The year was 1993, Charles Barkley led the Phoenix Suns to the best record in the NBA during the 1992-93 season. While winning the 1993 NBA MVP award Sir Charles rocked the Nike Force Max. When at home at America West Arena, Chuck would wear the white/blue/black colorway. When the Suns played on the road Barkley would lace up the black/grey/white colorway. Phoenix would defeat Seattle in 7 games to win the Western Conference Finals, before losing to the Chicago Bulls and you know who in 6 games. Meanwhile on the college scene the Fab Five were in year two as sophomores, Chris, Juwan, Jalen, Jimmy and Ray would rock the black/grey/white colorway edition of the Nike Force Max. The Wolverines would wear their usual baggy shorts, black socks and bald heads. Michigan would advance to their second straight Final Four and National Championship Game respectively. However another ACC opponent would defeat the Fab Five to cut down the nets as the UNC Tarheels did just that. During the 2000-01 season Nike would release the black/grey/white & white/blue/black respective colorways, I even had a white pair. They were pretty cool. I could let the black/grey/white colorway pass me by when they were released as the Nike Force Max 2013. When I picked the sneaker up in the store, my mind raced back to 6th grade and the likes of CB34 & the Fab Five making the sneaker famous. Nike will be releasing more colorways on the 2013 edition. Stayed tuned !
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