today we're going to be taking a look at the Air Jordan 3 in the Wizards colorway although this
is the first time this shoe has ever released to the public there is a lot of history and Nostalgia
behind it and I'm excited to get into this shoe and show you guys all the details starting with
the box right here you have your new retro style Air Jordan 3 box we have seen this on previous
Retros in the past as well you got some of the dominant accent colors on the back end and then
the elephant print on the front end of the box and then similar to the Jumpman you have those
accent colors as well on here you got more of a copper Jump Man on the top of the lid and then
going around to the front it reads Air Jordan 3 Retro white metallic copper retail on these
things is said to be 210 bucks and unfortunately this isn't my size but I'll explain it to you guys
in a second now cracking open the lid of the box right here you have your all over elephant print
paper and then you got the shoe oh you got this shoe okay first impressions of this sneaker as I
feel it I'm gonna say these are slightly A step above the Cardinal threes but definitely not the
best Squad oh yeah and if you didn't know by now my name is DJ and this is the DNA show now before
I get into breaking down all the Styles cuts and materials of this shoe we gotta talk about the
history first some people may say this sneaker is very similar to the true blue 3 which I will
be doing comparisons of later in the video of the 2016 and the 2011 retro but we got to take it all
the way back to 88 when the Jordan 3 originally released during that time we saw iconic models
like the white cement and the black cement 3 and everybody can't forget the fire red threes
but another one that Loki flew under the radar the true blue 3. after the original release we
then saw a retro version that came out in 2001 that I still personally love to this day and I
can honestly say those are still some of the best Retros of the True Blue 3s of the four versions
that came out after the OG yes that's right there were four different versions you had the 2001 the
2009 which was not American release you had the 2011 which was an American release and then you
have the 2016 with the Nike Air which was the first time that we saw Nike around it but the
quality and the materials on that one it was pretty bad I vividly remember back in 2016 when
that shoe came out there was a lot of hype behind the shoe and then once people saw it in person it
sat on shelves for a long time now yes I know it's been some years so now the prices have gone up
and people can say well it's still expensive no but you gotta remember seven years ago not that
many people really wanted them like that so what does any of that have to do with this pair right
here as you can see when I put this shoe right above the other they look very very similar and
that's because they're essentially the same shoe but this was actually a player exclusive version
that Michael Jordan wore on the court back in 2001 when he came back to the NBA and played for the
Washington Wizards MJ played for the Wizards for a few seasons from 2001 to 2003 and when he entered
the league in 2001 he also decided to donate his entire season salary to the 911 Relief Fund
because that had recently just happened a month before the season started when MJ came back on
the court we saw him rocking the True Blue threes and yes technically he did wear the color with the
red bottom on him but he also had this pair as you can see it has the copper bottom the copper pilots
and the copper Jumpman right here on the front end so during that time in 2001 we did have the Retro
that released to the public with the red accents on it similar to the OG but MJ was subtly wearing
this PE and other versions like this on the court as he played throughout the season so yes I know
a lot of people remember him rocking the cool gray nines or the cool gray 11s and all the shoes that
came out during that time over the three year window from the 16 17s and 18s bruh we need them
to Retro the ginger 16s I don't know about you but those in the Cherrywood 16s chef's kiss and
honestly the seven teams that was coming out at that time too we need all that stuff to come back
but either way I'm getting a little bit off topic because this brings back so many memories for me
during this time in this era and this is actually the first time that we've seen this specific
colorway released to the public so from 2001 to now in 2023 we are finally seeing a retro of the
ogpe version that we saw on the basketball court oh yeah just a couple other Quick stats for you
guys Michael Jordan was the first person to score over 40 points at as a 40 year old in the NBA he
passed Korean for most points in the All-Star game which yes I know was passed by Kobe and Lebron
after he averaged almost 24 points a game at that age LED his team to a winning season and he was
an MVP nominee but we all know Jordan got a bunch of accolades so let's go ahead and start breaking
down this shoe and get into these comparisons starting with the bottom of the foot right
here you got your Classic Air Jordan 3 Bottom now this has the Jordan branding compared to the Nike
branding if this was a OG retro it would say Nike instead of Jordan right here and then obviously
you can see like I said earlier with the colors you have a copper color on the Jordan and the Pod
right here on the ball of the foot compared to the red accents with the actual True Blue threes now
going up to the midsoles right here you can say yes these look exactly like the True Blues but
if you put these side by side with the True Blue threes you can see that the blue is actually a
different shade compared to that colorway so it's kind of like a little bit more of a muted version
compared to the true blue and that more deeper Royal that you would typically see now taking
it to the upper one of people's favorite parts right here you got your elephant print on the
back and the front around the toe in the heel but when it comes to the True Blue threes they
also did it in the center of the foot right here on the upper and this has always been a dope touch
and accent when it comes to the true blue 3 color blocking I think it just gives the shoe a little
bit more of a pop and character to it compared to if you look at something like the fire red threes
yeah you can say that's still clean and all but this definitely does add another little element
to the shoe now typical fashion when it comes to a Jordan 3 you usually got three different types
of leather you got a smoother leather right here at the bottom a tumbled leather throughout the
whole upper and then on the back end you got a perforated leather around the collar area like
I said earlier when it comes to the heel of the foot you have a Jumpman with the air logo right
here compared to the Nike Air and we understand that because this was a retro also during that
time Jordan wore these on the court for his PE with the same style the Jumpman with the
air because later in Jordan's career he actually became his own entity and became the Jordan brand
and that's why they started removing the Nike Air logo from sneakers and causing Retros to then have
the Jumpman on the back like this now going to the tongue and the laces you got your standard flat
white laces a white tongue with the perforated dots behind the laces and then you have a copper
jump man just above that looking at the sock liner you got more of that Navy Royal type blue as well
matching the midsole and then the insoles also have that same color with the white Jumpman on
there as well now before we get into my opinions of this sneaker I gotta shout out to homies over
there at heart they got these in early and I had to pull up and see if I can get my hands on them
Unfortunately they didn't have my size and I said hey bro I still need to borrow these shoes and
give the people a review so shout out to heart and speaking of that I actually did some comparisons
with the people at the store to see what they think about the shoes whether they like these
or the True Blue threes more this is what they say all right out of these two shoes which one do
you like the most I'm gonna have to go with the true blue the true blue three why would you say
that one I just I like the red with it I'm not a big yellow fan so that's why okay I feel that
I respect okay so out of these two shoes right here which ones do you like more they look really
similar yeah very similar but I'll go with this one this one right here okay these are the wizard
Jordan threes they haven't came out yet they're coming out in a couple months nice shoe yeah
nice shoe I like the pig okay out of these two shoes which one are you rocking with um actually
it's a tough one I'd say the Blazers the wizard threes yeah what makes you like the wizard threes
the most I don't I don't I just kind of like that copper look I don't know I just I mean I just I
don't know I just like that color okay I mean they look almost the same except this one has
the red one obviously but that's like that copper color I feel it I feel it all right appreciate it
yeah so after seeing those results let me know what you guys think Down Below in the comment
section we have a bunch more poll results with the comparisons between these and these other models
as well which I will get to in a second but let's go ahead and get into the comparisons of these two
shoes as I break it down a little bit more now like I said before I have it's funny I have the
2001 retro but I turned them into roller skates and I forgot to grab them they're in my closet
but I'll show you guys Hills in a whole nother video either way I have that retro still I no
longer have a wearable pair as a sneaker pair so I'm gonna just give you guys these as examples
right here now this is the 2011 retro the 2016 with the Nike Air and then your 2023 Wizards
colorway over here so for these two in particular as you can see the tongues are different between
the 2016 and then your 2011. this one's more similar to the OG but the shape and materials
on this shoe are terrible you got the Nike Air on the back all those different things so we can do
the comparison if you look at the pole results right here you can see people are still rocking
with the 2016 retro just because it's the OG and I completely understand that but at the same time
I would love if they were to actually recreate this shoe with the OG cut like they did on the
2023. these are very very similar to the cut and shape and mold of 1988 Air Jordan 3. so yes there
may be some aspects I've done this Nostalgia and everything like that I still think if they were to
match these two together and recreate the Jordan 3 with this style it would be an ultimate Banger
I'm hoping and praying that Jordan brand does that we need that with the black cement 3 as
well because they didn't do too good on the black cement 3s either with the Nike Air that model was
pretty terrible too so now when you put the 2011 in the 2023 together you can see they are a lot
more similar when it comes to the shape of the two shoes but the colors are a little bit different
and like I said earlier it feels like the 2023 is just a little bit more it because it has that
Wizards colorway to it with the copper compared to the red now another thing that you guys may
see if you put all the shoes facing forward this way and you look at the tongues on the Retros from
back then you can see the felt material behind the tongue actually wrapping over to the top of
the tongue right here so you can see the blue from the front or the rear from the front but this like
I said OG cut when it comes to the tongue you can't see the blue unless you turn it around to
the back side right there so I really really like this aspect of the sneaker and then you can see
again when it comes to Retros with the booty crack and that era and everything like that they have
this style and then as you can see in 2016 things started to change and they started flattening out
the Jumpman a little bit so a lot of sneaker heads that think the shoes are fake and they don't know
everything about that that's just how they used to make the Jordan 3 and Stitch them during that
retro era you know 10 15 years ago everything was a little bit different so when it comes to that
element of the sneaker and the smooth Jumpman I really like what they did on these as well another
thing to notice is the Elephant Print throughout the these three sneakers I feel like they're doing
a really really good job bringing back that og elephant print and having it a little bit more
faint and less prominent when it comes to the black lines that you see on the 2011 pair these
are definitely a lot more defined when it comes to the Elephant Print it's a little bit more paint on
the 2016 but on the 2023 you can definitely tell the difference so again like I said there's a lot
of dope things when it comes to this shoe right here now let's talk about one final prediction of
this sneaker and that is the price and the value of it the True Blue 3s sat when they originally
came out the price ended up going up but the Jordan 3 in particular is not really hidden like
that the Cardinal threes came out went to outlets you got other Jordan 3s with the white dominant
colorway that came out and sat so if the fire red threes with Nike Air came out in set I think this
is going to be kind of in that same boat and yes I know it's going to be different region to region
depending on the sneaker and like you guys know I always say it in my videos I'm a size 13 so what
does that mean it's very hard to get and it's a little bit more limited because there's less less
pairs but besides that aspect I think this shoe should be pretty easy to get when it comes out
I'm not even sure if people want to truly spend the 210 dollar price point on this sneaker so I'm
interested to hear what you guys have to say let me know Down Below in the comment section for me
Immediate cop as soon as I find somebody with a 13 I'm immediately grabbing this shoe I love this as
you can see I like the True Blue threes I think the True Blue 3s are still better the 2011 pair
in particular I think is better but at the end of the day this is definitely a very nice shoe and
it means so much for me that I you know I collect PES and different things like that so to see a PE
like this come out and hit the streets and be available to the public automatic cop I gotta
get these yo before you go I just launched my sneaker head Academy where we got everything
on the inside I teach you all the stuff that I learned over the past 15 years when it comes to
sneakers scaling real estate you name it we talk about all of it in there and there's an eight
week program plus a bunch of monthly giveaways I give away shoes literally way too much honestly
but either way I'll see you guys on the inside hit the link Down Below in my description or pin
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greatest Air Jordan 3 colorway of all time
damn I think I'm gonna go with the black cements I'm Still rocking with the black cement