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Since there's a lot of convo on the lebron and 11 today. A repost:
“When you’ve got an athlete that’s putting an orthotic in the shoe, it changes everything,” Williams said. “It changes the actual internal shape, it changes the actual internal volume and things of that nature. Players like KD and Kobe, they come right out of the box. But LeBron puts an orthotic in there, so that started to change things a little bit, especially because we had a drop-in. We’ve never had a drop-in (insert) before (on a LeBron signature shoe). So when you have a drop-in, something that kind of comes in and out — not unlike his orthotic — I think for him, mentally it was just a little difficult to get around.”
Along with the fit of the orthotic, James wasn’t feeling the level of lockdown in the 11s that he requires, and when he made cuts, he felt his foot sliding around in the shoe — another area which was unacceptable for the style that he plays.
Lots of interesting tid bits in the article
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports....nce-demands-of-kevin-durant-and-lebron-james/
good read. i dont like how they try to hide the failure of the shoe itself with LBJ by saying that "mentally" there was an issue. NO the problem was the insert combined with the orthotic that LBJ has always used along with lockdown issues. just call it what it is.
i hope this solidifies the 12 as far as not having a throw in insole. hopefully it means a return to zoom max. i never thought lunarlon was good for basketball at a high level anyway
nike knew LBJ wore an orthotic for years. why make a sig model with a drop in? now its like he's playing with 2 drop ins in his shoe. smh
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