This year, Nike Basketball released the Zoom KD IV. This was one of my favorite shoes ever released and in this entry I will be showing you some colorways of the 30 plus that were made and my thoughts.
The KD was designed for Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder. The shoes feature a hyperfuse upper. The strap is "adaptive fit" and is said to make the shoes mold to your foot. It features words throughout the shoes outsole made in honor of people who helped him as a child such as him Mom or Friend, Chucky. The tongue sports a 3(4)5 on it. The 35 representing his number and the 4 representing his shoe's number in his series
10. Christmas "Cookie Cutters"
Durant wore these on the Thunder's christmas game versus Orlando.
My thoughts on this shoe were while I enjoy the shine of them and the "cookie cutter" theme, they just weren't worth the price. They could have made these better by going with a lighter bronze and possibly adding a more "christmas" feel.
9. N7 Away
Inspired by Nike N7, a charity by Nike which help's Native Americans. The shoes featured turquoise because it is a sign of friendship.
The N7 "Away" was a very nice colorway, however in my opinion the diamond pattern was too childish for the shoes.
8. KD IV Scoring Title
The KD IV scoring title was created in honor of Durant winning the NBA Scoring title. It's an award Durant wins every year because of how efficient he is on offense.
The shoes are just above average to me. They are a bit dull and don't really have any association to the scoring title in the color and the pattern. The shoe would have been executed better if it referenced to his points scored this season on the yellow overlay on the blue.
7. KD IV Black/Yellow iD
Made by SoleCollector.com user Drastic, these KD IV's were customized on NikeiD. No story behind them.
In my opinion the shoes is very popping but if branded with a livestrong logo somehow these would be even nicer.
6. KD IV Volt iD
These were made by my friend and SoleCollector.com user Jmoore 93 or Jonathan.
In my opinion the all volt look is great and could've been better if Nike kept the color consistent throughout the shoe rather then a different green on the strap and tongue. No story behind these shoes either but he told me he was inspired by Sample photo's of an all volt KD that leaked earlier in the year.
5. KD IV Fresh Mint/Easter
The KD IV Easter or fresh mint's were worn during his Easter game this past NBA season. The shoe was inspired by the bright pastel color that Easter has.
In my opinion I wish the shoes would have featured the dark mint on the strap more and the lighter mint on the upper less.
4. KD IV UNDFTD
The KD UNDFTD was inspired by California based brand and store, UNDFTD. It features the main colors of the brand which are green, orange, and black. The shoes are great but if a different material for the green was used the would've been better as the one used creases.
3. KD IV BHM
The KD IV BHM, or Black History Month's, were inspired by the wild prints and patterns of african tribes. I loved the shoes but a little more of the pattern would've made the better.
2. KD IV Nerf
The KD IV Nerf was inspired by a childhood toy Durant often played with. A nerf basketball was his favorite toy and Nike created 320 pairs of this shoe to honor them. Honestly, Nike couldn't have executed these better, I just am more of a fan of the next shoe.
1. KD IV Weatherman
Inspired by Kevin Durant's back-up job if he didn't make the NBA, a weatherman. The shoes feature an all green upper and a wild weather pattern on the strap, heel, and outsole. These were my favorite shoe and have no room to be made better as they're already great.
[photo sources]
http://solecollector.com/news/the-24-best-kd-iv-colorways-for-kevin-durant-s-24th-birthday/
http://solecollector.com/news/spotlight-nike-zoom-kd-iv-id-july-2012/
http://solecollector.com/Sneakers/Marketplace/267288/ds-kd-4s-n7-away-black-size-11-durant-pearl-gold-medal/
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http://theshoegame.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Nike-Zoom-KDIV-Rouge-Green-Total-Orange-01.jpg
http://www.millenniumshoes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Nike-Zoom-KD-IV-BHM_4.jpg
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http://theshoegame.com/articles/weatherman-nike-zoom-kd-4-iv-release-date.html
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