Leo Chang, lead designer for Kevin Durant's Nike shoe line: In his words

Chang talks about how the design came together.

I actually met with Kevin last summer. We actually went to his house, and I showed him kind of what I thought would be the design. I kind of sensed that he wasn't quite feeling it here and there.

It wasn't until a couple weeks later — it was LaMarcus Aldridge's charity tournament here in Portland that he came out for; it was during the lockout — that he was like ... “Hey, here's what I'm thinking. I want to switch it up. I don't want to go low-top on this one. I want to go more of a mid-cut. Then, I want the back air bubble in the back, in the heel. Then, I'll send you some images of some cool inspiration stuff.”

This was probably his first time really opening up like that. Each year, he just gets better and better.

He started out ... he was pretty shy and quiet. Now, he's definitely able to feel like he can tell me anything, whether he hates it or not. I actually really enjoy that — “I'm not feeling that direction but this other direction.” I really appreciated that. I learn more from that stuff than him just saying, “Oh, yeah, that's cool.”