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Michael Jordan Wanted to Sign with Adidas Over Nike, Billion Dollar Mistake!

Post on: May 5, 2020
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Michael Jordan did NOT want to sign with Nike back in the day. Not even close.
He WANTED to sign with ADIDAS IN 1984 … but they didn’t want to make him a priority.
TALK ABOUT A BILLION DOLLAR MISTAKE!!!
MJ explained the whole thing in episode 5 of “The Last Dance” … admitting his mom FORCED him get on a plane and take a pitch meeting with the Swoosh just to hear what they had to say.

“My mother said, ‘You’re gonna go listen. You may not like it, but you’re gonna go listen,'” Jordan said … “She made me get on that plane and go listen.”

At the time, MJ thought Nikes just weren’t a top-flight shoe. He was more into the Adidas.

But, when a very young MJ met with Adidas, they made it clear he would NOT be pushed as their premiere athlete and they weren’t open to giving him his own shoe.

Converse — the other top sneaker company at the time — had Magic Johnson and Larry Bird on their roster and also didn’t see him as their top guy.

So, Jordan took the Nike meeting — and the rest is history.

“Go into that meeting not wanting to be there, and Nike made this big pitch,” Jordan said … “My father said, ‘You’d have to be a fool not taking this deal. This is the best deal.'”

Nike was working on their “Air” technology — which they built into MJ’s shoe and called “Air Jordan.”

 

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