Nike announced Kevin Durant‘s latest signature shoe on Monday. Hours before Durant and the Golden State Warriors took on the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference Final, the shoe company dropped a first look at the KD 11s.
Images and details of the shoe were on social media on Monday afternoon but the company quickly pulled details from its site later in the day. By then, the images of two colorways of the shoe had circulated and opinions were made about them in kind.
Critics say that the shoe looks similar to the Harden Vol. 2 that dropped earlier this year, though that might have more to do with the material and initial colorways than the actual shoe design.
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Nike really pushed the support system in this shoe, even going as far as to call it out on the sole of the shoe. The full-length Zoom Air and React cushioning does indeed look similar to the sole on the Hardens, though a more technical inspection of the details would likely indicate some subtle differences.
The black colorway is a bit more subtle, and some noted that it actually looks a bit more like a running shoe than a basketball shoe.
👀 Here’s a first look at the Nike KD 11.
Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/vz2QiKWgd7
— Nice Kicks (@nicekicks) May 14, 2018
There’s talk that Durant will debut the shoe during Monday night’s Game 1, which would give us a better look at how it reacts on the floor. An official release date should come soon, too, as Durant fans will be eager to get his latest look.
