In 1993, still reeling from the murder of his father, Michael Jordan did something he had been contemplating for almost a year. He retired from basketball. At the top of his game, having cheap real jordans won three championships, the greatest basketball player of all time walked off the floor. Astonishingly, MJ walked onto a baseball diamond. Nike, in tribute to Number 23, released the original shoe that is now being reintroduced as the Air Jordan 10 Retro. Celebrated Nike designer Tinker Hatfield had teamed with Michael in the design iterations three through nine of the trademark kick. However, MJ had no hand in the concept for number ten.