ÿþEIC Juan: Judging adidas eqt from the size of the event they had this past weekend, James Harden and adidas are determined to make the Vol. 1 a real thing in the sneaker world. It's a bummer that a lot of people's first impression of the shoe are those crappy leaks from a few months back but I think they are going to be pleasantly surprised with the results of the final product. I like the Pioneer colorway that we received at the event, but that Gila Monster is the hottest of hot fire and those are a must-have whenever they drop.
What does that mean for this weekend's edition of Buy, Pass, Wait? We've got a smaller slate of big name releases to deal with so we talk about other things that are going down like who we've got for the big game on Sunday.Andres: adidas sneakers (WAIT) Can I even wait? Since these will be sold during half time of Sunday's game I know they won't sit. Good job by adidas of continuing to give us Ultra Boosts with colored Boost. Very nice colorway.
Todd: Adidas is now marketing a large portion of their adidas running shoes brand to a lifestyle and performance lifestyle position. I think it's genius as sneakers are no longer for simply athletics and are overtaking shoes for casual, business casual wear by the day. I think the Tubular series, in the performance lifestyle genre, is only getting started. I'm excited to see where it advances. ZX Flux was a great silhouette which, in my opinion, is a better look than the Roshe, but a general look in your surroundings will find Roshe outnumbering the Flux by at least double, if not more, yet I see more Flux adidas neo releases. Am I wrong?
But that's our new era now and sneakerheads are making their choice by buying NMDs in droves while only the most hyped Jordans sell out, allowing those might otherwise not have a shot to cop a pair. As recently as two years ago, this Saturday's Air Jordan 5 Olympic would be gone in minutes. Now? It's hard to tell& News Juan: I did not get any, I did not want any. I got off the NMD hype train quite some time ago, although I do admit that the adidas NMD XR1 does look pretty sweet especially in that Olive Green colorway. Maybe down the line I'll get a pair, but I'm not in any kind of rush to do so.
So in lieu of "wait", we went with "resell" because come on, let's be honest here, that's what people are going to do. Anybody that gets the opportunity to cop the Yeezys on Saturday will either keep them or resell/trade them away ASAP.Andres Carrillo, News: (BUY TO RESELL) I tried getting a pair through the adidas Confirmed app but failed miserably. I literally adidas nmd womens clicked the reserve button the second it popped up and it told me that all the sizes were already reserved. What?!?? Oh well. The only reason i would have bought these was for trade bait.
Of course, I could make the assumption that the Nike and Jordan Brand are clearing the plate so they won't get smothered by the next adidas Yeezy Boost release (not to mention a handful of NMDs), but we won't got that far. Andres: (PASS) Another all black Ultra Boost? I think we've had enough of these for a while. Give us something with more color, adidas.