Boston, which lost seven games in the Eastern Conference championship, failed to make history. Jayson Tatum is injured, but his Tatum 1 is definitely the one that we’ll have to see the actual performance.
I like the simple appearance of Tatum 1. It reminds me the Jordan models that Reggie Millers used to wear before.
Advantages:
- The cushion performance of forefoot sole is excellent, but the cushion performance of heelpiece is not good.
Tatum 1 as a pair of low price Jordan brand personal signature shoes, its cushioning unit is amazing to me, maybe my expectation for its performance is too low, after all, I personally don’t like the cushion performance of the same price of Luka 1.
?The Zoom air cushion of forefoot sole is excellent.
The Zoom air cushion of Tatum 1 forefoot sole is excellent. The resilience of ZOOM air cushion is excellent. But it has small defects, the sole of the foot have a slight downward arc convex, it has a slight feeling of instability, but I am not affected too much when playing basketball.
The cushion performance of Tatum 1 shoe heel is worse. But fortunately I rarely don’t jump to the ground by shoe heel firstly. It doesn’t have big influence. If you jump to the ground by shoe heel firstly, you need to consider it well.
- Excellent traction performance. The abrasive resistance is not good.
The outsole of Tatum 1 uses white water ripple pattern.The traction performance on plastic cement and woodfloor court are excellent. I’m satisfied at its traction performance. But the disadvantage is, it’s easy to absorb the dust.
?Excellent traction performance
After playing basketball games with Tatum 1 about 8 hours, it doesn’t have much abrasion. But it’s said that the durability of Tatum 1 is not good. The durability of Tatum 1 should be better than Kobe 4 Protro.
?It’s not as wear-resistant as I though.
Good Fitness & Support:
The vamp of Tatum 1 is made of ventilated nylon fabric. It has a little reinforcement on the shoelace and shoe head. The shoe heel is covered with leather. It’s light. I like the white blue colorway.
?It’s light, and the air permeability is good.
It’s a little big than standard size. I choose half size smaller. The shoe tree is a little narrow. It doesn’t have much padding. The padding of shoe tongue is not thick. My feet is narrow type, so it needs to fasten the shoelaces tightly, it can fit my feet well.
?The shoe heel is made of leather.
The supporting performance of Tatum 1 is not good. To reduce the weight, the material is soft and thinner. The overall strength is not good. Although the outsole extends to the upper, but the material is soft.
?The overall supporting performance is not good.
The sole has a bit of circular arc, so it’s unstable. And it doesn’t have anti-rollover design. The outsole is wide. You can feel that the lateral support is not so stable in lateral movement. Although it’s not bad, but I don’t feel safe. Fortunately the shoe head is tilted, the starting speed is very fast.
?The anti-rollover performance is just ok.
The built-in TPU on the heelpiece is a little soft, but it’s enough. Tatum 1 mainly focus on the weight, not the supporting performance. The supporting performance of Tatum 1 is only passable.
Disadvantages:
The anti-rollover performance of half sole is just ok.The cushion performance of shoe heel is not good.
The outsole of half sole doesn’t have obvious anti-rollover design, so I didn’t feel safe when playing basketball games. It needs time to break-in.
Overall: 8.7 scores
Size: It’s a little bigger than standard size. I suggest to choose half size smaller. It’s better to try on physical store firstly.
There are many different feedback for the performance of Tatum 1 on the market. I think that Tatum 1 is unsuitable for most of people. It doesn’t have big disadvantages and advantages. But frankly I like to wear them to play basketball. Tatum 1 focus on the cushion performance of half-sole. The traction performance is excellent. The fitness and supporting performance is good. As the first pair of signature shoes of a young player, I think that Tatum 1 is ok, not bad, but it definitely can be improved. I expected the next pair of signature shoes of Jayson Tatum.
