Recommendations for heavyset player with knee/foot issues and wide feet.
Tldr: shoe recommendation for heavyset, wide foot hooper with knee and foot issues and explosive play style that doesn't necessarily sacrifice performance for support and mild comfort.
Hello I am 32, 5' 10.5" and currently 280 (working on it) and have 4e wide feet, plantar fasciitis/fasciosis, feet tend to pronate, bunion and bunionette on right foot and a nagging post op ACL (8+ years).
I was always someone that was heavily athletic and before my injury could easily jump and grab rim. My gameplay is primarily defensively but explosive athletic offensive drive scoring like Giannis, or Shaq post up /back down. I'm looking for a shoe that will be comfortable while also allowing me to play my heavily high impact explosive style while protecting my knees and foot. I like my shoes relatively firm with some give because I like to feel the ground and I don't want to feel like I'm on pillows but I never ever again want to deal with the pain I felt from my rigid as hell, no give hyperdunks (2016), these were actually my favorite hoop shoes until I got the 2016 model and I swear it was the cause of my injury.
And a last-ditch effort to finally recovery and lose weight and participate in an activity that brought me joy I've been investing in my feet. I got the Hoka Gaviotas for my daily wear, the Saucony Omni 23 St for running, and ordered the Way of Wade, All City 13s for hooping because I heard they're a really good company and their shoes performance is very high as well as the support and cushioning are very good as well and they apparent are good for outdoor which I'll probably predominantly be playing on initially. However I tried them on and it was a no-go.
I always knew that I had big feet but I never knew how big until recently and I've never actually had why fitting shoes before my hokas and Sauconys. I typically wear a size 13 (and have gone to 14) but according to the shoe store I went to recently I'm a 12.5, 4e. I used to check GPT to help me pick all the shoes I currently got but unfortunately the basketball shoes were the only fail. A lot of the other recommendations are given do not seem to be easily available or accessible. The other considerations were:
- Nike gt jump 2
- LeBron 21/22
- Freak 7, no initial research, purely cuz I liked the mythos colorway and arbitrarily assumed a Giannis shoe would be good for my playstyle/build and am Nigerian.
- Way of Wade 11s but was told they're indoor (also price)
- New Balance TWO WXY v5, which honestly I would probably gravitate to the most of it wasn't for the fact that I hate the colorways, but at this point I might just fuckin bite the bullet because at the end of the day I'm function over form. But I also think these are readily available.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Recommendations?
Also you're not limited to my considerations if there's something on here that you think would be way better I absolutely want to hear it or there's something on here that you think is good and you want to co-sign feel free but another issue with some of these are availability.