Recently pictures of the Jordan XII Black/Red Retro resurfaced with some very interesting additions to the materials and text on the shoe. Dubbed the Jordan XII "Flu Game," the shoe represents Michael Jordan's heroic "Flu Game" in the 1997 NBA Finals when he scored 38 points against the Utah Jazz , despite the fact that he was playing with a bad case of the flu. The shoe features a Black nubuck upper, instead of the Black leather upper it originally had, as well as a "sick face" on the tongue and heel and "97" & "38" for the year of the Finals and MJ's point total.
That being said, this is an abomination to what i grew up on and love about the Air Jordan brand. Why would they change the original leather and add nubuck to the upper? The Jordan XII Retro [seen below] in the black/university blue colorway is still sitting on shelves and clogging up Footlocker back rooms across the country. So WHY would you use the same materials on the classic "bred" colorway? I don't think I would have minded the "sick face" and the "97" and "38" on the heel of the original colorway with the original materials but the quality of jordan retro's of late has been terrible. All of my jordan XII's are the original from 1997 because the leather and construction was amazing. It held up like a boot. I am a BIG Nike/Jordan Fan, ask anyone who knows me, but this rendition of a classic is just NOT COOL!
(The Jordan XII "Flu Game" Retro is set to release this November for $150 for those interested)
(Black/University Blue Colorway)
(The Original)
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