Did you get the Nike Basketball Elite Series 3-pack over the weekend? Chances are no. Cost prohibitive questions aside, the black and gold $650 “EPIC” packaging setup was very limited in both production numbers and distribution.

Nike dropped off a package to our Design Insight scribe Brett Golliff, who did an interview with Swoosh hoops designers Jason Petrie and Leo Chang on the brand’s upgraded postseason shoes: Nike LeBron 9 PS Elite, Kobe VII Elite, and Zoom Hyperdunk 2011 Elite.

Look for Brett’s Elite Series insight soon and flip through his early unboxed shots of the carbon fiber and Kevlar laced kicks now.

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