ÿþWe're almost at the mens nike air max finish line for the 11 Days of Nike LeBron. Today's sneaker is one that played a pivotal role in the LeBron James story. The Nike LeBron 9 will forever hold a special spot in footwear history as the sneaker that carried King James to the promised land for the first time. He had flirted with greatness plenty of times before, but it was during his second season with the Miami heat, this shoe on feet, that he would finally achieve that ultimate goal in the NBA. This new plateaux of play was represented in the futuristic build of the Nike LeBron 9.

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One of the biggest tech differences this time was the removal of the Zoom treatment in favor of Nike's patented Air Max cushioning, introducing to the world the first basketball-specific full-length Air unit. It was equally important from a tech and aesthetic standpoint; all of a sudden the sneaker was riding on a gigantic, aesthetically pleasing, full length Max Air bubble. The upper was unlike previous iterations as well thanks to the nike lifting shoes linear Flywire treatment that criss-crossed its main section  another first for the LeBron line.

While the Nike Air Max LeBron VII would go on to be the last part of the Cavaliers era for LeBron, it certainly marked the beginning of a new one in which the Nike LeBron series became increasingly more ubiquitous off the court. The VII would also usher in the PE collector craze; alongside the popular released version, the LeBron VII was recognized for all those unreleased joints like the Hardwood Classics, Heroes Pack, Clark Kent's 112 edition, and much more.

Get a look at some marquee colorways for the Nike Air Max LeBron VII below and tell us in the comments if you've got any particular memories attached to this landmark design, and stay tuned for the next installment of 11 Days of Nike LeBron as we approach 11/11.467079 11 Days of Nike LeBron: The Zoom nike zoom pegasus LeBron VI /2013/11/06/11-days-nike-lebron-zoom-lebron-vi/ /2013/11/06/11-days-nike-lebron-zoom-lebron-vi/#comments Wed, 06 Nov 2013 22:00:38 0000 /?p=466764 We're exactly at the halfway mark for our 11 Days of Nike LeBron series, bringing you through LBJ's first five signature offerings from Nike.

That's where Kyrie had been positioned for a couple of years; could we be seeing the start of a sea change? The Hyperdunk 2013 is this year's most popular sneaker among NBA players, but look for the Zoom Hyperrev's numbers to climb, and you can be among the legions of early adopters with a pre-order today ahead of the mid-January release at Foot Locker .