The LEBRON 11, KOBE 9 and KD VI feature advanced materials and tailored details for the playoff push.
As basketball’s regular season winds down and the playoffs near, Nike’s vision for excellence hits a high point. The Nike Basketball Elite Series Team Collection represents the best for the best: footwear designed to the exact specifications of LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant.
Using premium materials, advanced construction and athlete insights, Nike Basketball’s design team proudly unveils its most technically advanced trio of signature shoes in one collection.
The collection includes the LEBRON 11 Elite, KOBE 9 Elite and KD VI Elite, all in hyperized hues of their respective team colors.
KD VI ELITE TEAM
Kevin Durant’s initial response to the KD VI Elite Team says it all – he didn’t want to take them off. Shedding weight and increasing breathability, the KD VI Elite Team moves precisely and naturally with the foot. For the first time in a KD signature shoe, this new version boasts a full-length, visible Nike Zoom unit that runs through the entire midsole. Flywire technology, reinforced with Kevlar fibers, provides Durant with optimal lockdown. Designer Leo Chang’s vision to mimic the precision craftsmanship and fine details of a wristwatch are visually revealed in the KD VI Elite Team.
LEBRON 11 ELITE TEAM
James’s physique and powerful play require a shoe that can withstand extreme torque and pressure, while maintaining breathability and a lightweight feel. The LEBRON 11 Elite Team edition is tailored to James’s game and is lightweight, sleek and strong. It represents an evolution of the LEBRON 11 that launched in October, now with a lower cut and new articulated external cage to keep him contained. The Hyperposite protection and dynamic Flywire in the upper combine with Lunarlon and a Nike Zoom unit in the midsole to maximize performance.
KOBE 9 ELITE TEAM
The performance standard of the KOBE 9 Elite Team is second to none. Originally launched at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles last December, the KOBE 9 Elite Team represents Bryant’s most provocative shoe to date. As the first Nike Basketball shoe featuring Flyknit, the KOBE 9 Elite Team maximizes innovation with Lunarlon, Dynamic Flywire and carbon fiber throughout. Its ultra-lightweight design enables natural motion, while providing the lockdown and responsiveness Bryant requires.
The Nike Basketball Elite Series Team Collection is available April 11 at Nike.com and select retail locations globally.
Via Nike Inc.
So the Brons are still Hyperposite and not TPU, that’s good to know.
The Kobe IX Elites here are officially Laker colors. The other pictures looked like Volt was in place.
i think that it’s hyperposite with some tpu parts, becouse i dont think that the most shiny parts are hyperposite. god to know that they removed the hyperposite from the front of the shoe, imo that was lebron’s problem with the 11’s
My Lebron XI breds have the shiny finish to them. In fact, I think that is the only colorway that has that shine.
KDs I think could really be amazing! But not sure about the low cut. If these were mid-cut they would be perfect, but for some reason I think having the low cut with the zoom makes the shoe very bottom heavy.
lebron got the same shoe just lighter we’ll if something is great no need to change it I love the lebron 11 can’t really get much better maybe it could be more responsive but it is already very responsive but it’s not the most responsive shoe out there
I agree the Lebron XI’s are a performance beast. What more is there to improve on? weight reduction? The only issue i had was the lack of flex grooves on the outsole and the front of the shoe not flexing enough due to the hyperposite. It looks like that wasnt fixed
There are more groves in the Lebron Elites so they will definitely be able to flex easier. And I think that having more foamposite in the shoe is not a bad thing because I can appreciate having more overall foot protection and just sacrificing a little flex. The Lebron XI is still way more flexible than the Lebron Xs.
KD is the best improvement, that full length air max is insane, also they straightened the laces/tongue, removed that zig zag pattern on the front edge of the shoe, looks DOPE!
That one would have the worst stability you can have in a pair of basketball shoes
You might think so, but I felt that Zoom Max was firm enough and played great I just not alot of flexibility in the forefoot.
They also adjusted the traction pattern by inverting the mold
Kobe 9 looks the best. Hopefully lebron will wear these elites cause he has avoided his signatures like the plague lol
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It looks like the inside of the tongue on the Kobe 9’s reads ‘Showtime’. That’s Defiantly an appropriate name for a Lakers colourway.
Easy pass on Kobe 9s. Excited for the KD and Lebron reviews. I hope the improvements are real. I will easily pass on the Lebron if they cushioning isn’t tweaked…
Too bad kobe won’t play in his sigs this season
He could still play in them at the start of next season a few months before Kobe X drops. At this point, most of his fans want him to chill and not mess up the Lakers’ lottery pick chances.
Too bad that I can’t say the same thing for D.Rose and his team balling without him.
The KD’s looks nice but the upper seems to be made of the same material as the Hyperrev which will do the shoe very undurable and not so long lasting, they should have changed the tongue to the one that were used on the KD V Elites then it would be a great performer imo…