Release of the Week: Air Jordan VI Retro 。Michael got an important “first” while wearing the VI with his first of six NBA Championships, but meanwhile the shoe itself featured a few “lasts” within the Air Jordan line. Most notably, it was the last Air Jordan to have Nike branding on the exterior of the shoe, after Nike and Tinker made a conscious effort to market the Air Jordan line as a separate entity from the rest of Nike Basketball beginning with the Air Jordan VII. The VI was also the last Air Jordan to have a prominent visible Air window, again something the Air Jordan series departed from since it was a distinctly Nike design feature (visible Air would return later on the Air Jordan XVI, but in a minimal presentation). Meanwhile in the marketing department, the Air Jordan VI was the last model promoted by Spike Lee’s Mars Blackmon character in the commercial and print advertisement series that started with the Air Jordan III.