Great style, traction, and lockdown
I play basketball and volleyball, and the two absolute most important things I care about in a shoe are lockdown (how securely in place my foot feels inside the shoe,) and traction. This excels at both.Particularly, for the lockdown, the lacing system this shoe uses helps greatly with that. If I tie them well, I feel no shifting of my foot inside the shoe. It feels like my foot and the shoe are the same, compared to other models where you make a cut and you can feel a little movement internally. The traction is similarly great. I have no complaints there.For me personally, I had to go 1/2 size down from my normal size, as adidas seems to run a little wider and longer. If I had gone to my true size, I would have really had to crank on the laces to stay in place, and there would have been more room vertically in the toe.Not only is the design one of my favorites, but when you combine the great design with equally great performance, these are an excellent purchase. I have several pairs because of it!