James Harden Shoes: Ranking the Best Adidas Harden Shoes

#1 Adidas Harden Vol 3

Enter caption Adidas Harden Vol 3 (Core Black), the signature shoe from this season

James Harden, who now seems to know more of what he wants from his signature shoe, seems to be allowing his shoes to evolve with him. With hell to toe Boost, this shoe is one of the best basketball shoes of 2018. Here is what James Harden and Adidas did right this year and here is what went wrong.

Good:

• The rubber outsole of the shoe keeps the dust out
• The new herringbone traction pattern fixes the problems with the previous shoes and allows for huge stopping power
• The technology of the Boost throughout the shoe and at the forefront is optimal
• The break-in time is little to none
• The shoes are very light and are easy to put on due to the new leather tabs.

Bad:

• This shoe is only suited for indoor use. The grooves tend to wear off outdoors
• The elastic band seems to only serve an aesthetic purpose and does not aid lockdown
• The shoe looks a little like a soccer/football shoe

While this shoe may not look like much and does not have anything absolutely new, it has almost perfect on-court performance. What it does is make each of its features perfect and thus is not only the best Adidas Harden shoe till date, but one of the best basketball shoes you can get your hands on.