AJ III Wizards April 29, 2023

What is your top 3 favorite blue IIIs?

  • True Blue (1988, 2001, 2009, 2016)

    Votes: 99 75.0%
  • Harbor Blue (2007)

    Votes: 2 1.5%
  • Do The Right Thing (2007)

    Votes: 5 3.8%
  • Powder Blue (2014)

    Votes: 3 2.3%
  • Sport Blue (2014)

    Votes: 4 3.0%
  • Varsity Royal (2020)

    Votes: 4 3.0%
  • UNC (2020)

    Votes: 32 24.2%
  • Georgetown (2021)

    Votes: 19 14.4%
  • Racer Blue (2021)

    Votes: 9 6.8%
  • Wizards (2023)

    Votes: 38 28.8%

  • Total voters
    132
I’ll decide if I’ll keep these when I get in hand , not sure if I need another shoe just sitting in closet
 
These are definitely nice and it cleared up a misconception I’ve long held. That MJ was wearing TB3s during his Wizards stint. I just couldn’t see myself wearing these over actual TBs..


Sidenote: all of Jordan Brand are MJ PEs unless you’re talking about retro colors that he never played in or the models that were released after he retired fully.
 
Anddd all sold out on NDC.
Guess I can't use my Gift Cards now.
Man I was really hoping they would sit. I know they sat in terms of not selling out instantly but I was hoping they would SIT SIT like the True Blue 1's.
Give it a few days, they’ll likely pop back up.
 
What you are referring to is retro+.
In some cases, sure. Every retro isn’t a retro + though. At its core JB is just that Jordan’s brand lol. They’re all his PEs. Pairs that were worn in game hold a different value than the rest in my opinion. That’s all.
 

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This is a tricky one. IMO, a PE is a sneaker that is specifically made for MJ irrelevant of the color way. Some would say that a PE is also a sneaker that he wore in an nba game.

thinking back, the MB IV, navy XII, flint XIII are examples where I cannot recall him playing in.

Good discussion all.
 
I always felt the PE designation represented the NBA player editions… like Derek Anderson, Gary Payton, etc. I never made an association to Jordan and PE because it’s all his 😂

Just thinking about it, these would be the first pair that he’s worn in game that was previously unreleased right?
 
If it’s not an OG colorway (ie they weren’t a colorway that dropped when the shoe originally released), then that, to me, is a retro +. These 3s, if you wanted to classify them, are a PE retro+

Concur, 100% with you baby. Well said.

My memory is foggy, but one of the first retro+ that I remember is the Laney V. Anybody have the original box? I have the shoes.
 
Concur, 100% with you baby. Well said.

My memory is foggy, but one of the first retro+ that I remember is the Laney V. Anybody have the original box? I have the shoes.
Your right with the Laney being one of the first in 2000 along with the Jordan 4 white/columbia and Oreos in 1999. The Columbias came in the silver box OG 13/14 box and said Jordan 4 Retro 4 +
 
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