Air Jordan 11 Retro "Concord" - December 8, 2018 release - $220 #45

[rainking]

The thing that goes overlooked and unmentioned almost every time the low-patent version comes up is, it’s not JUST that the patent is low. Just as horrible is the SHAPE of those retros for all of those years. It’s atrocious. It’s like a scaled-down XI with flat or banana toes. Complete trash

 

[Girl Thats Jules]

2000s on feet, I'll post the DS pair I just got later.

 

[rainking]

2000s on feet, I'll post the DS pair I just got later.

Damn I need them to bring the "SJs" back yet again, this time with the proper padding in the upper rather than that weird hollow shell they put on the 2016s.

 

[Girl Thats Jules]

The Royal Blue is

 

[dhtowng]

Those will always be beautiful to me.

 

[therealest1]

Of course the 1995 version is the best because it's the original.

But I'm going to go with the 2018 version with my choice for versions released after 1995 because it's literally the only version of the Concord XI that I've ever had in my life. I also like the fact that it was the only version to have 45 on the back to emulate the truly original version of the Concord XI if you want to get technical with it based on the fact that it was the version Michael Jordan initially wore on the court in the 1995 NBA Playoffs.

The 2006 DMP should be eliminated from this discussion because it doesn't qualify as a Concord XI version with all the small hints of purple being purged on it and replaced with other colors. And there are slight detail tweaks on it too. Why the F was it even considered based on all that?

The 2011 version will always be the worst with it looking like some swap meet bootleg shoes that fools overworked to get back in December 2011. It's still hard for me to fathom that fools really camped out for that piece of after a little over 10 years now. I'm so glad I was never interested in them.

I wouldn't know anything about the 2000 version because I never owned a pair. But I've seen positive feedback about them for several years now. And ironically, I wasn't into the Concord XI at that time. I actually ended up having interest in them sometime during the 2000s. At least I was able to address my fix for them in 2018 thankfully.

 

[HellRazor1978]

1995 followed close by 2018.

 

[airflight69]

95 (1A), 18 (1B), 00, 06, 11 (f around shoes wouldn't care about).

14s Don't count in my book

 

[engineer]

95>>18>00>>>>>>>>>>>>>>11

 

[headdetective]

Don’t even acknowledge 2011’s

 

[AIR J XIII]

95>>’00>’18.

There are no other releases worthy of comparison.

 

[Kierris]

11' will always have a special place in my heart. My og hated them so much that he sold em to me for $75 so for that reason I gotta place the 11' over all the others.

 

[JRepp23]

Its crazy but the 45 Concord will always be my favorite of all the releases, even the original. That period of time was pretty cool being a teen, and the 45 on the back was something I always wanted, even then. Quality wise the original trumps all. But as far as the releases go, the 45 takes it for me. Same with Jams.

 

[engineer]

The 2011 pair was really easy for me to pass on, which is crazy for a pair of concords. Didn’t feel like the same shoe at all. They really shouldn’t be counted, as others have said.

Its crazy but the 45 Concord will always be my favorite of all the releases, even the original. That period of time was pretty cool being a teen, and the 45 on the back was something I always wanted, even then. Quality wise the original trumps all. But as far as the releases go, the 45 takes it for me. Same with Jams.

I definitely see where you’re coming from. For me though, the more I look at the 2018 concords, the more the 45 bothers me. It’s otherwise so close to the og I knew and loved.
I do actually prefer it on the Jams over the 23 though

 

[JRepp23]

11' will always have a special place in my heart. My og hated them so much that he sold em to me for $75 so for that reason I gotta place the 11' over all the others.

I still keep my 2011. And hear is why. I never had the original and when the 2000 came out, I lived on my own and could not afford them. By the time 2011 came around I was in a good place and was a frequent visitor here on NT. That shoe chewed up two threads because the first one got locked up. I was as hyped as ever to have those. Spent several hours reading comments on here. And that in itself is why I keep those aweful things. Memories from NikeTalk. They could do a short film about those threads, lol.

 

[Girl Thats Jules]

The 2000 has more of the OG shape, the bubbly-roundness.

The 2018 is more straight-lined and angular.

 

[JRepp23]

The 2011 pair was really easy for me to pass on, which is crazy for a pair of concords. Didn’t feel like the same shoe at all. They really shouldn’t be counted, as others have said.

I definitely see where you’re coming from. For me though, the more I look at the 2018 concords, the more the 45 bothers me. It’s otherwise so close to the og I knew and loved.
I do actually prefer it on the Jams over the 23 though

The Cord 45 MJ wore on feet had more blue tint to them. Just like his black pair. His 23 version the following season matched the retro we got, with the 45. A more subtle tint. If the 2018 had the 23 on the back, imo it would have been a perfect retro of the 1996 season shoe. Instead we got a mix of both the 95 playoff and 96 season version. By design I believe.

 

[ZKO_24_7]

2000 then 2018 for me. Never had 95 concords, but had 96 blk/red 11s aka playoffs… aka breds

 

[T_p_Hill]

95s and 2018s,
everything else was trash. Took a strong pass on 11s post CDP until they sorted things out with the recent run.

 

[nflowshoe]

Those 2011

Nike played us with those

 

[sicembu]

In all honesty I wouldn’t mind owning them all I’ve tried since 1995 to get a pair of these and finally hit in 2018. Im just thankful to finally have them.

 

[T_p_Hill]

In all honesty I wouldn’t mind owning them all I’ve tried since 1995 to get a pair of these and finally hit in 2018. Im just thankful to finally have them.

2018s are a thing of beauty.
Will be interesting to see what they do with the next run down the road. If theyre somehow bested ill be speechless.

 

[pwguy]

2018s are a thing of beauty.
Will be interesting to see what they do with the next run down the road. If theyre somehow bested ill be speechless.

I'm thinking 23 and slightly better leather on the heel. Not much else they can do unless they start messing around with PL height, screw up the shape, etc.

 

[AIR J XIII]

It’ll probably be a while since they’ll most likely drop DMPs before concords drop again.

 

[skytopkristoff]

All I can say is anybody who doesnt have the 45 concords from 2018 go get em cause I do not think they will be retro’d for a very long time next time concords get released itll be 23, 45 is a gem imo