1994 Marked The First Retro of the Air Jordan I, Will We See a Zoom Generation Retro in 2012?

Actually now that I think about it again, the Jordan I was probably retroed in '94 purely cuz MJ retired for the first time at the end of the '92-'93 season, probably with the thought that he'd never play again so it couldn't hurt to retro some of his shoes. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't know if Nike intentionally thought of "retroing" as a thing until then? Did they think about re-releasing the Is again in '94 regardless of whether or not MJ retired?

I don't know if I'm right or not on MJ's retirement leading to the Jordan Is being retroed, but if a player is still playing in the league, it doesn't make total sense to me for Nike to push older models at the same time as they're trying to promote the newest one, with better tech and all that. It makes sense for them to retro Jordans now obviously because there's so much nostalgia with each model, regardless of the actual tech behind them, which will sell the shoes automatically. Going by that, then I don't think the Zoom Generations would be retroed next year.
 
Originally Posted by KashJunior

I don't think lebron has done anything note worthy to have his shoe's re released i.e. a championship. Jordan had 3 championships by this time if I'm not mistaken
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Penny and Barkley never won championships, and their sigs are still retroed. And in the long run, more likely than not, Lebron will have a better overall career than either of those guys as long as he stays healthy.
 
Originally Posted by KashJunior

I don't think lebron has done anything note worthy to have his shoe's re released i.e. a championship. Jordan had 3 championships by this time if I'm not mistaken
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Penny and Barkley never won championships, and their sigs are still retroed. And in the long run, more likely than not, Lebron will have a better overall career than either of those guys as long as he stays healthy.
 
Actually now that I think about it again, the Jordan I was probably retroed in '94 purely cuz MJ retired for the first time at the end of the '92-'93 season,
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Actually now that I think about it again, the Jordan I was probably retroed in '94 purely cuz MJ retired for the first time at the end of the '92-'93 season,
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Originally Posted by Wayne141

Originally Posted by KashJunior

I don't think lebron has done anything note worthy to have his shoe's re released i.e. a championship. Jordan had 3 championships by this time if I'm not mistaken
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Penny and Barkley never won championships, and their sigs are still retroed. And in the long run, more likely than not, Lebron will have a better overall career than either of those guys as long as he stays healthy.
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they were retired by the time they were retroed, also Barkleys and Pennys came from a golden age of nike basketball designs, although there is a minority that would still buy the zoom generation, the shoe isn't universally recognized as anything amazing or a shoe that really means something, besides it being Lebrons first shoe.
 
Originally Posted by Wayne141

Originally Posted by KashJunior

I don't think lebron has done anything note worthy to have his shoe's re released i.e. a championship. Jordan had 3 championships by this time if I'm not mistaken
Click to expand...
Penny and Barkley never won championships, and their sigs are still retroed. And in the long run, more likely than not, Lebron will have a better overall career than either of those guys as long as he stays healthy.
Click to expand...
they were retired by the time they were retroed, also Barkleys and Pennys came from a golden age of nike basketball designs, although there is a minority that would still buy the zoom generation, the shoe isn't universally recognized as anything amazing or a shoe that really means something, besides it being Lebrons first shoe.
 
i LOVED this shoe. especially the non released pairs
unreleased ASG.
blk/gold (3 versions)
svsm
gold medal game
usa

i can go on and on
 
i LOVED this shoe. especially the non released pairs
unreleased ASG.
blk/gold (3 versions)
svsm
gold medal game
usa

i can go on and on
 
Originally Posted by Sdot73

Originally Posted by Wayne141

Originally Posted by KashJunior

I don't think lebron has done anything note worthy to have his shoe's re released i.e. a championship. Jordan had 3 championships by this time if I'm not mistaken
Click to expand...
Penny and Barkley never won championships, and their sigs are still retroed. And in the long run, more likely than not, Lebron will have a better overall career than either of those guys as long as he stays healthy.
Click to expand...
they were retired by the time they were retroed, also Barkleys and Pennys came from a golden age of nike basketball designs, although there is a minority that would still buy the zoom generation, the shoe isn't universally recognized as anything amazing or a shoe that really means something, besides it being Lebrons first shoe.
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I know they were both retired. My point is you'd be a fool or just a blind hater to think Lebron's shoes will never be released or that he hasn't done enough to deserve having his shoes retroed. He's got the second longest running sig line in the history of Nike, of course Nike will want to milk that in the future. 
 
Originally Posted by Sdot73

Originally Posted by Wayne141

Originally Posted by KashJunior

I don't think lebron has done anything note worthy to have his shoe's re released i.e. a championship. Jordan had 3 championships by this time if I'm not mistaken
Click to expand...
Penny and Barkley never won championships, and their sigs are still retroed. And in the long run, more likely than not, Lebron will have a better overall career than either of those guys as long as he stays healthy.
Click to expand...
they were retired by the time they were retroed, also Barkleys and Pennys came from a golden age of nike basketball designs, although there is a minority that would still buy the zoom generation, the shoe isn't universally recognized as anything amazing or a shoe that really means something, besides it being Lebrons first shoe.
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I know they were both retired. My point is you'd be a fool or just a blind hater to think Lebron's shoes will never be released or that he hasn't done enough to deserve having his shoes retroed. He's got the second longest running sig line in the history of Nike, of course Nike will want to milk that in the future. 
 
Originally Posted by heelntoe wit my nyks

I hope not. There are far more deserving shoe that have yet to be retro'd.
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So true. Gloves were the first that come to mind...

  
 
Originally Posted by heelntoe wit my nyks

I hope not. There are far more deserving shoe that have yet to be retro'd.
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So true. Gloves were the first that come to mind...

  
 
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