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For Air screenwriter Alex Convery, the humble origin story of one of the greatest sports deals of all time provided a wealth of real-life material to draw inspiration from. “It’s hard to imagine now a world where there was skepticism about how well Michael Jordan would transition into the NBA or a world in which Nike was destined to be just a running apparel company,” he tells TIME. “They obviously entered a different stratosphere because of the Jordan deal. We all know how it ended, but to be able to look at how we got there was very compelling.” Here’s what to know about Michael Jordan’s legendary Nike signing and how it inspired Air. Ana Carballosa—Amazon Studios Much of Air centers on the lengths that John Paul Vincent “Sonny” Vaccaro, a sports marketing executive at Nike, will go to to sign 21-year-old NBA rookie Michael Jordan to a shoe deal with the company. In the film, Vaccaro, a former high school basketball tournament organizer, is in charge of helping to develop the fledgling basketball division at Nike by identifying and recruiting top talent in the league for shoe deals and endorsements. While others on the marketing team suggest doing multiple deals with other players, Vaccaro makes the case that they should put all their resources towards signing Jordan, banking on him becoming an NBA star. With this as his goal, Vaccaro sets out to convince the player—and more importantly, his mother, Deloris, that Nike is the right brand to partner with for a shoe. Conver...

March 29, 1982: Makes game-winning shot in NCAA tournament final against Georgetown. June 19, 1984: Selected No. 3 by the Chicago Bulls in the NBA draft after centers Hakeem Ojaluwon and Sam Bowie. Aug. 10, 1984: Scores 20 points in gold-medal game in the L.A. Summer Olympics. May 16, 1985: Selected rookie of the year after averaging 28.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists. Sept. 15, 1985: Air Jordan 1 basketball shoes released by Nike. Oct. 29, 1985: Breaks his left foot in a game at the Golden State Warriors, misses the next 61 games before returning in time for end of season and playoffs. April 20, 1986: Scores an NBA-record 63 points in a playoff game, a 135-131 overtime loss to Boston. April 16, 1987: Scores 61 points in a loss to Atlanta, capping three-game stretch during which he averages 54.7 points. Wins first of 10 scoring titles. Feb. 6, 1988: Defeats Dominique Wilkins in the NBA dunk contest in Chicago. It’s the second consecutive dunk contest win for Jordan. One night later, wins his first All-Star game MVP award. May 25, 1988: Selected NBA most valuable player for first time, beating out Boston’s Larry Bird and the Lakers’ Magic Johnson. May 7, 1989: Makes a game-winning jumper in a deciding Game 5 first-round playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers. It’s simply known as “the Shot.” Michael Jordan makes “The Shot” to lead the Chicago Bulls to a Game 5 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference playoffs. July 10, 1989: Days after f...

Jordan in April 2014 Charlotte Hornets Position Owner League Personal information Born ( 1963-02-17) February 17, 1963 (age 60) Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Listed weight 216 lb (98 kg) Career information High school ( College Selected by the Playing career 1984–1993, 1995–1998, 2001–2003 Position Number 23, 12, Career history Career highlights and awards • 6× • 6× • 5× • 14× • 3× • 10× • • • 9× • • • 10× • 3× • 2× • No. 23 • No. 23 • 3× • Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year (1991) • 2× • • • • 2× Sporting News National Player of the Year (1983, 1984) • 2× Consensus first-team • • • 2× First-team • • No. 23 • 2× • • First-team Parade All-American (1981) • Career NBA statistics 32,292 (30.1 ppg) 6,672 (6.2 rpg) 5,633 (5.3 apg) at NBA.com Contents • 1 Early life • 2 College career • 3 Professional career • 3.1 Chicago Bulls (1984–1993; 1995–1998) • 3.1.1 Early NBA years (1984–1987) • 3.1.2 Pistons roadblock (1987–1990) • 3.1.3 First three-peat (1991–1993) • 3.1.4 Gambling • 3.1.5 First retirement and stint in Minor League Baseball (1993–1995) • 3.1.6 "I'm back": Return to the NBA (1995) • 3.1.7 Second three-peat (1995–1998) • 3.1.8 Second retirement (1999–2001) • 3.2 Washington Wizards (2001–2003) • 3.2.1 Final retirement (2003) • 4 National team career • 5 Player profile • 6 Legacy • 7 NBA career statistics • 7.1 Regular season • 7.2 Playoffs • 8 Awards and honors • 9 Post-retirement • 9.1 Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets • 9.2 23XI Racing • 10 Personal life • 11 Media...

Jump to: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1963–present Who Is Michael Jordan? Michael Jordan is a former professional basketball player, American Olympic athlete, businessperson, and actor. Considered one of the best Quick Facts FULL NAME: Michael Jeffrey Jordan BORN: February 17, 1963 BIRTHPLACE: Brooklyn, New York SPOUSES: Juanita Vanoy (1989–2006), Yvette Prieto (2013–present) CHILDREN: Jeffrey, Marcus, Jasmine, Ysabel, and Victoria ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Aquarius Early Life and Family Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York. His mother, Deloris, was a bank teller who has since written several books. His father, James, was a maintenance worker turned manager at General Electric. Jordan, the fourth child of Deloris and James, has four siblings: James Jr. (known as Ronnie), Deloris, Larry, and Roslyn. Related Story • The Best Books About Michael Jordan Growing up in Wilmington, North Carolina, Jordan developed a competitive edge at an early age. It was James who introduced his son Michael to baseball and built a basketball court in their backyard. Michael idolized his brother Larry, and Jordan attended Laney High School in Wilmington. He was notably assigned to the school’s junior varsity basketball team as a sophomore—he was still under 6 feet tall then—before developing into one of the country’s top recruits. During a basketball camp in the summer of 1980, Jordan grabbed the attention of legendary University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil...

Championship celebrations were the norm for Michael Jordan throughout his NBA career. > Archive 75: Michael Jordan | 75 Stories: Michael Jordan By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. Although, a summary of his basketball career and influence on the game inevitably fails to do it justice, as a phenomenal athlete with a unique combination of fundamental soundness, grace, speed, power, artistry, improvisational ability and an unquenchable competitive desire, Jordan single-handedly redefined the NBA superstar. Even contemporaneous superstars recognized the unparalleled position of Jordan. Magic Johnson said, “There’s Michael Jordan and then there is the rest of us.” Larry Bird, following a playoff game where Jordan dropped 63 points on the Boston Celtics in just his second season, appraisal of the young player was: “God disguised as Michael Jordan.” A brief listing of his top accomplishments would include the following: Rookie of the Year; Five-time NBA MVP; Six-time NBA champion; Six-time NBA Finals MVP; Ten-time All-NBA First Team; Nine time NBA All-Defensive First Team; Defensive Player of the Year; 14-time NBA All-Star; Three-time NBA All-Star MVP; 50th Anniversary All-Time Team; Ten scoring titles — an NBA record and seven consecutive matching Wilt Chamberlain; Retired with the NBA’s highest scoring average of 30.1ppg; Hall of Fame inductee. Considered one of the greatest players ever, Michael Jordan made 11 All-NBA te...

Championship celebrations were the norm for Michael Jordan throughout his NBA career. > Archive 75: Michael Jordan | 75 Stories: Michael Jordan By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. Although, a summary of his basketball career and influence on the game inevitably fails to do it justice, as a phenomenal athlete with a unique combination of fundamental soundness, grace, speed, power, artistry, improvisational ability and an unquenchable competitive desire, Jordan single-handedly redefined the NBA superstar. Even contemporaneous superstars recognized the unparalleled position of Jordan. Magic Johnson said, “There’s Michael Jordan and then there is the rest of us.” Larry Bird, following a playoff game where Jordan dropped 63 points on the Boston Celtics in just his second season, appraisal of the young player was: “God disguised as Michael Jordan.” A brief listing of his top accomplishments would include the following: Rookie of the Year; Five-time NBA MVP; Six-time NBA champion; Six-time NBA Finals MVP; Ten-time All-NBA First Team; Nine time NBA All-Defensive First Team; Defensive Player of the Year; 14-time NBA All-Star; Three-time NBA All-Star MVP; 50th Anniversary All-Time Team; Ten scoring titles — an NBA record and seven consecutive matching Wilt Chamberlain; Retired with the NBA’s highest scoring average of 30.1ppg; Hall of Fame inductee. Considered one of the greatest players ever, Michael Jordan made 11 All-NBA te...

Jump to: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1963–present Who Is Michael Jordan? Michael Jordan is a former professional basketball player, American Olympic athlete, businessperson, and actor. Considered one of the best Quick Facts FULL NAME: Michael Jeffrey Jordan BORN: February 17, 1963 BIRTHPLACE: Brooklyn, New York SPOUSES: Juanita Vanoy (1989–2006), Yvette Prieto (2013–present) CHILDREN: Jeffrey, Marcus, Jasmine, Ysabel, and Victoria ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Aquarius Early Life and Family Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York. His mother, Deloris, was a bank teller who has since written several books. His father, James, was a maintenance worker turned manager at General Electric. Jordan, the fourth child of Deloris and James, has four siblings: James Jr. (known as Ronnie), Deloris, Larry, and Roslyn. Related Story • The Best Books About Michael Jordan Growing up in Wilmington, North Carolina, Jordan developed a competitive edge at an early age. It was James who introduced his son Michael to baseball and built a basketball court in their backyard. Michael idolized his brother Larry, and Jordan attended Laney High School in Wilmington. He was notably assigned to the school’s junior varsity basketball team as a sophomore—he was still under 6 feet tall then—before developing into one of the country’s top recruits. During a basketball camp in the summer of 1980, Jordan grabbed the attention of legendary University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil...

For Air screenwriter Alex Convery, the humble origin story of one of the greatest sports deals of all time provided a wealth of real-life material to draw inspiration from. “It’s hard to imagine now a world where there was skepticism about how well Michael Jordan would transition into the NBA or a world in which Nike was destined to be just a running apparel company,” he tells TIME. “They obviously entered a different stratosphere because of the Jordan deal. We all know how it ended, but to be able to look at how we got there was very compelling.” Here’s what to know about Michael Jordan’s legendary Nike signing and how it inspired Air. Ana Carballosa—Amazon Studios Much of Air centers on the lengths that John Paul Vincent “Sonny” Vaccaro, a sports marketing executive at Nike, will go to to sign 21-year-old NBA rookie Michael Jordan to a shoe deal with the company. In the film, Vaccaro, a former high school basketball tournament organizer, is in charge of helping to develop the fledgling basketball division at Nike by identifying and recruiting top talent in the league for shoe deals and endorsements. While others on the marketing team suggest doing multiple deals with other players, Vaccaro makes the case that they should put all their resources towards signing Jordan, banking on him becoming an NBA star. With this as his goal, Vaccaro sets out to convince the player—and more importantly, his mother, Deloris, that Nike is the right brand to partner with for a shoe. Conver...

Jordan in April 2014 Charlotte Hornets Position Owner League Personal information Born ( 1963-02-17) February 17, 1963 (age 60) Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Listed weight 216 lb (98 kg) Career information High school ( College Selected by the Playing career 1984–1993, 1995–1998, 2001–2003 Position Number 23, 12, Career history Career highlights and awards • 6× • 6× • 5× • 14× • 3× • 10× • • • 9× • • • 10× • 3× • 2× • No. 23 • No. 23 • 3× • Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year (1991) • 2× • • • • 2× Sporting News National Player of the Year (1983, 1984) • 2× Consensus first-team • • • 2× First-team • • No. 23 • 2× • • First-team Parade All-American (1981) • Career NBA statistics 32,292 (30.1 ppg) 6,672 (6.2 rpg) 5,633 (5.3 apg) at NBA.com Contents • 1 Early life • 2 College career • 3 Professional career • 3.1 Chicago Bulls (1984–1993; 1995–1998) • 3.1.1 Early NBA years (1984–1987) • 3.1.2 Pistons roadblock (1987–1990) • 3.1.3 First three-peat (1991–1993) • 3.1.4 Gambling • 3.1.5 First retirement and stint in Minor League Baseball (1993–1995) • 3.1.6 "I'm back": Return to the NBA (1995) • 3.1.7 Second three-peat (1995–1998) • 3.1.8 Second retirement (1999–2001) • 3.2 Washington Wizards (2001–2003) • 3.2.1 Final retirement (2003) • 4 National team career • 5 Player profile • 6 Legacy • 7 NBA career statistics • 7.1 Regular season • 7.2 Playoffs • 8 Awards and honors • 9 Post-retirement • 9.1 Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets • 9.2 23XI Racing • 10 Personal life • 11 Media...

Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Even though Michael Jordan's future as governor of the Charlotte Hornets remains uncertain, the Hall of Famer is still putting in work for the franchise leading up to the 2023 NBA draft. Per Yahoo Sports' The Hornets own the No. 2 overall pick, with Fischer noting "all signs appear to indicate" they will decide between Henderson and Miller with that selection. ESPN's ✨ Watch more top videos, highlights, and B/R original content Right Arrow Icon Charlotte Observer reported Miller had his private workout in Charlotte in front of Hornets officials on Tuesday. The club also held a Even though the Hornets don't seem to be indicating what direction they are going to go, B/R's The Hornets will be looking to hit a home run as they are picking in the lottery for the seventh consecutive year. They have posted losing records in six of the past seven seasons and haven't made the playoffs since 2015-16. • Facebook Logo • Twitter Logo • Instagram Logo • • • • • • • • • • Copyright © 2023 Bleacher Report, Inc. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. All Rights Reserved. BleacherReport.com is part of Bleacher Report – Turner Sports Network, part of the Turner Sports and Entertainment Network. Certain photos copyright © 2023 Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Getty Images is strictly prohibited. Turner Logo