{"product_id":"gs-air-jordan-12-retro-flu-game-bred-2025-153265-002-25","title":"(GS) Air Jordan 12 Retro \"Flu Game \/ Bred\" (2025) [153265-002-25]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003eAir Jordan 12 Retro \"Flu Game\"\u003c\/span\u003e is the most story-laden sneaker in the \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003eAir Jordan 12\u003c\/span\u003e catalog — and the 2025 retro is only the \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003efifth release in 28 years\u003c\/span\u003e, nine years after the last pair landed in 2016. The story the shoe carries is one of the most documented and most replayed moments in basketball history: \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003eJune 11, 1997\u003c\/span\u003e. Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The Bulls and the Jazz tied at 2-2. Michael Jordan, severely ill from what was initially reported as the flu and later believed to be food poisoning from a pizza delivered the night before, took the court in Salt Lake City when most people expected him to sit. He played \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003e44 minutes — more than any other player in the game\u003c\/span\u003e — and delivered \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003e38 points, 3 steals, and 5 assists\u003c\/span\u003e in a 90-88 Bulls victory that put Chicago up 3-2. The Bulls won the series in six. The shoe on his feet that night became one of the most mythologized objects in sports history, and its colorway — \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003eblack tumbled leather and Varsity Red\u003c\/span\u003e — became impossible to separate from the performance it was worn during. The 2025 retro also carries a behind-the-scenes story of its own: Jordan Brand originally planned a \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003e\"Heritage Twist\" variant\u003c\/span\u003e to replace the OG release, and the collector community's unified backlash against that plan was significant enough that Jordan Brand reversed course entirely and committed to the straight OG-faithful execution the shoe deserved.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe 2025 build is confirmed as \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003ethe most OG-faithful \"Flu Game\" retro since the original 1997 pair\u003c\/span\u003e — correcting construction details that prior retros accumulated over four release cycles. The \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003epremium black tumbled leather upper\u003c\/span\u003e returns with the dense, textured surface quality that defines the AJ12's material identity, with \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003esignature rising-sun inspired stitch lines\u003c\/span\u003e running across every panel — the stitching pattern \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003eTinker Hatfield\u003c\/span\u003e based on the Japanese Rising Sun flag aesthetic that informed the silhouette's entire design language. The \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003eVarsity Red lizard-textured mudguard\u003c\/span\u003e wraps the lower profile with the scale-patterned reptilian overlay that has always been the colorway's most distinctive material detail — the texture adding dimension to the red panels that a smooth leather would never achieve. A \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003eJumpman emblem on the tongue and heel tab\u003c\/span\u003e carries the identity branding, while the \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003esemi-translucent red rubber outsole with black herringbone traction pods\u003c\/span\u003e and an \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003eexposed carbon fiber shank plate\u003c\/span\u003e complete a sole unit that delivers performance credentials and the colorway's signature underfoot red in one continuous structure. The \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003efull-length Zoom Air cushioning unit\u003c\/span\u003e within a \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003elightweight Phylon midsole\u003c\/span\u003e provides the responsive underfoot feel that made the AJ12 a legitimate performance basketball shoe in its original era. \u003cspan class=\"kw\"\u003eOG-style packaging\u003c\/span\u003e closes the presentation with the same archival respect Jordan Brand brought to the construction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Air Jordan","offers":[{"title":"3.5 \/ BEST PRICE","offer_id":43889784094838,"sku":null,"price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"3.5 \/ SWIFT SHIP","offer_id":43849117073526,"sku":"153265-002-25-35","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"4 \/ BEST PRICE","offer_id":43889784127606,"sku":null,"price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"4 \/ SWIFT SHIP","offer_id":43849117106294,"sku":"153265-002-25-4","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"4.5 \/ BEST PRICE","offer_id":43889784160374,"sku":null,"price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"4.5 \/ SWIFT SHIP","offer_id":43849117139062,"sku":"153265-002-25-45","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"5 \/ BEST PRICE","offer_id":43889784193142,"sku":null,"price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"5 \/ SWIFT SHIP","offer_id":43849117171830,"sku":"153265-002-25-5","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"5.5 \/ BEST PRICE","offer_id":43889784225910,"sku":null,"price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"5.5 \/ SWIFT SHIP","offer_id":43849117204598,"sku":"153265-002-25-55","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"6 \/ BEST PRICE","offer_id":43889784258678,"sku":null,"price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"6 \/ SWIFT SHIP","offer_id":43849117237366,"sku":"153265-002-25-6","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"6.5 \/ BEST PRICE","offer_id":43889784291446,"sku":null,"price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"6.5 \/ SWIFT SHIP","offer_id":43849117270134,"sku":"153265-002-25-65","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"7 \/ BEST PRICE","offer_id":43889784324214,"sku":null,"price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"7 \/ SWIFT SHIP","offer_id":43849117302902,"sku":"153265-002-25-7","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5459\/3142\/files\/pixelcut-export_1_34abfa8f-78be-469a-9b28-bd9f3034081f.png?v=1784786563","url":"https:\/\/footninjas.com\/products\/gs-air-jordan-12-retro-flu-game-bred-2025-153265-002-25","provider":"FOOT NINJAS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}