Li-Ning Yushuai 20

Glue-Free Fusion Changes The Ride

Arriving around December 2025, this entry marked twenty years of the longest-running domestic basketball line and was the first to carry the brand's 疾䨻 (Ji-BENG) construction, which bonds the poly-core midsole to the GCU outsole without adhesive or a seam. The stated goal was tighter coupling between foam and ground so rebound reaches the floor less filtered, and testers described exactly that: surging return with crisp, clean landing feedback. Styling went deliberately minimal, and the shoe shifted away from the pure team-flagship identity of earlier generations toward more speed-oriented, swingman positioning. A PROTOTYPE 2.0 colorway in plain black and white referenced the unbranded samples players wear during testing. Community reception on Shihuo and Bilibili was broadly positive, though one detailed long-term note flagged a height mismatch between the thick lateral rubber and the medial GCU section that tips weight inward under load.