At the tail end of Carmelo Anthony's rookie year with the Denver Nuggets in 2004, Jordan Brand released an Air Jordan 2 in White, Varsity Maize and University Blue, a retail version of a PE Melo wore that season. To mark Melo's time in Denver, Jordan retroed the Air Jordan 2 'Melo' in May 2018, bringing back the Nuggets colorway and adding 'Melo' branding on the insole.