AIR JORDAN 10

The Air Jordan X - represents an important landmark in Jordan's basketball career. This represents Jordan's first retirement from the NBA. Inscribed on the soles of the shoes is a list ofJordan's accomplishments up to 1993. Michael Jordan was now away from the game of basketball, and he began a relatively short lived career in baseball. Air Jordan X History, Many people thought the Air Jordan line was done, even Nike, but Tinker Hatfield had a different thought. The Air Jordan 10 was the first model that Michael Jordan did not approve, he had talked to Tinker at the beginning stages of development, but nothing was set in stone. The quality of the shoe was up to par with huarache inner sleeve, leather uppers and quick lace system, but something was not right with them.





On the sole of the Air Jordan X Tinker and Nike listed Michael’s milestones for every year in the NBA from 1985 to 1994 which are:
* 85 ROOKIE OF YEAR
* 86 63 POINTS
* 87 SCORING TITLE
* 88 DUNK CHAMP
* 89 ALL DEFENSE
*90 SCORES 63 POINTS
* 91 MVP/CHAMPIONSHIP
* 92 MVP/CHAMPIONSHIP
* 93 MVP/CHAMPIONSHIP
* 94 BEYOND



When the Air Jordan X was released, a lot of the models had a strap of leather going across the top of the toe, but then Nike came out with a clean-toed version. When Michael returned to the NBA he did wear the Jordan 10, with his new number “45" on the side. In 1994 when the original release of the Air Jordan 10 came out, a total of three models released, and a regional pack which had five different color ways representing five selected teams. Those lucky teams are - Sacramento Kings, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, Seattle Supersonics and the Chicago Bulls, and a pair of Air Jordan X cleats were released, When 2005 hit Jordan Brand knew it was time to re-release the Air Jordan X, a total of 7 color ways and two of them were for women. Since Tinker and the people at Nike really thought that Michael Jordan was hanging the towel up for good, they wanted to show appreciation to what Michael had accomplished in his career.