Air Jordan II “Chicago” December 30th 2022

[zombiejohnny]

Anyone know why when the 2's originally released they only released these and the Chicagos with the white midsole? Like I'm surprised they didn't release an additional 1 or 2 colorways like they did with all the other Jordan models.

 

[vig09]

Anyone know why when the 2's originally released they only released these and the Chicagos with the white midsole? Like I'm surprised they didn't release an additional 1 or 2 colorways like they did with all the other Jordan models.

There was no real market in 87 , I was 14 and these sat and ended up on sale racks. Back than you could get buy one get one free

 

[spoonmanofthehour]

Anyone know why when the 2's originally released they only released these and the Chicagos with the white midsole? Like I'm surprised they didn't release an additional 1 or 2 colorways like they did with all the other Jordan models.

Michael Jordan was dealing with a very serious injury that season, a broken foot at the time, not knowing how it woukd heal. I’m thinking this had something to do with it.

 

[KanyIZZY]

Oddly like the Chromes.

 

[maxmaxjordan23]

Michael Jordan was dealing with a very serious injury that season, a broken foot at the time, not knowing how it woukd heal. I’m thinking this had something to do with it.

I think it had to do with Tinker. He is probably the one that came up with the 4 Colorway idea. The 2's were not Jordan's favorite and almost caused him to go to Adidas. So Tinker prob threw the kitchen sink at him with the 3's to get him to stay. And it worked

 

[jordanhead718212]

I liked the chromes back in the day but I wouldn’t get ‘‘em now

 

[blacklion23]

I liked the chromes back in the day but I wouldn’t get ‘‘em now

Never cared for em. They aight, I guess

 

[danewera]

What about the black/red 2’s from few years back? I think those are the worse black based 2s ever

 

[blacklion23]

What about the black/red 2’s from few years back? I think those are the worse black based 2s ever

Which is sad because I’ve always wanted a black/red 2. Execution was horrible on them joints.

I actually just looked back at that AJ 2, horrible. Black based doesn’t really work on these, IMO. They were able to pull it off with DB 2s but those had graphics that made them pop. The black Off White joints were ok. But if they were released as a regular 2 they’d be very basic.

 

[zombiejohnny]

What about the black/red 2’s from few years back? I think those are the worse black based 2s ever

I remember those! I wasn't big on the color execution but I found the leather quality to be pretty good.

 

[PremioBinSoleFlyUnion]

The Radio Raheem joints are fire but I know that has a white sole . Where is he by the way? Anyone like the Infrared 23s (2014) or BHM (2019)?

 

[zombiejohnny]

The Radio Raheem joints are fire but I know that has a white sole . Where is he by the way? Anyone like the Infrared 23s (2014) or BHM (2019)?

Both had cool concepts but wasn't a fan of the colorblocking on either pair.

 

[blacklion23]

The Radio Raheem joints are fire but I know that has a white sole . Where is he by the way? Anyone like the Infrared 23s (2014) or BHM (2019)?

Forgot about those. And that may be what they need to do when making a black based colorway. That white midsole works!! Black with white midsole, black piping, minimal red…..could be nice

 

[zombiejohnny]

Forgot about those. And that may be what they need to do when making a black based colorway. That white midsole works!! Black with white midsole, black piping, minimal red…..could be nice

Imo, colored midsoles such as black look better on 2's since they are a pretty basic looking sneaker in general. Also, the white midsoles don't age well, they're hard to clean and also chip easily.

 

[frank mucus]

Black OW 2s were done perfectly. I could wear them with a suit, to the basketball court, to the bowling alley, to mopping the floors perfectly.

 

[youngpablo]

Going for these have soooo many stories when the retro back in like 02-04 dropped had the G-Unit outfit to match and boy oh boy did I do some damage in em , also I remember the hype was real when black chromes dropped at least here in NY had those also and cooked them using them for work at the time

 

[Arthur Shelby]

Retro OG 2 lows Next ! do it NIKE

Chrome 2’s

 

[BennyIll22]

At this point I’m very selective and only copping retros is shoes MJ wore

Only way to be when you have the collections some of us do. At least for me. Half the plus cw's end up looking really dated and weird in a few years anyway. The OG's never do.

Even something like those 11s today. Easy pass for me.

 

[atxhitter03]

Passed on this years xi…..im jus here for the #getmoneyboyz

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[jordanhead718212]

What about the black/red 2’s from few years back? I think those are the worse black based 2s ever

Them joints was terrible

 

[jshortt]

Hot take, but I actually like the look of the Chicago pair better with the black outline on the midfoot. Breaks up all that white, and I definitely understand why they started doing it. That said, I'll be glad to have a pair with the OG solid white upper, since I skipped the 95 highs and went with the lows.

 

[appleheaddmv]

black and reds are imo

 

[appleheaddmv]

 

[BennyIll22]

I do kinda wonder why these are still going for so much on the usual sites. No one really expecting prices to be too high so I wonder what's up with that.