The Air Jordan 14 was released in 1998/1999.This was the very last Air Jordan model that Michael would sport in NBA before his retirement. On January 13th, 1999, Michael announced his retirement from the NBA basketball for the second time. A great stylish design and a great shoe for Michael to end his NBA career in.This was the first Air Jordan that would feature laces with metal tips. Something that both the XV's and XVI's designs also would use.The Cheap jordans's also begun the trend of having a number of things that would count towards the model of the shoe. On the Air jordan shoes each shoe had seven jumpmans; ferrari-like shield, insole, sole, back,and front. Counting them on both shoes makes it a total of 14 Jumpmans.