Nike Zoom Kobe IV Performance Review

Don’t basketball shoes have to be a high top??? This was a question we were wondering – especially for a top caliber player with ankle injuries in the past.?? In a few interviews Kobe also talked extensively about how lightweight the Zoom Kobe IV is and that it will allow you to jump higher.?? All the buzz aside, we had to put this shoe to the test.

To do this test properly we called upon two of our staff writers who know a thing or two about shoes.?? Nick Engvall has 5 years of footwear testing under his belt for a couple athletic companies putting their upcoming basketball shoes through the grind.?? How do the Kobe’s compare to the countless shoes he has tested??? George Kiel III, our other tester, played point guard in Division I basketball for Texas St.?? He himself never played in lows, what did he think of the Kobe IV’s?

Check out more detailed shots of the Nike Zoom Kobe IV after the break as well as the performance reviews and score cards on following pages.