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Ten years ago today, Michael Jordan<\/strong> stepped off the NBA hardwood as basketball’s best. At 40 years of age, MJ hung up his sneakers after playing all 82 games of his second season with the Washington Wizards. Since then, Michael has remained retired as have the shoes he wore in that game: the Air Jordan 18 White\/Sport Royal<\/strong>. Based in smooth white leather and set off by a tumbled leather lace guard, this ?Home? colorway saw road wear in his Philly farewell but is yet to see a retro release. Would you like to see this OG Air Jordan 18 come back? What do you remember from his last game? Let us know in the comment section.<\/p>\n image via Kixclusive\n

Lead image via SI Vault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ten years ago today, Michael Jordan stepped off the NBA hardwood as basketball’s best. At 40 years of age, MJ…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2415,"featured_media":289606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1203975],"tags":[1225522,1225586,1225706],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThis Day in Sneaker History: Michael Jordan Plays Final Game in Air Jordan 18 | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Where to buy This Day in Sneaker History: Michael Jordan Plays Final Game in Air Jordan 18 shoes. 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