Air Jordan Release Dates
MJ led the Bulls to All time NBA best 72 wins in the regular season, and also won the championship. Second lightest Air Jordans (XIV are the lightest). Famously known as the Space Jam Jordans. The retros are one of the most heavily sought after shoes.
The Air Jordan XI (11) was released in 1995/96.
Jordan was back for real and he led the Bulls to yet another NBA victory. He also became the second man to ever win Most Valuable Player awards for the regular season, All-Star Game and NBA Finals in the same season. He averaged 30.4 points per game and scored 40 or more points in nine games. What a come back!
Triple come back If Jordan was back, so was Tinker Hatfield. A terrific design with a new patent leather and the return of the clear rubber sole made the Air Jordan XI the most appreciated Air Jordan model ever released.
But when the design stunned everyone, the durability and quality was disappointing. Again the clear rubber soles easily yellowed and the patent leather also tended to crack up and/or easily get scratched. Top design - lacking quality
With the XI’s we also saw the return of low-tops. Something that would follow the Air Jordan’s all the way to the XVI’s (though skipping the XII’s).
Back to the banning days Michael was fined $5000 per game during the semifinals in 1995 for wearing the white/black-dk concord ones. He wore them twice and this was looked upon as uniform violation as the rest of the Bulls wore entirely black shoes. (This kind of brings back memories from when the I’s were banned from the NBA.)
Being fined two games was enough though and the next game he wore Anfernee Hardaway’s shoes.
But did Nike enjoy MJ not wearing AJ’s? Probably not as he got the “Space Jam’s” for the remaining games. The same shoes that could also be seen in the movie Space Jam
Retro fever When the XI’s were retroed in 2000-2001 they would prove to become the retro that sold in the highest quantity ever and also the fastest selling Air Jordan’s of all time.
Original
White-Black-Dark Concord
White-Columbia Blue-Black
Black-True Red-White
Black-Dark Grey-True Red (low)
White/Light Grey-Cobalt (I.E. low)
Retro
White/Black-Dark Concord
White/Columbia Blue-Black
Black/Varsity Red-White
Black/Varsity Red-Dark Charcoal (low)
White/Cobalt-Zen Grey (low)
Retro +
Black/Varsity Royal-White
Medium Grey/White-Cool Grey
White/Varsity Red (low)
White/Columbia Blue (low)
White/Light Zen Grey (low)
White/Black-Navy (snake low)
White/Citrus (wmns low)
White/Metallic Silver (wmns low)
White/Black-Pink (wmns snake low)
White/Hot Pink (youth low)
Samples
White-Black-Dark Concord 45
Black-Varsity Royal-White 45
Black-Dark Grey-True Red (low)
White-Black-Dark Concord (low)
Black-True Red-White (low)
Black/Varsity Royal-White 45
Black/Varsity Red-White
Black/Varsity Royal-Black 2 (cleats)
Source:SolePedia
