Air Jordan II “Chicago” December 30th 2022

[rafbuddy]

A years worth of college tuition lol

 

[rafbuddy]

Anyone have a pair of the Nina Chanels? Would a half size down work and how's the leather quality?

 

[noblekane]

Smh no. Any spare Jordan 1 laces will work though

oh ok thought i was gonna have to hit up nike for a discount code lol

much rather have had extra white laces come with um rather than the pamplet and paper wings logo.

 

[noblekane]

Ayo wtf got this from SNKR app too both size 10

oh hell naw

sweat shop worker was like " **** it he wont notice"

 

[The Fresh Prince]

Yes sir, secured my pair from APB and thank you so much for helping me out I appreciate it greatly!

 

[airthompson]

Anyone have a pair of the Nina Chanels? Would a half size down work and how's the leather quality?

Leather is good, and I’d go .5 down if you don’t have a wide foot.

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Hibbett added up to size 9 about 2 min ago if anyone looking. Anyone @me please for a 10 or 10.5 I'm this close to just paying resale...

9
10
10.5 messed up box

Retail plus shipping

 

[calye2da]

Ayo wtf got this from SNKR app too both size 10

Collectors edition

 

[KanyIZZY]

At this point we won't get the real because it's not 1986 and dude has an entire devoted history with Nike now. But I read that article that talked about the II's and it mentioned that MJ liked Adidas off court and Converse on the court. I think this was a sign of the times. Adidas was killing it and Nike was basically a newb and everyone was skeptical about air.

I don't think it is about design anymore (still reading the rest of this article) but I think it's a mix of the obvious like money and then that era and what people thought was cool. He didn't quite say why in TLD doc did he? Feel like it was just celebrating that his Mom told him to sign that contract lol.

 

[airthompson]

^ definitely this. Mike probably hasn’t touched an Adidas after Nike took off. People forget it was in a start-up phase. It’s like Curry with UnderAmour. It’s not cool until you win, and add Nikes top tier marketing. They’re a marketing/footwear company.

 

[iTookanL]

Got my SP pair finally. All three pairs have different QC for the leather. The one I’m wearing has smooth leather, another pair is half tumbled, and another is semi-smooth.

 

[spiderjericho]

When they going to restock?

 

[OldManJays]

Pro tip for everyone:

Don't expect high quality from NIKE & Jordan Brand.

You'll be let down every time.

The recent Cardinal 7 release is proof they can use quality materials when they want to. They just choose not to.

 

[barrebaby]

Damaged box on goat for 224....

 

[danewera]

Unds my pair yesterday,...pretty comfortable & no issues on foot. Still hate that they went cheap on the tongue & collar but this retro is real solid. Happy I double up

 

[1978S]

The recent Cardinal 7 release is proof they can use quality materials when they want to. They just choose not to.

Of course. Everyone knows they CAN do it.

People should just never expect it, but if it happens, be very happy/grateful.

 

[localboy808]

Was looking forward to these but sadly foot patrol cancelled my order!

 

[CGunEsq]

At this point we won't get the real because it's not 1986 and dude has an entire devoted history with Nike now. But I read that article that talked about the II's and it mentioned that MJ liked Adidas off court and Converse on the court. I think this was a sign of the times. Adidas was killing it and Nike was basically a newb and everyone was skeptical about air.

I don't think it is about design anymore (still reading the rest of this article) but I think it's a mix of the obvious like money and then that era and what people thought was cool. He didn't quite say why in TLD doc did he? Feel like it was just celebrating that his Mom told him to sign that contract lol.

Yeah...Adidas reigned SUPREME back then. Especially in 1986. In large part due to these guys "Run...ruuun...DMC...c...c....Fresh...Fresh!!!..For you...for you!!!!" *guitar riff

 

[vegetaray123]

Mike liking Converse on court and Adidas off court actually makes sense for the time period for sure…

I mean Adidas had THE street sneaker with the shell toes…RUN DMC was everywhere at that point…

As for Converse, they genuinely struck gold with the Weapon ad campaign and had big names like Bird, Magic, and Dr. J all under contract…Mike wanting to be in the same conversation as those three was absolutely on his mind at that point…

Add to that the decades of history they both brands had behind them in comparison to Nike being new company in both the basketball world and as a casual brand…Staying with Nike was literally unknown as far as his future branding was concerned, and that was for sure on his mind…

Really starts to feel like the reason we haven’t heard what his issues were with the Jordan 2 was because he really didn’t have issues with them…He was likely just in the mindset for people to start putting him on the top tier of of the NBA and setting up his future branding image …Adidas and Converse were surely in a better position to do both at the time while Nike’s future was still very much uncertain…

 

[hydeous]

Unds my pair yesterday,...pretty comfortable & no issues on foot. Still hate that they went cheap on the tongue & collar but this retro is real solid. Happy I double up

Scott said that the tongue on the og was full pleather, so technically, we got an upgrade on this one.

 

[1978S]

rafbuddy do your 1994's have holes in the leather for laces? In addition to the plastic lace loops?

While watching @MJO23DAN 's video I thought I saw that on 94's.

rafbuddy

 

[rafbuddy]

rafbuddy

I can check

 

[rafbuddy]

rafbuddy

Nada

 

[1978S]

Nada

No they do!

On the 1994's the laces go through the leather as well as the plastic lace hoops.

On the 22's they just go through the plastic lace hoops.

What was it like on the OG's?

 

[pwguy]

Wow, that's lame. I didn't even notice that. Every jordan I've ever seen with any kind of lace loops ALSO goes thru the leather. So very strange. I'm thinking someone messed up on the manufacturing spec; hard to believe that's intentional.