after all the frenzy that made air jordan xi the hottest kicks last december, another jordan favorite hits the shelves with the air jordan xii playoffs. he wore these kicks during the playoffs of the 96-97 nba season, leading the chicago bulls to their second consecutive (and fifth of six from the two three-peats) championship.
released for the first time since 2004, this is one of the "original" colorways of the j12, together with the taxis (white-black), cherrys (white-red), obsidians (french blue-white), and breds (black-red, also known as "flu games"). "the greatest of all time" wore these joints most memorably during the first game of the 1997 nba finals where he made the buzzer beater over byron russell (yes, the same guy he swiped in making the "last shot" a season later). i can still remember watching that game on our way to subic for a field trip way back second year high school!
the 12's are my first pair of jordans. i got the cherrys and used them way back second year high school. it was durable, i even used it until fourth year high school! my classmates owned other colorways mentioned above, but my favorite of the colorways was the playoffs. i like the balance of the black and white in the shoe. and of course, it's a jordan... who wouldn't want to wear jordans in a basketball-crazy minor seminary?
unfortunately, because of prior commitments (read: social action internship in legazpi), i missed the release of one of my anticipated kicks for the year. with price ranges from resellers zooming up to php 9495 (that's + php 2000 from the srp of php 7495), looks like i will have to wait for the next release of the same model (obsidians are coming in july, i think) or wait for a kind-hearted reseller who will sell it to me on srp. i can treat him to a meal in kfc as a plus. haha!
UPDATE (may 10, 2012): i finally copped my pair... in malaysia! thank god for countries where basketball is not much of a hit. next up: air jordan 11 breds! i have until christmas to save for them!
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