Air Jordan 1 Retro “Banned” Sample

It appears that Jordan Brand is re-living the beginning of MJ’s career by re-releasing the shoe started it all for the billion dollar company. Before there was a Jordan Brand, Michael Jordan was directly under the Nike umbrella. Back in the day, Nike had to pay a $5,000 fine because MJ continued to wear the Air Jordan 1. The shoes were “banned” by the NBA for “uniformity of uniform” rule on October 18th.TThe ban on the kicks created controversy and curiosity around the shoes and even helped when it came to the advertisement for the Jordan 1, birthing a commercial that mocked the NBA’s decision.
With that said, Jordan Brand takes it back to those days by creating a “Banned” Air Jordan 1 High. As you can see, an “X” was placed over the logos, similar to the original Nike Air Jordan banned commercial. This is a sample of the shoe which gives us reason to believe that the Banned Air Jordan 1 will hit retail. Inspired by the commercial and the ban, Jordan Brand created this sample model of the Red/Black Jordan 1 with Black X’s covering up the Jordan branding on the tongue, ankle, and rear heel.As of now there’s no word that this will be an actually release but anything is possible since this sample pair has surfaced. We’ll keep you updated!