I believe that many friends have seen the physical photos of Under Armour Curry 5 through various channels in recent days, and are all wondering if they are designing such a low upper for . Are you really not worried about his ankles?
In today's popular low-top shoes, we still have such doubts, because in people's subconscious, only high-top basketball shoes can truly protect their ankles. Although some stars can also enjoy low-top version of branch sneakers while launching high-top signature shoes, high-top is always the mainstream. As early as more than ten years ago, some stars, as pioneers, kept trying to improve their competitiveness by low-top sneakers.
"White Devil" Mike Bibby's promotional role in low-top sneakers is self-evident. As a signed star of Jordan Brand, Bibby expressed his claim on wearing low-top sneakers while enjoying Air Jordan PE, and Jordan Brand also thoughtfully launched a series of low-top Air Jordan regular PEs for him.
In the era when high-top sneakers were "monopolized", Bibby's Air Jordan Low PE was undoubtedly a landscape on the court. The sneakers under his feet and his cold style became the object of relish for fans.
From the end of the bench to the league's winning streak, the full personality tag Gilbert Arenas (Gilbert Arenas) reached the peak of his life in 2006 and was selected into the All-Star starting lineup. After fighting for a while with adidas, he finally welcomed his first pair of personal signature shoes - adidas Gil Zero.
low-top signature shoes caused enough topics in that era. Of course, with the continued popularity of the story-rich Arenas and the performance of the commercially available sneakers blessed by Formotion on the court, the low-top signature shoes have gradually been recognized by shoe fans.
Like the general, he ushered in a career highlight around 2006. Steve Nash (Steve Nash) is also a loyal supporter of low-top sneakers. He stepped on a pair of Nike Hyperdunk 2008 Low caused a burst of bombardment. I believe that a large number of friends will be attracted by the gorgeousness of the Suns in those years, just like me.
The commander elf on the court, together with his exclusive low-top sneakers, constantly create surprises for us.
Time came in 2008, and a pair of low-top star signature shoes that really caused explosive topics were born - Nike Zoom Kobe 4. As the first player in the league at that time, Kobe Bryant's bold attempt this time was undoubtedly a huge boost to the recognition of low-top basketball shoes.
Zoom Kobe 4's designer Eric Avar found that Kobe often uses the method of reducing the center of gravity to tear the defense and is extremely efficient, but the upper often contacts the ankle during the breakthrough process and has an additional impact. After communicating with Kobe, Eva became more convinced of the idea of creating a pair of lighter and lower-gang boots for Kobe.
Putting aside the revolutionary lightweight concept, many people are still skeptical about the low-gross attributes of Zoom Kobe 4. Despite pioneers like Bibi, Arenas, and Nash, the low gang was still a "non-mainstream" existence in the league at that time. On the premise that the Zoom Kobe 3 further increases the upper height compared to the previous two generations, how does this pair of unconventional Zoom Kobe 4 perform?
All doubts were completely eliminated after Kobe's amazing performance and won the first championship of "Sharks Eastward Travel".
Starting from Zoom Kobe 4, the generations after the Zoom Kobe series have continued the low-top design, and Kobe also entered the peak of his life wearing low-top shoes and won two championships.
can be said to be Kobe's making low-top shoes gradually become the mainstream concept of sneaker design. Everyone has jumped out of the inertial thinking of "low-top shoes do not protect the ankles". In the design of personal signature shoes, more stars pursue low-tops to get rid of the constraints of shoe uppers on the ankles.
Like Kobe, from Kevin Durant's frequent shoes drop on the court, it can be seen that he is a player with high requirements for ankle flexibility. Coming to my sixth-generation signature shoes, KD chose an ultra-low-top design. Durant, who completely freed his ankles, was fully released, and his outstanding performance also helped him win the regular season MVP.
Now, first-tier stars such as Kyrie Irving, James Harden, and Paul George have adopted a relatively low-top design in the choice of their first pair of personal signature shoes, in order to improve ankle flexibility and become a more terrifying ankle terminator .
low-top sneakers have no protective effect on the ankle.
Back to our initial topic, new things are generally recognized, always going through many twists and turns. From the beginning of this century, Bibi's wearing low-top shoes became a "different style" on the court, to the fact that Arenas and Nash caused some controversy, and Kobe made low-top signature shoes into basketball shoes that are recognized by the public, low-top basketball shoes have indeed experienced a lot. Are there also a pair of low-top signature shoes in your shoe cabinet that can end your opponent's ankles?
Edit: tmac_feng
