty high but my confident to go inside for rebounds was never the same after that incident
. I became a perimeter player now . Just shooting jumper and three all day.
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Best shoe ever for the best player ever.
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lol, i would do the samething and just stay on the outside and shootOriginally Posted by KenJi714
It also depend on how you rolled your ankle. However shoes with thicker sole tend to give a more severe ankle sprain than shoes with thinner sole. I sprained my ankle in the Air Max 360 in 06 and it took me nearly 6 weeks to get back to the court. I went in for a one handed rebound and landed on some big dude with a size 14 shoes. I jump pretty high but my confident to go inside for rebounds was never the same after that incident. I became a perimeter player now . Just shooting jumper and three all day.
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The only thing that has me not pullin the trigger on these is I haven't seen is someone with pics with jeans. Can anyone with pics please post
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kobe v all the way
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After MJ
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Yeah but MJ never had shoes like this
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We talkin strictly performance i hope and not style, as far as MJ not having shoes like these.
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to me AJ18 and after are pretty much even with new shoes coming out nowadays except 21 (too heavy)
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Both.
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I like the Kobe V, but I could fill this pg with Jordan's that would kill these style wise.
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Waiting to get some more v's. I still ball in my iv. Maybe the draft day will be my new bball shoes. Fit and comfort is really nice.
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there is not 1 pair of jordan shoes that appeal to me. the xx3's did, but when i got them i was like
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^^ style wise, IMO there are alot of jordans that I like better, but thats prolly coz im alot older lol. kobe v are nice, but IMO it looks alot like a pair of running shoes (especially if you take away the kobe logo).
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