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Kicks on Cards: Card of The Week with the Air Jordan XII "Playoffs"

April 16th 2012 | 131 comments

words & image // Zack Schlemmer

We're less than a week away from the return of the Air Jordan XII Black/White "Playoffs" colorway on April 21st, so the shoe to feature in the Kicks on Cards Card of the Week is an obvious choice. Here we see Michael Jordan wearing them in a picture straight from the 1996-97 NBA Finals.  Just a year after MJ and the Bulls defeated the Seattle Sonics in the 1996 Finals while wearing the iconic Air Jordan XI, he was back to the Finals again in 1997 against the Utah Jazz in another one of his greatest shoes: the Air Jordan XII. 

After playing in the predominantly white colorways of the Air Jordan XII during the regular season, Jordan switched to black colorways for the 1997 NBA Playoffs where he wore the Black/Varsity Red "Bred" AJ12 for away games, and these "Playoffs" for home games.  On this awesome Upper Deck Collector's Choice card we get a great shot of MJ and the shoes, as well as a look at Dennis Rodman's signature Converse All Star 91 (not to mention big bad Greg Ostertag!).  

Who will be grabbing a pair (or more) when they return this Saturday?

Creative
Resell
Will Camp
Might Cop
Hype Magnet
Expensive
WTF
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Approve
Scrap
Feet Worthy
Really?
Easy Pass
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Too Much
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Clean
Ridiculous!
Easy Cop
66%
34%
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I grew up watchin MJ killin em and don't think today's NBA stands up to the game back then teams today would have a hard time hanging with the bucks of that time to much flopping players should get Oscars not mvps (yeah you bron) weak ass centers acting like a small ass guard knocked them over


So true!! You forgot to mention Blake Griffin....he'll dunk on anyone and act like he's a beast, but gets hit by a guard and looks like oswald was in the stands.
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I need a pair of them
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Retro 12 Cool Grey

Pm me if interested
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I grew up watchin MJ killin em and don't think today's NBA stands up to the game back then teams today would have a hard time hanging with the bucks of that time to much flopping players should get Oscars not mvps (yeah you bron) weak ass centers acting like a small ass guard knocked them over
Yeah Dick I wear all my shit
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Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen... Michael Jordan!!!
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Jordan's I'm looking for Size 11.5-12:
1: Banned, Black/Royal Blue 3: 2000 White Cement or Black Cement, Mocah 4: Oreo 5: Grape and Laney, Quai, Green Bean 6: Early 2000 Infareds 7: Hare, YOTR, 2002 Raptors 8: Chrome 9: Olive 10: Seattle and Kings 11: Colombia 12: OG Bred 13: OG Bred, White/Red, UNC 14: Indiglo 15: Flint Grey and Bred 16: Bred and Chambray 17: Copper and Black/Mettalic Silver 18: Black/Blue or White/Red 20: Bred and UNC
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coped em
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[quote="tigger830"]I grew up watchin MJ killin em and don't think today's NBA stands up to the game back then teams today would have a hard time hanging with the bucks of that time to much flopping players should get Oscars not mvps (yeah you bron) weak ass centers acting like a small ass guard knocked them over [/quote] So true!! You forgot to mention Blake Griffin....he'll dunk on anyone and act like he's a beast, but gets hit by a guard and looks like oswald was in the stands. :smh:
I need a pair of them 8-)
I grew up watchin MJ killin em and don't think today's NBA stands up to the game back then teams today would have a hard time hanging with the bucks of that time to much flopping players should get Oscars not mvps (yeah you bron) weak ass centers acting like a small ass guard knocked them over
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still dont know if i should go get em or jus keep my money =/ last minute debating with myself
cmon saturday my alram is set yeeeah boy
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