As LeBron spent so much time in the nike free 5.0 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. That same shoe would be doubled up on for LeBron James first ever Championship Pack set of sneakers.

Over the past 11 days Sneaker News has treated you to 11 Days of Nike LeBron , a sneaker career retrospective of sorts culminating on this, the eleventh day. 11/11 of course brings us to the Nike nike free LeBron XI , that sneaker that so recently arrived at retail. As the current generation of LeBron shoes is a story that s still being told, so there isn t nearly as much retrospective and reminiscence nike flyknit racer to be had.

Will there also be an EXT range in the future to complement the off-court category? We d certainly assume so given the success of the likes of last year s  Cork and  Denim pairs. Will the Nike LeBron line be switching to Elite mode again in the post-season? The chances of the Heat not making the playoffs seem ridiculously low at this point, so LeBron will nike shox definitely need a post-season shoe.

The sneaker didn t feature quite the drastic jump in design that the Nike Zoom Generation to Nike Zoom LeBron II did-instead opting to stick with the support oriented model that could best outfit an increasingly powerful LeBron James. The Pebax shell system was back, again clutching the Zoom Air system along the bottom. So was the strap-only this time it showed up in the form of multiple smaller straps gripping the upper. Inside was a  foot bucket configuration that prevent the food from moving around any more than necessary. Hit the click to get more information on LeBron s third silhouette and stay tuned for our next 11 Days nike vapormax of Nike LeBron feature.

Where the sneaker did take strides was in its overall number of releases. Between the high and the low versions the Nike Zoom LeBron III had around sixteen colorways-that ballooned number finally suggesting that Nike believed sneaker acolytes were ready to support LeBron s line en masse. Amongst those were plenty of special editions: Nike LeBron III  All Star was on feet for James as he grabbed his first MVP award in that game, the  Kid colorway was pulled from the LeBrons commercials, and that brown/gold made sure he had appropriate birthday footwear.