These Air Jordan 19 were released in 2004 and modeled after the black mamba snake. It is the first Jordan release after his third, and final, retirement which came after the 2002-2003 NBA season.
There are two original colorways were released: white/flint grey and black/red, and three regional colorways and three special edition colorways were released. Jordan 19 sneakers consisted of the Air jordan East, West, and Midwest edition for regular and Air jordan West, East, and Olympic for the Air Jordan 17 .
The Jordan 19 used innovative materials, with upper section of the shoe was developed in collaboration with the global materials consultancy Material ConneXion. In theory, this allowed for a lace-less shoe because the sleeving does not stretch, however the Air Jordan XIX model did include a set of laces behind the sleeve to better secure the shoe. They are the lightest Air Jordans that ever have been made.