Question about the Air Jordan XIII

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I really don't see the big deal. This isn't the first time they circled a jumpman. The only difference is, on the VIIIs, the play-offs were the onlywithout the "peace symbol" jumpman. And on the XIIIs, they're the only ones with it.
 
Originally Posted by 1D

As stated Jordan wore these in the 98 all-star game, and in the playoffs. In the playoffs he wore these for home game and the black/red for away games(he also wore low tops during the Pacer series and 14's during the end of the finals). He did the exact same thing in 97 wearing the black and white 12s during the all-star game and in the home games during the playoffs and black and red for away games.
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Just wondering, but can anyone remember him wearing the next year's air jordans in the finals like he did with the XIV in 1998? I can't recall thathappening any other time.
 
I dont care about the circle around the Jumpman but if you have a size 8 let me know.
 
People have said this before, but the Black/black colorway with the gold ring around the Jumpman is mos definitely the All-Star XIII. The ASG took place in theMecca of basketball, MSG, that year ('98).

These were re-issued -- kinda -- when the XIII retro's dropped except they made all the accents lime green -- including the Jumpman, if I'm notmistaken. They had some silly name -- or people gave them a silly name, but they can't touch the OG's with the gold ring.

And Mike wore the XIVs in the Finals because even then he knew he might not return for the 98/99 season -- so Phil, Tinker and 'em thought it'd be bestif the kids could at least see MJ rocking the XIV's before he left the game (for a minute, anyway)...
 
Originally Posted by Rick Kang

People have said this before, but the Black/black colorway with the gold ring around the Jumpman is mos definitely the All-Star XIII. The ASG took place in the Mecca of basketball, MSG, that year ('98).

These were re-issued -- kinda -- when the XIII retro's dropped except they made all the accents lime green -- including the Jumpman, if I'm not mistaken. They had some silly name -- or people gave them a silly name, but they can't touch the OG's with the gold ring.

And Mike wore the XIVs in the Finals because even then he knew he might not return for the 98/99 season -- so Phil, Tinker and 'em thought it'd be best if the kids could at least see MJ rocking the XIV's before he left the game (for a minute, anyway)...
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NOT.
He wore the Black/Red XIVs in other games too.
Wearing next year's shoes during the final (or at least Playoffs) was Mike's tradition.
The reason is because he was excited to wear the final product of the new shoes, he just can't wait.
He wore XIIIs during the XIIs year.
So, your last point is... NOT TRUE.
 
I didn't say the XIII were only worn during the All-Star Game -- many previous posts have stated that Mike wore them in the playoffs. My sentiment is theywere debuted during the ASG.

The info I gave about MJ wearing the XVIs in the '98 Finals is paraphrased from an old SLAM Magazine interview with Mike and Tinker. So whut's not trueabout it?

If I'm wrong, I'm wrong -- but where's the proof? I don't recall Mike wearing the XIIIs during the 96/97 season -- pix? It's true he didwear the XI's during the '95 playoffs, but I don't recall any other instance of this occuring.
 
Originally Posted by indohan

Originally Posted by Rick Kang

People have said this before, but the Black/black colorway with the gold ring around the Jumpman is mos definitely the All-Star XIII. The ASG took place in the Mecca of basketball, MSG, that year ('98).

These were re-issued -- kinda -- when the XIII retro's dropped except they made all the accents lime green -- including the Jumpman, if I'm not mistaken. They had some silly name -- or people gave them a silly name, but they can't touch the OG's with the gold ring.

And Mike wore the XIVs in the Finals because even then he knew he might not return for the 98/99 season -- so Phil, Tinker and 'em thought it'd be best if the kids could at least see MJ rocking the XIV's before he left the game (for a minute, anyway)...
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NOT.
He wore the Black/Red XIVs in other games too.
Wearing next year's shoes during the final (or at least Playoffs) was Mike's tradition.
The reason is because he was excited to wear the final product of the new shoes, he just can't wait.
He wore XIIIs during the XIIs year.
So, your last point is... NOT TRUE.
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NOT NOT. The only time Jordan debuted next year's model during the playoffs was with the XIs in 95 and the XIVs in 98, as Rick explained. He usually didhave next years model by the playoffs, and would rock them only in practice to test them out while there was still time for them to be tweaked. He did haveXIIIs during the 97 playoffs, but they were never worn in a game. The shoe was supposed to be kept under wraps until the fall debut.

Also, as some have stated, Mike had a theme going with the XIIs and XIIIs. Both years (96-97, 97-98) he followed the same pattern:

Reg Season-

HOME - Wht/Blk (white socks/black armband)

AWAY - Wht/Red (white socks/red armband)

All Star-

Blk/Wht (white socks/black armband)

Playoffs

HOME - Blk/Wht (black socks/black armband)

AWAY - Blk/Red [black socks/red armband (black armband a couple of times in 98)]

He would switch the themes for 1 road and 1 home game each regular season. Also, he did wear a couple variations of low top XIIIs in 98 for a half here orthere. Low top blk/wht and blk/blk.

I watched every Bulls game for several years and I know very well what I am talking about. There is so much misinformation on here sometimes I wonder how someof you can call yourselves Jordan fans.
 
Jordan is serious business.... Does it really matter tho? He wore retro 94 3s and retro 94 blk/wht/red 1s while later sigs were already out...
 
Originally Posted by Afterburner the 2nd

Originally Posted by indohan

Originally Posted by Rick Kang

People have said this before, but the Black/black colorway with the gold ring around the Jumpman is mos definitely the All-Star XIII. The ASG took place in the Mecca of basketball, MSG, that year ('98).

These were re-issued -- kinda -- when the XIII retro's dropped except they made all the accents lime green -- including the Jumpman, if I'm not mistaken. They had some silly name -- or people gave them a silly name, but they can't touch the OG's with the gold ring.

And Mike wore the XIVs in the Finals because even then he knew he might not return for the 98/99 season -- so Phil, Tinker and 'em thought it'd be best if the kids could at least see MJ rocking the XIV's before he left the game (for a minute, anyway)...
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NOT.
He wore the Black/Red XIVs in other games too.
Wearing next year's shoes during the final (or at least Playoffs) was Mike's tradition.
The reason is because he was excited to wear the final product of the new shoes, he just can't wait.
He wore XIIIs during the XIIs year.
So, your last point is... NOT TRUE.
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NOT NOT. The only time Jordan debuted next year's model during the playoffs was with the XIs in 95 and the XIVs in 98, as Rick explained. He usually did have next years model by the playoffs, and would rock them only in practice to test them out while there was still time for them to be tweaked. He did have XIIIs during the 97 playoffs, but they were never worn in a game. The shoe was supposed to be kept under wraps until the fall debut.

Also, as some have stated, Mike had a theme going with the XIIs and XIIIs. Both years (96-97, 97-98) he followed the same pattern:

Reg Season-

HOME - Wht/Blk (white socks/black armband)

AWAY - Wht/Red (white socks/red armband)

All Star-

Blk/Wht (white socks/black armband)

Playoffs

HOME - Blk/Wht (black socks/black armband)

AWAY - Blk/Red [black socks/red armband (black armband a couple of times in 98)]

He would switch the themes for 1 road and 1 home game each regular season. Also, he did wear a couple variations of low top XIIIs in 98 for a half here or there. Low top blk/wht and blk/blk.

I watched every Bulls game for several years and I know very well what I am talking about. There is so much misinformation on here sometimes I wonder how some of you can call yourselves Jordan fans.
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Afterburner.. WOW. AMAZING Information on MJ's attire & patterns. You definitely know your stuff, and I give you major props for that!
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Originally Posted by indohan

I'll try to make this as short and simple as I can.

Mike wore few different color and style of shoes during the Playoffs.
So, calling them "Playoffs" really doesn't make sense.
Why? Because he wore Black/Red too, and people call them "bred".

This applies to XIIs too. Mike wore Black/White XIIs and Black/Red XIIs during the Playoffs.
Instead of confusing yourselves and others, why don't you just simply call them by their color?
Funny why people don't call the Black/Cement IIIs "All-Star IIIs".
This inconsistency proves that those nicknames are stupid. However, people still insist to call the shoes with those stupid nicknames.

I hope you get my point. I don't think it's hard to understand. I'm pretty sure what I said above does make sense.
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Amen to that...love the XIII's, broke out the altitudes yesterday just because i realized how much i missed all the XIII cw's
 
Originally Posted by Rick Kang

I didn't say the XIII were only worn during the All-Star Game -- many previous posts have stated that Mike wore them in the playoffs. My sentiment is they were debuted during the ASG.

The info I gave about MJ wearing the XVIs in the '98 Finals is paraphrased from an old SLAM Magazine interview with Mike and Tinker. So whut's not true about it?

If I'm wrong, I'm wrong -- but where's the proof? I don't recall Mike wearing the XIIIs during the 96/97 season -- pix? It's true he did wear the XI's during the '95 playoffs, but I don't recall any other instance of this occuring.
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I don't have the proof for the XIIIs, but the infamous loss against the Magic was the beginning.
Sorry that I wasn't clear about when it started.
But I have the proof that he was excited to wear new shoes.
When I said "NOT", I was just referring to "Mike wore them for the kids".
Don't take it too seriously.
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In fact, I'm pretty sure you knowyour stuffs from the way you say it.
Peace, brotha.
 
Originally Posted by NJstress03

Originally Posted by GeRAWRd

all i can remember is that these are dubbed "playoff XIIIs"...which should imply that he only wore these in the playoffs...but that pic of kobe and him looks inaccurate because they would never meet in the playoffs... so now i'm confused...
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[h2]Air Jordan Original - OG 13 (XIII) Playoff Black / True Red - White[/h2]
1998 was a phenomenal season for Michael Jordan, starting with the NBA All Star game and Playoffs. During this period Jordan wore and loved the Air Jordan Original 13 (XIII) Black / True Red - White aka Playoff.

Although the Air Jordan 13 (XIII) Original Playoff Black / True Red - White was known for Michael Jordan dominating the Playoffs, MJ actually wore this pair during the 1998 All Star games. Releasing to the public in 1997 1998, with a retail price of $150.
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fixed.
 
Talking about these XIII's brings back so many memories. Damn, I wish we could get all these XIII's...
 
Originally Posted by Afterburner the 2nd

Originally Posted by indohan

Originally Posted by Rick Kang

People have said this before, but the Black/black colorway with the gold ring around the Jumpman is mos definitely the All-Star XIII. The ASG took place in the Mecca of basketball, MSG, that year ('98).

These were re-issued -- kinda -- when the XIII retro's dropped except they made all the accents lime green -- including the Jumpman, if I'm not mistaken. They had some silly name -- or people gave them a silly name, but they can't touch the OG's with the gold ring.

And Mike wore the XIVs in the Finals because even then he knew he might not return for the 98/99 season -- so Phil, Tinker and 'em thought it'd be best if the kids could at least see MJ rocking the XIV's before he left the game (for a minute, anyway)...
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NOT.
He wore the Black/Red XIVs in other games too.
Wearing next year's shoes during the final (or at least Playoffs) was Mike's tradition.
The reason is because he was excited to wear the final product of the new shoes, he just can't wait.
He wore XIIIs during the XIIs year.
So, your last point is... NOT TRUE.
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NOT NOT. The only time Jordan debuted next year's model during the playoffs was with the XIs in 95 and the XIVs in 98, as Rick explained. He usually did have next years model by the playoffs, and would rock them only in practice to test them out while there was still time for them to be tweaked. He did have XIIIs during the 97 playoffs, but they were never worn in a game. The shoe was supposed to be kept under wraps until the fall debut.

Also, as some have stated, Mike had a theme going with the XIIs and XIIIs. Both years (96-97, 97-98) he followed the same pattern:

Reg Season-

HOME - Wht/Blk (white socks/black armband)

AWAY - Wht/Red (white socks/red armband)

All Star-

Blk/Wht (white socks/black armband)

Playoffs

HOME - Blk/Wht (black socks/black armband)

AWAY - Blk/Red [black socks/red armband (black armband a couple of times in 98)]

He would switch the themes for 1 road and 1 home game each regular season. Also, he did wear a couple variations of low top XIIIs in 98 for a half here or there. Low top blk/wht and blk/blk.

I watched every Bulls game for several years and I know very well what I am talking about. There is so much misinformation on here sometimes I wonder how some of you can call yourselves Jordan fans.
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Very interesting read! It's nice to see someone has done their research and there's plenty of photographic/video evidence to back your argument. Ihave a question for you myself: Would you (or anyone that reads this) happen to know why MJ wore the big socks during the 96-97 season?
 
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