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His most impressive Nike recruit came before he began working for the sportswear behemoth, though. While an Olympic assistant, Raveling played a pivotal role in Nike signing a young Michael Jordan from the University of North Carolina, helping build a global brand that continues to thrive today. In the 2023 movie “Air,” which tells the story of Nike ultimately persuading Jordan to pick the swoosh, Raveling was played by Marlon Wayans.

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Oh No He Didn't: A MICHAEL JORDAN SIGHTING!!!

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Oh No He Didn't: Ty on MJ joining NBC: "I don't think it's more so to be critical or critique. I think it's more so to be around the game. Like we need him, we miss him...I think he'll help the young guys, help the game grow"

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I’ve heard a lot of people say, in today’s game—with the way it’s being played and officiated—Jordan, at his apex... how many points would he average today? Tyronn Lue: Oh man—45. What you mean? You can’t touch nobody. It’s a foul. So I mean—you’ve got the best player in the world. 45. What’d he average? 36 one year? 37? Yeah. So yeah, add eight to that, ’cause every time he gets touched—it’s two free throws. The zone stuff could be a difference. You know, like back then you had illegal defense. But yeah—I don’t see a year where he wouldn’t average 45. You couldn’t touch nobody. I mean, you can’t touch nobody now. The physicality is pretty much gone. Anything—you're going to the free throw line. And just how smart he was—especially nowadays—he’d take advantage of these guys, just from IQ alone.”

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A trio of sports card collectors have revealed themselves as the buyers of the record $12.9 million Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection dual Logoman autographed patch card over the weekend.

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Matthew Allen, Kevin O’Leary and Paul Warshaw won the card through Heritage Auctions early Sunday morning with bidding that pushed past the previous most expensive card ever sold — the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 graded a “Mint-Plus” SGC 9.5 and dubbed the “finest known example” of that iconic card — by more than $300,000.

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A signed sports collectible card featuring Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant sold for $12.932 million Saturday night, breaking the record for the most ever paid for a sports card. The 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman Autographs Jordan & Bryant card, numbered 1-of-1, surpassed the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card, which sold for $12.6 million in late August 2022. The Jordan/Bryant card was sold with Heritage Auctions; the buyer's identity was not revealed. The Jordan/Bryant card is the second-most expensive sports collectible of all time behind Babe Ruth's 1932 World Series "called shot" jersey, which sold for $24.12 million almost a year ago to the day.

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Rodman recently appeared on a live stream with popular social media influencer N3on and was asked who he believes is the GOAT. Rodman answered Jordan, before bringing up the fact that people seem to forget about Bryant and don’t talk about him nearly as much as they should: “We know who that is, Jordan all day long. Get mad at me all you want. Guess what? People forgot about that one guy. That one guy, that’s called Kobe Bryant. People forget about him. They talk about everybody else. They don’t talk about Kobe for some reason.”

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Stacey King: Back then, Jud, people could actually be inside the hotel — not outside. They could wait in the lobby, be at the hotel bar. So we’d come in, and the whole lobby would be full of people. It was remarkable. Today’s players — unless you're LeBron or Steph Curry — they don’t feel that kind of thing from the fans. They don’t land in a city and see that kind of turnout. One time, after playing the Knicks in New York, a woman literally laid down in front of the team bus and said she wasn’t getting up until Michael came out and took a picture with her. We thought it was a joke. But Phil was like, ‘Michael, I need you to go take this picture so we can get out of here.’ You had to leave New York by a certain time because the airport shut down. If you missed the window, you had to stay the night. That kind of thing happened all the time. I’ve seen some crazy stuff — and I know you have too.”

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Kevin Durant: Mike would tell u ima 3 level scorer

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Kevin Durant: Mj is one of one. Rare air that can’t be touched but I’ve made those same shots for over a decade lol

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A basketball card featuring Hall of Famers Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant has become the most valuable basketball card ever, with bidding surpassing more than $6 million. The 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman Autographs Michael Jordan & Kobe Bryant #DL-KM Signed PSA EX-MT 6 - #’d 1/1 features Jordan and Bryant's signatures, with two NBA logos, one white and the other gold.

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The bidding is currently at $5 million, and has been upped to $6.1 million with the buyer's premium. The previous record for the auction of a basketball card is the 2018 Panini National Treasures Logoman Luka Dončić 1/1, which sold for $3.2 million. The private sale record for a basketball card is a 2009 Panini National Treasures Logoman Steph Curry 1/1, which sold for $5.9 million.

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Stephen A. Smith: He is, in my mind, the second greatest player in the history of basketball, who is a four-time champion, a four-time league MVP. He's been an incredible ambassador for the game of basketball. His respect has been earned, not given, and nobody can deny that. But that's the basketball player, not the man. And all I would say is people don't know the things that have happened behind the scenes, things that have been said, who they've been said to, the kind of things that have been engaged in in an effort to hurt me along with contemporaries and others. There's a lot of that I know that I don't say, and there's a reason that I feel the way that I do. And the last straw was him approaching me and turning the Bronny thing into something about me attacking somebody's family when it was him I was talking about, not Bronny. And then to go on a Pat McAfee show, which comes directly on after my show on the channel that I work on to insult me.

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