The design of the
Air Jordans XIV was inspired by Michaels car, the Ferrari 550 M, and was made by Tinker Hatfield together with Mark Smith. A fantastic stylish design and an awesome shoe for Michael Jordan to end his fantastic NBA career in. This was the first
Air Jordans XIV that would feature laces with metal tips. Something that both the XV and XVI designs also would use. The
Air Jordan XIV also begun the trend of having a number of things that would count towards the model# of the shoe. On the
Air Jordan XIV each shoe had seven jumpmans; ferrari-like shield, insole, sole, back, 2 x lacetip and front. Counting them on both shoes makes it a total of 14 (XIV) Jumpmans.
