 I know you see it. The Air Jordan 23 is the official model of the college PE's in 2024. Now this is the Oklahoma colorway in particular, and I'm excited to show you guys all the details of this shoe and start my own personal hunt for tracking down every college. Oh yeah, and if you didn't know by now, my name is DJ, and this is the DNA show. Now before we get to breaking these beautiful sneakers down, you know we gotta talk about the history first. So as you guys all know, Michael Jordan wore number 23, and every year he released a new model over the years, and eventually they came out with the Jordan 23s. I'll never forget the early 2008, we saw the debut of the Air Jordan 23 model, and I was so hyped to add that shoe to my collection, and I'm sure a lot of you guys remember all the cool details and the DVD that came inside of the box similar to the Air Jordan 17s. That was a very fun time to be a sneakerhead back then, and honestly I feel like a lot of people had appreciation for 23s, saying that some of the other higher numbers, people just didn't really like that much. Cause I ain't gonna lie, the 22s, that might be one of the worst models out of all 23. But don't get me wrong, I got a few pairs of my collection still. But besides that, we saw multiple colorways and iterations over the years from high tops and low tops, and different things that had came out when it comes to samples and PEs, and special collaborations that they have done over the years. But recently, there just hasn't been too much buzz around the Air Jordan 23. And honestly, I'm very excited to see what they're doing around this model, because that makes me think that the retro might be coming of all the OG colorways. And honestly, I would not be mad at that at all. So recently over the past month, two of the colleges have leaked their photos from their pairs. We saw Georgetown, we saw UCLA, they kind of got leaked. That was like an unofficial leaking of it. Georgetown was more official. And then I was able to get my hands on the Oklahoma pair and give you guys one of the first looks at these as well. So as you guys all know, there's a handful of Jordan brand colleges. So you still got versions for the other schools like Howard and Florida Gators and UNC and Marquette and Oregon, they're just like in their own category. I think it would be dope if they did a version, but I know they always do something separate. So hopefully, I know you guys, you know who's watching. If you guys make a Oregon Ducks PE, that would go crazy. And I know you guys would kill it. Also, I know I didn't mention every Jordan brand school, but there are versions made for those colleges. And eventually the photos will come out. And if not, I'll just get my hands on them and show you guys in a video very, very soon. Cause I'm telling you right now, they all look really, really good. So now that everybody knows, this is the official model of 2024 when it comes to the college PE's. I'm sure there's gonna be a lot of collectors going after the shoe, or just simply people wanting to see what the sneakers look like for the different colleges. So here's the first look at the Oklahoma's. So let's go ahead and take it to the studio so you guys can see all the details of this shoe, because honestly, there's a lot of them. Oh baby, let's get into it. Looking at this right here, outsole. Oh my gosh. Okay, it's pretty simple and pretty standard. Honestly, how it normally is. The classic Air Jordan 23 outsole. You got the fingerprint, the thumb print outsole on the front end, on the back end. And then also you can see like the toes. Right here, you see these little pods. That's kind of like representing the toe of the foot and the ball of the foot and the heel of the foot. I like how they did that design with the traction of the sneaker. Now in the center of the foot, you have a large plate with the carbon fiber and then it's like clear plastic kind of translucent all through there. And then going up to the midsole, it looks like it's like black, but actually if you look really close at the details of it, there's like a glitter sparkle behind the translucent midsole. And that wraps up to the front on the top of the toe here. It goes all the way around the toe. And then it's one piece that goes around here. Honestly, how do they even put this thing together? This is like one huge piece. And then it connects just with one seam line back here. This mold is probably, I never really paid attention to the 23s like that. That's like one, yeah, this is all one piece. Okay, sorry. That was just a new discovery for myself. But yeah, translucent right here on the midsole. Again, speckled behind that, like a sparkle glitter speckle. And even on the original pair, you can see it has that same kind of speckle to it, but this is a little bit more bronzish. And again, it might be from a little bit of aging as well, but that one's a little bit more bronzish. This is a little bit more clear. All right, I'm spending too much time on this part of the shoe, but this is kind of dope. Now going up to the front of the shoe on the toe, you got like two different pieces. So you have a red tumbled, slightly tumbled leather that goes all the way around the toe right here and red. And then if you look really, really close, you have Michael Jordan's signatures all throughout that part of the shoe. And then on top of that, on the vamp and the same piece, wrapping all the way up, well actually it cuts off right here, it stitches together, but that goes all the way up right here on the vamp. You have a white patent leather with your perforated dots, different patterns right here. And then you have that same kind of vibe wrapping up all the way to the center of the tongue, perforated dots. And then you have your Oklahoma University OU right here on the middle of the tongue. You have your standard white laces. Now looking at the side panel of the foot, the main area of the shoe, honestly, I love what they did with this in the whole series and how they're doing it. These ones, I don't know if Oklahoma really has like a school mascot. It's just kind of like letters for their mascot. Maybe I'm tripping, I never really looked into it because you know, I'm a big Ducks fan but I do like these a lot, holding on to the topic. The other schools have like the school logo on the side of the foot as well, which is super dope to see. And you know, I'm excited to get my hands on those for you guys. But these ones right here, you have an OU and then that's kind of like stamped behind it and it's like a raised logo on the side of it. And then this is all like a premium suede on the side of the foot. And then you have that kind of like a carbon fiber hair and bone kind of look. We always to always say that it's also on the outside at the collar, at the top end and around the back end of the shoe. Now another detail that we always see on the Air Jordan 23 is this back end, this little flap. So you have that suede material right here sticking out the back end with a black stitch. And then on the top of another thing I didn't mention as well, on the top of the border and all around the suede right here, you can see you have a red stitch. And then on the bottom half, there's one single line, the triple stitch, whatever you want to call it, the third line, that's all in black wrapping around the bottom and then also going up this side and then goes the same way right here on the inside of the foot. Now on the inside of the foot, this is actually a little bit more similar to how the regular release is. And I'm not saying 100% because this one has like obviously the crazy pattern on the side. But you know, you think of 23s and you think of their embroidery on the side of the shoe, the special designs, even with different PEs and stuff like that. So I like how they still kept some of that aspect. This is like a suede too. It's just like so hard to see and it's not as thick. It's a lot thinner. This is more hairy on this version compared to the black original pair. Either way, you got the suede element, it's more hairy, it's more prominent when it comes to the shoe. And then you have your diamond stitch all throughout and that's gonna be in a bigger stitch. And then on the inside of that in the middle, you have your OU embroidered with a subtle hit but a very nice touch to the shoe. Personally, I think it was a super dope addition and I like how they did that with all the colleges on their pairs as well. And another dope touch that I like on this shoe as well, the right foot behind that it says Sooner and then on the left foot behind that it says Boomer. So Boomer Sooner is one of their things, one of their slogans, things that they like to say, makes sense, aligns with the school. I like how they did that as well. Now when it comes to the interior shoe around the inside of the collar, you have that same all black satin material. And one thing that I noticed on here is that there's like an ankle pad on the inside of the foot and these are a lot more firm and it's actually all black on the inside. If you look at the original release, the ankle pad on the inside of the foot, there's actually like a gray patch, a gray circle or whatever you wanna call it, where the pad is at. And this one's actually a little bit softer. So this is a new modern day retro, a modern day cut. So I'm sure there's probably a little bit differences when it comes to maybe if it's the tooling or the manufacturing process or whatever it is. Cause you gotta think the 23s came out like, what, 10 years? Man, maybe how many years ago was that? 12, 14 years ago? It's been a while since the 23s came out. Damn, that's crazy. I haven't had a chance to try these on and wear them just yet, but that's also something to take note with as well because we just don't really see 23 retros. And personally, I think this is something that's warming the people up to see, hey, we have this Jordan 23, we got the whole college set. Now maybe next year or later this year, we might get some more 23s. And don't get me wrong, we've seen 23s come out with like special collaborations and stuff, but they kind of like flew under the radar, which personally I think were some great ones that came out over the years. But again, hold another topic, we'll talk about that later. Going to the sock liner right here on the inside, you got that red Sooner's color. And then you have the black jump man on the heel of the right foot and the same thing on the left foot. So because they did so much branding on this shoe, when it comes to the tongue, the inside, the outside, everything like that with the school logos, I could understand why they threw the jump man on there because essentially there's like nowhere else on the shoe that has the jump man. Like that's basically it. So I like how they really went, you know, decked out the shoe with the school logo, the school branding and everything like that. And I'm interested to see what you guys think down below in the comment section, about the 23s, what you rate these, you know, if they're fire trash, all those things, we'll get into the poll results in a sec. But I'm just very interested to see how you guys feel. Personally, I love the Air Jordan 23s. I've owned every single original colorway that came out. I, Kevin Martin PEs, Ray Allen PEs, Chris Paul PEs, like I've been rocking with 23s since way back. So for me, I'm down for the cause and I'm very excited to see these, you know, hitting the streets and me trying to get my hands on them and complete the set. This is the first one I got in the set. So again, I got a lot of work to do because we got more schools this year. Howard University, their pair is clean. The Gators, those are fire UCLA, just announced there, seeing those. Honestly, I've seen the whole set. The UNCs, oh my gosh, oh my. I'm gonna just let the internet leak the photos, but I'm just telling you guys right now, they're all clean. So now when I asked the people if this shoe was fire or trash, I was very interested by the results because not that many people like Oklahoma and not that many people like the 23s. So I posted the poll on my Instagram story. If you haven't already, make sure you follow me on IG so you can participate in the polls and see all the results here on the channel. 50% of the people said fire and 50% of the people said trash. Again, we just talked about the elements as to why people may vote the way they did, but this is a true on the fence. How do you feel? I don't know. Everybody's up in the air about it. Let me know what you think. I'm very interested because I'm sure there's gonna be a huge mix of comments down below with everybody going off about how they feel about them. But again, you know me, I like them a lot. I had to cop them for the collection. Now, these are going for around $2,000 right now. The different market prices are gonna vary depending on the size, the condition, and the school, depending on the rarity, which school, all the different things. The prices are probably gonna be cheaper and then they might go up. Who knows? We'll see what happens. As of right now, I would say most people are trying to ask around that. I'm not gonna say they're gonna all sell for that much, but at the same time, it may depend. Again, there's a lot of different variables. I hope you guys enjoyed this. I have a fully curated playlist with samples, PEs, and some of the most rare sneakers in the world here on my channel, things that are in my collection, stuff that I've seen over the years. So if you guys wanna see that and you haven't subscribed already, make sure you guys hit that subscribe button and hit the video after this one because I'm telling you right now, you don't wanna miss it. I would never let you down and sit my D.A. man. The only choice I'd like to make what I'm gonna wear today. I would never let you down and sit my D.A. man. The only choice I'd like to make what I'm gonna wear today. I was made for it.