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Thanks for clarification.
Air Jordan 11 Retro- Black/Red “Playoff”- 12/14/2019
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Makes sense.
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Either way the 2s are quite comfortable, especially compared the 1s.. and a proper retro of the OG 2s is long overdue.
rainking
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You know, I thought I might have mixed that up after I posted it. Didn't bother going back and looking. Yeah, it was the 1 he broke it in his second season. I swear that in one of the few seminal books on MJ, it misreported that he had done it in the 2 and that was why he hated it. But I've read so much about the dude in the last 30 years that sometimes it all runs together. Anyway, my bad. People who know me would be like, dude, YOU got something wrong about MJ and his shoes?
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Yeah up until the XI’s he’d always debut the new model during the All Star game...So second half of a season through the first half of the following season...
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The reason the 2’s had the phylon midsole was a direct result of the broken foot in fact...The reason being that Nike was playing around with different materials and builds to give him the best setup as a result...
That’s why you have samples of the 1’s out there with Dunk midsole / outsole’s, or with the phylon midsole that eventually ended up on the 2’s...
These were made for him as well but he never wore them in game as far as I recall...
That’s why you have samples of the 1’s out there with Dunk midsole / outsole’s, or with the phylon midsole that eventually ended up on the 2’s...
These were made for him as well but he never wore them in game as far as I recall...
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Whatever it was, basically all basketball shoes at the time looked the same. Leather high tops with solid rubber outsoles. When I started finally playing organized basketball in 8th grade in the fall of '89, my dad bought me some Avia Spyders for probably like $50. The gimmick on them was that the outsole was convex. In other words, it was higher around the perimeter of the sole than the middle. The idea was that it cushioned you on impact because the rubber around the perimeter would spread out with each foot strike instead of being a flat sole. It didn't work. Those things KILLED my feet. The reality was that they put all the load on the perimeter of my feet while the soles of my feet had no support. We've come a long way.
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I believe you mean polyurethane, not phylon.The reason the 2’s had the phylon midsole was a direct result of the broken foot in fact...The reason being that Nike was playing around with different materials and builds to give him the best setup as a result...
That’s why you have samples of the 1’s out there with Dunk midsole / outsole’s, or with the phylon midsole that eventually ended up on the 2’s...
These were made for him as well but he never wore them in game as far as I recall...
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I used to think the Dunk came first until I read somewhere that they came out later like a year later (I swear by this because it changed everything I believed) but I forget every now and then when it actually was. I just did a quick search to jog my memory and they dropped the same year with the Dunk coming after and taking design cues from the Jordan 1. Ships came first though (even though I didnt do a search to confirm our belief).
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The reason the 2’s had the phylon midsole was a direct result of the broken foot in fact...The reason being that Nike was playing around with different materials and builds to give him the best setup as a result...
That’s why you have samples of the 1’s out there with Dunk midsole / outsole’s, or with the phylon midsole that eventually ended up on the 2’s...
These were made for him as well but he never wore them in game as far as I recall...
I thiink MJ did wore something similar to this against the Celtics in the '86 playoffs but I might be wrong.
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Yeah poly not phylon...
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rainking
OMG.. Yikes at that design attempt 
I'm laughing but man that had to be crappy back then. And 14 in 89?? You had to have seen some cool **** in the 80's. You were a little younger for my next thought but I always figured anyone who was a teen/college aged in the 80's had have had a blast.I basically grew up in the 90s being born in 85 and love my childhood but I have a little obsession with the 80's.
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I think you’re correct pretty sure there’s a picture of him in those strapped 1s against the Celtics. Not sure how many games he actually wore them though but at least once.
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Hey if the Infrared 6's and the Bred 4's and Banned 1's can be made OG then the Bred 11's can be made OG too. With True red and a screen print 23 and a white and black carbon fiber plate.
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Preach
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Those on court pics of the 01 XI's....
. I really liked Eddie Jones' game.
. I really liked Eddie Jones' game.
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Stitched 23 wouldn't be bad though. The screen print peels.
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Gentry Humphrey please make these completely OG. Please! They need to have the OG treatment.
Please give these the OG treatment.
Please give these the OG treatment.
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But only some of the OGs has it so it’s not important to some since we saw black only. Wasn’t it just the materials one factory used over the other?
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I don’t want red tint because I think they will over do it. I never seen it on a OG and honestly don’t believe it’s there. I had 2 pairs, neither of mine had it.
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In for these.... instacop
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This will be my first 11.
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I hear ya but it was definitely there on Taiwan pairs. Whether you want to believe it or not lol.
