Kevin Durant doesn’t mind if his basketball kicks look like boots

Who says shoe designs don’t begin at the thigh?

Most people, but not Kevin Durant. He at least isn’t opposed to sporting kicks that also incorporate his knees:

So many questions.

Did he tell Nike’s designers that he was a fan of shiny spandex? Or that he wanted to look like he was wearing a children’s Spider-Man Halloween costume from the knees(-ish) down? Or that he wanted his legs to look like two underdeveloped baby carrots? Or that he hated the idea of knowing socks have forever been sold separately from shoes?

There is probably an important function to this brand of footwear fashion, but I have no idea what that function might be. What I do know is that, while I love the aesthetics of typically every KD signature shoe out there, this is not one of them—though that stands to change if I’m ever invited to a blood-orange spandex-themed birthday party at Lady Gaga’s house.