today we're going to be taking a look at the miami knight lebron 8 low
these came out in 2011 and i'm telling you right now i am happy to see these retro so
in this video we're going to be talking about this specific shoe right here and
if lebron should even be retro in his shoes in the first place let's go ahead and get into it
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we crack open this box we got to talk about the history first and how this shoe even came about
and why they're even retro in it today as we all remember the famous lebron interview of him saying
he's taken his talents to south beach in that era of lebron moving to miami and dropping some fire
colorways along the way during that time we had the south beach lebron eights which are actually
retroing again this year as well and the miami knight lebron low this shoe in particular released
only in miami it was very very exclusive and hard to get and a lot of people were charging around a
thousand dollars for these back in the day which is something that is also very interesting when
we talk about price later in the video because these right here are not worth nearly as much as
they were 10 years ago so with all that being said let's crack this box over starting with
the box you have your classic lebron sleeve box lebron's face on one side the lion on the other
going to the size tag it reads nike lebron 8 v2 low qs white white solar red retail 180
bucks that's crazy bruh 180 bucks for a lebron low pulling open the sleeve of the box you have lebron
throwing up the smoke with your paper right here with the all-over print on that and then you have
your white paper and then you got the shoe oh you got the shoe okay first impression of this sneaker
bruh finally finally finally finally i got lucky and got these off of sneakers app for 180 bucks
and i am definitely a happy camper because i know 10 years ago i was not willing to spend a thousand
dollars honestly still to this day i'm not willing to spend a thousand dollars on this shoe
i could see this shoe being maybe you know 300 bucks or something like that
but damn a thousand dollars bruh no way so for me personally just being patient for 10 years now
finally being able to pick up the shoe i'm just a happy camper so as you can tell i'm gonna be a
happy camper throughout the rest of the video as i give you guys this review but we'll try to stay
unbiased as much as possible so let's go ahead and get into the details starting with the outsole you
have your solar red lebron 8 outsole classic og vibes this is just bringing me back to the early
2010 era when nike basketball used to be great bruh there used to be so many good shoes back then
now i don't know but back then yeah bangers you got a 360 air unit all around the sneaker
with the solar red vibes see-through with the translucent kind of busting right there brad
these things just clean all right all right you're right you're right unbiased unbiased
anyways back to the midsole you have a white hit above that and then going to the upper oh the
upper the upper is inspired by the lights and the water and the blue glass reflecting off of
the buildings and all the miami night vibes and i kind of understand where they're going in my mind
i don't see a hundred percent correlation between miami nights in this colorway but at the same time
i do get where they're going so i'm not mad at it another thing that i really liked about this shoe
is they gave it kind of that flywire look with the black lines running here on the side of the foot
this is kind of more just one panel with different clear hits over the top of it going to the back of
the shoe you have a heel tab right here on the back side and then you got a white nike swoosh
with a blue right there around the back end and then a small white nike swoosh here on the inside
of the foot also you have a solar red lebron signature with a small nike swoosh right below
that and a black sock liner wrapping to the front end of the shoe you have a nice let me see if it's
nice actually before i say that it's cool you have a white leather that goes around the eyelids with
the pink lebron vibe right here on the front end white laces that come around and then
you got like this black mesh kind of hard type of material let me see if you can hear it in the mic
and then through that you can also see the lebron logo and the pink right there behind that in the
black so i think that's kind of dope to have another little element to the tongue not just
being in all black on the standard set of white laces you have a set with the pink tips right here
and then you have an additional set with the blue tips right here with the lebron 8 low going on
that oh sorry not pink but solar red now going to the insole you have the same thing with the solar
red right there anyways overall it's a basketball shoe should it be worth 180 bucks i don't think
the retail should be that high but again i understand inflation time hype all those different
things the shoe is going to sell out either way i completely understand why nike sold the shoe
for 180 bucks because i'm sure they're selling for more than that speaking of that let's see how much
these are worth today oh my gosh bro this is crazy okay so the og miami knight lebron 8 was going for
2 500 and slowly worked his way down to under 2 000 sold the last pair sold at 1800 and now people
are offering only hundred dollars for this pair on the og pair so now let's see what the new pair
is looking like because oh my god that's crazy 250 for the retro so the retail was 180 bucks
and i think when they first came out they were going for around like 403 something like that and
the price has slowly been going down and i think over time they might go back up a little bit but
this one is a very very interesting topic we're talking about a 2 000 sneaker that retroed and
it it's it's like the same shoe but now people only want to spend 250 bucks for it which is very
very interesting i don't know if it's because of the hype of lebron back then nike basketball all
the stuff that was going on there's a lot more hype with jordan wines and yeezys and different
sneakers so it's taking attention off of the lebrons right now me personally and i'm sure a lot
of other sneaker heads that have been collecting for a long time that wanted to get their hand
this is like basically getting a pe or a sample almost from way back in the day that you heard of
and then now you finally have to get it when it came out on a retro or the first time releasing
or whatever it may be we've seen that happen with other jordans as well and uh this is just crazy
like i feel like this is the same situation with like the red flint 13s or something me having the
kmarts and then i see the red one just dropped so this right here for me great opportunity to
purchase the shoe at a great price 180 bucks still be very satisfied i'm not worried about the price
and then being worth two thousand dollars and all those other things because i knew damn well
i wasn't gonna be spending that much money on the shoe i really like the shoe but i was also really
patient and now look what happened i was able to get the shoe for 180 bucks i'm not saying this is
gonna happen every single time but there are times when shoes do go down in value or they may retro
it and the hype may be gone away so does that mean you should not buy the shoe because it's no
longer hyped or do you still buy the shoe because you actually really like the shoe me personally
i really like this shoe i was excited when i heard that they were coming out with this shoe
the south beach lebron 8 i had that shoe as well and i'm excited to see that one come out again i
had it in a size 12 didn't fit me anymore i ended up trading it for a different shoe if you haven't
seen that video go check that video out but this in the south beach lebron 8 i love these shoes
from back in the day and i still love them today so if they're not worth a bunch of money or people
call them bricks or whatever they want to call it that's completely fine i'm going to buy what
i like now that's when i ask you the question down below how do you feel about situations like this
maybe not this shoe in particular but a situation like that when it comes to a shoe retroing and it
is no longer hyped anymore but you still have an opportunity to purchase it for a good price now
i understand the fact of okay should i spend my money on a shoe that may not be worth it
because i actually like it or should i make a smart decision and buy a shoe
that will be worth it and i actually like it and now it makes sense because if i wear it i
can then resell it later and be able to get some money out of it compared to buying a shoe that
may not be worth anything any day and i completely understand the balance between all of that because
if we all just purchase shoes that didn't have any value then it it could potentially hurt us in the
long run because at some point a lot of sneaker heads do end up selling some of their sneakers
or they end up getting too many pairs of shoes in their collection and because of that they start
to downsize or you know maybe something happens in life or they have kids or whatever there's so many
other factors as to why sneakerheads may sell their sneakers even if they're not a reseller
quote unquote but you know sometimes they need to get some extra cash or they want to buy a new car
when they put a down payment on a home there's a lot of different reasons as to why so i can
understand that i'm just kind of rambling off about this whole topic because i know there's
so many different points to hit and a lot of different angles that people could come at me
with this whole topic and everything like that i personally don't think there is a right or wrong
every person has a different situation in life as to why they're spending money on what shoes
they spend them on the reasoning even if it is for hype and they want to be cool or whatever that is
great go do you do whatever you want to do if you want to buy these shoes come do you
do what you want to do so i'm on all the sides i completely understand everybody's perspective
i would just love to hear yours in particular so drop a comment down below and let me know what you
think about this whole topic of sneakers retro in no longer being worth something should you
still buy it or not should lebron even be retro in shoes right now should he wait until his career is
over has it been long enough i mean it has been 10 years that does make sense like 10 years from the
last release i wouldn't be mad at that if it was like three or four years i'd be like bro why are
you retro in those like just give it a little bit more time so i completely understand this
i'm excited about it i'm excited for the south beach hopefully i can make a video of me picking
up those as well i got these off of sneakers app again i am a happy happy camper i think we covered
all the topics so far so with all that being said my name is dj i'm starting out i got to go
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