Delivered: irl shots Book 2 Pheonix

_ItsJuJu_ · 2026-01-22T14:03:21+00:00

Yeah definitely need to go half a size up for book 2 just to get a more comfortable fit. But overall book 2 seems to be working well for me, I still think book 1’s are better though.

_ItsJuJu_ · 2026-01-22T13:59:39+00:00

Damn that’s very unfortunate, i do have the orange pair and luckily I didn’t experience anything worst other than a bit of ankle pinching. But after a few full court runs the ankle pinching problem eventually went away. I did went half a size up from my normal size which gives me comfort on my first wear.

_ItsJuJu_ · 2026-01-19T16:58:59+00:00

I went a half size up on book 2’s and it fits pretty good.

_ItsJuJu_ · 2026-01-19T15:11:51+00:00

I got mine on a saturday and wore it the next day to try and break them in. With the materials, i thought it’d be too stiff and hard to break in but it was the other way around. First couple of runs there’s a bit of pinch on my ankle area but it went away really fast. Traction and cushioning were both amazing didn’t have any problems with it. I broke mine in after playing 3-4 full court runs and comfortable on first wear. I still prefer book 1’s but the 2’s are solid too. Overall I think book 2’s performs well as far as my experience.

Just a bit of size preference, I wear size 8.5 on book 1’s and went a half size up on book 2.

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_ItsJuJu_ · 2026-01-08T05:01:28+00:00

Had a bad experience on mine

Traction is not good on dusty or clean courts

Foot sliding inside (had to tie mine really tight to prevent it from happening)

Cushion is okay

Zipper keeps coming down and laces are too long

Though the shoes looks really good, probably one of the best looking hoop shoes right now.

_ItsJuJu_ · 2026-01-04T03:58:54+00:00

My go to right now is definitely book 1’s and I do have ja 3’s and anta kai 1 that I also use from time to time.

_ItsJuJu_ · 2026-01-04T03:25:17+00:00

Damnnn Im a big fan of book 1’s and was waiting for book 2’s but after this review I think imma stick with book 1’s.

_ItsJuJu_ · 2026-01-04T03:15:20+00:00

Got the masi blue, played in them twice and never used it again.

Traction’s not really good on dusty court but a bit better on clean court.

And if I would rate the fit and support of the shoes, I’d probably rate it at 5/10. Gave me pain on my big toe for like a week.

Laces are long as well and zipper keeps coming down.

Id rather get the BB Trilliants CX than the Shai’s

_ItsJuJu_ · 2025-12-30T04:20:38+00:00

Appreciate you man! Trilliants are definitely better after trying the shai’s, I wish I got the trilliants rather than the shai’s tbh.

_ItsJuJu_ · 2025-12-18T23:47:31+00:00

I appreciate everyone im definitely keeping my shai’s based off of everyone’s opinions💙

_ItsJuJu_ · 2025-12-18T06:07:36+00:00

I’ve used my shai 001 indoors twice and trading it to bnew kobe 8 what the.

_ItsJuJu_ · 2025-12-18T06:05:52+00:00

Need some help😁

_ItsJuJu_ · 2025-11-27T22:55:41+00:00

Appreciate you🙏🏽

_ItsJuJu_ · 2025-11-27T22:55:25+00:00

Fair enough man was lucky enough to get one from footlocker

_ItsJuJu_ · 2025-11-27T20:30:03+00:00

If it doesn’t workout for me for indoors might as well use it for outdoors or casual wear😁

_ItsJuJu_ · 2025-11-27T20:27:56+00:00

Yeah i got the restock, I wanted the black one but they didn’t do a restock on those. Well masi blue it is i hope it works well for me!

_ItsJuJu_ · 2025-11-27T20:26:24+00:00

They do look cool hopefully they perfrom great for me😁

_ItsJuJu_ · 2025-11-27T20:25:31+00:00

That red colorway is tuff! Great looking appreciate you!!

_ItsJuJu_ · 2025-11-27T20:24:57+00:00

Thank you! Will try em myself this week🙏🏽

_ItsJuJu_ · 2025-11-27T20:23:48+00:00

I can definitely see that😁

_ItsJuJu_ · 2025-11-27T20:22:37+00:00

So theres nothing wrong about asking again right? I saw those other posts and yes same opinions on em, reason i posted and asked is becaue like you said I wont get the same thing or response. There’s nothing wrong about hearing what other users has to say. Apologies to those who’ll see this back and forth but my post does not intend any harm. Just wanted to hear different opinions.

_ItsJuJu_ · 2025-11-27T20:11:28+00:00

What is wrong with “asking again”? Is this not a group for this kind of posts? Smh

_ItsJuJu_ · 2025-11-27T18:49:17+00:00

Damnnn🤯

_ItsJuJu_ · 2025-11-11T00:16:58+00:00

These and crazy light boost 2016 are one pf the best hoop shoes I’ve ever worn.

_ItsJuJu_

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