It’s 1998 and the Chicago Bulls are playing in the NBA Finals. In this team, there are many legendary players such as Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Bill Wennington, Toni Kukoc, Luc Longley, and many others. But of course, there was also Michael Jordan in his Air Jordans, who is considered today one of the greatest players of all time if not the greatest player for many. The debate for the GOAT between him and LeBron James is and still remains and will likely continue.
This year, which had the privilege of being covered recently through a documentary called ‘The Last Dance’ by ESPN, Michael Jordan wears a new shoe as usual, and it is the Air Jordan 13. This shoe is one of the most famous. because it is the season of The Last Dance, but also the most inspired by the personality of Michael Jordan. But if he played in the OG colorway all season, it didn’t happen for the Playoffs, where he rocked the last and most legendary Air Jordan 13, named ‘Playoff’, just like that.
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Why Playoff Air Jordan 13 Is A Sneaker Legend
In 1998, no one believed that the Bulls would win the NBA Finals because of the context and content of their season. At the end of the year, everyone knew the team was falling apart and a new coach was coming. That is why the mood is not the best for the team. But it never stopped Michael Jordan from wanting to win.
That’s why he took his teammates to the NBA Finals again, in an attempt to win a third consecutive title, and also left the NBA with six rings on his finger. Even though they lost more games than last season this time around, they ended up first in the Eastern conference so confidence is still there even if the press doesn’t believe it. And in the first game of the Playoffs against the Nets, Michael Jordan walked onto the court in a new pair of black shoes, the shoes that took him to the NBA Finals for the last time, Air Jordan 13 Playoffs.
For these shoes, the famous designer Tinker Hatfield was inspired by Michael Jordan playing on the court. He compared it to a panther in his mind because Michael Jordan always looked his opponent in the eye before dribbling like the animal would look at its prey. Tinker Hatfield also said he played a lot with his instincts and that is the reason why there is a green bubble on the top of the shoe, it is supposed to be a panther’s eye, as well as a shape that is supposed to remember the animal.
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But what’s even funnier about this, is that Michael Jordan’s nickname with his friends and family is “The Black Cat” and Tinker Hatfield didn’t know that when he created the shoe. And when Michael Jordan found out that was also the name of his new shoe, he fell in love with it, and that’s also probably the reason why the Air Jordan 13 Playoffs is in black. This is because he believes it was the last shoe worn by the Black Cat to win his last NBA title. But in the end, it didn’t happen.
Not exactly the last Air Jordan Michael Jordan wore on the court
Michael Jordan was supposed to wear the Playoff Air Jordan 13 until the end of the playoffs, that’s the deal he had with Tinker Hatfield at the beginning of the tournament. But if you know Michael Jordan, you also know that he doesn’t really listen to many people, not even legendary designer and friend Tinker Hatfield.
When Michael Jordan found out Tinker Hatfield had created a new shoe, the Air Jordan 14, inspired by his love of sports cars like Ferrari, he couldn’t resist wearing it for the last three games of the NBA Finals. And it was with the Air Jordan 14 that he would hit ‘The Last Shot’, the shot that made the Bulls win against the Utah Jazz in the last seconds of the game. This shot made the shoe legendary, despite everything he had accomplished with the previous Air Jordan 13.
However, everyone remembers the Air Jordan 13 more than the 14. First of all, because of its more iconic design, and secondly, because it was the actual shoe that accompanied Michael Jordan to the NBA Finals, all season long. . And in the end, people remember the journey more than the result.
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