adidas Harden Vol 3 Black/Blue/Grey Basketball Shoes (G26811)

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The one thing I absolutely need adidas to do, is to separate the letters from the branding(you can put the ‘pyramid'(upright, and if you do, you don’t need the stripes right next to them), or the letters on the back, but both is just awful). The PG2 has worked ok, and maybe I should just give up and use them, but their has to be a shoe that’s better than these. I don’t think Adidas makes shoes in Vietnam although with China tariffs coming soon, you might start to.

Wait as always, these are very plain Jane and I can’t say the V3 are 3 times better than the 42 dollar V2.While knits can be a hit or miss, when the material is able to mimic leather without the break-in process then that’s when it truly shines. This happens to be something that a lot of players do whether they need to or not so it wasn’t a huge issue for me. Still some very minor slippage which is due mostly to the lacing set up getting loose as I dorsiflex and loosen those laces during play.

Some would say they played it safe, but if all you want is a shoe that hits every aspect you could want on a shoe then playing it safe might’ve been the best way to go. Remember when Adidas told us about all the measurements and mapping that went into producing a Fibonacci pattern for the V1?Also for the flat-footers out there: I'm flat footed so some shoes will hurt because they dig into my flat arch, a lot of flat footers can probably relate to this, but this shoe didn't cause that problem so you're good to go. I just tried the Harden 3 tonight, and they again hurt that same area on the side of my foot although they were better than everything except for the PG2. My only complaint is that I’ve noticed recently the heel, where the Harden Logo is, slips occasionally on cuts where my heel strikes first. I just can’t get myself to support a player with so much talent and yet, relies on such bs tactics to get fouls on a nightly basis (hooking people’s arms all the time, hopping on people’s backs, etc.