Both Brandon Ingram and Nick Young debuted sample adidas Boost You Wear sneakers on the night of Kobe Bryant’s jerseys being retired.
The Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Gold State Warriors, 116-114, behind Kevin Durant’s near triple-double. Laker forward Brandon Ingram held up his own against Durant, scoring 19 points.
But what caught some eyes wasn’t Ingram’s play but what he was rocking on foot. According to Ingram’s Instagram story, the sneakers are called the adidas Crazy BYW (Boost You Wear). The sneakers are an update to adidas’ Feet You Wear technology that was featured in ’90s and ’00s adidas basketball model models.
Aesthetically, the upper appears to feature a mix of Primeknit, mesh, and leather on the toebox area with a Boost midsole. The outsole also looks similar to early adidas Kobe models.
Both the Laker’s Ingram and and Warrior’s guard Nick Young debuted the silhouettes and walked into the game carrying the adidas Boost You Wear kicks with the sample tags flapping. There is no word on release date or price but keep it locked to WearTesters for any upcoming news on the adidas Crazy BYW.
What do you think about this updated adidas basketball sneaker? Do you think it will play more like the Rose line of sneakers or the Crazy Explosives? Let us know what you think in the comment section below.
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Very intriguing indeed.
It looks like an updated Real Deal. I’m glad they mixed Boost with Feet You Wear.
I see what you mean and it looks really nice. I can’t wait to see what else they have in store… Maybe the OG adidas Kobe with Boost?
There seems to be two different versions…. one lifestyle and one basketball. You can see both on nicks IG
Agree.. The shoe Ingram posted in his IG is different than his wear on game. Still both shoes are nice..
Excited to see if adidas takes some of their classics and give them makeover with PK and boost….
Hopefully in a playable state too
Damn. I’ve made several comments over the years asking for exactly this. These could possibly be out of control awesome. They even look like old school feet you wear shoes, just with primeknit.
They’ve seen your comments and responded
I’ve wondered if designers check out comments here or not. It wouldn’t surprise me if they did(wouldn’t surprise me if they didn’t either). Either way, I’m glad this shoe is coming out, cuz I’ve wanted something like this for a while.
I saw these during the game and googling on the side through the game trying to figure out what they’re wearing. A night full of Kobe and Adidas makes a quiet debut.
It looks like the real predecessor of the first Crazy Explosive. Boostier than ever.
OMG! These are F.I.R.E.!
My dreams have finally came true. Ive been posting about how Adidas should implement either boost or bounce in their 90’s Feet You Wear sneakers such as Key Trainer, EQT Elevation, Top 10 2000 (which IMO look better than the Crazy 8, that they keep releasing). But when they do-do that they need to keep the OG materials since after seeing the Crazy 8 ADV and Crazy 1 ADV in Primeknit, it just looks retarded. Which is a bummer since I wanted Adidas to use Primeknit in their retro. Some may like the slim, streamlined upper but I like my 90s style of a well padded brick with raw materials.
For me this is very exciting that adidas has finally combined boost and FYW. Do yourself a favor and google “adidas Feet You Wear sneakers” and you will see all the beautiful 80/90’s sneakers that adidas should bring back whether with/without boost or bounce.
They look great, can’t wait to see them released.
nene!?!?! the legend is still around!
Finally! I hope they implement it in the puremotion 2.0 we had in the Crazyquick line.
That would be great. I loved that setup. The only problem with it was it had crap cushioning. Boost would solve that pronto.
Literally was just thinking that Adidas should bring back something similar to FYW but with boost. Probably gonna perform great, looks like sports cars for your feet.
Are these really like the old FYW tech or the recent “FYW” tech? Adidas was not able to use real FYW tech anymore because there was a licensing dispute between Adidas and the creator of this tech that holds the patent right? Did the patent just expired? Does anyone know?
I am so glad adidas is coming out with this shoe. As crazy 8s are getting more difficult 2 find. Crazy 8s are the only shoes i hoop in for the last few years because of severe ankle sprains ive suffered over the years. Ive never have spained my ankle in crazy 8s, they are the most stable shoe ive every played in. If i happen to roll my ankle a bit, since the outsole is like rounded, my foot seems to naturally unroll. Other than ektio strap shoes, The FYW shoes are the only basketball shoes I have researched that were designed to prevent ankle spains. And the fact it lets your foot flex more naturally that most basketball shoes i believe has greatly reduced the chances of me severely injuring my ankle.
are the two of them wearing the lifestyle version walking into the arena?