Air Jordan 13

Perhaps Michael's most famous shot ever took place in Game 6 of the Finals against Utah. His final shot before retiring (a second time), his final shot for Chicago, it also proves to be the game winner, handing the team their third consecutive Championship.

More Retros?!

The Retro Jordan shoes 13’s were welcomed and sold quite well. Jordan released only 2 colorways before Christmas including the ever so famous Black/Red Jordan 13 December 22nd. In 2005, Jordan released 10 more colorways which many saw as ridiculous. Low cuts were never a fan of Jordan collectors, and Jordan released 6 colorways in the low cut.

  AIR JORDAN Shoes XIII SHOE DESIGN SPECS

 The Air Jordan shoes Retro XIII basketball shoe has a EVA-backed full-grin quilted leather upper with suede trim and unique hidden lacing system. Low-profile leather wrapped Pylon™ midsole with heel and forefoot Zoom Air™ units. Midfoot carbon fiber composite plate. Solid rubber outsole with herringbone pods and Optimal Motion pattern.

 AIR JORDAN Shoes XIII GENERAL INFORMATION

 Air Jordan XIII (13)
Head Designer: Tinker Hatfield

Tinker Hatfield was the mastermind behind the genius design of the Air Jordan shoes  13. The Air Jordan shoes 13 is regarded as the best designed Jordan shoe by a large percentage of Jordan sneaker fans. The Air Jordan shoes 13 was the first and only Jordan shoes to feature a hologram. The outsole received inspiration from the paws of a Panther. Jordan’s nickname on the court from fellow NBA players was “Black Cat” for his fast reflexes and speed down the court.

 Panther paws

Hatfield kept on making original designs. The XIII's featured a nice hologram on the ankle and the design was said to be inspired by a panther. The outsole with pads like a paw and circles representing whiskers.

The hologram showed the following images;

- A basketball

- The number 23

- The jumpman logo

 Two different low-top colors were also released to the public. These without the hologram.

Crappy variants

Most of the previous models had been produced in Taiwan but XII took the step to China and XIII was also produced in China. It's weird but this made fakes or so called factory variants of AJ's very common, seems as if the factory really knew that this was a product that they could make money on.

The fakes usually had awful color combinations and the quality was far from satisfying.

  AIR JORDAN SHOES XIII PACKAGING

1997 - Comes in a silver box, and plain paper wrapper