Originally released in November 1993, the Air Jordan 9 model was the first custom Air Jordans model release after his retirement and Jordan never played a whole season of basketball with these sneakers. This model was created in the form of baseball cleats that Jordan used when playing minor-league baseball.

The white/black version of these custom kicks were worn by Jordan for one scene in the 1996 movie Space Jam.

Like the Air Jordan 7 and Air Jordan 8 model's, these Air Jordans feature an inner sock sleeve and nubuck accents. The sole features different symbols and languages of different countries.