Air Force Friday: “LA 2″ Air Force 1
Posted by Matt Halfhill | Jun 19, 2009 Lakers fans are still pretty happy about yet another NBA Championship to add to the rafters. The last time the Lakers took home the Larry O’Brien trophy, the timing could not have been better with the release of an LA edition Air Force 1. Nike released an LA makeup of the Air Force 1 in the summer of 2001 (another championship year) and with the release of a second city series LA Air Force 1 and a second consecutive NBA championship, it looked like shoes were good luck to the city and the team.
This version dubbed the “LA 2″ by many was a retooled version of a general release with Nike LA branding on the tongue tag and stitched on the rear panel of the sneaker. A funny factoid about this shoe however was a mishap with many pairs where the LA was stitched backwards onto the sneaker landing at the outlets as B-Grades. With another NBA Championship has LA earned another city series AF1? |
Air Force 1 LA 2
Jun 24, 2009 at 11:05 pm
needs more purple but i wud crush these hard
Jun 24, 2009 at 1:56 pm
these are really nice
Jun 21, 2009 at 8:39 pm
NIKE aint late you fool these came out back in 2001 you didnt even have a pair of forces back then lmao
Jun 20, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Nike is late! See my LAKERS Custom here!!! http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=7349521&op=1&o=global&view=global&subj=883620106&id=883620106
Jun 20, 2009 at 7:55 pm
the la is deffintaly a 24 and a la symbol in one no doubt about it kobe kob ya dig
Jun 20, 2009 at 11:51 am
They need more purple n that’s crazy that da LA looks like a 24 n by da way its a swoosh not a check retard
Jun 20, 2009 at 11:12 am
i have never heard someone called the SWOOSH a check before. did i miss something??
Jun 20, 2009 at 11:07 am
co sign with newjerseygiant
Jun 20, 2009 at 10:27 am
They should of made the check purple but these are fresh 2 death.
Jun 20, 2009 at 10:19 am
I wore the dunks….
Jun 20, 2009 at 5:08 am
I copped these with the backwards LA at a Nike outlet for $45 in 02 … still got 2 pairs
Jun 20, 2009 at 4:42 am
PASSSSSSS
Jun 20, 2009 at 12:45 am
Ty said these is cold….
Jun 20, 2009 at 12:13 am
L.A. residents already got a bunch of free shoes last week with the whole raid incident:
http://nicekicks.com/2009/06/exclusive-interview-with-looted-shop-holy-grail/#more-29200
So do they really need another shoe??
Jun 19, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Song pointed out the 24 thing first..not drew
Jun 19, 2009 at 8:04 pm
whoa. “Drew”, how’d you notice that?? crazy stuff.
Ya i think these need more purple. They look like average AF1’s if you take the “LA” stitching off.
Jun 19, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Yeah that’s crazy it does look like a 24! Good eye Song, too bad KB is sooo nassssty to his haters. lol
N I agree mos def with a little more purple….stitching around the check maybe ? with a purp insole.
I still have these joints under the bed
Jun 19, 2009 at 5:27 pm
I have a pair of the b-grades and the purple and gold swoosh LA Editions of 2001. The leather on these are much better than the ones of today and these are super comfortable .
Jun 19, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Very interesting observation! These came out in 2002 while Kobe was still wearing #8 and was with Adidas.
Jun 19, 2009 at 4:54 pm
they made the LA look like 24 on purpose
Jun 19, 2009 at 4:46 pm
that LA looks so much like a “24″ and i hate kobe, so these are fail
Jun 19, 2009 at 4:45 pm
personally I think they could’ve threwn in a lil more purple, that woulda really made these must buys as seeing nike just release a white and yellow af1 that looks really similar to these
Jun 19, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Definite buy.