JB 2016 Year in Review

1. True Blue 3 (My Favorite! Probably of all time) waiting on funds to double up. 

2. Cement 4 (doubled)

3. SJ 11 (doubled)

4. Bred 12 (wanna double now)

5. French 12

6. Metallic 5 (no issue at all copping)

7. Gold Coin 11

8. Alternate 12

that's all i bought this year. 
 
PE XIs
Black/Met Vs
Blk/Red 1's
Black Toes 1's
Kentucky 1's

Sleeper / Underrated:
White/Blk IIs Lows
 
I'm thinking about getting my first xii. How were the flu games? Quality? How do they fit compared with the OG 1s?

This years Flu games are made much better than it's predecessors. I'd also say they're more comfortable than what we've seen before, not including the OG and 03' pair.

I have a pair from 03' and they were flawless in almost every sense of the word. The quality was top notch and they were comfortable to wear. My pair just recently started to experience sole separation this past year. Which is why I wanted this years release.

2016 overall put out some good quality releases, minus the obvious fumbles eg. Space Jams and True Blue 3's.
 
This year I copped:

-Cement 4s
-Dunk From Above 4s
-French Blue 12s
-Bred 12s
-French Blue 12s
-Metallic 5s
-Pinnacle 6s
-Bred 1s
-Top 3 1s
-Reverse SBB 1s
-Blacktoe 1s
-Space Jam 11s
-White/red 11s
-Gold 11s
 
I thought I got a lot of Jordans but turns out... I only got 4 pairs this year and they were all in the last 3 months.

Banned 1s
Black Toes
Cement 4s (restock)
True Blues

 
 
ILL PLAY..

SJ XI

AIR JORDAN V METALLIC

AJ I BANNED

AJ XI LOW VARSITY RED

AJ XII FLU GAME

HONORABLE MENTION:

AJ XII NEOPRENE

AJ I BLK TOE

AJ I SBB AWAY

AJ IV CEMENT
 
copped 2 pairs this year.

Black Toe 1s and Space Jam 11s.

in 2015 I think I bought 5 pairs of Jordans. 2014 a bit more and 2013 even more.

I think I'm done with my collection. Thx JB for keep releasing the OG retros. Only time I'd buy again is if I wear out my current shoes and if they re-release them.
 
Copped

CM 1 (SOLD)
YY Black 1 (SOLD)
BT 1
Banned 1
Bred AJKO
WC 4
Metallic 5
Bordeaux 7 (Not '16 i know)

Spent money this but sold 1s and both my infrared 6s which helped. 2017 is looking much easier on the pockets since the only thing to watch is the royals and the flint 13s, maybe the unftd 8
 
In no order

Flu games

White Cements

Bred 1s

Space Jams (or monstar mash I guess)

RSBB

2016 was also the year of disappointments too. Metalic 5s, "kobe" 9s and tb 3s all let me down 
 
In no order

Flu games
White Cements
Bred 1s
Space Jams (or monstar mash I guess)
RSBB

2016 was also the year of disappointments too. Metalic 5s, "kobe" 9s and tb 3s all let me down 
how did the metallics Let you down? QC and materials were perfect on my pair and I've never heard complaints except price
 
My pickups from this year:

1 - AJ 1 Black Un-Supreme
2 - AJ 1 Allstar Passport
3 - AJ 1 KO Shadow
4 - AJ 1 David Letterman
5 - AJ 1 OG Metallic Navy
6 - AJ 1 Olympic Gold Medal
7 - AJ 1 Olympic Silver Medal
8 - AJ 1 Olympic Bronze Medal
9 - AJ 1 Yin
10 - AJ 1 Yang
11 - AJ 1 KO Obsidian
12 - AJ 1 OG Bred
13 - AJ 1 SBB Away
14 - AJ 1 OG Black Toe
15 - AJ 1 Top 3
16 - AJ 1 OG Kentucky (next week)
17 - AJ 2 Quai 54
18 - AJ 3 OG True Blue
19 - AJ 4 OG White Cement
20 - AJ 4 Dunk From Above
21 - AJ 4 Black Pinnacle
22 - AJ 9 Kobe PE
23 - AJ 11 Low Navy Gum
24 - AJ 11 OG Space Jam
25 - AJ 12 Wings
26 - AJ 12 French Blue
27 - AJ 12 OG Bred
28 - AJ 12 Wolf Grey
29 - AJ 12 Wool
30 - AJ 14 OG Oxidized
31 - AJ 14 OG Indiglo
32 - AJ 17 OG Copper

and hopefully I can cop DB 7's next year!!
DB 7s are tomorrow tho... 
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Flu games were horrid. Midsole paint issues on all 3 pairs I have, and most of the other pairs I've seen. I still can't understand how people didn't annihilate those, but murdered TB3s. Any who

Top 5 - 

WC IV - well done classic and I don't like IVs 

Metallic V - quality and OG goodness

Black Toe - Prefer the RSBB colorway, but this was a better quality shoe 

Champ Trophy VIII - My favorite model and just a beautiful colorway

Space Jams - Classic example of some people cant be satisfied. Nike gives you a substantially better shoe than the 09, yet people just tear it to shreds. 

Honorable mentions - Bred 1, RSBB, Singles Day XIII, FB XII, Trophy room XVI

Bottom 5

Radio Raheem 2 - random reference/colorway and a mediocre shoe

Flu 12 - great shoe/colorway, awful quality, by far the worst made 12 this year 

Neymar V Low - trash in every way 

Infrared 9 low - if there's something lower than trash this would be it

Cyber Monday 3 - generic restaurant workers shoe
 
lol not a restaurant worker but find myself wearing the cyber Monday 3s a lot. underrated imo.
 
While I copped a lot of shoes in general (White/True Red 9s, Bred 12s, True Blue 3s, Bred 1s, Cement 4s, Metallic 5s, even Yeezys) there were only 2 shoes I feel like stood head and shoulders above the rest - Space Jams and Northern Light Foams.

The Space Jams were executed perfectly. The packaging, the purple Jumpman, the patent leather, stitched 45, everything.

While the Foams were not a JB shoe, they were well done, as well. The color way was dope, the Xenon accents, just an overall great execution. Just my opinion.
 
My pickups from this year

Jordan 4 Alternate 

Radio Raheem 2s

Jordan 5 Lows Alternate 

Jordan 17 Bulls

Jordan 1 Low Chicagos

Jordan 2 Low Chicago

Shoes I thought were dope but dont have

Jordan 7 Olympic Alternate

Jordan 11 Low Gold

Jordan 4 Dunk From Above

Jordan 12 Masters

Jordan 16 Midnight navy

Jordan 12 Wings

Jordan 10 Chicago

Jordan 9 Space Jams

Jordan 17 Copper
 
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While the Foams were not a JB shoe, they were well done, as well. The color way was dope, the Xenon accents, just an overall great execution. Just my opinion.
100. Love that shoe. Stunted in pickup games with them as soon as they arrived. Here's a church league pic haha:

As for Js, my starting lineup for the top 5 copped this year (based on desire, not availability/hype) are:

1. WC4 (my favorite shoe and the shoe that got me into the sneaker game)

2. TB3 (been hyped for them the whole year!)

3. French Blue 12 (I have a thing for blue and white)

4. Black Toe 1 (just str8 fire)

5. Space Jam 11 (not really huge into 11s but these were gorgeous and impossible to pass up)

6th Man: Flu Game 12 (dope shoe done well, just didn't beat out my top 5 for personal preference)

Here's an assortment of on feet pics, mostly taken at work:
 
Only copped two 2016 J's this year. Been trying to limit myself

1 Bred 1's
2 Space Jam 11's

Im going to cop the White/Black 9s when they go on sale and the TB 3's

Also, I think my GF got me Navy Metallic 1's(Sleepers) for Xmas

Might cop the Kentucky 1's to close out the year

Next year tho has some heat smh
 
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