One of the perks of being a part of the original Team Jordan (along with Michael Finley, Derek Anderson, Eddie Jones and Vin Baker) was exclusive pairs of Jordans before they hit the market.
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Spike finessed early samples of the shoes for Allen and Washington to wear on camera based on a relationship with Nike and Jordan that dated to 1988, when he first appeared alongside Jordan in an iconic series of TV and print ads as Mars Blackmon, the Air Jordan-loving character he played in his 1986 film She’s Gotta Have It.Įven Allen, then a member of the Milwaukee Bucks and one of the first NBA players to be endorsed by Jordan Brand, was surprised by Lee’s sneaker pull. They’d already made their way into He Got Game, which had wrapped principal photography days before Jordan and the Bulls faced the Celtics.
But, of course, Lee got his hands on a pair of the shoes long before then. The Air Jordan 13 wasn’t available to the public until the 1997 holiday season. So I’m like, ‘How in the hell did you get the shoe and I don’t have it?’ ” - Ray Allen He felt like this design, though it was really different, was going to be successful for him as a player, but also in the marketplace.” Of course, that makes the sales … and marketing people nervous, but Michael wasn’t nervous at all. They’re a little bit like the previous one. It was really quite a departure,” legendary Nike shoe designer Tinker Hatfield told The Undefeated in January 2017. “This shoe … wasn’t like anything before it. Hyped as “the lightest Air Jordan ever made,” the 13 became the first sneaker in Nike’s history to be designed on a computer, using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator on an Apple Macintosh. After signing an endorsement deal with Nike in 1984 - and becoming the greatest player of all time, with the most revered line of signature footwear on the planet - Jordan’s own brand was projected to yield more than $225 million in sales in the first year alone. It was the debut shoe of the Jordan Brand, officially launched in September 1997, as an unprecedented partnership between Nike and one of the company’s star athletes. The Bulls fell to the Celtics, 92-85, but Jordan dazzled in his new kicks, with a team-high 30 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. It’s a primarily white shoe, featuring a black midsole, toe box and tongue, with red accent. On Halloween Night 1997, the Chicago Bulls’ season opener, Jordan broke out the Air Jordan 13s at the Fleet Center court in Boston. This is how the film, with the help of Lee, Washington, Allen - and don’t forget Glymph - solidified the shoe as one of the most recognizable in the pantheon of sneaker culture. Twenty years later, they’re widely regarded as the He Got Game Air Jordan 13s. “I was all about Jordans, and to have those shoes in my hands, knowing I was like the first person to hold them, was kind of cool.” Back then, they were just the latest installment of Jordan’s signature line of sneakers. “I’d never seen a pair of shoes that hadn’t come out yet,” Glymph said. When the scene was shot, during the summer of the 1997 NBA Finals, when the Chicago Bulls won their fifth title in seven years, not even Michael Jordan had worn the unreleased sneakers in a game. Glymph’s character sells him a pair of new Air Jordan 13s. Jake Shuttlesworth has been released from prison and is desperate for some fresh footwear.
So he gave him the role of an unnamed sneaker clerk who shares a brief yet very much so important on-screen moment with Washington. Lee decided to go in a different direction, casting Travis Best, then a member of the Indiana Pacers, as Sip. “It was going well, and then at the end … Spike was kind of mulling it over, and his last question was, ‘You play ball, man?’ Kind of like, ‘Listen, do you really play ball?’ ” “I remember going in and doing the scene,” said Glymph, now 44. Glymph originally read for the part of Sip, one of Jesus’ teammates at Abraham Lincoln High School in the Coney Island area of Brooklyn, New York. 1 high school basketball recruit in the nation, Jesus Shuttlesworth, who would be portrayed by then-NBA youngster Ray Allen. The project would star Denzel Washington as Jake Shuttlesworth, the father of the No. It was something called He Got Game, written and to be directed by Spike Lee. In 1997, Glymph received a call from his agent about an audition. But in airports, on trains, pretty much whenever he travels, Avery Glymph is still recognized for a 30-second scene from his decades-old film debut. His résumé boasts a Master of Fine Arts and expertise in classical acting, with 25 stage appearances, including Broadway. His IMDb page features nearly two dozen television and film credits.
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