Nike has always been known to push the limits with their gear, but the knee-high, neon orange KD8 Elites that Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant was seen wearing during shoot-around prior to a game against the Utah Jazz are…well, wow!
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Durant, who has been known to wear low-tops over the past few seasons, went full WWE-like, opting with some shoes that look more like boots, with the extra high sock coming just a few inches from the bottom of his knees—which Nike debuted last month.
Kevin Durant wearing the original version of the KD8 Elite, that went up almost to his knee: pic.twitter.com/Bc67x3pALC
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) March 24, 2016
The designer of the shoe, Leo Chang, talked a little bit about the concept, announcing that he was trying to “blend the tight that he (Durant) normal wears in sock or shoe … literally integrate all that together into one product — so that it almost feels seamless where you don’t know where the next layer starts.”
What do you think of @KDTrey5's new compression-equipped KD 8 Elite so far? pic.twitter.com/Fo4Gvgahtj
— Nice Kicks (@nicekicks) March 20, 2016
I’m not a huge fan of these things, but, shit, if they make me stroke it as smooth as Kevin Durant does, I could live with looking like a Cowboy in boots than a basketball player.