KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck. Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes. (2024)

Basketball Shoes /Nike KD Trey 5 IX

Released

5

/

2021

,

Low Top

,

Kevin Durant,

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KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck. Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes. (1)
KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck. Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes. (2)
KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck. Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes. (3)
KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck. Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes. (4)
KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck. Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes. (5)
KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck. Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes. (6)

7.9

EXPERT RATING

2

reviews

8.0

USER RATING

25

ratings

KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck.

Best Suitable For:

Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes.

Price Comparison:

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5

shops

| Official Retail Price: $

89.99

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Category Performance Ratings:

Expert Ratings (

2

)

User Ratings (

25

)

Traction

7.5

Cushion

8.0

Materials

8.0

Support

8.5

Fit

7.5

Outdoor

50%

Weight & Sizing:

Weight:

light

heavy

Sizing:

small

large

Width:

narrow

wide

Comparison to Similar Shoes:

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Expert Rating7.98.0(0.1)7.9(0.0)8.3(0.4)8.0(0.1)8.1(0.2)
User Rating8.08.0(0.0)8.6(0.6)8.6(0.6)NA7.6(0.4)
Best Price

$95

$84.97

$

140

$52

$

120

$78.97

$

130

$119

$

130

$71.99

$

120

Type of CutLow TopLow TopLow TopLow TopLow TopLow Top
Weight320g - 340gNA390g - 410g390g - 410gNANA

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Colorways of Nike KD Trey 5 IX:
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KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck. Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes. (13)

Pure Platinum / Cool Grey / Total Orange / White

in 4 shops

$

95.00

20

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KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck. Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes. (14)

Black / White / ​Gum Light Brown / Metallic Cool Grey

from 2 Resellers

$

55.00

31

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KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck. Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes. (15)

Black / Anthracite / Wolf Grey / White

from GOAT

$

62.00

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KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck. Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes. (16)

Black / White / Bright Crimson / University Red

from GOAT

$

67.00

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KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck. Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes. (17)

Black / Blue

from 3 Resellers

$

71.00

22

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KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck. Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes. (18)

Obsidian / Grey Black / Clear Emerald

from GOAT

$

106.00

28

likes

KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck. Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes. (19)

Smoke Grey / Dark Smoke Grey / Barely Volt / Pure Platinum

from 2 Resellers

$

136.00

Nike KD Trey 5 IX Review

Pros:

Lightweight and minimal

Quality materials for a budget model

Cons:

Traction is not top tier

Performance of the Nike KD Trey 5 IX:

The 9th iteration of Kevin Durant's budget model is a solid choice for price-conscious basketball players.The traction performs well on clean courts and outdoors, but has some issues when you are playing on a dusty indoor court.The full-length Renew foam cushioning offers solid impact protection and the forefoot Zoom unit adds a little bounce.Materials are surprisingly nice for a budget model, conform to your feet nicely, and provide enough support for all but the most explosive or heavy athletes.For a budget model, the KD Trey 5 IX is a solid performer. It doesn't compete with more expensive signature models, but it's a good pickup if you are looking for a lightweight and minimal basketball shoe.

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Expert Reviews of the Nike KD Trey 5 IX:

Expert Rating:7.9(ranks #254 of 298)

10 - Amazing

9 - Great

8 - Good

2

7 - Average

6 - Subpar

5 - Poor

8.0

RicheeKim

May 10, 2021

For $90 retail this is a solid pickup. The firm cushioning feels like a downgrade to me, everything else is an upgrade from previous KD Trey 5 models.

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7.8

The Sole Brothers

May 10, 2021

The KD Trey 5 IX is a solid performer. This shoe might be for you if you are looking for a lightweight, minimal, and affordable shoe.

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User Reviews of the Nike KD Trey 5 IX:

User Rating:8.0(ranks #240 of 298)

10 - Amazing

1

9 - Great

6

8 - Good

12

7 - Average

4

6 - Subpar

2

5 - Poor

8.4

C-doghoopsSB321$

August 19, 2023

KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck. Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes. (21)

This is shoe is solid if your looking for a budget sneaker. The traction is solid, but would not recommend for outdoors. The cushion is solid but not the best. The support is decent but I did roll my ankle a few times in it. The materials are soft and breathable. The shoe does also fit true to size.

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8.2

tjeff148

December 13, 2021

KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck. Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes. (22)

The shoe is very comfortable and is great for its price. It has Nike Zoom Air in the soles, which is incredibly comfortable when applying pressure. Material feels somewhat thin but is surprisingly very durable. 8.2/10.

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7.8

afg6688

September 1, 2022

KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck. Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes. (23)

its ok for a first shoe/budget option. Doesnt really lack in anything but doesnt excel in anything either. Really mediocre but when taking into consideration price they are ok.

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6.4

PhBask

November 12, 2023

KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck. Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes. (24)

I had these shoes for 4 months, and they are destroyed, I play 3 times a week, everytime that I play my feets hurts, if you want to buy them think twice.

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8.8

Tornadoes

November 9, 2021

KD's budget sneaker offers a lot of bang for your buck. Solid pickup if you are looking for lightweight, minimal, and affordable basketball shoes. (25)

I love the blue KD Trey 5 IX! They go with my basketball uniform and are super comfortable. These shoes have good grip on the court too!

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Traction of the Nike KD Trey 5 IX:

Expert

Traction

Rating:7.5(ranks #266 of 298)

User

Traction

Rating:8.0(ranks #227 of 298)

10 - Amazing

1

9 - Great

6

8 - Good

12

7 - Average

6

6 - Subpar

2

5 - Poor

8.0

RicheeKim

May 10, 2021

The traction is really good on clean courts but you'll need to wipe on dusty courts because dust gets stuck in the traction pattern.

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7.0

The Sole Brothers

May 10, 2021

On clean courts, you get a nice, solid bite. On dustier courts, the traction wasn't as nice. Even wiping a lot I didn't get the performance I wanted.

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Cushion of the Nike KD Trey 5 IX:

Expert

Cushion

Rating:8.0(ranks #210 of 298)

User

Cushion

Rating:7.6(ranks #240 of 298)

10 - Amazing

1

9 - Great

5

8 - Good

9

7 - Average

8

6 - Subpar

4

5 - Poor

7.0

RicheeKim

May 10, 2021

The full-length Review cushioning feels firmer than previous KD Trey 5 models. The forefoot Zoom unit is barely noticeable.

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9.0

The Sole Brothers

May 10, 2021

The full-length Review cushioning is pretty soft and offers better impact protection than Phylon. The forefoot Zoom unit offers a nice subtle bounce. The cushioning is my favorite part of this shoe.

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Materials of the Nike KD Trey 5 IX:

Expert

Materials

Rating:8.0(ranks #194 of 298)

User

Materials

Rating:7.7(ranks #243 of 298)

10 - Amazing

3

9 - Great

6

8 - Good

7

7 - Average

5

6 - Subpar

4

5 - Poor

2

8.0

RicheeKim

May 10, 2021

The upper materials are actually pretty nice considering the budget price.

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8.0

The Sole Brothers

May 10, 2021

The textile materials feel soft, supportive, and conform well to your feet. Considering the budget price, the materials are pretty damn nice!

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Support of the Nike KD Trey 5 IX:

Expert

Support

Rating:8.5(ranks #136 of 298)

User

Support

Rating:7.8(ranks #245 of 298)

10 - Amazing

1

9 - Great

5

8 - Good

12

7 - Average

6

6 - Subpar

3

5 - Poor

9.0

RicheeKim

May 10, 2021

The heel counter locked down my feet securely, I didn't experience any side-to-side movement on the footbed, and the wide base offers solid lateral stability.

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8.0

The Sole Brothers

May 10, 2021

Lateral support and containment were good for me, but if you are a big guy these might not be supportive enough.

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Fit of the Nike KD Trey 5 IX:

Expert

Fit

Rating:7.5(ranks #268 of 298)

User

Fit

Rating:8.5(ranks #161 of 298)

10 - Amazing

3

9 - Great

12

8 - Good

8

7 - Average

2

6 - Subpar

1

5 - Poor

1

8.0

RicheeKim

May 10, 2021

The upper hugged my feet really nicely and I didn't have any dead space in the toe box.

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7.0

The Sole Brothers

May 10, 2021

The padding in the heel is pretty minimal which led to a little bit of heel slippage for me.

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Durability of the Nike KD Trey 5 IX:

User

Durability

Rating:7.5(ranks #252 of 298)

10 - Amazing

9 - Great

5

8 - Good

7

7 - Average

3

6 - Subpar

7

5 - Poor

Outdoor of the Nike KD Trey 5 IX:

Expert

Outdoor

Rating:50.0(ranks #120 of 298)

User

Outdoor

Rating:63.2(ranks #120 of 298)

Good (100%)

6

Fair (50%)

13

Bad (0%)

1

fair

The Sole Brothers

May 10, 2021

The traction was solid on outdoor courts and the rubber held up pretty well.

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Width of the Nike KD Trey 5 IX:

very narrow

slightly narrow

3

regular

21

slightly wide

3

very wide

slightly narrow

RicheeKim

May 10, 2021

The width is slightly narrow like in most KD models.

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regularly wide

The Sole Brothers

May 10, 2021

The width is normal, which is weird for KDs that are usually rather narrow.

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Size of the Nike KD Trey 5 IX:

very small

slightly small

1

true to size

20

slightly long

5

very long

1

true to size

RicheeKim

May 10, 2021

I went true to size as a slightly wide-footer and had no issues.

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½ size large

The Sole Brothers

May 10, 2021

Runs a little bit long.

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