It was just the right amount to where it feels great without me really paying attention to it. Felt “normal”. I wish they’d use that balance in every shoe.

Loved the traction, materials, feel, and overall look of that shoe. I might just grab a couple more pairs while they’re still around, and not worry about the other models that they seem to be dropping the ball with. It’s hard to find shoes like the Kobe 1 now anyway, and shoes like that will always seem like the default “what a basketball shoe should be like” to me because they’re more like the shoes I grew up playing in. And Nike usually bullshits with the tech on their other b-ball retroes. I’d damn near kill for a real retro of the Barkleys and Garnetts I had in high school that they haven’t ever even retroed, or legit retros or protros of the first few Penny models or the Webbers.