The FULL History of Air Jordan Sneakers (1-14)

this is the Air Jordan 1 it's an iconic shoe made by Nike for basketball legend Michael Jordan it's a piece of Footwear history if you're into sneakers at all then you've probably either owned or wanted a pair of these maybe they're even your girls but did you know that the Air Jordan 1 was once banned by the MBA or was it really the year is 1983 and Michael Jordan is a young college basketball star playing for the University of North Carolina a promising athlete MJ would be drafted to the NBA the following year at the

1984 NBA a draft as a third overall pick by the Chicago Bulls meanwhile the sportsware company Nike was still a young player in the basketball shoe market struggling to keep up with Adidas in Converse Nike needed to make a bold move fast if they wanted to keep up with their competitors in 1984 Nike had some great players like Moses Malone and Jamal wils but they didn't have a marquee player like other brands did Converse had a roster of superstars Like Larry Bird Isaiah Thomas Magic Johnson and Dr J Niki wanteded their next indor SE to

be the face of Nike basketball someone who would boost the company's profile on the court and bring fresh eyes to Nike they had a young rookie in mind but there was one big problem Michael Jordan did not want to sign with them in fact he was 100% reluctant you have to understand that in 1984 Michael Jordan was just a 19 to 20year old kid and like most kids at the Time Michael was into Adidas the flashy track suits and three stripes were appealing to Young Mike and he didn't want anything to do with an un

established brand called Nike Adidas was not interested in Jordan and since Jordan was so determined to not go with Nike he decided to take the meeting with his next best option Converse but even Converse didn't meet the standards that MJ had in his head his dream was to get a shoe deal with aidas and that was that Michael had no interest in going with Nike he wanted to go with Adidas that was who he his strong preference and he didn't even want to get on the plane to see Nike and I said well Michael you

know we're going to visit all the companies it's like getting recruited by colleges and you have to see the people and see the facilities and whatever he said David honestly you know I played a long season just finished the Olympics with Coach night was grueling I don't want to go and I no I didn't know him very well I only met him twice we had no relationship we barely knew each other and I'm making my very first recommendation of my career and he's basically turning me down before even playing a single game Nike went all

in on Michael Jordan as you can imagine Nike rushed to create the perfect shoe for the newly signed rookie Nike's creative director at the time was Peter Moore the same guy who designed the Nike Dunk Moore was assigned the task of Designing Michael's very first Air Jordan Model A very tricky task because Michael Jordan didn't even like Nike shoes to begin with he told Peter Moore he didn't like how Nike Souls were always so high and that he needed to be able to feel closer to the floor when he played in his shoes MJ wasn't

exactly a fan of Air Technology after several meetings with Michael Jordan Peter Moore got to work on the design he figured out a way to lower the air unit and use a black and red colorway pattern to match MJ's Chicago Bulls jersey the shoe was similar in design to older Nike Classics like the Air Force 1 and the Nike Dunk the iconic name for the brand Air Jordan was sought up in mere minutes by David faul and Rob ster here's a clip of David faul talking about how they came up with the name Air Jordan

so what do I want to call it I want to call it Michael Jordan like what what else you going to call it if it's a signature line it's his signature shoe and he said David you don't understand the last two or three years in America we've been inundated with design and products no one is going to feel as any credibility in a 21y old basketball player rookie designing shoes no one's going to think that Michael's sitting in his apartment coming up with ideas to design shoes he has no expertise in in design so we

can't call it Michael Jordan so I said okay what do you want to call he said Ah that's your challenge he said we will make a line but you've got to come up with a name for the line but it can't be Michael Jordan all of a sudden it occurred to me that Nike had just come out with a new running shoe that had this allegedly revolutionary technology called air Souls that cushion your foot and I'm thinking to myself air Michael is a great dunker he flies through the air so I said okay L maybe

it took me a minute I got it I said we're going to call it Air Jordan the original origal black and red colorway was groundbreaking before the Air Jordan 1 basketball shoes were white Silhouettes with minimal color if there was any color at all it was used in subtle ways to represent a player's uniform or a player's team the majority of basketball shoes had a white base so when the Air Jordan 1 came out it was bold and loud and probably pissed a lot of people off the shoe was so different that you had to

love it fans of the sport finally had a basketball player they loved and could actually dress like off the court back in those days basketball players like Dr J dressed in suits and high-end designer clothes and all of a sudden here's this young basketball player Michael Jordan rocking Air Jordan 1es and jeans off the court it was fresh and new something no one had ever seen before he was bigger than basketball and everybody knew it everything was going according to plan until the unthinkable happened the NBA sent a letter to Nike stating that the shoes

colorway did not comply with the National Basketball associations uniform rules and procedures this brought huge attention to Michael Jordan and Nike but more importantly it brought tons of attention to the shoe what happened next was one of the most brilliant marketing moves in history Nike decided that they would ignore the letter from the NBA and Michael Jordan would still play in the shoe but it would come at the cost of a $5,000 fine per game Nike was not only willing to pay the fine they turned it into the opportunity of a lifetime [Music] on September

15th Nike created a revolutionary new basketball shoe on October 18th the NBA threw them out of the game fortunately the NBA can't stop you from wearing them Air Jordans from Nike you can imagine the amount of hype this created for the Air Jordan one the NBA can stop Michael Jordan from wearing the shoe but they can't stop you from wearing them people went crazy for the shoe but what a lot of people don't know is there's actually a lot of speculation around whether the shoe was actually banned or not and not only that was the

shoe in question even the Air Jordan 1 it wasn't get this during Jordan's 1984 rookie season MJ wore Nike airships he wore them in white and red but he also wore them in a special black and red color way Nike made a pair of black and red airships that they used as a placeholder for the Air Jordan 1 while it was still being designed and it was in fact these Nike airships that the NBA so-called banned so now you know the Air Jordan 1 wasn't actually banned by the NBA it was actually the Nike Airship

and it was never really a ban it was just a warning from the NBA but Nike's genius marketing strategy made everyone believe that it was banned and because of that there's a lot of myth around the shoe and a lot of Legend and it makes it that much better I think these are some of the most popular Air Jordan models in in the world you've probably seen them on the feet of kids NBA stars celebrities and even 71-year-old dripped out grandpas these sneakers were carefully designed every single little detail considered perfected for the greatest basketball

player of all time and then there's this one shoe the black sheep you guys already know what Jordan I'm talking about the Air Jordan 2 this is Bruce Kilgore Bruce is responsible for the design of one of Nike's most successful Silhouettes the Nike Air Force one in 1986 Bruce along with Air Jordan 1 designer Peter Moore were tasked with designing the Air Jordan 2 this was not going to be easy since the Air Jordan 1 was a massive success following up the Air Jordan 1 was going to need some bold design Direction and risk-taking and

that's exactly what they did if you look at the entire line of Jordan shoes the Jordan 2 stands out like a sore thumb and there's a reason why Nike's whole idea for the Air Jordan 2 was to make a luxury basketball shoe a sneaker that could perform on the court and could also be worn with a tuxedo off it something fashionable but still performance-based an interesting observation about the decision to take a luxury approach to the shoe is the fact that at the Time Michael Jordan was into rocking gold chains and into dressing flashy he

even wore gold chains while playing on the court maybe they took that into consideration when designing the shoe but I'm not sure I could be wrong it's just something I noticed but what do you guys think leave a comment below prototypes for the Air Jordan 2 included a hybrid version that has the Jordan upper but the Jordan 2 soul it's very strange to look at right it almost gives me anxiety it looks so weird they also experimented with another prototype that looked nothing like the final product a low cut version of this prototype was used

for the Chicago Bulls cheerleaders to wear Bruce Kilgore and Peter Moore finally decided on a design and when it came time to manufacture the shoe they chose only the most premium of materials to produce the highest quality shoe for their Superstar upon its release in 1986 the Air Jordan 2 featured genuine Italian leather and a layer of fake iguana skin on the upper to give it a more luxurious and high fashioned feel oddly enough the shoe didn't feature any kind of swoosh branding they went with the Air Jordan Wing logo on the tongue and the

Nike Tex logo on the heel and bottom soulle the sneaker also featured a really cool heel counter for support and a giant airbag in the heel staying true to the theme of luxury Nike made the decision to produce the shoe in Italy this made the Air Jordan 2 unbelievably expensive and it retailed at $100 per pair the Air Jordan 2 released in two original colorways the white red and gray and the white red and black models the following year in 1987 they released low top versions of the shoe which also featured the same red and

white and white and red black colorways MJ was first spotted wearing the Air Jordan 2 in a commercial which featured him doing his famous Rocka by Baby dunk entering his third season off a broken foot injury MJ was ready to prove himself once again as a rising star in the league Michael Jordan went on to break records that season he became the second player after Wilt Chamberlain to score 3,000 points a season and averaged 37.1 points per game which I think by today's standards is still pretty insane 37.1 points a game I mean come on

and if that wasn't enough the same season MJ racked up 100 blocks and 200 Steels crazy all of this while wearing the Air Jordan 2 on his feet now the Air Jordan 2 had some notable collabs and has also been retroed several times in fact it was one of the first sneakers Nike ever retroed but hey if you made it this far into the video I just wanted to say thank you I know it may sound disrespectful to call the Air Jordan 2 a failure but let me elaborate one could argue that the Air Jordan

2 was quote unquote a failure when you look at the shoe's impact and where it stands in the Jordan line today and I'm talking about the OG Jordans like the the 1 through the 14 the two is the most underappreciated and unpopular model furthermore after it came out Bruce Kilgore and Peter Moore were dismissed from designing for the Jordan line and it makes you wonder why in fact Peter Moore left the company shortly after because he was growing frustrated with designing the Jordan 3 and that's where Tinker Hatfield came in the Jordan 2 put Nike

in a rut everyone knows that Michael Jordan signed with Nike as a last resort and just wasn't a fan of the shoe he hated the Air Jordan 2 despite having an amazing season in them he thought the shoe was too heavy and he just he wasn't a fan of Nike but then again I mean you can't really follow up to Air Jordan 1 can you personally I'm not a big fan of the shoe being a sneaker enthusiast I can definitely appreciate the design and the shoes place in history but I feel like it's underappreciated for

a reason I do like some of the low's though especially the university blue Low's the danty collabs are nice but man look at the Air Jordan 2 and Eminem collabs these go for thousands but they're hideous I will say though that the Ben 23 Jordan 2 is pretty nice I like that brown but what do you guys think about the Air Jordan 2 I get the feeling I'm going to get a very mixed response in the comments today when you think of Michael Jordan you think of Nike and when you think of Nike you probably

think of Michael Jordan Air Jordan but in the early days of their partnership Michael Jordan and Nike nearly split weights the huge catalog of Jordans that we all know and love today would not exist if it wasn't for one shoe a shoe that quite literally rescued Nike from losing their biggest asset I'm talking about the iconic the legendary the Air Jordan 3 in late 1987 Michael Jordan's 5-year contract with Nike was coming to an end and Jordan was pretty set on not renewing he had grown frustrated with the design direction of the Air Jordan line

and wasn't happy with the company meanwhile Rob ster Nike's director of marketing and Air Jordan 1 designer pet de Mo left the company to create their own Venture Sports Incorporated Nike feared ster and more poaching Michael Jordan to sports Incorporated if they were going to get MJ to renew the contract with them it was going to take a miracle coming off the success of the Nike Air Max 1 a young Tinker Hatfield would be assigned the task of Designing the Air Jordan 3 the shoe was already 6 months behind schedule and the pressure to woo

Jordan back to Nike was mounting up until that point Michael Jordan felt like his voice didn't really matter when it came to the design of his shoes Tinker Hatfield's approach was a little different he was genuinely interested in hearing what Michael's needs were unlike his predecessors Tinker actually sat down with Michael and listened to all his suggestions and requests that he had for the shoe he found that Michael not only had suggestions but had very specific demands Air Jordan 2 was too heavy and he wanted a lighter shoe he wanted it to be a midtop

not too high not too low one of the main things Jordan mentioned during their meeting was that he wanted to be able to wear a new pair of shoes for every game he didn't want the shoes to have to be broken in he wanted to be able to slip on the shoes and have them be game ready many sleepless nights later Tinker Hatfield emerged with a design for the Air Jordan 3 and it was time to present the shoe to Michael Jordan presenting the Jordan 3 to Michael was a big challenge in itself when Tinker

Happ and Nike founder Phil Knight flew to California to present the new shoe to Jordan Jordan was nowhere to be found in fact he was out golfing with former Nike Executives Rob ster and Pedro Moore who were pitching MJ their new company they told Michael he didn't need to depend on Nike and he could start his own line where he would have complete control over his brand four nerve-wracking hours later Michael Jordan showed up he had had a long day and wasn't in the best mood once the small talk was over Phil Knight called on

Tinker Hatfield to lead the meeting Tinker pulled pulled the Shroud off the Air Jordan 3 and there they were he quickly reminded Michael of the demands he made to make the shoes feel like they're broken in right out of the box Hatfield used tumbled leather which made the shoe soft and supple in the right places Hatfield also made a midtop just like Jordan requested the first midtop basketball shoe ever actually it was also the first Jordan shoe to feature visible air unit in the heel when Michael Jordan had a closer inspection of the shoe and

looked at the Elephant Print and the iconic Jumpman logo he was sold who wouldn't be personally I think the Air Jordan 3 is a masterpiece to this day Phil Knight the founder of Nike still credits Tinker happfield for saving Nike to market the shoe Nike and the marketing firm widen and Kennedy hired the then upand cominging director Spike Lee to direct a series of commercials Spike Le's 1986 movie do the right thing featured Mars Blackman an Air Jordan obsessed character that Spike plays in the movie Let's watch One of These iconic black and white commercials

now Mars Blackman here again you know nobody in the world could cover my main man Michael Jordan nobody nobody nobody no nobody I'm telling you it's impossible impossible impossible impossible however it's easy to cover Mars Blackman the Air Jordan 3 debuted in four original colorways white cement black cement fire red and the True Blues Michael Jordan also had an amazing season where he won MVP and defensive player of the year during All-Star Weekend in 1988 MJ and Dominique Wilkins battled it out during one of the most famous slam dunk contests in NBA history Michael Jordan

stole the show with this famous dunk from the free throw line while wearing a pair of crispy Air Jordan 3s he took flight and really the rest is history we all know that the shoe has has been retroed several times and dozens of colorways of the Air Jordan 3 exist but I'm not going to go through every single little pair here because that would be boring one interesting thing I'd like to touch on is the fact that the initial sketches that Tinker made for the Air Jordan 3 actually featured a swoosh Nike recently released versions

of the Air Jordan 3 with the swoosh the Air Jordan 3 Tinker Hatfield a must cop for any serious Jordan collector the Earth Jordan 3's Legacy lives on through the amazing community of sneaker enthusiasts who are passionate about sneakers and appreciate the history behind them the year is 1989 the Chicago Bulls and the Cleveland Cavaliers are in the final moments of game five of the first round of the NBA Playoffs there are 3 seconds left on the clock and the Cavs are up 100 to 99 Jordan has been battling Larry Nance and Craig Elo to

the death in this last quarter for this final play all eyes are on MJ everyone knows he will be the one going for the shot to win the game with just 3 seconds left on the clock sellers inbounds to Jordan Jordan Cuts around Nance and at the foul line MJ jumps and floats in the air over the outstretched hands of 6'6 Craig Alo and shoots with 2 seconds to go puts it up and SC at the buzzer Michael Jordan has W it for Chicago in what will come to be forever known as the shot one

of the greatest plays in basketball history Michael Jordan wins the game for the Bulls Defying Gravity in a fresh pair of Nike Air Jordan for back in 1988 MJ wasn't exactly interested in continuing his partnership with Nike but thanks to Tinker hfield Nike succeeded in securing a renewal of their contract with MJ by wooing him back via one of the most perfectly designed silhouettes of all time the Air Jordan 3 proving himself to be the only designer for the job Tinker Hatfield embarked on the Journey of Designing the Jordan 3 successor but this time he

would approach the design with functionality in mind you see prior to the Jordan 4 a lot lot of the design direction for MJ's shoes were motivated by the idea of making a luxury basketball shoe Tinker of course wanted to keep the luxury Fel but he didn't want it to be the main focus of the design Hatfield kept many of the three's Design Elements when designing the four keeping the Jumpman logo on the tongue but this time with the addition of the word flight in a flowing script below borrowing the same Nike Air logo on the

heel as a three and both shoes featured the same air unit in the heel now let's take a look at some of the technical features that hafi in this team added to the shoe a new polyurethane over molded mesh technology decorated the tongue and panels on the upper another bold functional element of the four was the sturdy support wings that housed the laces at the top of the shoe and near the toe box this gave options for the wearer to lace their sneakers in 18 different ways as for the upper Hatfield and his team opted

for a synthetic leather called durbuk the soles on the four remained almost exactly the same as the three but with a slightly higher visual rise in the middle of the Soul lastly in another utilitarian addition the four featured the iconic pool tab on the heel where the three did not in 1989 Nike released the Air Jordan 4 for $110 in these four colorways black cement white cement fire red and military blue MJ played one of his best statistical seasons ever in the Air Jordan 4s and as if Jordan's performance and the shot weren't strong enough

endorsements of the power of a Cris pair of Air Jordan 4s the sneaker reputation was further boosted by Spike Lee if you watch our video on the history of the Air Jordan 3 then you know a big part of Nike's marketing campaign of the 3es was Mars Blackman the character that Spike Lee played in his 1986 film she's got to have it who appeared in commercials for the Jordan 3 the marketing campaign for the Jordan 4s saw Michael Jordan and Mars Blackman appearing together once again in similar commercials but Spike took the sneaker warship to

the next level for the fors when he put them in his 1989 film do the right thing he famously made them the centerpiece of a whole scene 10 years after its initial release Nike retroed the Jordan 4 in a variety of colorways like the Colombia and the Oreo and oh yeah one highly debated change the heel logo was changed from the original Nike Air logo to the Jumpman logo what's your preference the Jumpman logo or the OG logo leave your comment below some people feel like the original heel logo was Nike prioritizing the advertisement of

their Air Technology and Nike itself over actually paying tribute to Jordan in my opinion though they should at least leave the Nike Air logo on the OG colorways and not mess with the heel logo at all over the years Nike has given us some undeniably dope classy colorways of the Jordan 4 and also some controversial and downright hated loud and crazy colorways colorways weren't the only aspect that fell under scrutiny though the quality and the appearance of the silhouette itself was also widely claimed to have varied from the original and gotten worse over time as

more colorways were dropped complaints varied but some of the more serious issues were that some of the uppers and the midsoles were crumbling flaking and becoming discolored way too quickly consumer outcry about these issues prompted the Jordan brand to introduce their retro remaster initiative in 2005 which not only promised to deliver a better-made retro but also brought back the Nike Air logo to the heel of the fours just like the ogs now there are a ton of colorways of the Air Jordan 4 and I'm not going to go through every single one because there's just

so many of them but here's some of our favorites the Cavs colorway the fear pack the cause both The Undefeated fours and the Eminem and carart Jordan fors are going for like $116,000 a pair on stock eggs right now right now there's a pair of undefeated fors with people bidding up to $20,000 for the shoe in my size what do you guys think about these dor and Becker 4S one of many dope releases that came from the Nike dor and Becker freestyle program in which patients from the Doran Becker Children's Hospital in Portland Oregon are

given the opportunity to design their own shoe released in 2011 for $175 this one was created by Isaiah Scott a then 11-year-old Survivor of leukemia his design was inspired by Nate Robinson's performance in the 2009 slam dunk competition and also inspired by Superman who Isaiah saw as his alter ego that helped him battle his disease the Sho is adorned with the logos of Superman on the tongue and Isaiah's own logo a silhouette of his head on the upper the colorway was inspired by Nate Robinson's green outfit Superman's blue costume and also green Kryptonite to symbolize

both Superman's weakness and the illness that was Isaiah's own personal Kryptonite such a cool backstory and dope program that Nikes put together with the DOR Becker Foundation how do you guys feel about the Jordan 4 fire RS did you ever get beat up and have your sneakers taken from you well how about getting shot at for your sneakers cuz apparently sneaker heads in Tallahassee were that hype for the release of the fire reds Auto news tonight a man of the Tallahasse Mall this morning waiting to get his hands on the new Michael Jordan shoes was

nearly shot and robbed tonight police need your help to find the suspect officer Susan new house with Tallahasse police tell us a line of people were waiting to get inside of the mall by the new here Jordans that is when they say a man armed with a gun approached one of those customers and tried to rob the victim and the victim were told refused and talk off he was Then followed by that suspect for told started firing the gun into the air he then got into a car with the second person and took off the

Jordan 4 will forever remain one of the most sought after Jays of all time for me this sneaker is timeless and is one of Jordan Brand's best products still to this day Union La recently dropped a super interesting Jordan 4 where the tongue is stitched in giving the wearer the option to remove the stitching or leave it as is when photos were leaked of the Union 4S people initially hated the shoe now it's arguably one of the biggest releases of the year a lot of haters a lot of people hating on the shoe but once

they saw the official images from Nike they changed their mind real quick and don't lie were you one of those haters let us know in the comments and be honest when I think about World War II one of the images that immediately pops into my mind is the nose art on Military aircrafts that they had back then the imagery of shark teeth painted on the nose of World War II figh planes is inseparable from my mind all right all right but what are these old aircrafts with fangs painted on them have anything to do with

the Air Jordan 5 well when you take into account how aggressive Ive vicious and fearless a basketball player MJ was it all starts to make sense in this video we are going to be taking a closer look at the history and the inspiration behind one of my favorite Jordan models of all time the Air Jordan 5 the year is 1990 and Michael Jordan is Paving the way for his soon Tobe legendary career in the 1990 season Jordan won his second MVP award averaging 30 plus points per game that same year the Chicago Bulls finished first

place in their division for the first time in 16 years and set a franchise record with 61 wins in the regular season they nearly won the championship that year but they ultimately lost to the Detroit Pistons but nonetheless Michael Jordan's hype was at an all-time high I mean he had already racked up Rookie of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Most Valuable Player All-Star MVP all NBA and all NBA defense but still had no ring regardless Michael Jordan was already on his fifth signature shoe the Air Jordan 5 was designed by Master shoe designer

Mr tinker Hatfield in the year 1990 Hatfield had designed the two previous Air Jordan releases the Air Jordan 3 and the Air Jordan 4 both had tremendous success so it was going to be a real challenge for him to reinvent the status quo what's your favorite Tinker Hatfield design leave a comment below Hatfield spent a lot of time watching Bulls games carefully observing Michael Jordan's style of playing aggressive and Relentless offense he noticed that Michael would literally attack his opponents from all sides his mindset would never waver he just kept fighting MJ is is famous

for being deathly competitive at some point Tinker Hatfield made the connection between World War II fighter planes and Jordan's mindset it was a huge inspiration for the shoe in fact one of the silhouette's most striking design details are the jagged teeth on the midsole of the shoe this was inspired by the pilots and Air Force Crews that would paint shark Mouse on the nose of their planes originally this was done for practical reasons like identifying friendly allies in battle but it eventually evolved into an expression of individuality it was a type of escapism for the

pilots a way for them to evoke memories of home and peacetime life this perfectly complemented Michael Jordan's Fearless mindset another cool feature of the Jordan 5 was the translucent Soul Tinker Hatfield had just finished working on the design for the Nike Air Maxs for the 1989 film Back to the Future too the Nike Air Max featured a translucent soul and this design detail transferred over onto the Jordan 5 it was the first Jordan shoe to feature a translucent Soul something that would become a staple for the Jordan brand movie moving forward Tinker Hatfield used 3M

Scotch light material for the tongue which when dark enough outside the tongue reflects back to produce a bright highly visible silver light this type of material is often used on workware to increase visibility for construction workers or even Runners the Air Jordan 5 released in four original colorways white and red black and metallic white and fire and my personal favorite the grape colorway one thing to note is that out of the original four the fire red colorway was the only one that included the number 20 23 on the shoe the grae colorway garnered a lot

of attention thanks to Will Smith constantly rocking the shoe on the hit sitcom fresh prince of B air the show was so synonymous with the Jordan 5 that Nike released the Bell Air in 2013 and in 2018 they released an official Fresh Prince version of the shoe to celebrate Will Smith's 50th birthday it was essentially the grape colorway but with no laces they even blocked out the lace hole so you can't put your own laces in them I'm not sure if I'd rock those what do you think the silhouette has been released in nearly 50

colorway so it would just be insane if I went through a one by one but hey let's go over some of my favorites these are excluding the original four colorways the Laney colorway these dropped in 2000 and are inspired by the colors of MJ's High School the dorm Beckers this one dropped in 2013 as part of Nike's annual tradition to raise money for the Doran Becker's Children Hospital in Portland Oregon the shoe is designed by a child patient from the hospital named Isaac its main feature is a poem that Isaac wrote that was printed all

over the upper of the shoe it's a beautiful backstory and it also glows in the dark who doesn't want a pair of shoes that glow in the dark next up we've got the Raging Bull colorway this nearly all red colorway is inspired by muletas the red cloth you see bull fighters waving in the air to irritate the Bulls imagine wearing these to a bull fight in Spain the Supreme Jordan 5 in desert camo this was Supreme's first collab with the Jordan brand it has all kinds of cool details like the 94 in place of the

23 on the heel counter and the supreme logo written inside the mesh paddles all right I'm going to do three more just because there's so many dope colorways of the shoe and I just think I wouldn't be doing it justice without referencing some of these sneakers seriously though if I didn't mention your favorite Jordan 5 please don't destroy us in the comments the Black Grape colorway what can I say I'm a sucker for the grape colorway it might not be as iconic as the original grape colorway but I'm really digging the' 9s Vibes on this

one this next one comes from Michael Jordan son Marcus Jordan the trophy room collab the icy blue on these just go so hard and I love how they kept that fire red for the shark teeth too bed they cost about $1,100 on stockx right now or else I'd cop all right last one I'm going to drop on you guys and I know it's going to piss a lot of you guys off but the off-white Jordan 5ivs are fire the shoe features all of virgal Al's go-tos like the zip tie and the off-white text branding but

the coolest thing about the off-white Jordan 5 are the circular Windows around the mid panel and the ankle collar that you can either leave as is or pop out either way I think it's a design that's going to stand the test of time what do you guys think if you know anything about sneakers or basketball in the '90s you know that by the year 1990 the creators of Nike Signature Air Jordan line already had the game on loock Michael Jordan had been taken the world of basketball by storm and tiker Hatfield had risen to the

top of the sneaker design industry and earned his place at the Helm of the most influential sneaker franchise the world has ever seen much like the clutch plays that Jordan had been executing on the court leading the Bulls to victory in the face of certain defeat Tinker Hatfield had saved Nike's relationship with Michael Jordan with his design of the Jordan 3 and since then the Jordan 4 and the Jordan 5 had been Sensational they made a statement and they established that Air Jordan was here to stay and the best was yet to come from both

Michael Jordan and Jordan brand like we mentioned earlier every single Jordan release had been a wild success since Tinker took the Reigns the Jordan 3 the Jordan 4 and the Jordan 5 were all massive hits with sneaker fans and each were connected to Unforgettable moments in Michael Jordan's career as most of you know we've covered the history of most of the sneakers that I just mentioned so um but if you if you haven't checked it out yet I'll put a little suggestion card here I know it's early in the video but I'm going to put

it here just in case you're new and you want to kind of start from the Jordan 1 The Jordan 2 to Jordan 3 up until the 6 so boom right there when it came to designing the Jordan 6 TI again worked closely with MJ sticking to that classic blend of luxury and performance designs that Jordans had become known for on the luxury side of things Hatfield included features like heel tab inspired by the spoiler of a Porsche and a Sleek minimal toe tip that MJ requested himself citing the Sleek tips of the Italian dress shoes

he had recently been growing fond of the spoiler heel tab would be the first of many automobile designs that Tinker Hatfield would incorporate into the Air Jordan line over the years another interesting thing about the Jordan 6 is that Michael Jordan actually complained to Nike and Tinker Hatfield about the the easability is that a word easability it basically all the previous Jordan models before the six I don't know if you've owned a pair of fours fives or threes especially threes you can't just slide them on you know you got to really loosen up the laces

and put them on um and and he wanted something that would be more accessible quickly so when designing the six Hatfield included large diecut rubberized tongues with two big finger holes the tongue along with the heel tab ensured ease of use and in keeping with Hatfield's approach to the Jordan line they were it I mean it's classic Tinker Hatfield they were ERG IC functional features that also push the envelope stylistically something Tinker half field has always done I mean think of like the Nike a harachi for example with the neoprene booty the Jordan 6 first

launched in 1991 retailing for $125 and it came in five original colorways The Infrareds The Varsity Reds the Carmines the off-white and maroon colorway and the white and Sport Blue depending on the colorway the Jordan 6's main material was either new buck or full grain leather and like the Jordan 5 it featured lace locks and clear segments of rubber on the out soole the Jordan 6 was kind of like the last Nike Jordan because after the Jordan 6 uh Nike and Air Jordan as Brands kind of established their own identity so in that way this

was kind of like the last Jordan with an air a visible air unit for a long time in fact the air unit wouldn't be seen again on a j until many years later on the Jordan 16 the Jordan 6 would also be the last Jordan to sport Nike branding on the shoes exterior and finally in a similar Spirit the Jordan 6 would be the final Air Jordan model promoted by The Familiar ad campaign that we all love featuring Spike Le's Mars Blackman character with the Jordan 6 Tinker had delivered another classic certain to go down

in history as a sneakerhead favorite I know The Infrareds are some grows for some of you guys out there and I get it trust me it's a dope sneaker but even more legendary than the design of this isue was the performance of the player who wore it and I'm talking about Michael Jordan Jordan made Unforgettable plays in the Air Jordan models but the six is the sneaker that Jordan wore as he let the Bulls in the charge to their first ever Championship win in the 19991 season Jordan racked up the accolades man he had 31.5

points per game average of course he was voted First Team all NBA first team all defense six time allar League MVP and finally the NBA Finals MVP MJ had been racking up personal accolades for years and no previous individual accomplishment could compare to the glory of leading Chicago to their very first championship win it was an emotional moment of vindication for the Bulls and everyone who had been rooting for them through trial and error the promising wins and the discouraging losses the Bulls had finally made it and Michael Jordan finally held the trophy in his

hands all right so now that we got the history of the shoe out of the way let's look into some of the most classic colorways of the Jordan 6 and some of of my favorites and probably some of your favorites I'd love to know which are your favorites so leave it damn I said favorites like five times I'd love to know which ones you guys like the most um post it in the comments below there's the allstar sometimes referred to as the chameleon sporting an iridescent colorway similar to that of the Jordan 1 Allstar or

how about the Olympics man these are classic they were worn by Ray Allen during the Sydney Olympic Games definitely one of my favorites there are the green Suede and like Mike Gatorade collabs we've also got the Air Jordan 6 low which debuted in 2006 and retro in 2015 I don't know how I feel about those we also have the Doran Beckers released in February 2019 which retailed for $190 always dope to see what comes from the Doran Becker freestyle program the defining moments pack probably one of the most classic classic Jordan colorways of all time

um with those gold hits uh you know we just saw a retro of that last year um I didn't cop by the way but I should have I kind of regret it now or how about Jordan 6 cleats which have kind of been like a common sight on the feet of Jordan sponsored NFL players like Earl Thomas and Dez Bryant I think some of most of those are Customs but I think it's dope that NFL players Rock Jordans on the field it's kind of wild Cigar and Champagne colorways inspired by Mike celebrating the Championship win

with cigars and champagne and you guys know MJ love cigars so both these models Rock an emboss stamp on the heel and insole and gold championship ring lace locks like we've seen with some Jordan releases and Retros we saw minor differences from The Originals and the most notable and OB obviously the most controversial would be the Nike Air logo to the Jumpman logo also there was some weird color changes and they also added 3M reflective fabric to the preparated holes in the body of the sneaker which is actually a design feature that I really like

coming off the high of Michael Jordan in the Chicago Bulls first ever Championship win in 1991 Nike's Air Jordan brand had not only the prolific line of Tinker Hatfield designed Jordan sneakers under the belt but also a partnership with the new champions of basketball with Nike's presence so firmly established some designers might have kept doing more of the same old thing in an effort to render the same success but the creative minds behind Air Jordan would once again show the world that Evolution was the true identity of Jordan brand this next sneaker would be an

opportunity to move the brand into a new phase shedding some familiar Jordan methods before they became stale not to mention also shedding a big part of their identity by now you know that Designer Tinker Hatfield had championed the progression of Air Jordan ever since he took the Reigns all the way back with the Jordan 3 since then every new Jordan model displayed a constant evolution new construction elements and Technology new and unique inspiration for the design aesthetic and you know we also see a unique approach to how Air Jordan injects pop culture into their marketing

but before we dig into the sports history marketing and cultural impact of the Jordan 7 let's take a look at its Design This one is way different than the last couple Jordan models so we've got a couple things to discuss right off the bat biggest thing to know about the Jordan 7 no Nike branding no Nike Swoosh no Nike Air on the heat heal no visible Nike branding except for a sneaky Nike Air on the insole this among other distinct absences of previous Design Elements this indicated a new direction for Air Jordan the direction was

away from Nike separate from Nike at least in regards to Brand identity next big example of this no air unit the Jordan 3 4 5 and 6 they all had visible air units and all of them had Nike Air branding on the sneaker heel or at least the OG releases did seeing as Michael Jordan's career was blowing up so Mass ly in addition to the success of the Air Jordan line Nike's marketing department must have been thinking that Air Jordan had the potential to outgrow the constraints of Simply being a line of Nike signature models

so they made moves to shift the identity of Air Jordan towards being its own brand I feel like we as consumers did feel that shift too you're not just copying a fresh pair of new Nikes you're copying a fresh new pair of Jays the next big talking point on the Jordan 7's design is that it included a neoprene booty technology from another recent Nike release the y air harachi now we've done a whole video on the harachi which you should definitely check out if you want to know more about but basically the deal with the

neoprene booty is that it was designed to conform really nicely to different shapes of feet much like the neopreme booty of a water ski as for the overall aesthetic of the seven it didn't seem to take much of that inspiration from the harachi and unlike previous Jordan models that had been inspired by sports cars and fighter jets the seventh Aesthetics were inspired by the colorful triangular motifs of traditional West African art and the overall shape of the sneaker itself will tell you from a mile away that this sneaker is a Jordan but at a closer

look the typical luxury or futuristic elements of the Jordan line sat this one out the sharp triangular Ridges of the Seven's outsole had replaced the futuristic translucent ice outsole of its predecessors a couple other details the seven had a simple pool loop on the heel a drastic change from the six's Porsche inspired spoiler of a heel tab that pool Loop tucked into a triangle on the heel that sported MJ's jersey number 23 the tongue was made of neoprene and on some models like the hair and the Baux it just shattered out loud colorful triangular motifs

one final unique detail to the seven is a Jumpman logo in the window of the lace lock now that we've covered the design details of the Jordan 7 let's talk about some of Jordan's stats and accolades the year that he actually used a Jordan 7 on Court Prior Air Jordan models had accompanied Michael Jordan through his greatest achievements in basketball his most decorated seasons of play but the Jordan 7s were about to accompany him into his best year of basketball yet in ' 92 Jordan was awarded First Team all defense First Team all NBA his

six League scoring title NBA MVP and finals MVP to top it all off Jordan performed incredibly as part of the United States dream team at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona earning his second Olympic gold medal this Olympic achievement was commemorated by a special Olympic version of the Air Jordan 7 which sported Mike's Olympic jersey jersey number n on the heel badge instead of a 23 working once again with widen and Kennedy the same marketing firm that developed the Mars Blackman ad campaign used for the last four Jordan models Air Jordan called upon a much different

but even more widely renowned icon from pop culture to tout their newest model that icon was bug's bunny what's up it's easy to see that these two commercials set the stage for the iconic movie Space Jam which followed not long after these ads this lab also inspired the hair and the Marvin the Martian colorways of the Jordan 7 all right guys now that we've covered the history of the Jordan 7 we're going to get into some of our favorite colorways and some of your favorite colorways too so I'd love to hear uh what your favorite

colorway is down there in the comments and also if you're enjoying this video please give it us a like in '92 the Air Jordan 7 dropped in five original colorways and retailed for $125 those five colorways were the Baux hair Olympic Raptor and Cardinals let's look at some later releases there's the Jordan 7 year of the rabbit somewhat similar to the hair colorway I love the Jordan 7 Ray Allen the purples and the greens are just so 90s it's perfect in collaboration with Dutch streetwear brand P there are two different colorways of the Air Jordan

7 P one of my favorites is the Air Jordan 7 perie s germon there had been PSG collabs for the Jordan 1 45 and six but the 7 is my favorite of them there's some really cool details on the shoe but the translucent mesh Windows just do it for me part of a pack that Comm commemorated Jordan's 9193 Championship run the Air Jordan 7 reflections of a champion was a similar colorway to those he wore on the court in 92 but wrapped in a reflective 3M material there's the Jordan 7 Bin 23 based on one

of Tinker Hatfield's original design sketches of the 7 there's the Air Jordan 7 Miro Olympic released in 2008 which was inspired by a sculpture by Spanish artist Joan Meo hearkening back to the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona the seven saw another dor Becker collab this is a unique one with lots of personal touches it really deserves its own video get a load of the Jordan 7 sweater it's based on a sweater shorts combo that MJ wore alongside Larry Bird in a 93 McDonald Super Bowl commercial much like the Jordan 6 Cigar and Champagne pack that

celebrated MJ's first ever NBA championship the Jordan 7 got its own Cigar and Champagne pack to celebrate his second Championship these models had similar details to the CNC 6s such as the championship ring on the laces there's the Air Jordan 7 Barcelona kns which came out in March of 2015 and a lot of people thought that these were the Jordan 7 Marvin the Martian colorway possibly just renamed to avoid any copyright issues however later on in 2015 the official Marvin the Martian Jordan 7 was dropped and everyone who thought they already had a pair of

the Marvin the Martians was confused and probably disappointed to be honest it's 1993 and the Chicago Bulls are back in the NBA finals in ' 93 the Bulls and championship games were no strangers to each other but this time it was different this is their third NBA finals in 3 years and they've already won two in a row so it's a potential three repeat something that hadn't been seen around the league since the Boston Celtics did it in 1961 we all know how it went down though Michael Jordan and the Bulls W their way to

the Bulls first ever three peat in 1993 three Championship victories in a ROM man a historic moment that appropriately calls for a historic piece of Footwear the Air Jordan 8 the task of following up the Jordan 7 was of course assigned to the brilliant and charismatic Nike designer Tinker Hatfield the Air Jordan 8 was a huge departure from the African Motif inspired Air Jordan 7 this time around the Jordan 8 was filled with all kinds of quirky features one of the more unique design features on the Jordan 8 was the addition of a double strap

down system designed for elite lockdown support two straps cross over each other like an X and lock down with flaps on the heel drawing everything in like a straight jacket this was classic Tinker Hatfield design in fact the year prior Tinker Hatfield designed the 1992 Nike Air Raid silhouette a shoe made to withstand the rigors of outdoor basketball that also featured a crisscross strap support system the Nike Air Raid 2 that released the following year is so alarmingly similar in appearance to the Jordan 8 that Jordan brand has since released an Air Jordan 8 Tinker

Air Raid colorway inspired by the OG air ra 2 colorway as for the cushioning setup the Air Jordan 8 featured a air unit in the 4 foot and the heel staying pretty consistent with other Jordan models up until this point the supportive upper of the shoe did come with the price though the shoe was notably very warm and bulky thick padding straps no mesh all natural materials like Suede and leather the shoe was just heavy some people even speculate that Michael Jordan's on andof battle with athletes foot during that season was because of the Jordan

8 you guys ever had athletes foot before it sucks I used to get it all the time when I was a skater if you've had athletes foot subscribe to this channel for me the most iconic design detail is the Chanel tongue Jumpman emblem it has a carpet-like quality that I really like and I'm not sure what's more 90s the mud guards on the side of the shoe or this logo as for the marketing for the shoe the Air Jordan 8 had one of the wackiest commercials for a sneaker ever and was kind of a preview

of what we would see years later with Michael Jordan and Space Jam Across the Universe people are asking what fiend would steal Air Jordans oh goody more Air Jordans for me Pebble Beach this just no way for a pamper Superstar to travel what the shoes and they're all mine give me those Air [Music] Jordans take these or else the Air Jordan 8 released in 1983 in three original colorways The Bugs Bunny a white leather base pair with red and gray accents the playoffs which had a black dur book upper with red and white accents or

as some of you call them the Air Jordan eight Breads and then there's probably the most desirable OG colorway of the eight the aqua personally my favorite similar build to the playoffs but this time featuring purple and teal a pretty popular color scheme for the90s Michael Jordan would wear these in the 1993 All-Star game where he scored 18 points and five assists right after listening to Boy to Men performed the national anthem for the land of the [Music] free fun fact the Air Jordan 8 Aquas are forever embedded into the minds of people who watch

the nighty sitcom Roseanne thanks to when Roseanne's son in the show DJ Connors puts up his fresh air jordan8 Aqua on the table during an episode in 2003 Jordan brand released a low version of the Jordan 8 which is just I don't know it's tough for me to love these but I guess the lower cut kind of gives it a modern feel what do you think leave it in the comments below the Jordan 8 doesn't really get a whole lot of love from Jordan brand nowadays but there are a few solid non OG colorways like

the PE pods and the chromes I will say this though the Jordan 8 had some fire player exclusives the green and black Ray Allen Boston Celtics is so dope with the Sugar Ray spelled out on the ankle collar another one of my favorites is the QR PE which boasted a fire New York Nick Ste Josh and Jaan Howard Chris Paul and even Kobe Bryant would all Dawn their own pees of this underappreciated silhouette even Toronto Raptor Super Fan and Hip-Hop icon Drake had some fire OVO Jordan eights made for him a luxurious take on the

simple black and white colorway his OVO collabs are famous for I'd say the most recent moment for the Jordan 8 was the pair the brand made for the Washington Wizards rui haimura this sneaker is inspired by ru's Japanese Heritage and his time on the Japanese Olympic basketball team it's a dope sneaker for sure and I saw a lot of people in our Facebook group posting photos of it and it looks fire I got to admit as the 1993 NBA regular season came to an end Charles Barkley of the Phoenix Suns would win most valuable player

for the regular season and with the Suns facing the Bulls in the NBA Finals Michael Jordan made it a point to show the world who the real MVP was the Bulls won their third straight championship and shocked the world shortly after on October 6th 199 3 Michael Jordan held a press conference and in front of the world told everybody he was retiring from the game it's crazy when you think about it like the last time we would have saw Michael Jordan on the court with some Jordans on he would have had the Air Jordan 8

that's where it would have ended and although the eight didn't have any iconic Jordan moments no crazy dunks or memorable game-winning buzzer beaters it was the shoe that capped off the Bull's first three peat which is a huge deal in itself but hey a lot of you guys think you're subscribed to the channel but you're not you're seeing it in your recommend Ed but you're not subscribed so go ahead and just hit that subscribe button for me it would really help us out today we're going to be taking a closer look at the history of

the underappreciated Air Jordan 9 after winning three championships in a row Michael Jordan sent shock waves through the Sports World when he announced that he was retiring from the game of basketball famously told the Press he was fulfilled and felt that there was no more to accomplish in his career as a basketball player whether his reason for retiring is true or not he wasn't done with sports and several months after his widely publicized retirement Michael Jordan would send shock waves to the Sports World once again when he signed a contract with the Birmingham Barons a

minor league baseball team affiliated with the Chicago White Sauce fun fact Niki actually made a baseball cleat for Michael to use during his short-lived baseball career but before his first retirement Michael Jordan and his peers specifically the 1992 dream team helped usher in a new era of basketball and thanks to this basketball's popularity skyrocketed and became an international phenomenon and with basketball becoming a beloved Global sport naturally basketball's biggest star Michael Jordan also became an international phenomenon and that's where the story of the Air Jordan 9 Begins the Air Jordan 9 represented the globalization of

the Air Jordan brand name everybody around the world wanted to be like Mike take a close look at the souls of the shoe we designed the different languages around the world that describe the sporting Spirit of Michael Jordan and what it has done for the World of Sports Tinker happfield during the 1992 Olympic Games a dream team led by NBA stars Michael Jordan Magic Johnson and Larry bird electrified basketball on a global stage in the wake of the Barcelona games where the United States won all of its games by huge margins national basketball federations overseas

rode the wave of basketball's rekindled popularity among kids who now aspired to play in the world's Elite Championship they improved homegrown Hoops training drills and techniques often aided by us-born and MBA clinics growth of satellite television and video recording technology as well as the internet expanded the ability of coaches and players to watch NBA games and study the moves and styles that were exhibited on North American basketball courts Air Jordan also rode this way and when it came time to design the Air Jordan 9 Tinker Hatfield and Mark Smith took this newfound International stardom into

consideration when the Air Jordan 9 released in November of 1993 Michael Jordan was nowhere near a basketball court in fact Michael Jordan didn't even Grace a basketball court in a pair of Jordan NS until he was playing for the Washington Wizards in the early 2000s fun fact though he didn't play in the Jordan n as a member of the Chicago Bulls the sneakers are featured on the Statue outside the United Center that the Bulls erected for him when he first retired the air Jord 9 released in four original colorways the OG white black true red

pair and a year later the powder blue nines charcoal is my personal favorite the olive Air Jordan KN the design for the shoe is almost boot likee at first glance a much sleeker looking silhouette compared to its predecessor the bulky Air Jordan 8 I think the lace holes and the speed lacing system is what gives it a boot feel to me however the sneaker did carry over a design element from the Air Jordan 8 the INF famous neoprene sock booty one of the standout details of this silhouette is the red Jumpman Globe logo on the

pool tab which is a nod to Air Jordan and basetball itself Going Global there is of course the most iconic attribute on the shoe the unforgettable Air Jordan n outle and man it is beautiful to look at straight away you can see the star and Jumpman logo in front of a giant 1994 graphic cuz the shoe was released in 1994 to the left of that you will see kanji lettering that means world and Japanese hiana spells out Sports so like World sport right beneath that there's a zigzag line that is actually a tribute to the

Jordan 5 shark tooth design detail moving our way to the top left you'll see a globe graphic and to the right of that is where things get really cool each shoe has five words embedded into the outso 10 words total in seven different languages each word speaks to MJ's way of living on and off the court we were talking about competition about winning the approach to basketball and those same terms meant more than just basketball they should be viewed as a blueprint for a good life Mark Smith let's go through every word one by one

also if you're enjoying this video subscribe to the channel WR Sho dead which means dedicated for French fora which means force in Spanish denel which means intent in Italian obviously liberte which means freedom in French and mutig which means graceful in German all right let's move over to lefu and it starts off with some Russian which honestly I can't even pronounce it I think it just said sport so sport which means sport in Russian Udu which means Independence in Swahili again I can't even PR pronounce this word but it means freedom in Russian athleti which

means athletic in German and Mundi which means hope in Swahili wow I hope I didn't offend anybody by the way I pronounced those I'm trying the best I can here as for the marketing of the shoe Nike flexs its genius marketing muscle with the John killroy campaign a series of ads promoting the shoe the most memorable commercial from the campaign is one that features Steve Martin in debut during the 1994 Super Bowl between the Cowboys and the bill let's have a look good evening America I'm Steve Martin a few months ago the world was shocked

by Michael Jordan's retirement it's time for me to move away from the game of basketball 3 weeks later I received a mysterious package from a fan of the Billings Bandits dear Steve this guy motorboat Jones looks a lot like Michael Jordan when I spoke of this on a national talk show at first I think it's just another C but then I then I realized it actually could be Michael Jordan the floodgates opened incredible stories of exceptional basketball players players who all uncannily resembled Michael Jordan then this audio tape turned up yeah F there are some

awesome non OG Air Jordan 9 colorways but one of the bigger moments for the Air Jordan 9 in my opinion was the killroy pack back in 2012 six separate colorways of the Air Jordan 9 each one based on a fictional Alter Ego of Michael Jordan created in the original killroy ad campaign the pack includes the Air Jordan 9 Johnny Kilroy the fonte Montana the Bentley Ellis the slam Jenkins the motorboat Jones and the Calvin Bailey some honorable mentions for non OG colorways are the Jordan n Birmingham Baron which obviously pays tribute to MJ's time with

the team the Doran Beckers which was made in collaboration with 11-year-old Oswaldo hum a patient at Doran Becker's Children's Hospital the design incorporates details about asalo like the tongue which reads poo which means little chicken in Spanish the sock liner has a feathery like texture also paying tribute to that same nickname his parents gave him the red and green outsoles honors his hometown of KET vehicle all in all I love the Doran Becker program that Nagi does and it's always fun to see what these kids come up with andbe we'll do a video dedicated to

all the Doran Becker Jordan in the future here I'm back that was all Michael Jordan had to say to completely change the landscape of the basketball World Jordan was done playing baseball the Chicago Bulls had their Superstar back however while Jordan was on the diamond Niki had no clue what to do they thought Jordan brand was done for good but on March 18th of 199 5 the infamous fact would come through I'm back a single fax would send shock waves to the NBA and the very next day Mike would make his return against the Reggie

Miller Le Indiana Pacers unfortunately MJ's first game back would end up in a loss he would put up 19 points six rebounds and six assists not the best stat line of his career but the real question for us sneaker Enthusiast is what shoes was he wearing for his big return that sneaker my friends was the Air Jordan 10 the Air Jordan 10 is a peculiar shoe in Michael Jordan's timeline the legendary sneaker designer Tinker Hatfield would be designing the shoe yet again but Jordan was absent for most of the process the Jordan 10 was designed

during a time when Michael Jordan was playing baseball and not basketball how do you make a basketball shoe for the greatest basketball player of all time who was busy playing baseball tinker and the Jordan brand Team really thought that Michael Jordan was done playing basketball like for real the iconic Air Jordan line as we know it today was supposed to stop with the Air Jordan 10 design-wise the shoe played it more safe it was more focused on being familiar and classic drawing inspiration from Michael's career rather than being risky and Innovative like previous models the

Air Jordan 10 consisted of traditional materials like leathers and suedes and some performance features that are not that exciting like a phylon midsole with a full length air unit one of the design features that was carried over from the Jordan 99 was the speed lay system a performance feature that was designed to be able to just pull the top of the laces and be able to tighten it all the way down the shoe on the nine it was implemented with plastic pieces the laces would go through but on the Jordan 10 it was much more

incorporated into the design by having the laces run through the stripes on the upper a design feature that would make its way to the Jordan 11 as well and then there's the outsole arguably one of the most iconic outsoles in the history of the Jordan line like I said before tinker and the Jordan team thought he was done for this forced him to reflect on a b basketball career that in their minds was finished the outo of the Air Jordan 10 lists an accomplishment for every year Jordan was in the league his 85 Rookie of

the Year award the time he dropped 63 points in 1986 87 his first scoring title 1988 the Slam Dunk champ 1989 all I've never understood what 94 Beyond meant um but I'd love to hear what you think leave it in the comments down below also if you're enjoying this video please give it a like it would really help us out released in 1994 the Air Jordan 10 dropped in three original colorways the first pair to release was the steel 10 a white leather upper with black and gray striping on the I State and the souls

but what this debut Jordan 10 had was a toe cap you see Michael Jordan had no input on the Jordan 10 he was busy playing baseball and once he saw the toe cap he absolutely hated it it was impossible to change it at that point but Michael Jordan would order that going forward the toe cap would be removed giving the shoe a more streamlined and uniform upper two other pairs released in 19 94 alongside the Steels the Shadows which featured a dark gray almost black suede upper and a black leather I stay and then of

course there was the Powder Blues white leather upper with black eye stays and an almost Carolina blue liner in outsole detailing the following year Jordan brand made the decision to release a pack of Jordan 10 colorways all inspired by various NBA teams and their Flagship colors it's kind of a weird decision nowadays like for a signature athlete imagine LeBron James eight in inspired by Clippers colorways or in King's colorways it would just be strange there were the Chicagos the Seattles Orlando the New York and the sacramentos the Chicagos are the pair that Jordan would actually

wear in his return to the hardwood but this Michael Jordan looked a little different he was wearing number 45 on his jersey and not the 23 we all knew him by you see Michael Jordan came out of retirement with a new number because he felt the number 23 was special and it was tied to a time when his father was still alive and watch watched him play I didn't want to wear a 23 because I knew my father wasn't there to watch me and I felt like it was a new beginning and 45 was my

first number when I was playing in high school nonetheless the sneaker Jordan war in his return would feature the number 45 stitch on the side to go along with his new threads and this player exclusive version of the 10 would actually see a release years later in 2015 fast forward to now more than 25 years later the New York and Sacramento pairs of the Jordan 10 are the only pairs not to R from any of the original releases in 1984 and 1995 Jordan brand would revisit the city pack idea in 2006 with the release of

the Chicagos New York Los Angeles Charlotte Rio London Shanghai and Paris I know the Jordan 10 isn't everybody's favorite Jordan but I think they made some really dope colorways that weren't a part of the original eight that released in the '90s some of my favorites include the cherries the Doran Beckers and the lenons there are also a lot of cool sample pairs that were made including the rainbow pack the georget towns history of flights and the pantones I personally think it's a beautiful silhouette strangely where we would see the Jordan 10 actually get the love

it deserves is on the football field numerous football players would also get their own PE just in cleat form for some reason it's super popular in the NFL and I don't really don't know why if you catch a Monday night football game you might see Dak Prescott uh Chase Claypool and Jamal Adams they all have Jordan 10 pees on when they take the field although the 10 wouldn't get a whole lot of court time from Jordan it was the Footwear of choice for the infamous Double Nickel game in Mike's return to Madison Square Garden he

would put up 55 points four rebounds and two assists but come playoff time Michael Jordan would switch to the Jordan 11 and would ultimately lose to the Penny Hardaway in Shackled Orlando Magic not that long ago the Jordan 10 was the canvas for Drake's oovo brand in which they dropped a black and white pair which I think are super fire if you ask me since then the silhouette has been pretty dormant in terms of collabs and releases but regardless while at least in my opinion I think it's one of the best looking Jordans of all

time what you're watching right now is one of the most emotional Moments in Sports History Michael Jordan collapses on the floor in total surrender to his emotions after winning his fourth championship title with the Chicago Bulls what made this moment especially memorable was the fact that everyone knew MJ had just lost his father a few years prior and this Championship was won on Father's Day Out of all days for sneaker heads like you and I most of MJ's iconic moments are tied to a specific silhouette or colorway think of the Air Jordan 3 during the

1988 dunk contest or the Jordan 12 he wore during the famous Flu Game during the 1997 finals but the sneaker in question for this video is the legendary Air Jordan 11 by the end of 1993 Michael Jordan had already cemented himself as the goat the greatest player of all time after winning his third consecutive championship at only 30 years old he had already established himself as one of the greatest players in basketball history and a global icon at that then right in the middle of his prime he declared he was walking away from the game

that he loved a decision he made after the untimely death of his father James Jordan in 1994 Jordan signed a minor league baseball contract with the white socks a move that shocked and stunned the Sports World equally perplexing was what to do with his signature B basetball shoe line in fact Nike had plans to discontinue his signature line after the Jordan 10 however while everyone else at Nike assumed the line was over Tinker Hatfield was hopeful that MJ would return to the court and decided to start working on the design for the Jordan 11 in

secret by the way if you've been watching this channel for a while and you don't know who Tinker hild is by now I don't know what to tell you Tinker is The Man Behind all the important Jordan Silhouettes after the Jordan 2 he's one of the greatest sneaker designers in the world you should look him up up Tinker Hatfield I'm going to just put my foot up on the table here because uh this was a super high performance shoe called the Jordan 11 and uh this shoe was like I think it's my all-time favorite shoe

because there is so much technology in this shoe let's go over some of the technology that Tinker Hatfield is referring to the most notable and to be honest the most classy detail of the sneaker is the patent leather while studying Michael Jordan's playing Tinker noticed that when Michael would change directions during an intense smoke moment in the game his foot would roll over the sole of his shoes to counter that Tinker used patent leather which helped prevent this from happening you can also thank the classy patent leather for the cheesy trend of pimping out your

groomsmen and Jordan 11's free wedding seriously though it does go good with the suit Jordan brand even released a new colorway called the cap and gown which recognizes the Air Jordan 11's unique place at graduation ceremonies the Air Jordan 11 also came equipped with the carbon fiber shank that dramatically made the shoe lighter than previous Air Jordan models the mesh on the shoe is called Cordura nylon also known as ballistic mesh this aided in making the sneer lighter as well but it's a tough material that Tinker used to withstand MJ's high level of playing not

a huge surprise but clearly one of the great comebacks since Bert Reynolds hairline it came in a two-word statement which is now just begging to have a Nike campaign built around it quote unquote I'm back that's all Jordan said on Saturday that was really all Jordan needed to say as his 17-month retire retirement came to an end he will be back on Sunday when the Bulls play the Pacers and probably not so coincidentally the game is on national TV the Bulls arrived in Indianapolis on Saturday night and while Michael Jordan was not on the team

charter he will be there by game time and that makes Phil Jackson happy we're all very happy about this uh we think it's going to be great for our basketball club we hope expectations which are going to be high aren't overreaching for what we have as a basketball Club we're just glad he's getting back on the court I'm happy that he's back I think he's going to add a lot to uh the NBA especially in the playoffs I think he's back because he was missing competition and he's ready to go again Michael Jordan debuted the

Air Jordan 11 in a legendary Concord colorway during game one of the Eastern Conference semi-finals between the Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic according to Tinker Hatfield Niki wanted to wait to release the shoe but Michael didn't care he loved the Air Jordan 11 so much that he couldn't wait to wear them on the court this came at a price though due to the shoe's black and white color blocking and lack of Chicago Bull's red color Jordan was fined $5,000 for wearing the sneakers this only lasted for the first two games of the finals for game

three MJ hilariously borrowed a pair of airflight ones from Penny Hardway by the time game four rolled around nacki made Jordan an 11 with a black upper to avoid the fins the problem with the shoes he has not been wearing the right shoes but today he will sport a brand new pair of shoes they are black patent leather they are very stylish the only one thing is they are a little bit out of style because on the back of them they have number 45 so if he's not wearing his old shoes I guess there's nothing

else that I could do but take his old shoes home Marv yes the colorway in question is what we know today as the Space Jam 11s named after the movie because he wore them throughout the entire film the Jordan 11 first released to the public in November of 1995 in the Concord colorway the black and red colorway also commonly refers to as the bread colorway and the white and Columbia Blue pair released the following year in 1996 the initial release of the shoe was so successful that Nike decided to drop low top versions of the

shoe which resulted in Tinker Hatfield doing a summer more laid-back version of the 11 the Air Jordan 11 IE now this shoe kind of has a reputation for being one of those sneakers that you either love or hate personally I think the shoes are pretty dope but you know in the right colorway and if you could pull them off I think the Jordan Low IE isn't too bad but what do you guys guys think leave your thoughts [Music] below the OG 11s were retroed in 2000 and in 2001 the classic cool gray colorway was released

I love this colorway it's so dope 2001 was a huge year for the Jordan 11 with the Space Jams finally getting a proper release the Space Jams were a highly anticipated release after the release of the Space Jams Nike sort of set the tone for the future of their retro program for Jordan in fact Jordan brand releases either a retro or a new Jordan 11 colorway annually since 2006 every year usually around the holidays a Jordan 11 ends up on Santa's list in 2012 the public was so fervent about the Jordan 11 Concord retro that

they actually caused a mall Stampede across several cities in the country you will not believe all the reports of violence that broke out when people rushed to get the newest pair of Air Jordans a crowd busted through this door in Indiana and remember as you're watching these pictures this is all over shoes a few people got trampled doors were ripped right off their NES the Air Jordan Retro shoes just went on sale early Friday morning since I was a kid I've been you know working hard just to come up here early in the morning just

to wait line to get these shoes I was the first person out of everybody that was out here to get these right here how many pairs of Air Jordans do you have I have about nine pair of Air Jordans but it does not matter about those it matter about these right here the silhouette has been retro dozens of times throughout the years not only is it being constantly retroed but Jordan brand continues to use the Jordan 11 as a canvas for new colorways and to experiment with new materials I'd go as far as to say

it's probably the perfect Jordan shoe ever made in terms of functionality and style in one package this year marks the shoe's 25th anniversary so hopefully we'll see some kind of Jordan 11 drop during the holidays maybe some breads again I don't know I'd love me a pair of breads Els but I always take an L hey Jordan I'm a size 10 by the way we sneaker heads tend to attribute a great deal of Air Jordan success to either Tinker half field expertise as a designer or Michael Jordan's legendary skill as a player but there is

another ingredient in Jordan Brand's Secret Sauce that bears acknowledgment that secret ingredient is the relationship with the player there are plenty of stories of Brands signing deals with star players then neglecting their input and designing a shoe that the player doesn't really Vibe with at all if you watched our videos on the Jordan 2 and the Jordan 3 then you know that MJ was not happy with his relationship with Nike after the relative failure of the Air Jordan 2 he was literally ready to sign with another brand Tinker Hatfield saved that relationship and secured MJ's

partnership not by simply designing a dope successor to the Air Jordan 2 but by showing MJ that his voice was going to be heard that his influence would impact the design of his own signature sneakers almost a decade later Tinker haffield would design his 10th Air Jordan sneaker and this one is a landmark that shows us the potential of a genuine collaboration with the athlete today we're taking a look at the history of the Air Jordan 12 hello everybody and welcome back to the channel if you are a regular viewer of the show will then

welcome back we' love to have you tune in and if this is your first time well then you've come to the right place because on this channel my brother nacho and I break down all things in sneaker history and sneaker culture and I think you're really going to enjoy it all right guys with that out of the way let's get into the history of the Air Jordan 12 the core design of the Air Jordan 12 was based largely on two things the raise of the Japanese Rising Sun flag gave us the Stitch paneling pattern on

the upper and a particular 19th century woman's dress shoe called the Nishi inspired the Stacked heel look and the overall shape of the silhouette this is what I'm talking about with the trust between the designer and the athlete how many male basketball players would be open to uh their shoe being inspired by some dusty old uh women's dress shoe not a lot and this is what makes Tinker Hatfield's relationship with Michael Jordan very special Jordan took no issue with the inspiration after all Tinker Hatfield had already drawn on Mike's love of luxury fashion and Italian

dress shoes as inspiration for previous Jordan models around the time of the 12's release Nike officially created the Jordan brand subdivision and in addition to this being the last Jordan to come in a Nike box we see some new branding styles on the sneaker itself signifying this change the loop of the heel tap sported a Jumpman logo and extended down the length of the heel reading Jordan and in smaller text quality inspired by the greatest player ever on top of the tongue flew a Jumpman logo and beneath it it read tww3 or 23 one final

Jordan specific touch is a detailing above the midsole that read Jumpman as for the technology of the shoe the Jordan 12 carried an updated version of the carbon fiber heel shank that had been found in the Jordan 11 the 12 also contained a full Zoom Air unit the first Jordan to ever have it as with most Air Jordan models an unforgettable moment in Michael Jordan's career infused itself into the identity of the Jordan 12 it was one colorway in particular that earned a unique title the flu game 12s during the 97 m ba playoffs the

Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz were tied 22 and on the day of the decisive game five flew like symptoms throughout the game Mike was visibly staggering dehydrated and exhausted even having to be carried off the court once by teammate Scotty Pitman but as we know Michael rallied scoring a total of 38 points and overtaking Utah in the game's final half minute though MJ and his coaches would later state that the illness had actually been caused by food poisoning the black Varsity Red colorway that MJ had been talking during the game would forever be known

as the flu game 12s in 2009 a Jordan 12 Retro officially named The Flu Game 12's released same general colorway as the OG black Varsity Reds but these had a stamp on the heel 97 for the year followed by the flu logo and then a 38 for the number of points that Jordan scored in that game overall it was another impressive award-winning season for Michael Jordan he made his 11th All-Star Game appearance won his ninth NBA scoring title was first team all NBA First Team all defense and won NBA Finals MVP the one missing Accolade

this year was the award for regular season MVP which he narrowly lost to Carl Malone however this fueled Michael's fire to prove that he was the true MVP by outscoring Malone in the finals and of course Mike led the Bulls to their fifth Championship win another fun fact about the Jordan 12 is that during the season in 1987 the 12 was so loved that Jordan's teammates were rocking them too Bill wington and luck longle War 12's on the court and even Scotti Pippen would rock them over his own signature shoe launching in '96 and 97

and selling for $135 the Jordan 12 saw five OG colorways the Taxi 12s the white Varsity Red 12s the obsidians the black Varsity also known as the flu games and the playoff 12s as is tradition here on this channel we're going to be taking a look at some of our favorite and some of your favorite Jordan 12 colorways the Air Jordan 12 wings is one of the dopest pairs if you ask me super classy gold detailing a beautiful pattern showing through the translucent sole but most importantly the upper features black brush off leather that over

time wears and reveals a pattern of gold wings underneath in 2009 the Air Jordan 12 Rising Sun was released similar to the Jordan 11 model it sported a patent leather mudguard instead of the standard reptile patent leather of the 12 and the perforated sections of the stitched upper emulated more directly the actual Rising Sun flag on launch this version even had the Rising Sun flag on the insoles but this proved to be controversial and Nike delayed the release to replace the insoles the Jordan 12 Retro newbook is an interesting story in3 Nike mailed out physical

letters to members of jumpman23.com inviting them to visit a website where they'd be able to purchase a pack comprised of the new Buck 12s a hat and a hoodie on release date The sheer traffic of wouldbe buyers crashed the website and it took days for Nike to sort out the issue and start selling the pack as intended 2003 was definitely before my time and I know there's some OG sneaker heads and especially some OG uh Jordan heads who who remember this drop and and I'd love to hear your story if you guys were around when

this happened leave it down in the comments below as with many Air Jordan models the 12 has found its way into the NFL these Jordan 12 cleats have been worn on the field by Jordan Brin NFL Stars such as Dez Bryant and Earl Thomas as always got to mention the Doran Becker the 12 Doran Becker freestyle black and pink blast was designed by the 9-year-old karesa Navaro a patient at Doran Becker Children's Hospital who was born without kidneys Carissa packed this Custom Design sneaker full of details as usual this Doran Becker needs a video of

its own to really do it justice as with most Doran Becker Jordans or how about the Jordan 12 low I'm not sure how I feel about those what do you guys feel about I'm not I'm just not a huge fan of any kind of low Jordans except for the ones and sometimes the 11 but what do you guys think check out this monochromatic psny Jordan 12 with the suede upper or how about the Gamma Blue retro one of the most popular Jordan 12s of all time finally two colorways of the Air Jordan 12 OBO were

released in 2016 sporting branding from Drake's clothing brand October's very own also known as oio this was Drake's second big sneaker release with Nike since he was appointed a Jordan brand ambassador in 2014 the iridescent Pearl effect on the mudguard is pretty dope if you ask me it's Halloween in 1997 and the Chicago Bulls will face the Boston Celtics in the NBA season opener Michael Jordan breaks out a pair of neverbe seen signature shoes it's a white pair of kicks with a black midsole toe box black tongue and some red accents unfortunately for the Bulls

they lost to the Celtics but Jordan flexed in his new signature sneakers at that night with a remarkable stat line of 30 points six rebounds and four assists a month prior the sneaker was unveiled to the Press during an Air Jordan conference that not only debuted the new Jordan sneaker but also the launch of Jordan brand as its own business entity after signing an endorsement deal with Nike in 1984 and well becoming the greatest basketball player of all time MJ had the most revered line of signature Footwear in the world Jordan's own brand was projected

to yield more than 225 million in cells in the first year alone the design of the Air Jordan 13 once again fell into the hands of the goat sneaker designer we all know and love Mr Tinker Hatfield while watching the Chicago Bulls on TV Tinker Hatfield saw Michael Jordan through a different lens on the court the chiseled 6'6 shooting guard was smart and fast he was powerful and instinctive he could conserve his energy like no other on the basketball court and at the right time and right moment he'd attack his prey like a panther a

black cat Tinker wasted no time getting to work on a design sketch for the sneaker the first sketch of the 13 is dated September 11th 1995 and it only includes two small drawings of the sneaker as most of the space on the page is taken up by tinker's notes the notes are actually pretty hilarious and I'm going to read some of them out loud right now says a Warner Brothers movie I think they might have been thinking about putting this shoe in Space Jam maybe cuz this was designed in ' 95 better shaped than ever

uh proliferation of wild shoe designs Fela copies of number 11 so I guess it's a swipe at Fela uh bbal needs a classy spokesperson wearing a classy shoe and instead of a crazy shoe on the left you'll see it says simple pattern designed to fit engineer to perform and designed for basketball Elegance it's super cool I I urge you guys to just Google uh Jordan 13 thinker Hatfield sketches and look at these it's amazing to see once he developed the black cat or Panther concept Tinker employed it throughout the entire structure of the design while

taking into account the point at which Jordan was in his career and the elements he needed in a shoe to reinforce his Reign out of retirement Jordan won back-to-back championships in 1996 and '97 and he was hungry for that second threee of his career the other teams knew this and defended him harder than ever before Jordan took beatings every night but preserving his speed and physicality was crucial if he wanted to win another championship here's the original presentation board that Tinker showed to Michael Jordan back in 1996 when he saw the board and heard me

mention the words black cat he stopped me he just stopped me dead and said how did you know I'm like how did I know what he go goes how do you know what my secret nickname is it's only used by best friends I said I didn't know anybody ever called you the black cat if you look at the original sketches of the outsole of the Jordan 13 you will see that it is directly inspired by the paws of a panther a feature that would carry over into the official release one feature that didn't was the

addition of a strap Tinker added the strap for more stability but Michael Jordan felt like it didn't need to be there and they decided against it another fun fact about the Jordan 13 is that it was the first ever Jordan designed on a computer the first sneaker ever designed on a computer in the industry actually the sneaker featured a Zoom Air unit at the foref foot and the heel making it super comfortable on and off the court the upper features some synthetic suede right before running into a huge piece of reflective mesh that past tribute

to the flex of color in the fur of a black panther by far the most iconic feature on the shoe is the holographic cat eye bubble that you see near the heel area the green holographic cat eye is Iconic for two main reasons one is that it's it's a sign of the times and what I mean by that is think of the awesome '90s holographic Marvel cards it brings me great Nostalgia because I just remember this being the ultimate aesthetic as a kid in the '90s and secondly the fact that Tinker Hatfield had the genius

to incorporate this into the design as a direct inspiration of the eye of a panther is just Next Level man that's got to be the coolest thing I've ever seen on a basketball shoe is that holographic cat eye let me know what you think in the comments down below and if you're enjoying this video why not give it a like here Jordan 13 was used in the Spike Lee movie He Got Game which featured a young Ray Allen and Denzel Washington everyone knows Spike Lee has a long standing relationship with AIC Jordan so the product

placement in the film was natural and perfectly executed the film came out months after the official release of the Jordan 13 but it's still added to the excitement for the new Air Jordan sneakers Michael Jordan is CEO Jordan [Music] and this concludes our broadcast day from 1997 to 1998 Jordan Brown released a total of seven colorways the black toes also referred to as the he got games because of the film The Chicago 13s the flints which are my personal favorite the Playoff 13s which feature a mostly black upper with red accents these make the cat

eye pop out even more in my opinion the bread 13s and finally two Jordan Low's one in a Navy metallic colorway and the other the Jordan 13 Chutney low those are five now there are a ton of non OG Jordan 13 colorways that are worth mentioning but I'm not going to go through every single one because that would take forever and you'd probably get bored but here are some honorable mentions the altitude 13s which feature a slime green outsole the Quai 54 Low's which I actually happened to love the primio Bin 23 Jordan 13s which

gave the Jordan 13s a luxurious feel and of course the black cat 13s oh and we can't leave out the inevitable Ray Allen PE 13s he was one of the first athletes officially endorsed by Jordan brand and he was also featured in the He Got Game film after all so it made sense for them to to give him a PE for much of the 9798 Season MJ would rock the Jordan 13 and he won the 1996 Championship Bing the Jordan 11s and then in 1997 he won again in a pair of Jordan 12s so it

would only make sense that he would win his sixth and final championship in a pair of 13s right well not quite you see the Air Jordan 13 didn't have a signature onc Court Moment Like The Flu Game 12 or the Jordan 3 when he dunked from the free throw line or how about the clutch shot tied to the Jordan 4s the Jordan 13 never had something like that and by the time the 98 finals had started Tinker had already finished the Air Jordan 14 which MJ War in the NBA finals against the Utah Jazz in

rotation with the Jordan 13 however only one sneaker was remembered from that final series and that was the Air Jordan 14 in which Michael Jordan took the final shot of his career with the Chicago Bulls earning him his sixth and final championship Victory Michael Jordan has never lost an NBA final Series in his career let alone has never let a series go to a game seven for people that don't know basketball the NBA Finals is the championship series each time the opportunity presented itself MJ and his crew delivered so why would we even doubt him

in 1998 when he had the ball in his hands seconds to go and down one point with everything on the line not to mention his sixth Championship Victory and a potential three Pat for the Bulls MJ fearlessly pulls up to his Defender with a quick step back or if you're a hardcore jazz fan a push off and proceeds to drain his final shot as a member of the Chicago Bulls a shot that defined Michael Jordan's career and set the bar so high anything that has happened ever since is irrelevant when compared to his career naturally

this iconic sports moment also has an iconic sneaker tied to it the shoes MJ had on feet when making his final shot with the polls the Air Jordan 14 it's no secret that Michael Jordan has an affinity for the Finer Things in life cigars Golf and sports cars and when it came time for the FED Jordan brand designer Tinker Hatfield to conjure up something new for the Jordan 14 he took MJ's love of sports cars and morphed it into a high-tech basketball shoe this is something Tinker Hatfield is a genius at cues from the subtleties

of Michael Jordan's game and life and then turning them into functioning pieces of art or as we sneaker enthusiasts like to call it making fire for example let's take a look at the previous Air Jordan silhouette the Jordan 13 this sneaker was inspired by Michael Jordan's nickname given to him by his inner circle the black cat hence why the sneaker mimics a panther's on the outsole and has a cat eye woven into it if you want to know more about the Jordan 13 we actually have a whole history video on it and stick around to

the end and I will link it so you can check it out after this video The Air Jordan 14 was inspired by a couple Ferrari models the Ferrari 355 F1 and the Ferrari 550 Marinello both of which Michael Jordan owned at one point the midsole was modeled after the grill on the 550 while the outsole was clearly a nod to the plli tires which gave the sneaker an aggressive look if you look at the back of the shoe you can see the large 24 that goes down the back of it in the shape of an

engine piston the most standout and obvious connection to Italian sports cards though is the Jumpman Crest which mimics the Ferrari's iconic logo as for the technology in the shoe the Jordan 14 is considered one of the most comfortable Jordan silhouettes of all time with zoom air units in both the heel and the for foot along with a phon midsole and grippy Herring bone pattern on the out soole the shoe also features a a unique exhaust system characterized by a ventilation hole on each shoe's medial midsole to allow air in and out to help cool your

foot fun fact Derek Jeter actually wore a custom baseball cleat of the Air Jordan 14 back in 1999 the Air Jordan 14 debuted in eight original colorways an odd number of OG colorways by today standard but that's one of the charms that makes the 14 unique out of the eight OG colorways there were a total of five high top versions and in three low Renditions the first to release was the Black Toe in 1998 followed by The Varsity Red in 1999 while the oxidized green pair didn't hit until February the legendary last shot iteration was

released on March 27th with the indiglow following suit the Lowe's came later in 1999 with a royal Colombia and ginger colorway man they need to hurry up and retro the gingers cuz those are my favorite 14s of all time also do you guys call them Royal low or Lany lows let me know in the comments down below when the shoe was released in the late '90s gang violence was at an all-time high and in the city of Selenas California law enforcement's officials were concerned about the release of the sneaker because of the Roman numeral design

details they even wrote a letter to Nike about it the Roman numeral for 14 spells out x i which is a symbol for gangs like noros who would often tag the Roman numeral in their BOS and get it tattooed on them if you count up the alphabet in order the 14th letter is the letter N not to mention the Jordan 14 also featured the gang's color red check out this clip from a news channel in Selenas from the 1990s could Nike's new Air Jordan basketball shoes spark deadly gang violence that's what Bay Area police and

authorities in surrounding areas fear and now they're trying to prevent it Tony russamano explains from Selenas police in San Jose and several other Northern California cities say they are intensely interested in Nikes lat Air Jordan basketball shoes what got their attention was a letter to Nike from the mayor of Selenas warning that the shoes could lead to violence the police interest is not in who's wearing them necessarily but in what it means when they do our biggest concern is that a nationally distributed product by a internationally known corporate name would be used to further promote

the uh ideologies of a criminal organization that organ ation would be Northern California's Neno Street gang and Michael pulls up and buries the shot to give him a onepoint lead the shoes are the 14th Edition of basketball Superstar Michael Jordan's wildly popular line so they carry the number 14 in Roman numerals in a red circle on the sole the color and the numerals XIV are used by Neno gang members to identify themselves the letter N is the 14th letter of the alphabet and gang members mark their territory with their symbols you can imagine seeing them

walking through to uh dirt alleys or something leaving little xvs all over the floor you know gang Outreach workers say even non-gang members who unknowingly display a gang symbol in a rival's territory have been shot and stabbed the shoes cost $150 a pair you might think that price would put off a lot of potential buyers but Selena's police say local stores have sold out of their first two shipments and won't even be getting any more in until March Nike says they have no intention to stop selling them but the company is taking out newspaper ads

in Selenas and Chico this weekend to emphasize what a spokeswoman calls the company's and Michael Jordan's values the solution is helping build strong communities and helping build strong programs and and that's where we choose to to focus our efforts on in addressing this issue that truly is the answer Poli they say it would be feudal to try to prevent sale of the shoes instead they want parents to be aware of what their kids are wearing and why they're wearing it in Selena's Tony russano channel 5 Eyewitness News all right there are a ton of sought-after

non OG Jordan 14 col away so let's go over some of the more important ones and some of our favorites let's start with the most rare Jordan 14 the mid UNCC East Bay exclusive allegedly Jordan brand made these for the UNC basketball team and Jordan overproduced them so the remaining batch was packaged as an East Bay exclusive and now they go for thousands of dollars it's a beautiful colorway in my opinion there was the forest green joints the chartreuse Cinder 14s and the amazing light graphite colorway which I personally love all right here's one for

the ogs in the community it's the Air Jordan 14 from the countdown pack which puts the Jordan 14 rib stitching design on full display last ones I'll throw in here are the Ferrari 14s which feature a beautiful seamless design like literally seamless as you can see from the upper there are no stitches not that long ago they did a reverse version of this colorway it's called the reverse Ferrari and it features a gold upper instead of red after all these years the Jordan 14 is still getting plenty of love thanks to collaborators like clot and

El May de Air Jordan 14 in clot terracotta is inspired by the tomb of China's first emperor who was buried surrounded by an army of 8,000 sculptured soldiers to protect him in the afterlife the tomb was Unearthed in the early '70s and the reddish clay 8000 figurines are now known as the Terracotta Army as for the alele May Jordan 14 the shoe is inspired by her early memories of the jewelry she saw growing up in her household which happened to be the color jade the color jade has a long history for meaning good luck and

so the name for the collab is appropriately named the Jordan 14 Fortune it's a beautiful take on a luxurious silhouette