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思考模式的转移

In his 1990 autobiography “Kareem,” Abdul-Jabbar attributed his long, mostly healthy career to wearing low-tops, rather than the more popular high-tops.

“I seemed to know instinctively,” he wrote in his book. “That the skeletal system is built to absorb shock and if you bind and immobilize the ankle, the stress just transfers up to the next available join, which is the knee, the great nemesis of the basketball player. I was Galileo out there on this, alone in my approach for a long time.”

Not anymore. In the post-Air Jordan world, Bryant is by far the most high-profile player to wear a low-top.

In the sneaker world, (Kobe) Bryant deciding to choose a low-top was tantamount to a paradigm shift.

To gather evidence on whether this was a good idea, Avar and his group immediately went into the lab.

“At the lab, we were able to review Kobe making high-speed cuts in slow-motion capture video,” Avar said. “Every frame showed that the low profile shoe allowed him to make sharper cuts, while increasing responsiveness.”

At 11.6 ounces, the Kobe IV is approximately 20 percent lighter than the average Nike basketball shoe. Avar and his team estimate Bryant runs between two and three miles in an average basketball game. With less weight in his shoes over that distance during an 82-game season, it theoretically will help him maintain his energy well into what he hopes will be another long playoff run.