LOOK: Kevin Durant's shoes go all the way to his knees

Thunder star shows off prototype of his new shoe that features shoes that go halfway up his leg with new supports.

By Matt Moore

Mar 24, 2016 at 9:52 pm ET • 1 min read

Kevin Durant and Nike are trying out some new tech, including basketball shoes that go all the way up the calf. You're probably having a hard time figuring out what that would look like for the Oklahoma City Thunder star.

Here's what I mean.

pic.twitter.com/lxNYF2BEy5
— Nate Jones (@JonesOnTheNBA) March 25, 2016

That's ... certainly ... something.

Here's video:

KD is rocking his KD 8 "Elite" High notice it goes up the thigh as I stated to people. We out here grinding y'all pic.twitter.com/KQLPXyyYe3
— Travis Singleton (@SneakerReporter) March 24, 2016

So why the extended leg support? It provides "additional security and lockdown," via Sneaker News. The normal version has support to the ankle, but these are a prototype that goes much higher and look like he's wearing giant slipper socks. He wore his normal KD 8's vs. the Jazz Thursday night.