Air Jordan XIII Retro Collection

The Air Jordan XIII (13) was released in 1997/1998. On December 30th Jordan broke the record of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the NBA, scoring in double digits for the 788th consecutive game. He also led the Bulls to their sixth title of champion of the NBA.
Panther paws
Hatfield kept on making original designs. The Air Jordan 13 (XIII) 's featured a nice hologram on the ankle and the design was said to be inspired by a panther. The outsole with pads like a paw and circles representing whiskers.
The hologram showed the following images;
- A basketball
- The number 23
- Jumpman logo
Two different low-top colors were also released to the public. These, without the hologram.
Crappy variants
Most previous models had been produced in Taiwan, but Air Jordan 12 (XII) gave way to China and Air Jordan 13 (XIII) is also produced in China. It's strange, but this was fake or factory variant called AJ common, it seems as if the factory really knew that this was a product that can make money. Fakes often have terrible color combinations and the quality is far from satisfactory.