The Under Armour Drive 4 isn’t available just yet, but Eastbay has given us a detailed look at what’s to come from UA’s basketball division.
The upper uses a bootie construction with overlays for structural support and lockdown. Cushion comes in the form of a heel Micro G heel unit for firm responsive cushioning. Traction looks amazing — nothing fancy, just large herringbone that should hold up outdoors and should perform well.
The UA Drive 4 will be available in the second week of August (if you successfully checked out at Eastbay, your shoe will not ship until then). Low top versions of the Drive 4 will be coming late summer or early fall, but those have a completely different upper that utilize a mesh build with a synthetic TPU skin overlay.
What do you think of the UA Drive 4 in this triple black build? Let us know.
Images via Eastbay
I like how this shoe looks, like a space marine combat boot. I also really like that they didn’t mess around with some story telling traction pattern with a story no one cares about; its just straight herringbone that goes right to the edges. The multiple flex grooves in the forefoot is a good thing, as well as how tight the ankle collar looks. This could be a sleeper performance beast if all the elements work.
I don’t know if there is only micro G in the heel. On other cws the “window” slit thing on the lateral side shows what could be a cushion going farther up the shoe. It’ll be a lot better if the cushion goes full length; these days the featured shoes for a brand usually should have good cushioning in the forefoot.
Another cushione that feels meh better than the kyrie 1,2 and 3 but that’s not hard to do you can lower the price all you want but come on give me something ua buy Q sport cushion patent or whatever is their name at this point I’m better of going to Marshalls or Tj max and buying the clutchfit 1
The look is kinda stiff but I like the overall design. Should be pretty good considering the herringbone traction.
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The cushion is what?! LOL! C’mon. I’m really hoping that there’s more to it than just a micro g crash pad in the heel. I mean, I guess that’s cool but full length micro g can’t be that expensive to implement.
Very bulky looking shoe!
Looks like an early LBJ model.
i think these look really sleek, especially when they’re blacked out like this, looks like a no-nonsense, streamlined pair of performance shoes
Looks all plasticky like a hyperfuse. Kind of a step back for UA stlye wise.
Looks like the Hyperdunk 15 to me, but better