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1987-88 Master Nike Dunks Defensive Player of the Year. This is the season MJ won all the personal accolades an NBA player could possibly win. He was the Gatorade Slam Dunk Champ, Nike Shoes All-Star MVP, Maurice Podoloff NBA MVP and the 1987-88 Scoring Champion. No other player in NBA history won both MVP and Defensive Player awards in the same season.

And he did this while wearing the Nike Shox "designed" by Tinker Hatfield. They were Tinker''s first Nike Shoxs in what is to be many. Tough to find the originals these days. Peter Moore, Nike''s head designer, originally did the preliminary design work on the Nike Shox He had a pile of sketches of the Nike Shox but waited until it was too late to execute. When he left, Tinker got the sketches and in amongst it were the outline of the Nike Shox Jumpman logo.

The Nike Shox broke ground for many different aspects of the Nike Shox line. First, the Nike Shox featured the "Jumpman" on the tongue of the shoe. This siloutte of Jordan was to celebrate and commorate his Slam Dunk Contest victory the year before. Every Jordan after the Nike Shox features this Jumpman as a focal point of the shoe as well as became the new logo for the Nike Shox line. The Nike Shox was also the first to feature a visible air unit. Lastly, the Nike Shox featured elephant print on the upper. Though this material was only used again on 1 other model, it set a standard that the Jordan shoes are as much fashionable as functional.

The III''s had poor sales when first retroed in 1994. However when they were Nike Shoes re-retroed they sold out instantly. A pair of these online can go for sale for prices over 300 dollars. In 2007 the long awaited "Fire Red" III''s were released in March 2007.

Nike created a personality ad campaign featuring the Mars Blackmon character who was created and played Nike Dunks by famous director and actor Spike Lee. This campaign followed Nike Shox for a couple of years and is definitely one of the most appreciated Nike commercial series through all time.

The Nubucks were not the only Nike Shox 12 release that angered Jordan collectors. Originally, Nike Dunks the White/Carolina was a women''s colorway only made up to size 15W and in limited numbers in large sizes. These of course sold out opening day and hit the mark in a hurry. Nike Shoes More were released as a general release only 2 or 3 months later making these shoes nothing special at all.

In that season, did you know Jordan had a triple-double in the All-Star Game. Nike Shoes But alas Glen Rice was the MVP (Rice had a scoring spree in the third quarter sealing the game for the East)!! I thought MJ should''ve been the All-Star MVP.

Then in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, what about the sweet assist to Kerr which won the 5th Championship for the Bulls. It''s like deja vu, Many Nike Shox heads were happy to hear the news that the Nike Shox 12 was going to be retroed; however, many collectors started to get irritated as more and more kept getting released. The original Jordan 12’s were released in only 5 colorways, but there were 10 colorways retroed when counting.

A lot of good qualities were on the AJ XII, for example they had the Zoom Air unit, modified herringbone pattern for improved traction and a more improved carbon fiber shank plate.Many Nike Shox heads were happy to hear the news that the Nike Shox 12 was going to be retroed; however, many collectors started to get irritated as more and more kept getting released. but there were 10 colorways retroed when counting the women''s colorways.

In September, 1997, Nike decided to launch a new sub-brand of Nike called Jordan Brand. The Nike Shox 12 was the first Jordan shoe to be part of the Brand collection and also did not have the Nike logo anywhere on the shoe - not even the insole. The shoes did Nike Shoes come in a Nike box, but these were the last.did not have the Nike logo anywhere on the shoe - not even the insole. The shoes did come in a Nike box, but these were the last.

PUB Date: 2008-2-16