Again, while generally, the Air Jordan 9 hasn’t elicited the same hype as its peers in the catalog, this particular colorway has all the right components to be appointment viewing. In an “absence makes the heart grow fonder” sense, the pair returning after 13 years on ice likely goes the furthest in explaining, but the shoe shares the steely colorway that made the Air Jordan 11 of the same name become a modern classic, now often classed with true OGs like the “Bred” and “Concord.”