-
SneakerNews.com
- About Sneaker News
- Contact
- Jobs
Yu-Ming Wu
@mryumingwu
liquidrice.com
Managing Editor
Aaron Kr.
Editors
Aaron Hope
Brendan Dunne
John Kim
-
Top Categories
- Home
- Air Jordan
- Air Force 1
- Air Max
- Adidas
- Basketball
- Celebrity Feet
- Foamposite
- Kobe Bryant
- Kevin Durant
- Nike SB
- LeBron James
- Just Released
- Upcoming Sneakers
All Categories
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
|||||||||||||
| Tweet |
|
As we continue to see new Nike LeBron 9 colorways, the sneakerhead sentiment seems to be switching from “let’s wait and see” to “South Beach party part two!” In short, the two new Miami-derived colorways on the LeBron 9 we’ve seen over the past couple days have earned LeBron James’ ninth Nike Basketball signature a ton of new fans, but could any combination of colors have saved the above pictured prototype? To be completely fair, these joints were never intended for release and look somewhat fragile, especially when compared to the carbon fiber-paneled LeBron 9 final design, but have you seen this many strings on a hightop this side of John Varvatos’ multi-eye Chucks? The overall silhouette on these is similar to the final version but with less Hyperfuse, different Flywire placement and a complete and utter lack of branding. Click through for more angles, let us know how you feel about this early sketch-in-the-flesh and if you think Jason Petrie and co. got it right with the ‘real’ Nike LeBron 9. via pimpindnice of NT/corkcloth
25 Responses to “Nike LeBron 9 Prototype”
September 15th, 2011 at 10:13 am
YIKES…so glad they went with the OTHER design…the 9 looks amazing but this prototype….EHHHHHHHHHHHHHH FAIL (OF EPIC EPIC PROFOUND PROPORTIONSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
September 15th, 2011 at 10:15 am
WOOOOOW
September 15th, 2011 at 10:28 am
i just threw up….
September 15th, 2011 at 10:32 am
It is just a prototype and if they kept tweaking this design it would definitely look better than the garbage 9s they are releasing. The only hope is they make like 7 versions of this shoe like last year and maybe a nice design will pop up.
September 15th, 2011 at 10:53 am
Jason Petrie designed the 9's as well?
September 15th, 2011 at 10:54 am
better than the final version i've seen
September 15th, 2011 at 11:06 am
they are shaped just like the 8's.
September 15th, 2011 at 11:34 am
To me these look like they would be the prototype for the 8's…… No?
September 15th, 2011 at 12:46 pm
looks like sum shoes swamp thing would wear lol
September 15th, 2011 at 12:54 pm
the only thing good about these is the shape, but the materials and designs is at best anti-fresh and probably more suiting a diaster. But i do think they should have retained the full length air max, the shape of the upper and the lacing system on the real lebron 9, cuz as of now im not really feeling the real lebron 9s either!
September 15th, 2011 at 1:12 pm
These look like something edward scissorhands would wear.
September 15th, 2011 at 1:12 pm
look like the Tim Duncan sig shoe from back in the early 00's
September 15th, 2011 at 1:14 pm
yes
September 15th, 2011 at 1:45 pm
Lol
September 15th, 2011 at 2:23 pm
resembling Alien.
September 15th, 2011 at 2:53 pm
That looks like a zoom air max bag!
September 15th, 2011 at 2:53 pm
i mean, it's a prototype so it's no where near a refined designed, but i like the direction it was going in, interesting new flywire usage
September 15th, 2011 at 7:05 pm
looks kinda like a team jordan, i like this toe box better thou and tht flywire(?) wraped around the ankle is cool too
September 15th, 2011 at 8:09 pm
niceee. freddy krueger had fun
September 15th, 2011 at 8:09 pm
… what happened to leather
September 15th, 2011 at 9:36 pm
i think this should be the cushion set up for the L9s but they changed their minds… the L9s PS is RIDICULOUS… but i wanna know why when it drops next year for Olympics…
September 15th, 2011 at 10:40 pm
Alien versus Predator!
September 16th, 2011 at 12:58 am
dude these are way better then the 9s that are set to be released … i hope he release these as a PS 9 or somethin … id wait on line for em
September 16th, 2011 at 9:33 pm
fuck plastic shoes
hope the finished product looks nothing like these
September 18th, 2011 at 2:17 am
these might just be the prototype for either the elite version or the 10 because it says zoom max on the heel which mean the whole bag is zoom air not max air. If u dont believe me look close at the second picture