The Best Era Of Air Jordan Sneakers?

Air Rattle Ndestrukt said:

 
My favorite Jordans, from the best on down. Note that it stops at 13 because I have never had any interest in Jordan shoes made after he retired from the Bulls permanently in 1998:

XI

XIII

IV
III

VIII

V

XII

VI

VII

IX

X

II

I

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I used to think like this. But there are exceptions after the AJ XIV, actually. I liked the XVI, XVII, XX, and XX3. It took me a while to come around on all 4, but I was working at a store at the time and I found myself coming back and looking at those shoes time and time again. It goes from "I hate all AJ after the XIV because that's what he played in" to "these aren't so bad". I HATED the XVII's hard when they dropped, mainly because of the asking price. But when I had the chance to get them at a cheaper price, they weren't so bad . But the OG run set the table for retros and everything we have now, so that's my reasoning for it being the best "era". Thinking about this is crazy because I never really thought to separate AJs into "eras", it's just a line of shoes to me *shrugs*. 

1995-1999.......Golden Years hands down, think about it, there would be no Nike Air Jordan line without these models IMO

beh235 said:

 
 I HATED the XVII's hard when they dropped, mainly because of the asking price. But when I had the chance to get them at a cheaper price, they weren't so bad

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Start price was lower in some overseas markets. JB got grabby and the case was a gimmick.

But it was still one of the better shoes from the XV to XX3 run imo.

Don't get taxed.

Jaymoney83 said:

 
1995-1999.......Golden Years hands down, think about it, there would be no Nike Air Jordan line without these models IMO

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THIS

Shape stay close to the OG

No "remastered" gimmick

No hybrid

NIKE AIR

No bots

No ATC

No resellers

No wait-in-line on NDC

Most importantly....NO PRICE INCREASE