I agree with your comments outside of lack of creativity. We always been a product of the people we run with and or trying to blend in with imo.
Nah fam you lived in bizarro world because unless you were dressed like a goofy nobody was clowning people for having the 6's and definitely not the 11's. People were cutting classes to get them and come back to school with them on. You tell that madness to someone else or tell the truth about the rest of your outfit that day. Something isn't not adding up my man in that regard.
you like these more than the recent flyknit kd n brown's, i think those models look better than this even though they all look like basketball shoes now, which i currently dislike; thanks to air jordan 1 thread
Lmao.. I was 11 when the XI's dropped and though most of NYC thought they were dope (from my experience in my neighborhood/school), there was definitely buzz going around about how ridiculous it was to have patent leather on a shoe. It was just drowned out in NYC because more people liked them. I have zero memory of Jordans as a thing before the XI; I recall Barkleys, Trainers, Uptempos, Deons etc. a lot of other stuff though.
That's true you're always going to have people that don't like something but as you said it was way more people that liked the 11's than didn't. Cats was wearing these to proms and stuff. That's why even though it was some that didn't like them folks getting cloowned I can't really co sign that.
When I got to Junior High 12's were okay but we all thought the 13's were weird af but kind of liked them. By the time we got Flint and Cherry XIII"s .. they were a go.
He said they chewed his feet up when he over tightened them
Finally got mine today after they pushed my delivery date by one day. Should’ve arrived Saturday, but came today instead.
My first impressions of the shoe. Finally, a true numbered Jordan in every sense of the word. They just have that AJ model feel to them, and I got the same reaction and feel to these the same way I did when I purchased the Jordan XX’s and XX3’s back in 2005 and 2008, respectively.
Trying them on: kind of snug at first, but when you finally put your foot in and lock in the flight strap, you really feel the shoe hug your foot for a maximum lock-in feel. I can already tell these would be one helluva basketball shoe on court and I’m anxious to try them on court.
Definitely go true to size if you like your fit nice and tight. Maybe a 1/2 size up if you prefer a little room in the mid foot area.
The box is awesome. The cloth/denim feel tag where it says “engineered for flight” is a nice touch.
The insert card reminds me of the AJ 16 shoe
Mind you, maybe not the most casual looking shoe to wear on a daily, but the comfort and lockdown support on these are incredible.
The details are really nice. The Nike Air logo on the back is by far my favorite design on the shoe, along with the midsole ( thank God, I hated the typical midsoles that’s JB was using for the signature shoes).
I’ll be wearing them all day so I’ll provide more of my opinion on these later tonight.
Pretty much
