{"id":411609,"date":"2014-10-26T16:03:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T21:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=411609"},"modified":"2022-08-22T17:13:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T22:13:24","slug":"day-sneaker-history-michael-jordans-nba-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/day-sneaker-history-michael-jordans-nba-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"This Day In Sneaker History: Michael Jordan&#8217;s NBA Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was on this day, October 26th, 30 years ago that the greatest of all time made his NBA debut. Jordan Brand celebrated the day with some social posts of the shoes that <strong>Michael Jordan<\/strong> wore in his first game, the <strong>Nike Airship<\/strong>, and the caption, &#8220;One small step for MJ. One giant leap for the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the Air Jordan 1 will be remembered by many as MJ&#8217;s first shoe, I think it would make for a great sneaker history story to retro the <a href=\"\/tag\/nike-airship\/\">Nike Airship<\/a> in colors MJ wore. The Air Ship has never been released since its 1984 debut.<\/p>\n<p>Have a quick watch below at highlights of Michael Jordan&#8217;s NBA debut.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ZHjkFH1a68\" width=\"700\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"3\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"background: url(data:image\/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaagfbmveuiiii9pt0ehh4gib4hibkchbwchbwchbydr+jqaaaachrstlmaba4yhyqsm5jtamwaaadfsurbvdjl7zvbegmhcaqbaf\/\/42xcnbpaqakcm0ftumfaaibe81iqbjds3ls6zs3bipb9wed3yyxfpmhrft8sgyrcp1x8ueuxlmznwelfoycv6mhwwwmzdpekhlhlw7nwjqkhc4uizphavdza2jpzudsbzzinae2s6owh8xpmx8g7zzgkeopuoyhvgz1tbcxmkd3kwnvbu0gkhkx+izilf77iofhry1nyfnb\/lqpb79drwoyjva\/davg9b\/rlb4cc+nqgdz\/tvbbbnr6gbreqn\/nrmdgaqeej7whonozjf+y2i\/fzou\/qaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/un1BetpMQy\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">One small step for MJ. One giant leap for the game.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #c9c8cd; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Jordan (@jumpman23)\u00a0on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2014-10-26T16:24:51+00:00\">Oct 10, 2014 at 9:24am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was on this day, October 26th, 30 years ago that the greatest of all time made his NBA debut.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":411610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1203975],"tags":[1225586,1259418],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Michael Jordan&#039;s NBA Debut in Nike Air Ship - NiceKicks.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Where to buy This Day In Sneaker History: Michael Jordan&#039;s NBA Debut shoes. 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