Over the past 11 days Sneaker News has treated you nike shoes to 11 Days of Nike LeBron , a sneaker career retrospective of sorts culminating on this, the eleventh day. 11/11 of course brings us to the Nike LeBron XI , that sneaker that so recently arrived at retail. As the current generation of LeBron shoes is a story that s still being told, so there isn t nearly as much retrospective and reminiscence to be had.

From that point the anticipation built for several months leading up to the eventual October, 2013 debut of the shoes. As has been the custom in recent years, the sneakers actually became available on NIKEiD just a few days before their proper retail debut in order to nike air max open the floodgates for customized colorways. The first on the menu colorway following was the  King s Pride , which referenced LeBron s undisputed spot at the top of the league. The same day saw the debut of the nike roshe LeBron 11 NSW Lifestyle, suggesting that those sorts of companion models would be rolled out simultaneously in the future.

The sneaker, debuting back in November of 2004, came at a time when the number of overall colorways for signature offerings was still pretty restrained. The proper version of the shoe saw just four models released stateside, with an extra two tacked on via the Low variation. Of course there were plenty more tough to track down pairs that helped the shoe out-amongst nike huarache them the Asia-only  Chamber of Fear duo and the friends and family  Dunkman that established a long-standing theme for James s sneakers with its embroidered silhouette and grey/neon combo.

See below for a couple of the hardest hitting pairs of the Nike Zoom LeBron II and stick with Sneaker News for daily updates in the 11 Days of Nike LeBron series leading up to 11/11We re taking a daily look a LeBron James lineup of Nike shoes, an 11 day count-up to 11/11 that will serve as a reminder of the progression of his signature line. 2006 saw the debut of the Nike Zoom LeBron III , a shoe that solidified LeBron s line as the tougher, bulkier answer to the Nike Kobe line that was beginning to develop at around the same time.

The Nike Zoom LeBron nike air force 1 IV was successful both in doing that and in helping inject a little bit more off-court appeal into his lineup  but is it the best LeBron shoe in history?That appeal was no doubt helped by the usage of Nike s Foamposite technology. The application of that beloved material  the first time it had been used on a Nike Basketball silhouette since 2003  gave plenty of shoe enthusiasts the sweet memories of the Air Penny .It didn t hurt that the shoe came in some blistering colorways that finally started to apply a graphic touch;