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I tend to jump better off two feet in basketball shoes because I can plant more sideways without them deforming... in some running shoes I can't do that at all (maybe I'm too heavy for them?)

anybody tried any other low-top bball shoes? kd's?

KDs and CP3s are supposed to be built for more horizontal responsiveness, meaning they favor speed and cuts over vert. Never wore them though so can't really tell.
Also the Venomenon review said more or less that it is a cheaper ( and weaker ) Kobe edition, so i'd go with the originals.
About other low tops, i read awesome reviews about the UA bloodline, i currently use the UA Juke which is very similar, same foam ( MicroG ), low-cut but with an ankle sleeve embedded. I like them a lot but i dont love them, the hyperdunks and kobes are better, zoom is always ready to spring you up, not too dense, not too mushy, perfect.
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Won tonight 112-80. Team played pretty well but to be honest this was a game we should have won anyway. I dropped 34 and had a couple sick no look dishes to the guys when I drove and the D collapsed. Had a huge opportunity to have a big baseline dunk but literally as I was going up there was a foul called. Bah. Got it anyway with just under 2 mins to play when my guy got lost on a screen. I got it clean with one hand but I stepped on a defenders foot in my plant and didn't get up nearly as well as I wanted. Still...it was kind of 'on' the defender even though he couldn't jump since I stepped on his foot by accident lol!

We have a big test coming on Thursday, the team we'll be up against has a 6'7 260+ lb post...who can shoot and dribble. he used to play wing in college and even though he's put on 50lbs he can still ball, its crazy to watch. They also start a 6'5 wing and a 6'2 pg, so we're height disadvantaged at almost every position. Should be a fun challenge.

Its cool. I like shoes and it sort of pertains to jumping lol!

We lost. Correction, we got hammered.  141-108. No lie they probably had 20+ offensive rebounds. Just too much size and length. Even at that it was a 14 point game with just over 10 to play and we went cold. I played like crap...well I shot like crap. I don't know what was wrong, I was missing shots I normally hit in my sleep. They felt good, they looked good but they went in and out all night. Case in point was a finger roll I laid up; over the rim, cant miss right? Wrong, rolled around the rim twice and spun out. Bah. Also had a dunk go halfway down and out. Granted a 6'4" guy kind of got a hand on it on the way up and I didn't have the best control but it should have been a damn good poster.  If I have my usual game then this game would have been a real good one. I'm taking the blame for this L and saying F it and moving on.

May have a nice workout set up tomorrow,  we shall see. Definitely weights at night though.

Oh and the hops are slowly coming back, it was a little easier to get up quickly tonight so thats a good sign.

Well....realized how exactly out of shape I am. WOW.

My buddy who will be trying out at the USA Select tryouts and I got worked out by a former overseas coach (currently works with the Atlanta Hawks! And played for Flip Saunders O_o ) and man my legs are fried. Lol! Learned a ton   though and it was very eye opening. They're trying to get me to go tryout with my buddy but IDK, im not in competitive game shape. Rec league yea...but with only 4 weeks I'm not sure I could get where I need to be. I'll think about it.

If my legs can recover then I'll hit the weights later.

Awesome day!!!

uh, sweet opportunity, congrats on the invite, get your ass in gear. four weeks is plenty of time to kick your own ass and get in some semblance of shape.