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LeBron James wore the ZL VI’s in a Team USA practice a few weeks ago (details and pics here and here), but no official announcement or press conference went down until now. The Olympic colorway with the reflective “United We Rise” pattern will apparently be making its first and only game appearance in the gold medal game (assuming Team USA gets there). Here’s a new close-up of these:

A full-size shot is available at this link. All pics and info from kenlu.net via NT’s bib10… A few press conference photos as well as a close-up shot of the very decent black / red / white colorway can be seen after the jump.

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54 Comments / Aug 21.08 / NBA, Olympics / by Mark

LeBron James’ debut of the Zoom LeBron VI at Monday’s practice generated a lot of hype on sneaker blogs and forums around the web, and fortunately for us, that typically results in some close-up shots.  Pics below via hk-kicks.com:

As you can see from tongue embroidery on the second pic, it’s now official that these are the VI.  The other notable features are the navy patent, clear soles, and reflective lasering of the “United We Rise” pattern.  PE features aside, most people have either absolutely loved these or been disappointed by the simplicity of the upper (and the largest swoosh on a LeBron sig to date).  My initial reaction is that these are a HUGE improvement over the ZL V, and while I like the return of a more old-school upper on a LeBron sig, I’m not quite sold on whether this has the potential to become an iconic shoe or not.

What do you guys think?

3 Comments / Jul 30.08 / NBA, Olympics / by Mark

LeBron James has been sidelined lately with an injured right ankle, but he returned to Team USA practice this afternoon in Macau.  However, the LeBron story that really had basketball fans buzzing today was this:

(Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images, REUTERS/Victor Fraile, AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

It’s been all but officially confirmed that these are the Nike Zoom LeBron VI (full size pics here, here, here, and here), a much different look from the previously leaked images.  Hopefully we’ll be seeing more of these this summer — the Soldier II Olympic PE is nice, but it’s rare to see a LeBron signature model hit the court this early in the year.  Stay tuned…

4 Comments / Jul 28.08 / NBA, Olympics / by Mark