Air Jordan is a series named after Michael Jordan, the most famous NBA star in history.

1985, Michael Jordan was signed by Nike, a sporting goods manufacturer at that time, with a high salary contract, and Nike immediately launched Jordan's first sneaker named after Jordan, which is the first model of Air Jordan series.

Although this sneaker didn't have strange color matching and novel technology at that time, no one thought it would be the beginning of a myth.

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Jordan's generation won a good lottery with Jordan in the NBA. In the first year of NBA, Jordan averaged 28.3 points per game, with the highest total score in the league-2313 points. With this performance, Jordan won the title of "newcomer of the year", which extended the excellent performance of Jordan generation and himself in NBA to Nike stage.

AJ 1 is designed based on AF 1. The built-in air cushion of AF 1 was all the rage at that time. At that time, Jordan's requirements for his first pair of signature shoes were to keep the air cushion, reduce the thickness of the midsole and increase the feeling of sticking to the ground, so his feet felt hard. AJ 1 Only the back palm has a sole.

1On April 20th, 986, Jordan was injured and returned to the first round of the playoffs. In Boston's battle against the Celtics, Jordan set a playoff record of 63 points.

In the 1986- 1987 season, Jordan set an amazing scoring record-37. 1 point per game, and won the NBA scoring title with this result. At this time, the second generation of AIRJORDAN removed the NIKE hook logo that sports shoes have always had, and adopted the French design concept, featuring a simple design concept. In addition, it is the first time to produce two kinds of basketball shoes with the same paragraph, high and low.

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