Jordan Brand Spiz’ike

By Craig Kwasniewski

Is Spike Lee a traitor?

Last week, Jordan Brand released the Jordan Spiz’ike shoes, a tribute to Michael Jordan and Spike Lee’s historic relationship. The Spiz’ike was limited to 4,032 pairs with all of the proceeds from the sale to benefit Morehouse College.

And suddenly we hear that Mars Blackmon's now directing commercials for Converse (D-Wade's new kicks, the Freethrow 55).

Nothing wrong with finding different ways to bring in some cash, but couldn't he just wait a few weeks?

The kicks, which retailed for $175, were a limited release on the East Coast on October 21st. As described on kicksandthecity.com:

In celebration of their historic relationship, Jordan Brand and Spike Lee have come together to design the Jordan Brand Spiz’ike, a combination of the Jordan III, IV, V, VI, and XX. A relationship that began in the late 80’s through Nike’s agency Widen + Kennedy, Spike’s character, Mars Blackmon, and Michael Jordan became the defacto faces of the then emerging Jordan legacy. A key ingredient in helping to mold the image of the then young Jordan line, Spike Lee contributed to each sneaker represented through the Spiz’ike including his most recent return to the brand last year with the Air Jordan XX.

The designers behind the Jordan Spiz’ike took the most discernible characteristics of the Jordan III, IV, V, VI, and XX and combined them onto one upper. The Air Jordan III is represented through the cement print and sole of the sneaker, the wings of the Jordan IV are placed at the ankles of the sneaker, the netting, ankle, lacelock, and the overall shape of the sneaker are taken from the Jordan V, the Jordan VI is represented through its classic tongue, and the lasering on the Jordan XX makes another appearance on the sockliner of the Spiz’ike. In addition to the obvious Jordan design characteristics, Spike Lee’s Mars Blackmon character and his “40 Acres and a Mule” logo are placed on the back of the kix.

I can't decide if these are the ugliest shoes or just uniquely cool. Given the limited release and the expected raping on ebay ($400), I'll never know.

Editor's note: yaysports.com correctly pointed out that Nike purchased Converse a little while back. Misguided premise and lack of research... Mark Heisler just called to welcome me to the "NBA Columnist Club."

Anyway, here's a few pics of the Spiz’ike's:

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[Derek]

These Spizikes are hot, I got the 'Do the right things' spizikes in size 6 last sunday =D last pair... I cant wait till the cements come out im buying em the first day!

[Derek]

I bought em 110$+Tax. I just hope they dont get stolen people in my school tried to steal em from me today

[P3RLA]

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[kharee tillmon]

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[joHANNa]

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[jose]

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[Mjtrell]

The spikes are sick if people cant see that your shoe game is all messed up. The true blue one are the hottest people in my area know that i have a pair that the cement hasnt even touch and want to buy them for seven hundred and up. That lets you know how hot there are.

[John]

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JUST GOT ME A PAIR OF THE CONCREATE ONES A COUPLE DAYS AGO ALL YOU PPL NEED TO GET URSELF A PAIR BUT MUST I SAY THEY ARE LIMETED!

[emie & stephany]

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cus once they get popular yu dumb bitches gonna be fieninq for some spikes!!!!!
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[andy]

i bought a pair of these but i think they was fake i got em at sealinshoe.com but some shoes were hot

[lala]

this shoes are so nice who eva thinks they r ugly u r are only looking at ur self

[spi'zike hater]

Yo, these shoes are WHACK. They aren't fucking limited, first of all. Second, the colours are ugly, but not as bad as the design of the shoe. The design on them is WHACK. Nike just had some extra material after retroeing J's and shit, so they just threw them together into one messed design that everybody recognizes/loves (the 5s) and got Spike Lee to help advertise them. If you think you look fresh rocking them, your brain is fried up. They're cheap as fuck, and I see them on all the sale racks in Foot Locker and shit.

[Kevin T]

well the spizikes are a blend of alot of different numbers of shoes, also.. i like these lol

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[edward green]

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