Nike LeBron 18 *First Look*

[MambaForever]

I have those. Unfortunately, the mesh is starting to yellow

 

[spoonmanofthehour]

Is the 18 a failure?

 

[ironhorse75]

Is the 18 a failure?

Might not be wearing them much now but he did still wear them to a championship.

 

[sk33termcg33]

I find myself wearing my 17s moreso than the 18s for hooping purposes

 

[tigo0240]

I wouldn't call them a failure.

We're a year into this pandemic and tons of people still can't hoop. Weird sneaker people like us only make up a small percentage of sales.

 

[mister friendly]

I find myself wearing my 17s moreso than the 18s for hooping purposes

Why do you wear the Lebron 17?

 

[thapointguy]

Is the 18 a failure?

You're a failure if you didn't cop

 

[sk33termcg33]

Why do you wear the Lebron 17?

The weight distribution of the shoe and the heel to toe transition feels better on the 17s IMO. The tech in the 18 is incredible, but in terms of on court. The 15s and 17s > 18s (for me)

 

[spoonmanofthehour]

You're a failure if you didn't cop

Straight to thapoint.

 

[jrdatrackstar23]

The weight distribution of the shoe and the heel to toe transition feels better on the 17s IMO. The tech in the 18 is incredible, but in terms of on court. The 15s and 17s > 18s (for me)

What about the 16? Wasn’t the general consensus they were a better hoop shoe due to better stability and traction?

 

[sk33termcg33]

What about the 16? Wasn’t the general consensus they were a better hoop shoe due to better stability and traction?

I didn’t like the heel containment on the 16s. Stability from a lateral perspective was great, for sure, as ankle rollovers didn’t seem to be a problem at all. But lockdown in the heel area was a huge problem for me. I even tried like 4 different lacing variations and sacrificed my fingers (if y’all don’t remember, those were a pain in the *** to lace up) and still couldn’t get it quite right. They were mad comfy though!

 

[urn0tlike]

The dunk mans fit better than the azg and didn’t understand why until I noticed the shape of the toe. The toe box is more rounded on the dunkmans. You can actually see the difference in stock pics too.

 

[redrum3281]

I didn’t like the heel containment on the 16s. Stability from a lateral perspective was great, for sure, as ankle rollovers didn’t seem to be a problem at all. But lockdown in the heel area was a huge problem for me. I even tried like 4 different lacing variations and sacrificed my fingers (if y’all don’t remember, those were a pain in the *** to lace up) and still couldn’t get it quite right. They were mad comfy though!

16s were hard to lace up? news to me, i laced all my 16s something crazy, yeah double laced each pair

 

[mister friendly]

The weight distribution of the shoe and the heel to toe transition feels better on the 17s IMO. The tech in the 18 is incredible, but in terms of on court. The 15s and 17s > 18s (for me)

I didn’t wear the Lebron 17 much before the pandemic. Had them for a couple of months in a rotation. It reminded me of the Lebron8, Lebron 9 and Lebron 15. Except the tongue dig into my ankle like really bad which made the shoe not my favorite.

I saw the Lebron 18 and I was excited because it was a low top and had normal lacing unlike the Lebron 16 but improved Lebron 18 cushioning.

I got hesitant when I saw a YouTube video mention poor lockdown and an uncomfortable tongue.

 

[sk33termcg33]

16s were hard to lace up? news to me, i laced all my 16s something crazy, yeah double laced each pair

Re-lace***

 

[redrum3281]

Re-lace***

 

[Vegeta's hairline]

Worn the LA by night 18s yesterday. They're not bad looking on feet.

 

[ironhorse75]

Re-lace***

I only redid the top two eyelets and was afraid I was going to ruin the shoe with how aggressive I had to get. Brought out the tweezers and even used a pen to loosen up the eyelet holes.

 

[Taury2128]

I think the reflections should've been the all stars based on all the colorways we've seen so far.

 

[jrdatrackstar23]

I didn’t like the heel containment on the 16s. Stability from a lateral perspective was great, for sure, as ankle rollovers didn’t seem to be a problem at all. But lockdown in the heel area was a huge problem for me. I even tried like 4 different lacing variations and sacrificed my fingers (if y’all don’t remember, those were a pain in the *** to lace up) and still couldn’t get it quite right. They were mad comfy though!

Well dang, I was looking on Mercari or something for a pair of 16s to hoop in for the cushioning. Heel lockdown is an absolute must for me when playing in lows. The 17 Lows are great for everything I need but my toes keep slamming to the front on hard stops and changes of direction. Half size up didn’t provide the heel lockdown I wanted, but my regular 9.5 is too small length-wise.

 

[redrum3281]

I only redid the top two eyelets and was afraid I was going to ruin the shoe with how aggressive I had to get. Brought out the tweezers and even used a pen to loosen up the eyelet holes.

On the 16s?

 

[12oclock BOGIE]

This might be a "well duh," but... the 18 isn't a failure if you dig it. That's obviously all that matters.

 

[ironhorse75]

On the 16s?

Yeah. You're the only person I've encountered that had no issues lacing them up.

 

[sk33termcg33]

I only redid the top two eyelets and was afraid I was going to ruin the shoe with how aggressive I had to get. Brought out the tweezers and even used a pen to loosen up the eyelet holes.

Bro I thought I was going to tear the knitposite or whatever because my lace tip would get stuck in between the two outlets to pull them through. My fingers were donezo haha.

 

[redrum3281]

Yeah. You're the only person I've encountered that had no issues lacing them up.

you never tried to relace the 13s if you thought the 16s were bad