The Air Jordan XI (11) was originally designed and created by the infamous Tinker Hatfield during Micheal Jordan’s first attempt at retirement. During that time, Jordan had pulled a 360 change and decided to try his luck at becoming a professional baseball player.  However, Jordan couldn’t resist his true calling, and returned to the Chicago Bulls shortly after playing 120+ games for the Birmingham Barons ( White Sox Farm Team). Since his number 23 was retired when he left the NBA, he returned donning the number 45 for the reminder of the season.

The “Bred” Air Jordan XI (11) Sample features the OG colorway of red, black, and white with a patent leather upper, but the back heel has the number 45 instead of the number 23. During the early stages of designing the AJ11, Tinker probably used the number 45 since that was the number MJ was wearing at the time. This sample pair could possibly be a 1 of a kind design, especially since this is the first time we’ve ever seen the number 45 on the “Bred” AJ11.