As if Nigel Sylvester's collaborations with Jordan Brand didn't have enough of a story behind them, some brazen thieves have added to that lore.

Last year, stolen pairs of the then-unreleased Air Jordan 11 "Legend Blue" worth more than $200,000 were recovered after allegedly being stolen from a train in California. That headline is just the tip of the iceberg of a heist syndicate targeting Nike sneakers,