Product Description

The New Balance 888 is a hi-cut performance basketball shoe for players that require maximum support. Colors: white + black.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1078 in Shoes
• Color: White
• Brand: New Balance
• Fabric type: leather

Features

• ABZORB forefoot & Insert
• ABZORB EX heel
• Stability Web
• Full grain leather upper

Amazon.com Product Description
The BB888 basketball shoe from New Balance was made for the game. It has a durable leather upper which is ideal for on and off the court, and all of the comfort technology you need to be on top of your game at all time, plus a thickly padded tongue and collar for premium ankle support and additional comfort.

From the Manufacturer
New Balance, is dedicated to helping athletes achieve their goals. It's been their mission for more than a century. It's why they don't spend money on celebrity endorsements. They spend it on research and development. It's why they don't design products to fit an image. They design them to fit. New Balance is driven to make the finest shoes for the same reason athletes lace them up: to achieve the very best.

Customer Reviews

Kook Kicks
I bought these shoes for ankle support and flat sole stability. I had major ankle reconstruction in January this year and needed shoes that supported my ankle and had a sole that was flat, not knoby with the cleatie thinges....this shoe worked. I have used New Balance shoes for quite a while now and these did not dissapoint. When I fully recover I may go to a skateboard shoe since the high tops are now becoming fashionable there and they are always much more colorful. We'll see....

Actually, 4-1/2 stars...
Once these shoes are on, they are THE BEST I've worn so far during this time of my life.

I've gained weight, had two knee replacements, and developed really weak ankles.

These shoes (and some custom orthotic inserts) give me such great stability and comfort in my ankles and feet, that my knees are no longer torqued and strained and fatigued so quickly.

These shoes have allowed me to get over a "hump" in my rehab from surgeries, and I think they should be standard V.A. issue shoes for knee rehab patients, especially those with diabetes.

The toe cavity is plenty big here, so if you are worried about that, don't.

Get a pair of the black too. They shine up really nice, and if you take a marker and blacken the gray "N", you can wear them with casual slacks and few people if any will notice you have tennies on.

Also, my religious services are historically long--1-1/2 to 2 hours long and you stand a LOT. Though it is traditional at my church to remove your shoes, I wear these during services with my priest's blessing, and they allow me to remain focused and pain free for the entire service.

The only bad mark is that they are difficult to lace at first (different style of "eyelets", but if you take your time you will eventually learn how to put them on and take them off with minimal effort.

G.Thomas, R.N. (retired)

Great shoe
My husband loves these shoes and we have just ordered him his second pair. In my opinion, they are ugly. But he has difficult feet to fit (to say the least) and he can work in these all day (construction) and his feet still don't hurt. He has VERY wide feet also and these are comfortable for him.