I have the laser blue pair, so I got them last May. They aren’t “worn down” I guess, but they do look rough and the outsole definitely isn’t as grippy as it once was. I basically used them exclusively for the past 10-11 months, a few times per week and didn’t rotate any other pairs in there. They’re still playable for sure
Feels pretty good still surprisingly. I had the same issues with Kobe 9’s, but I think react is definitely more resilient than lunarlon. I can tell it’s not quite as squishy as day 1 but I’m impressed that it is still pretty damn good after playing in it multiple times a week for almost a year.
for a year of constant use? you're pretty conservative if it is still ok. normally, it would be 3 months of constant use before it reaches that kind of rough state. a lot of my pairs are rarely used considering I'm saving them for hoopin which hasn't been a lot for the past few years. the ones that were broken down was due to them being used as beaters for work and even those took 2 years to show signs of traction wear even if I walk with them atleast 9 hours a day.
that would mean it would take 4 months for me to have that bounciness to wear off if we are considering the mileage for it and not the breakdown due to stress factors. the funny part is that at 4 months, the shoes still look good.
washed age unfortunately.
34 this year. My body gets real sore after playing on Sundays for about 2 hours. Recently got invited to play at an indoor gym on Wednesdays too, but debating if I wanna make this a weekly thing.
Glad to hear I’m not the only one.
At that age, I was still playing great basketball and could keep up with the young guns.
I don’t really have advice for you but I’m in the same boat. I’ll be 38 in June. I think **** got rough around 33 or so. Nagging injuries and super slow recovery. I still hoop 2-3x a week. Real talk I was telling my boy the other day I feel like I’m either injured or an injury is coming
If you want to give guys good advice it’ll be to NOT play 4 hours at a time and much less 4 hours straight!
After playing four 4 hours a teenager will wake up needing a new body and new knees!
I started less playing time like doing mwf instead of m to f, pacing during games, changing your Play style or transition to another position. Since I played 1/2 and 4/5, the transition was just normal for me.
I don’t really have advice for you but I’m in the same boat. I’ll be 38 in June. I think **** got rough around 33 or so. Nagging injuries and super slow recovery. I still hoop 2-3x a week. Real talk I was telling my boy the other day I feel like I’m either injured or an injury is coming
I stay in good shape but I know I smoke n drink too much, that ain’t helping
I'm over 200 lbs. and it does give a lot of stress on my foot, legs, and knees. although for some reason, I am able to cope up. but possibly because I transformed those fat mass into muscle mass. if I was someone who is weighing 200 lbs of lard, I do think that I would struggle a lot with my cardio and weigh-bearing. although I'm still overweight, I'm just saying I'm managing it because of muscle development, diet and fasting.
