New Lebron X Shoes for $315?????!!!!!!!!

[doublenegative]

Tuesday, August 21, 2012
LeBron X sneaker to be released
By Darren Rovell
ESPN.com

Is the basketball shoe world ready for a $300 shoe?
The market might get tested when the LeBron X is released later this year.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a Nike Plus-enabled version of the shoe -- that has motion sensors in the shoe to track various metrics including how high the player jumps -- will retail for $315. Although Matt Powell, an analyst for market retail tracking firm SportsOneSource, tells ESPN that he believes the price will be $290.

The LeBron X has motion sensors in the shoe to track various metrics including how high the player jumps.
Nike spokesman Brian Strong would not comment as to the accuracy of the price.
In 1986, Nike's Air Jordan II broke the $100 basketball sneaker barrier. Sixteen years later, the company hit the $200 price tag when it released the Air Jordan XVII.
Despite a rough economic environment, Nike has been able to pass on the rising costs of materials to its consumers with little resistance due to the premium associated with its high-end product.
SportsOneSource reported last month that sales of sneakers that retail for more than $100 were up 30 percent on the year and sales of basketball shoes that cost more than $100 were up 50 percent. Between the Nike, Jordan and Converse brands, Nike owns roughly 95 percent of the basketball shoe market in the United States.
While many will be fixated on the price, Powell said it's being blown out of proportion. He estimates that Nike will make only about 50,000 pairs of the Nike Plus-enabled LeBron X's compared to 200,000 to 300,000 pairs of the regular version of the shoe, which he expects to sell in the $175 range.
"This is all about electronic componentry," Powell said. "The plus version of this shoe is a very expensive shoe for a very specific audience: the high school or college athlete that wants to improve their game by measuring their progress by wearing the shoes."

silly negroes

 

[Isaiah Bradley]

*scans paragraph for reference to gold being included*
*sees none*

 

[doublenegative]

dayum! $315!!

 

[Montez]

Hair restoration doesn't pay for itself.

 

[Youngdev]

That's crazy but it's like a special edition tho, the regular bron 10's gonna be 175

 

[Q2EEzY]

That's crazy but it's like a special edition tho, the regular bron 10's gonna be 175

Still too much

 

[Youngdev]

Still too much

If nikkas wanna pay that much and got the bread that's on them

 

[Bone$]

im mad them bytches is wack next to the 9s, fukking bron 8 reloaded.....meh

 

[Bernie Madoff]

Are lebron's shoes still heavy as sh1t? I bought his first 3 series and it was like balling in boots... A little too authentic for the average guy?

 

[Kal El]

Are lebron's shoes still heavy as sh1t? I bought his first 3 series and it was like balling in boots... A little too authentic for the average guy?

First and last pair of Lebron's I bought, it felt like I had concrete blocks on while I was hoopin

 

[West Coast Avenger]

Are lebron's shoes still heavy as sh1t? I bought his first 3 series and it was like balling in boots... A little too authentic for the average guy?

IMO they are light and give great ankle support....Im wearing my China 9's today and they are very comfortable....

 

[The_Sheff]

Are lebron's shoes still heavy as sh1t? I bought his first 3 series and it was like balling in boots... A little too authentic for the average guy?

Bball shoes are supposed to be heavy to give your ankle support and your feet more stability. Go check out some of the older shoes people used to hoop in like the old Barkleys, Pippens, Garnett's, etc... those were on the heavy side. Them shyts like those hyperflights that came out a few years ago with minimum ankle support had everyone in the league fukked up.

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Bball shoes are supposed to be heavy to give your ankle support and your feet more stability. Go check out some of the older shoes people used to hoop in like the old Barkleys, Pippens, Garnett's, etc... those were on the heavy side. Them shyts like those hyperflights that came out a few years ago with minimum ankle support had everyone in the league fukked up.

Nah breh.

and

These are the greatest hoop shoes ever and they are light. They just feel perfect. For a sneaker head, shoes like the Jordan XII were too heavy.

 

[Return of the Jedi]

Man if they do Galaxy again this all star game the galaxy Bron 10s will be ...and I'm a Bron hater

Shameless promotion: if ya'll wanna talk kicks, we put in work at Brad Piff's Sneaker Thread where the mods threw us into a dark, damp subforum

 

[Greenhornet]

already got a pair