Puerto Rico National Team Air Jordan 1 Low
Posted by Matt Halfhill | May 31, 2008 This past season Jordan Brand was a major sponsor of Puerto Rico’s pro basketball league and this summer Jordan Brand will be outfitting the Men’s basketball Puerto Rico National Team for the Beijing Games. Jordan Brands assembled a special release to commemorate the first National team outfitted by JB.
A limited Puerto Rico Air Jordan 1 Low PHAT was released today to only three stores in the US: Shoe Gallery in Miami, House of Hoops in NYC, and Goliath in Spanish Harlem. It is said that only 24 pairs were released per door making the total number floating around at just 72 pairs. This was also the first release of the Air Jordan 1 Low PHAT. The “PHAT” Jordan 1 has more padding around the collar and tongue of the shoe much like an SB Dunk. In addition to the sneakers, Jordan Brand produced hats, T-shirts, and practice jersey to hook with the kicks. Much thanks to Nice Kicks reader Verb04 for sending us in his photos. If you have any news or want to give us a heads up on a story feel free to drop us a line at info@nicekicks.com. |
Air Jordan 1 low PHAT - Puerto Rico National Team
Air Jordan 1 low PHAT - Puerto Rico National Team
Air Jordan 1 low PHAT - Puerto Rico National Team
Air Jordan 1 low PHAT - Puerto Rico National Team
May 31, 2008 at 11:15 pm
These are actually pretty fresh
May 31, 2008 at 11:17 pm
AND on 2nd thought these ARE DEFINITELY FRESH…I would have no problem rocking these!!
May 31, 2008 at 11:17 pm
I thought the same, but I wouldn’t have cried if there was a white Swoosh on the side to balance the colors a little big better.
Jun 1, 2008 at 12:03 am
these are decent. but no other air jordan has been dragged through the mud more.its like squeezing water out of a rock
Jun 1, 2008 at 12:14 am
I don’t understand why Jordan is sponsoring the Puerto Rican team…I thought that was And 1?
Jun 1, 2008 at 12:20 am
Didn’t they release a similar color in the past!!!!
These aren’t bad but I’m not from puerto rico!!!LOL
Jun 1, 2008 at 12:26 am
are the phat Is also going to have zoom air like an SB dunk? that would be really great. Is are painful for me to wear.
by the way JB, a few years too late on the whole “phat” thing. you’re da bomb!
Jun 1, 2008 at 12:58 am
“I don’t understand why Jordan is sponsoring the Puerto Rican team…I thought that was And 1?” - nikeshoehead
I know that Carlos Arroyo has been on Team And1 for a while and they took care of them for the last Games, but I guess JB sees potential to grow in the PR market. Also, Carmello Anthony is half Puerto Rican.
Jun 1, 2008 at 1:03 am
dear god if anyone can help me get my hands around these…let me know O_O i been lookin for some rican shoes…
Jun 1, 2008 at 5:13 am
im Puertorican..and i need these!!!
SOOOO FRESH! so nice!
Jun 1, 2008 at 5:40 am
These bad boys are HOT 2 Death. Going to be very hard to get my hands on these being only 72 pairs in the world!!!
Jun 1, 2008 at 5:49 am
its like the east coast 1s they released awhile ago.
Jun 1, 2008 at 5:57 am
so i guess nobody else thinks too many retro 1’s have been released? hmm ok.
Jun 1, 2008 at 7:46 am
these are alright, nice colorway. i wouldnt buy em though.
Jun 1, 2008 at 8:09 am
they’re really clean looking jordan doesn’t really put out alot of red blue color ways.
bkbigjay i think they have made way too many retro 1’s and have left the other retros exclusively for the countdowns and the Olympic collection.
Jun 1, 2008 at 8:19 am
i wants em
Jun 1, 2008 at 8:33 am
they look ok
Jun 1, 2008 at 8:56 am
if people didnt know in puerto rico jordan basically own almost every basketball team available he even sponsers some high schools i was just there last summer and every one in the high school and college leagues wears jb p/s these kicks r ok nuttin 2 special im puerto rican but i hate PR color ways but these are passable
Jun 1, 2008 at 9:41 am
There r must cop for me
Any 1 got size 9-11
I got to gat a pair
I got cash and heat kicks
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:30 am
I’m a Puerto Rican, so I want to cop these, but of course every pair of kicks I want are never readily available.
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:32 am
not really anything special…
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:37 am
I wonder what the kicks the actual team is going to play in
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:42 am
These are awful
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:43 am
i have the other red and blue colorway of jordans. i couldnt cop these if i had wanted them. because i live in jacksonville and my parents dont like to drive down to miami just to buy stuff. but they solid. 7/10
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:45 am
Iam a proud Puerto Rican and an avid sneakerhead, and Jordan this shoe does nothing to rep. my country right. First off they should have been a better color up and probably a different shoe entirely but, damn could you have at least made them high tops!!!
Jun 1, 2008 at 11:10 am
at first glance i thought it was the east coast lows..so theres really nothin special about it.just too similar.. the flag should of been bigger, like the PR forces a while back..and JB stop bring the 1’s back. they r done..do 2-7..
Jun 1, 2008 at 12:29 pm
YUK YUK YUK, why dose JB insist on continuing to ruin the ones???
Jun 1, 2008 at 1:10 pm
They Str8 but Matt i think a white swoosh would be a little better.
Jun 1, 2008 at 1:21 pm
weaksauce….aj1 overload
Jun 1, 2008 at 2:48 pm
THIS ARE MAD UGLY ….. CHEAP LOOKING NOT WORTH GETTING UP FOR . GO CUBA
Jun 1, 2008 at 3:05 pm
f ing ugly ass shoes j brand shouldnt even waste time making shoes like this
Jun 1, 2008 at 3:25 pm
That phat thing, that’s something id expecetd JB to do. Theyre moving the brand more in the direction of SB latley. Loud color schemes, limited gimmiciks…. I hope they don’t stay that way.
Jun 1, 2008 at 11:39 pm
these are freshhh
but yeah the white swoosh would be even better
Jun 1, 2008 at 11:52 pm
aight white swoosh would have been better……Jordan needs to lay off the AJ1 for a while cause they kind of ruined them with all the colors they released
Jun 2, 2008 at 1:32 am
these are actually dope. i would rock the even if i wasn’t from p.r.
Jun 2, 2008 at 2:08 am
the shoes are ugly—i like how the shoes are only released in america, because if they were released in puerto rico nobody would buy them…PUERTO RICANS DO NOT WEAR SHOES WITH A PUERTO RICAN FLAG…only americans who think because their great granparents come from the island they think they are
Jun 2, 2008 at 8:02 am
should’ve had bobbito design them…
Jun 2, 2008 at 10:23 am
these are sikk I would copp Go Jordan……
Jun 2, 2008 at 12:30 pm
too much like east sides which i already have so ill pass
dey iight
Jun 2, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Sayin’ too many AJ1’s have been release is like sayin too many Dunks have been released. I Expect to see even more AJ1’s, even with his Skateboard line. Don’t like these tho. But, this is a basketball team shoe, didn’t expect too many crazy designs!
Jun 2, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I got the east coast 1’s same colors…a lil bit different. Not by much. R they getting lazy or what?
Jun 2, 2008 at 2:06 pm
I just copped the Jordan lows from last year for like 40 bucks from Finishline in these colors. I did a red lace switch. I’m sure cats remember them.
Jun 2, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Clean, but why low-tops?
Jun 2, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Y is jb overkilling the 1s? These are basically the equivelant ov tha spizikes. Way too many 1s this year. It would help if they weren’t GRs, but they are not so these and all 1s in advance are juss played and wak. I never cared for tha shoe ne way.
Jun 2, 2008 at 7:50 pm
I got em if you want them…collectors or realistic buyers only
http://stores.ebay.com/HYE-SOCIETY-CLOTHING
Jun 2, 2008 at 8:08 pm
dj. jbras
dunks r the nike skate line so they release alot but jordan has other retros that r in need of release i mean couldnt a few AF1’s be made n these colors i mean they’re a basket ball shoe to right
just statin my opinion
Jun 2, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Too much blue and red. The white Nike swoosh would’ve definitely set these off a lot more. I guess the heads at JB knew that and figured they NOT do it this time around (to make them “different”)… but why?
I just want the t-shirts and practice jersey honestly and I’m not even Puerto Rican.
Jun 2, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Too much blue and red. The white Nike swoosh would’ve definitely set these off a lot more. I guess the heads at JB knew that and figured they’d NOT do it this time around (to make them “differentâ€)… but why?
I just want the t-shirts and practice jersey honestly and I’m not even Puerto Rican.
Jun 4, 2008 at 4:47 pm
ugly shoes they really need to stop killig these J’s just leave them how they are no need to put a PR mix on them.
Jun 7, 2008 at 11:37 am
i would rock these, i’m not a fan on “lows” but these are nice.. plus I love tha jordan 1’s, i don’t mind how they keep making designs, tha 1’s are one of tha bset makes! These are nice though I hope they make them in my size!!
Jun 7, 2008 at 11:40 am
only cop cuz im puetro rican
Jun 12, 2008 at 11:06 am
where can I get them?
Jul 10, 2008 at 2:16 pm
1st jordan does not own any team in the BSN which is the basketball league of the island
2nd jordan brand is doing this cause the And 1 contract expired and the league signed a 4 year contract with jordan brand to make the teams uniforms and the national teams uniforms as well.
3rd i hope i instructed all ya “boricuas” that come to the island once a year and think ya’ll know all about the island like famoso fresh over there
Sep 4, 2008 at 8:08 am
dayum des kicks are mad fly i really lyk dem!!
Sep 16, 2008 at 1:47 pm
chacho quuuuuuuueeeeeeeeee lindo:)
Sep 17, 2008 at 6:36 pm
diablo cabron…… Es q Puerto Rico la monta…. somos los mejore en el jodio mundo puñeta…. Tienen q mamar los cubano se cren los mejore y en cuba todavia no saben de tenis jajajajajajajajaja………
Sep 30, 2008 at 11:15 am
need 2 make a filipino version!!!
Oct 17, 2008 at 4:48 pm
I agree wit Luna and i done seen kool bob love aka cucumber slice aka Bobbito Garcia wit these in Bounce mag
Oct 29, 2008 at 7:39 am
DEm SNEAker Is SEXIII
Nov 20, 2008 at 2:07 pm
how much you want 4 those
Nov 21, 2008 at 2:23 pm
lool i’m a proud puerto rican and i love puerto rico flag sneakers but they should make then with a better sneaker and beteer color i don’t really like does sneakers next time make then better lol and put a little coqui in the side bendito
Dec 28, 2008 at 5:13 pm
where can u buy theses some one tell me
Jan 30, 2009 at 12:24 am
WHITE SWOOSH JB COME ON!!! ESO ERA ALGO OBVIO… AH BTW HATE PR COLORWAY !!! LOS CAPIARIA PQ SOY BORICUA 4 COLECTION DE AY PA LANTE NA QUE VER…
Feb 16, 2009 at 4:24 pm
dammmmm were do u buy those?
Mar 2, 2009 at 10:06 am
nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mar 13, 2009 at 11:41 am
just like puerto rico real nice and original yeahhhhhhhhhhh
Mar 21, 2009 at 3:36 pm
ese cubano esta celoso por q cuba todavia no los tienen!!!!!!
May 11, 2009 at 11:21 am
where can i get this fresh as forces…??
Jun 11, 2009 at 6:05 pm
im puertorican and i want the jordans whit the puertorican flag and i dont know where i can buy