today we're going to be unboxing the Air Jordan 13 playoff starting with the box right here you
have your all silver OG style Air Jordan 13 box you got the red Jumpman right here on the lid
and on the size tag it reads Air Jordan 13 retro black true red white retails 210 bucks and these
are a size 13 just for me flipping open the lid of the box right here you got your standard white
paper and then you got the shoe oh you got this shoe okay first impression of the sneaker it does
look a little bit Slimmer than the OG version but at the same time I still love them oh yeah
and by the way if you didn't know by now my name is DJ and this is the DNA show now before we get
started breaking down all the Styles cuts and materials of this shoe we got to talk about the
history first originally released in 1997 the Air Jordan 13 came on the scene and everybody
had their eyes on it simply because they knew it was going to be Michael Jordan's last season as
a Chicago Bulls throughout the season we saw iconic colorways like the cherries or the he
got games and as the All-Star Game rolled around around Michael Jordan debuted the playoffs 13s
he had done the same thing the previous year with the playoff 12s which we saw the 25th anniversary
release last year during the all-star weekend we're seeing that same treatment here this year
with the 25th anniversary for this year's all-star weekend after the All-Star game was over he didn't
wear the Playoff 13s until the actual playoffs and he was most commonly known wearing this colorway
in particular during the home game so yes some people may remember seeing him wearing the bread
colorway as well which looked amazing with the all red uniform he also wore a low top playoff
13 as well and I actually saw an article talking about how that pair in particular is estimated to
be worth around five hundred thousand dollars wait a minute and yes I know that crazy price
point could easily distract a lot of people from thinking about this pair but there was another
shoe that actually took a little bit more shine than the Playoff 13s and that was the last shot
14s he wore those at the end of the season as well and the reason why they call him the last shots
is he took his last shot in those shoes so even though Jordan was wearing the 13s throughout the
entire season the 14 definitely did come into play and take some of that shine but that's okay though
because all the OG heads know about the playoffs and if you guys are new to the game trust me I'm
excited to show you guys the details of this shoe so let's go ahead and get started with the bottom
of the shoe looking at the bottom of the shoe right here you have your Classic Air Jordan 13
outsole one thing that a lot of people love is they did the gray lines right here in between
the white hair and bone pods on the front and the back end on the Retro in 2011 it was all
red through here and then on the OG it was similar to this style so one thing that I can say is they
did a good job trying to bring back that OG Vibe even when it comes to the actual color pattern
of the OG outsole now if you look on these two images right here you can see the difference
between the little hologram on the the bottom and the color on that but besides that everything is
pretty much similar now taking it up to the midsole right here this is something that was
heavily inspired by Jordan's nickname which was the black cat also known as the Black Panther so
they used the inspiration of a black panther with the design aesthetic of this shoe so if you look
at the midsole right here and you see kind of how the paw print places it kind of looks like a paw
print on the shoe where these pods are at and if you go to the top of the shoe right here where the
Hologram is at you got your Jordan 23 logo with the Jumpman in there but that also resembles the
eye of the panther so when you take those design Inspirations behind the sneaker that gives you
a better idea on why this shoe even looks this way another dope thing that I love about Jordan
13s is they have the rubber pods on here but you also got your suede that goes on the midsole and
it wraps up all around the upper on the back end as well this is definitely something that we've
seen integrated in other Retros when it comes to something like the COS fours or the Levi fours or
something like that how they add the different materials to the midsoles but when I think of
adding like a different fabric onto a midsole I always think of the Jordan 13 first now looking
at the leather on the toe of the shoe right here you have a tumbled leather on the toe box and on
the side panels right here and they feel pretty solid it doesn't feel the best it doesn't feel
the worst I'm definitely feeling a lot stiffer leather on other Jordan 13s in the past so I
feel like they did a solid job on these now when it comes to the side right here some people say
this is supposed to resemble the whiskers but for me personally I always said it looks like a
mattress what I know super random but as a little kid growing up back in the 90s I remember this
shoe and having these in the OG pair back when I was a little kid so for me I just always called
it that and it still kind of stuck with me to this day now looking at the tongue right here
you have your Jordan branding in yellow and then behind that depends on the Retro sometimes they
do it sometimes they don't but normally you have a Roman numerals Jordan 13 well not Jordan 13 but
it just has 13 in Roman numerals behind it but on these ones in particular it doesn't have that and
then going up to the laces you got your standard black rope laces you got your black suede tongue
and then on this one this is something I love as well you got your red Jordan logo right here with
the yellow circle around it something that really sticks out on the 13s compared to like the Jordan
eights we know right there is something you're going to have like more of a Chenille patch in
between with the different materials so it is kind of similar but different at the same time
and gives it its own unique Vibe when it comes to the Jordan 13s now going to the back of the tunnel
and the inside of the sock liner you got all black mesh right here and then an all black insole with
the red jump mount on the inside now these in particular don't come with any extra laces hang
tags or retro cards but I think that's fine just because it's a great OG and I still can't be mad
at it what I prefer a retro card yeah because I think they should bring the Retro car back but
again that's a whole other topic so now when it comes to market value and other people's opinions
about the shoe I'm always interested to see how that goes because sometimes OG colorways and OG
models just fly underneath the radar we know that the Jordan 4 is hot right now and we know that the
Jordan one is still pretty hot so because of that some people may not be really wanting to go after
these and a lot of people that do want to get these shouldn't have that hard of a time getting
the shoe so at the same time yeah we might see a resale value you know twenty to fifty dollars
over the retail but I think a lot of people will have a pretty easy time getting a shoe and you
might potentially even see these on shelves after they come out again I'm not sure depending on the
city I know everybody's location is a little bit different you know some people have more traffic
than others and some stores get less than others I get that stuff as well but I wouldn't be surprised
if I saw some photos on the internet talking about how the Playoff 13s didn't sell out now
in the future you know three years five years from now I don't see any reason why this shoe
wouldn't be a 350 to a 450 shoe I think that's just naturally what happens when it comes to the
OG models and OG colorways and we talk about that all the time here on the channel but besides all
that with the resale value and everything like that I think this is a great shoe and something
dope to have for the collection but I'm always interested to see what you guys think so if you
haven't already make sure you follow me on IG so you can participate in the polls and see all the
results here on the channel I basically asked the people the simple question is this shoe fire or
is this shoe trash this is what they said eighty percent of the people chose fire and 20 percent of
the people chose trash and it makes complete sense I get it no not everybody's gonna love
the Jordan 13. some people stop at the 11 some people stop at the 12s some people say Jordan 1
through 14 are good and anything a higher is worse all the different things I've heard on
every different angle of why people like certain shoes if he didn't wear it I don't want it those
different scenarios I get all the different things so I understand why this isn't a unanimous like 95
percenter or something like that it's not like some crazy hype collab but I think any OG head
OG collector or just person that loves a clean black shoe alone not even just like the story
behind it but this is a clean black shoe I think you can go really far with this in your collection
and that brings me to the next point I wanted to give you guys a review of my 2011 pair but see
what happened was I tore mine up and I ended up getting rid of them years ago because I used to
wear those way too much and yeah I was always hoping that they were retro I knew there would
be some day they were retro the shoe so when the red Metro finally came back around you know I had
to jump on these and I'm excited to give you guys this review if you guys have any other questions
comments or concerns let me know Down Below in the comment section I'll see you guys in another one
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