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A lot harder to find. Especially in popular sizes.
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Love the Air Jordan 17's especially the lows. The black/chrome lows are my favorite lows and the white/college blues are my favorite mids. I just need the white/red mids and then I'm good with the 17's. The CDP's were decent looking, but it makes my feet hurt.
only doubles I own
Honestly you don't see much of the 17s up on sale a lot of times the briefcase isn't even included from what I've seen. The lightning ones though i see always go for a lot more.
TCDPs are a dime a dozen... I wouldnt pay over $150 for them with that crappy suede.
OGs on the other hand are very hard to find because very few people kept them DS or even NDS. This was a true basketballers shoe and ballers straight gobbled them up and spit them out. I know tons of people that still have their suitcase, but it seems like most of the actual shoes got trashed on the court.
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Couldn't have said it better my self. These shoes were great to ball in, and one of my favorites. I still have my suitcase and cd, but that is it. I finally threw the shoes away after 10 yrs or more of straight abuse. Once it rained and my sock got wet and I saw the sole coming off I was done.
Hit it on the head. I remember buying these on release day at 6pm at night from Footlocker in Evergreen Plaza (Chicago). They were $216 after taxes and I was called a fool for buying them, but ya'll know, if you want a shoe you will pay for it. I still have them, the briefcase, and the box they came in. I haven't worn them in years, but they still look good. They still have the little adhesive on the heel of the shoe.This.
They weren't "hot" at the time. Regardless of what others may say, I maintain that they "flopped" on release. They were seen as very plain. People thought the packaging was a gimmick. And, they couldn't understand the reason for the price tag.
So, people wound up using them for their intended purpose. Some sold at first. And, then when prices dropped, more people bought them and used them to ball.
There's a lot of revisionist history among "Jordanheads" - shoes that people love that were considered wretched at the time. Laney Vs, Mocha IIIs, etc. The whole XVII model is a shoe that didn't gain popularity in their time. Their resurgence in popularity comes partly from people wanting what they can't have and partly from the fact the new generation of "Jordanheads" view these as the shoes of their youth.
It never ceases to cause me to take a step back when somebody posts, "these were my first Js in third grade" regarding a pair that I wore in grad school or something. I guess it's just a testament to the brand's longevity.