--- description: The earliest known game-worn Michael Jordan basketball shoes will be auctioned off online by SCP Auctions from April 8th thru the 25th. title: Game-worn Michael Jordan Sneakers from 1984 to Be Auctioned image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b78bc75b59942b3/69878345e20a87480ba85874/ap8412020128.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Basketball](/tag/basketball/) ## Basketball Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Michael Jordan's Basketball Shoes from 1984 Are to Be Auctioned by [Kevin McSpadden](/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 12, 2015 9:25 AM CUT  Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan (23), right, prepares to go up with the ball as Los Angeles Lakers guard Michael Cooper (21), looks on during first half NBA action at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., Dec. 2, 1984 Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan (23), right, prepares to go up with the ball as Los Angeles Lakers guard Michael Cooper (21), looks on during first half NBA action at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., Dec. 2, 1984Reed Saxon—AP by [Kevin McSpadden](/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 12, 2015 9:25 AM CUT The earliest known game-worn Michael Jordan basketball shoes will be auctioned online by SCP Auctions, with bidding from April 8 through to Apr. 25, [according to ESPN](http://espn.go.com/nba/story/%5F/id/12465427/michael-jordan-nba-shoes-1984-go-auction "undefined"). The Nikes have reportedly been in the shoe closet of former Los Angeles Lakers ball-boy Khalid Ali for the last 30 years. “I didn’t really talk about them much. People who met me after my teenage years don’t even know I have them,” he said. The shoes, according to SCP Auctions vice president Dan Imler could fetch more than $50,000\. They came from a game played in Los Angeles on Dec. 2, 1984\. The Bulls won 113-112 and Jordan scored 20 points. Another pair of shoes that Jordan wore during the 1984-1985 season went for $31,070 in 2013. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3741811/michael-jordan-1984-sneakers-auction-nba/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3741811/michael-jordan-1984-sneakers-auction-nba/"},"headline":"Michael Jordan's Basketball Shoes from 1984 Are to Be Auctioned","datePublished":"2015-03-12T09:25:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:06:14.833Z","description":"The shoes have been in a closet for 30 years","url":"https://time.com/3741811/michael-jordan-1984-sneakers-auction-nba/","keywords":["Basketball","Sports topic","U.S.","Auction","Jordan","NBA","shoes","michael jordan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b78bc75b59942b3/69878345e20a87480ba85874/ap8412020128.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin McSpadden","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b78bc75b59942b3/69878345e20a87480ba85874/ap8412020128.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan (23), right, prepares to go up with the ball as Los Angeles Lakers guard Michael Cooper (21), looks on during first half NBA action at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., Dec. 2, 1984","caption":"Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan (23), right, prepares to go up with the ball as Los Angeles Lakers guard Michael Cooper (21), looks on during first half NBA action at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., Dec. 2, 1984","creditText":"Reed Saxon—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/basketball/","name":"Basketball"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3741811/michael-jordan-1984-sneakers-auction-nba/","name":"Michael Jordan's Basketball Shoes from 1984 Are to Be Auctioned"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Kobe Bryant Surpasses Michael Jordan’s Point Record","description":"Bryant is now the third highest on the NBA's top scoring list","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/wUzjXmWv/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-15T16:12:01.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wUzjXmWv.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3741811/michael-jordan-1984-sneakers-auction-nba/","duration":"PT1M3S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3741811/michael-jordan-1984-sneakers-auction-nba/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```