{"id":202465,"date":"2012-03-09T23:22:04","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T05:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicekicks.com\/?p=202465"},"modified":"2022-09-16T04:23:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T09:23:01","slug":"tinker-hatfield-discussed-design-relationship-michael-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/tinker-hatfield-discussed-design-relationship-michael-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinker Hatfield Discusses Design Relationship with Michael Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the third and final installment of our conversation with Tinker Hatfield<\/strong> at the Air Jordan 2012 launch event, the mastermind and designer of your favorite Jordans thoroughly describes his working relationship with Michael Jordan. In detail, Tinker touches on the progression of their relationship from the Air Jordan 3 to now, their friendly trash-talking conversations and the challenges they bestow upon each other when designing a shoe. Read up on Tinker’s relationship with His Airness below.<\/p>\n RELATED<\/strong>: Tinker Hatfield: ?I can design a shoe in about an hour.? | Tinker Hatfield Discusses Inspiration, Availability & Evolution of Air Jordan 2012<\/p>\n On the progression of their relationship over the years:<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think he was suspicious of me for about three years. He wasn’t sure about me, and then the Air Jordan 3 went big and he was like, ‘You’re okay.’ Then, the 4s came out and he was like, ‘You’re not bad. You’re pretty good.’ After the third or fourth shoe we made together, he was like, ‘Yeah, let’s do this’, and he was all into it then. So, it took a while. He was pretty guarded, and he had to be. There are many people out here that just try to get stuff out of him.”<\/em><\/p>\n