Reebok Answer 3 Retro 2023: A Disappointing Retro

[@Andy-vn3bi]

Jim Halpert wore the white/black colorway in the warehouse basketball episode of The Office. I thought it was a nice detail since he’s from Philly.

[@clintstathis]

When Jodi said she had a question, I thought for sure you would have said you have an "answer". She teed it up for ya perfectly.

[@Scorchas_Lounge]

Bruh..me tooo..

[@chenlapierre5976]

It’s a bummer about the tech and the materials Reebok used. I’m still going to get these because AI was my favorite player growing up, and these were one of his shoes from his line I didn’t get a chance to grab when I was a kid

[@Yesszzirr]

The white/black and all black colorways were my favorite pairs to both hoop in and wear casually back in the day since they were so comfy so I've been waiting a long time for this retro, but so disappointed they got rid of the real DMX technology and went so cheap on the materials... guess I'll just have to keep hunting for OG pairs on eBay (got the white/black and maroon colorways so far, but still need the all blacks). Thanks for the great (and hilarious) review, as always!

[@neverstar22]

This is literally my favorite sneaker channel on KZbin this guy so educated with sneakers he makes you wanna buy any pair I just ordered these for my birthday I’m excited

[@goldentoe3935]

Answer 3 was retro’d the first time as a team shoe on Eastbay in the late 2000’s. When they went on clearance I purchased a bunch of different big kids sizes for $19.99 for my son.

[@godsfavorite1985]

Bro can you please tell me if these are tts or if I go up or down in size I have a narrow foot

[@dredeezy2262]

​@@godsfavorite1985I had the OG's, fit was very much tts

[@tre1six]

Exactly‼️ this is not the first time they have been retroed... I had 2 pairs of these I bought about 12 years ago and I still have a pair of them today. The first time they were retroed they had the air transfer system in them, and they are a great lightweight shoe with less rubber in the bottom. Reebok was ahead of its time with these. Shame they cut corners, especially since they're still charging full price.

[@imm311]

I have been rooting for Reebok for years. When I was a kid, The Pumps with the ERS system were my favorite, then I had a pair of lowtop black gum bottom above the rims, and an Air Jordan 11 esque pair of Reeboks called the Strafters. Reebok was iconic. I hope that they can come back with better quality.

[@Andy-vn3bi]

These were my first pair of Iverson’s. Dragged my mom through every store in the mall trying to find this red pair, but in hindsight I don’t think the red pair was ever released in kid’s sizing. The white/black colorway went better with my team jersey anyways.

[@tdogg2029]

U gunna buy these?

[@chadoworld]

I use to hoop in the White/Black colorway when they originally released. AI's line for me personally were the most comfortable kicks to hoop in back then. With all that being said, I no longer hoop like that anymore, and I only cop Retros for nostalgia and casual wear. So these are definitely getting copped if/when they drop in the U.S.

[@MG23tky]

It’s funny to see the difference of quality and accuracy with retro at reebok! Just got the pump vertical above the time and they’re so close to the original! We would love a review of these!!

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

I've been waiting year's for reebok to retro the Question 2. It's a stunning looking shoe, so I'm surprised Reebok hasn't shown it any love.

[@bitcoinbobby4149]

bruh....they NEVER re-releasing those. They Sold VERY BAD when they were released in the summer of 04'.

[@zestyclose_village68]

@@bitcoinbobby4149 I remember that, they were on clearance shelves at champs/foot locker for under $50 for full size run.

[@Sirbishop23]

@@bitcoinbobby4149 it’s a ugly model top

[@ZayNova]

Thanks for the review. For me, I can only wear the Questions and Answer 1's. The rest of his line just never held up visually. I do remember the Answer 3's standing out on the first NBA 2k on Dreamcast. I guess that makes sense with him being the cover athlete. 💯

[@crosswiz6]

Answer 4?

[@atlsneakerkorean]

Ran into Iverson outside the store Walters in Atlanta during his Nugget years. I was so shocked I couldn't even get a word out. He had an entire crew of people with him.

[@gruss512]

The only way Reebok can make a comeback. They need to use the best retro models, quality material, and new colorways.

[@fthrizzi]

NBA 2K on Sega Dreamcast vibes with A.I. rockin' these in the game 💯🔥 #classics

[@erwincalces2482]

I love this.. so underrated too.. the quality might suck but this brings back so much memories of my young sneakerhead self then..

[@99Vood99]

WearTesters, excellent review - such a shame on the build quality of these but Reebok is a in a lose/lose situation as their product almost always goes on sale. I agree with you wholeheartedly that the Answer II should have been reissued multiple times already. The Answer II Lites especially were iconic!

[@Zo-Killa]

I was geeked to see they were droppin. But they look so cheap I might have to pass on em... I got a W on the cherry 12s so I can't wait to pull off some fire fits in em!

[@positiveinfluence4647]

My first time ever seeing this shoe …it looks decent aesthetically

[@KolabIndonesia]

This is the perfect time for Reebok to hire a freelance footwear guy like Aaron Cooper, and maybe together with our very own Nightwing, and produce some exciting new shoes 🙌

[@angelalvarado8533]

Excited these are back but I'm with you on the tech and materials, they look nice, tho idk how they'd look in hand .

[@shodbaker]

i’m trying figure out who’s asking for the AI 3s?!?! let’s see the 6s or the pump 9s..

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

I still have the 9 & 10 auto pumps. I was actually only wearing the 9 a few day's ago. Both are still holding up incredibly well.

[@shodbaker]

@@TheRetroManRandySavage 💎

[@dylanevans9804]

I’m asking!

[@kloudwalker21]

Me!!!

[@RichMazariti]

Me what you talking about man

[@Anonymous.24.]

These are so clean 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 gonna wait for them to go on sale, I hope more cws drop to add them to my AI sneaker collection

[@qhorton6743]

I really wish Reebok would bring their 90's tech back. This colorway / design is sick but I doubt I'd rock them often due to lack of cushioning / comfort.

[@tdogg2029]

It's amazing how revolutionary reebok was back in the day. These done before Shaq to over so maybe the next one will be better. I do agree that are the best lookin Iverson's of any Iverson 👍🏽. BTW, these could be the best materials, have the pods, the best insoles and everything u want and they'd still not be popular in the states. Future looks bright, "In Shaq we trust".

[@drakecarlton]

I’m going to buy, because AI is my 🐐! Thank you for the HONEST breakdown, #CmonReebok !

[@chung871031]

Question 2 for Olympics and Question 3 for Nuggets 2nd season The 3s also retroed in 2006 and 2008, but the red suede retro is the 1st time Luckily, I could still get some Shock Pads by Reebok to replace the original insoles

[@the.dove.effect]

I enjoy my pair. Probably nostalgic reasons. My friend had these in highschool. I guess they don't feel special materials wise. I love the way they look. Thanks for putting me onto their store Chris. I don't like the lack of DMX tech for the air.

[@godsfavorite1985]

Bro can you please tell me if these are tts or if I go up or down in size I have a narrow foot

[@the.dove.effect]

@@godsfavorite1985 I went tts & they fit fine for me. I find the Answer ones fit big but these are good for me.

[@godsfavorite1985]

How’s the fit

[@dukestarfighter]

It’s great that they dug into their heritage back for something outside the question, but it’s extremely disappointing to see them cheap them out like this. Reebok is known for putting good materials on their legacy models. Especially in the last few years. Disappointing is the perfect word for this. Great review though

[@torch2nine]

Answer 4 was foam I think. Either it felt like a better flow. It was similar gripiness (until the traction wore off) but the Answer was bouncier.

[@lionelbrown7829]

Yeah does suck they didn't put their heart in this shoe or know how big this shoe is . I really don't mind. I'm buying to collect them once again when I was a kid. I didn't think to keep shoes like that. More times, most of us are not playing play like that anymore. we are wearing it to go out and stuff . I'm just happy I get a chance to try to collect all his shoes. The next colour I'm looking for will be the black and whites that was the better colour to me . I think they are testing the waters with this, so let's see what happens they cone out on November 10th in the states

[@Yohannan314]

My Favorite Iverson Ever!!! Comfortable and fly as hell.

[@itzdasix]

I think the silhouette n color way are dope. Might be a shoe just aimed at nostalgic heads. Disappointed the air pack is missing. Does it have a carbon fiber shank?

[@tormentedbones]

I had these when I was in HS. Exact cw! Sheesh! Hope they drop in the Philippines. I agree, need the Answer 2s too!

[@khoibui4300]

man do i love the old school chunky basketball shoes especially from reebok

[@dimi3391]

I had these shoes when I played in my 8th grade basketball team and I absolutely hated them. Unfortunately, that was my last time owning a pair of Reeboks. 😢

[@GamedUpEnt]

In my humble opinion the shoes look great specially the on the foot view .. when it comes to shoes you got hoopers and you got people the were the shoes for fashion .. they're clean to me I'm a rock them regardless all The people in the comments are gonna buy them to .. 💯

[@marcusgreenwood9804]

Those r so beautiful I been waiting since we herd about these in 2015 I have to cop 2 pair my 2nd favorite AI shoe. I'm more excited about those then any other shoe this year

[@JasonDonnar]

this one hurts - i was so excited for these too - and I've given up hope getting the Answer 2's as well 🤣

[@rooseveltjulien743]

My favorite Iverson's but the Georgetown colorway.

[@KenAmericanHorse]

I had the question 3s Denver colorway, paid $30 for them at FL. Was not a bad shoe

[@dallashkato32]

Awh man I want those Answer 2’s you just showed to! Been waiting forever for those! Lol ever since they came out basically

[@flexchef1725]

The best thing about the DMX technology was "the tech" knowing they don't give us that now is the easiest way for me to pass on any Reebok retro

[@Elevation86]

My top 3 all time favorite shoe, way underrated.

[@aekksunkittisathantriphop6989]

Waiting for Reebok to bring back the Reignman 2 and put some new tech for make them performance basketball shoes for real

[@chrisdskus10]

Why would they not have the DMX, some of my favorite cushioning!

[@FamilyAcademy1]

Ill still get them. I like the 3s the best, next to the Questions and Answer X. It just sux that the shoe is basically hollow.

[@imx3001]

how do you know they have no ipak? you feel it? inside? or shopped them?

[@demarquisjohnson5697]

I honestly think that you should reach out to Reebok bc this is a new day and era they may actually listen to you tbh! I'm from the South so Soulja Rees was a Must Dee Brown's was a Must and AIs was a Must but they do Need to step up the overall look and quality

[@WearTesters]

They’ve reached out to a Chris on a couple of occasions. If they want to they know how to get in touch with him.

[@demarquisjohnson5697]

@@WearTesters Mann in this day in age tweet Shaq and AI and send the WearTester Army 🪖 at them.!

[@amazonamazon4872]

The question was in pre production before iverson was signed with reebok, its liteeally how they got him to sign with them instead of nike bc they had a shoe designed made and ready to go.

[@stickyrob]

My sister use to be a huge Iverson fan back in the day She finally got to meet him, and when she mention to him that she was the biggest Iverson fan of all time, he replied “Go be a fan of someone else” Totally crushed her. I guess they say, you never want to meet your idols Just a quick story, not to bash the guy, maybe he had a bad day

[@91Definite]

Im sorry to hear that, the rapper Shyheim is also a dick too. Long story short he posted one of the guys he worked with that passed away it was the guys birthday. And I was speaking to someone else on the post saying rumors said that this guy said he wrote for Shyheim alittle. And Shyheim confronted me asking does he sound like the guy he worked with no. So as a die hard fan of his Im only telling him what I’ve heard and I respect him. All he said was ask “Doggie Diamond” about the situation about me and the guy we squashed that water under the bridge. But I just wanted to know the truth that’s all. And went back to continue talking to whoever in the comments and said “this is why they tell us to never idolized people we look up to.” And he took down the whole post because that shit. After that I never listened to his music like that again

[@FRANKIBABI__]

*I always gotten And1 vibez about iversons answer line* 💯

[@shontongbalentong6412]

thanks for adding what the insoles were!!

[@thisguytm3302]

I thought that foam was introduced with the last Shawn kemps, the Stroud joints.

[@kmikaz2.029]

Just cop m'y paire for only 70 bucks (thx reebook) y was waiting 20+ years for that kicks return!!

[@drb996]

When J.Cole said "I want that Chris and Jody love" I felt that

[@izzykidd1]

YES! YES! YES! FINALLY BACK N A COLORWAY I DIG. THANK YOU CHRIS AKA NIGHTWING

[@ALopezTheGreat]

Dang man...I was actually really looking forward to these for years now on getting them. I guess it's a pass for me now. Thank you for the review and headsup Chris.

[@MAJEKL5wt]

Despite Your unfavorable review, I ordered a pair for myself because I always liked Answer 3 in this colorway but never had 'em back in the day. They also bring back some good memories. I agree that the quality of the materials could be better. Grabbed 'em with a 50% discount tho ;-)

[@FamilyAcademy1]

Where did you get them 50% off? I love the style of the shoe. It just sucks that its just a foam shell. I cant justify 140 for these with no DMX tech.

[@shannondavis3338]

AI the people's champ! Reebok needs to hire you Chris!

[@nbarealtalker]

I knew these would suck….and they’ll still get my money. It’s kinda sad how they capitalize on milking nostalgia until they can cheap out on a retro. They should at least do a protro kinda thing with performance pairs.

[@4thManonCross]

Never had these, I had the Answer 2 back in the day with the foam & DMX and the were the most comfortable & lightest ball shoes i every wore & played in. I'd Reebok kept the retros when the same quality they would've still be popular among ballers cuz the comfort was better than alot of Nike's and even a jordan iwore. &i i bought 2 pairs of $40 Reebok cloud ride 4with DMX, so why they can't put it in these Answer 3, is beyond me, those cloud rides were one of the comfortable shoes i ever wore, so much so, I bought one for my girl too. I thought leaving Adidas would stop the self sabotage. Guess i was wrong. To me they should retro the 10 as they were the best performing answers & the 13as they were quite fashionable & styles timeless to me

[@RBoogie-32123]

I'm a MJ and Iverson fan too Mr. Nightwing.....so I can relate lol

[@phillipparedes6444]

I still may consider these but I'm gonna wait for them to go on sale... and I do want to see other colorways.

[@kloudwalker21]

Agreed 👍🏾

[@richv8077]

The black ones are going to come out next.

[@mariodubz2685]

Man I ran into this dude twice in charlotte, nc. I worked at a hotel in 2017 and he walked through the lobby and gave me a head nod. I saw him earlier this year at a lids and dude completely brushed me off in front of my son and pretended he was on an important call the entire time 😂😂

[@derekdaniels9808]

Even though reebok is cutting corners with the tech i'm still coppin jus because i'm a big A.I. fan

[@DakarFaDA]

Where can i find the shirt you wearing?

[@Drohead20]

I played in the originals in high school. The issues were the traction and the midsole height. You sat so high off the ground I’d always turn my ankles.

[@ted_shelton]

Nah bring back the answer VI with the zipper down the middle, the bubble letters, and that leather

[@Brandilius]

The Question 3 was COMFORTABLE

[@carlosurizar9196]

I’m surprise you haven’t done a review for the Answer 4 flash red, those shoes are nice asf!

[@jimbokilo]

Well you can tag Shaq or Iverson now, they are supposed to be responsible now. I love the black pair, but materials dont meet the RRP.

[@jdrose124]

i was excited about this shoe! but i respect your take and now im sad lol ill still cop but prolly wait til they go on sale.

[@lemini4k]

The two was the one with the strap right??? I couldn't find them anywhere as a teen, so I got the Melos at the time. 🤷‍♂

[@williamsmith9814]

I would like to know which New Jordans after MJ stop playing Pro would he like the best.

[@me_meyou_youus_us]

I always thought had the best AND 1 tai chi made the best use of these colors. Love the shoe I mean show

[@PaulCage-k7q]

There's a new "above the rim" pump on the reebok site - any chance of a review?

[@tagjr9744]

I was disappointed when the Answer 1 red/white released recently with the painted on gold nail polish instead of the plastic pieces and took away the translucent gold pods. Seem like Reebok is following Nike.

[@larryfishburne5622]

I like these..not this color, but I'm down for some others

[@Badasi12b]

These should be recalled... how could they not have DMX in these? DMX is one of the few shoe techs that you can actually FEEL! And the fact that there is a DMX logo on there, that can be called false advertising. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Jeffreelz]

This is the only nice colorway of the 3s. As what they say, while everybody wanted to be like Iverson. Iverson wanted to be like Mike. So you can tell where the answer 3 got it's design inspiration... Jordan 11. I also noticed the material changed from suede to nubuck. But still, it has a great color contrast and I still want to have this retro pair.

[@dwighttrammer2434]

I need the Answer 2 DMX Lite my favorite Iverson ever!!!

[@whateverman2734]

I'll wait and see if they release in white and blue!

[@RyanBalmesYT]

I have the Question II and III.

[@ClintonLeach]

Just waiting on the black & white release that’s the only pair i want in the answer 3’s 🔥

[@NoPerc]

I think if Reebok wants a stake in the basketball market they have to bring back the performance to the sneakers until then I’ll be satisfied w these because I don’t play I just wear

[@nesto42]

Excited these are returning, disappointed to hear of no DMX and bottom barrel materials. Womp, womp.

[@drew123994]

Are these better or worse than the jumpman pro retro?

[@committed2thecore]

I episode love for them to do the 2s and 3s with the original dmx cushion. They have screwed up the retros and it doesn’t feel like the original shoes

[@dennishicks9359]

3:05 I feel like these weren’t called the answer 2 but the answer lite. I had the Georgetown cw in middle school and they were kind of @$$ if my memory serves me correctly

[@blackblueandgold]

I always likes these ..there's a eS skate shoes that took inspiration... I ike the look a lot Jordan on obscure retros are made badly too unfortunately

[@davidgaddy4328]

Where did you get that tee shirt 👕

[@VictorOrtiz-nz7sk]

Willl the original WT/BLK and BLK/WT color ways also be released ?

[@PatrikMartín-w9o]

Its out now

[@brianwj5]

Thank you for calling out brands with some of these iconic shoes that get retro'd. Quality matters, details matter. Its interesting because the whole reason there is a market for retros is because the details that people love from the original. Its cool if the brand updates the tech or make improvements but if the retro isn't as good as the original, thats not cool.

[@JuanSanchez-nx7it]

True to size?

[@bartomiejdoraczynski5163]

How they fit for wide feet?

[@8bitsamurai6]

They look dope with spiderman shirt regardless.

[@ralphtree03]

I know Reebok is no longer owned by Adidas, but still what happened to Reebok's quality? They used to release retro shoes with good to great materials.. (e.g. Harden questions to mention)

[@ChuckTay23]

I need the white and black answer V’s and the playoff IV’s and the white red and grey IV’s

[@leamondtaylor825]

I'm so glad that they finally released the answer 3! Now let's get going on the answer 2's, please. I have enough answer 1's, 4's & Questions to last 2 life times ⏲️. Thank U "Reebok"!!!