Cheap Jordans of Air Jordan X

Air Jordan X (1994)
Nike was caught off guard with Michael Jordans sudden return to the court.  Before releasing the Cheap Jordans of Jordan X, they re-released several older Jordan models.  The Air Jordan X is nothing special and relatively plain even when you stop to consider that the white/black/light steel grey colorway looks like it just broke out of prison or a herd of zebras.  The design is clearly a combination of several older Jordans.

The Air Jordan VII was met with strong feelings of love or hate. This is the first of the Air Jordans to create division among the ranks of loyal fans and customers.

Air Jordan X Description
 
Released November 1994
Expecting never to see the man in the game again, this year-s Jordan Shoes was released with a retrospective of MJ-s career. The sole of this new AJ listed some of Michael-s greatest achievements from each year of his professional career. On March 19, 1995, after months of rumors, Michael ended his retirement and returned to the court.

Air Jordan X General Information
 
Air Jordan X (10)
Head Designer: Tinker Hatfield
 
Michael Jordan-s new found baseball career was interrupted when a player strike broke out. Rumours broke out that he would return to the basketball court and on March 19th 1995 Jordan was back on the floor.
 
Surprised Nike?
It seemed as if Nike was not expecting to see Jordan back in the game so soon. They started to re-release older model-s of the Cheap Jordans series (I, II, III) and the X-s soles featured an honor or an award from each year Michael had spent in the NBA.
 
Apart from these soles the design was no real surprise and was overall very plain. Hatfield picked up a few design elements from previous models and you could see some obvious signs of influence from the III-s, the V-s and the VI-s.
 
Samplemania continues
If the IX-s had a lot of different samples, the X-s were even worse. There were a lot of different team colors that were produced in limited quantities and there were samples with numbers for a lot of different players in the NBA. As Michael wore number 45 when he returned there were also samples with #45 stitched on the shoes.