And will there be another nike id championship shoe in the event that King James and the Heat can clinch it again with a rare three-peat performance? We ll have to wait and see on that one. Take a look at some past and present LeBron 11 releases below and tell us where you anticipate this sneaker ending up in terms of LeBron s lengthy lineage with the Swoosh.67851 11 Days of Nike LeBron: The LeBron X /2013/11/10/11-days-nike-lebron-lebron-x/ /2013/11/10/11-days-nike-lebron-lebron-x/#comments Sun, 10 Nov 2013 22:00:44 0000 /?p=467573 Our 11 Days of Nike LeBron series has brought us all the way here, to the 2012/13 entry the Nike LeBron X.

The Nike LeBron 9 will forever hold a special spot in footwear history as the sneaker that carried King James to the promised land for the first time. We re almost at the finish line for the 11 Days of Nike LeBron. Today s sneaker is one that played a pivotal role in the LeBron James story. The Nike LeBron 9 will forever hold a special spot in footwear history as the nike tn sneaker that carried King James to the promised land for the first time. He had flirted with greatness plenty of times before, but it was during his second season with the Miami heat, this shoe on feet, that he would finally achieve that ultimate goal in the NBA.

This new plateaux of play was represented in the futuristic build nike air force 1 of the Nike LeBron 9. The leather materials that had so long been a mainstay of basketball sneakers were tossed out in favor of Hyperfuse paneling and Flywire supports-choices that sort of signified a new era in basketball sneaker design.As LeBron spent so much time in the post season that year, it was only fitting that his on-feet offerings morphed at that juncture to provide a silhouette better fitted for the post-season push. Thus was born the Nike Elite Basketball line, a trio of models that included the reinforced Nike LeBron 9 Elite.

The superstar s reputation took a considerable hit as the rising star was the subject of criticism for his supposed  betrayal , forcing him black nike runners to take on a bit of a villain-like role as he began lacing up his kicks in another arena. The sneaker, however, was a hit, much in part to do Nike s flamboyant  South Beach colorway, which altered the horizon of sneaker colorways for years to come.In addition to South Beach madness, the LeBron 8 was responsible for creating the  phase concept, with the lighter V2 trim and the Hyperfuse-built PS edition telling the story of LeBron s evolving game in relation to the long NBA season.

One of the biggest tech differences this time was the removal of the Zoom treatment in favor of Nike s patented Air Max cushioning, introducing to the world the first basketball-specific full-length Air unit. It was equally important from a tech and aesthetic standpoint; all of a sudden the sneaker was riding on a gigantic, aesthetically pleasing, full length Max Air bubble. The upper was unlike previous iterations as well thanks to the linear Flywire treatment that criss-crossed its main section  another first for the LeBron line.This sort of rebirth for the Nike LeBron line was also aided by a premium touch on the materials side, one flexed again and again as the in-house Nike Basketball designers cranked out plenty of memorable colorways.

The LeBron VII, believe it or not, created some minor controversy within Nike walls. During an interview, famed designer Tinker Hatfield implied that the LeBron VII was something of a  copy of the Air Jordan XI, black nike shoes calling Petrie s iteration a  Jordan 11 with a Swoosh . The similarities were certainly there, with the glossy patent leather and boot-like appearance lending to that statement, but there s no doubt that Petrie carved out his own legacy since taking over the LBJ reigns since this model. Get a look at some marquee colorways for the Nike Air Max LeBron VII below and tell us in the comments if you ve got any particular memories attached to this landmark design, and stay tuned for the next installment of 11 Days of Nike LeBron as we approach 11/11.