Source: Sports Illustrated. Source: Know Your Meme. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Michael Jordan is considered the greatest NBA player of all time. Since he retired in , he has built a lucrative career and uses his wealth for philanthropic purposes.
He also indulges: He has a secret golf course, sprawling estates , an NBA team, restaurants, and interest in DraftKings. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.
Since Jordan retired 15 years ago, he has built the most successful and lucrative career we've ever seen from a former athlete. From secret golf courses and sprawling houses to custom planes, Jordan is clearly enjoying life after hoops. Called "Slaughterhouse 23," it earned the name since it was designed by Jordan, for Jordan, and aimed at maximizing Jordan's style of play against his opponents.
The course has lavish amenities, including a drone delivery service that brings beer and other refreshments to the club's exclusive members. DraftKings announced last September that Jordan took an equity stake in the sports betting company, along with a special adviser role.
The recent money moves come as no surprise. Jordan is the world's first athlete billionaire. And his income now is way more than his total playing salary during his career. Jordan did sell a minority stake in the club in , but he reportedly has no interest in giving up control of the team. Jordan is still waiting for the day the Hornets win a championship. He has said that winning a championship as an owner would be more gratifying than any of the six rings he won as a player.
The popularity of Air Jordans has resurged in recent years thanks to celebrity partnerships to connect to a younger audience and new versions of retro styles to reconnect to the older fans. Nike's Jordan Brand has even partnered with the popular video game 'Fortnite. Jordan reportedly wanted to sign with Adidas in , but they passed because they preferred NBA players who were 7 feet tall.
He has several endorsement deals with companies like Gatorade He's been a spokesman for the company for nearly 30 years. Jordan said he has always been picky about his endorsements because he wanted to be genuine and also build his own brand.
He once rejected a huge endorsement deal with Beanee Weenees because he didn't like the name. He owns several restaurants including North in Jupiter, Florida Jordan also is one of many celebrities to start a tequila business. In , Jordan and a team of four others created Cincoro tequila. He also owns a Nissan dealership in Durham, North Carolina. In , many billionaires lost money — but not Jordan. That steady stream of income lets him live a pretty amazing lifestyle. He has a private jet.
It's painted Carolina blue, and the ID number contains his jersey number 23 and number of titles 6. Jordan even has a custom, Carolina-blue golf cart with the Jumpman logo. It has some incredible lake views. So, could Jordan hang as a perimeter defender in the new NBA?
Heck, yes. In a league skewed increasingly toward backcourt play and perimeter production, Jordan's tenacity and impact on the defensive end would only be more valuable now than it was in his prime. Remember, Jordan led the NBA in steals three times.
Sure, he'd have to be a little less handsy than he was in the '90s, but his lateral quickness and balance would enable him to dance with today's best ball handlers. Plus, his size and length would help him contest step-backs and deflect passes like Paul George does. It's fun to think about how Jordan might fare guarding today's best guards and wings. Could Harden break him down at the top of the arc? Could Klay Thompson curl off a screen and bury a catch-and-shoot 3 in his face?
Could LeBron power past him on a fast break? Could Kevin Durant just shoot over him? MJ could chase Curry around screens like he did against Reggie Miller. He could match Kawhi Leonard stride for stride like he did against Clyde Drexler.
He might run into trouble with KD, but who in the world hasn't? If there's a weakness, it's the size and strength. Jordan was plagued by foul trouble when he tried to guard the bigger, stronger Magic Johnson in the first two games of the Finals. That series might have gone differently if Jordan and the Bulls didn't have Scottie Pippen to save the day. But Jordan wasn't a great defender because he shut down every superstar. He was great because he could at least make life difficult for even the world's best guards and wings.
There's no coach in the league right now who wouldn't love to have a wing with Jordan's on-court decision-making, speed and attitude. Oh, and about that attitude. It doesn't show up in the stats, but the thing that ultimately makes it clear Jordan would thrive in any era is his competitiveness.
As we watch "The Last Dance," we see Jordan's competitive fire burning white-hot. Down three to the Jazz with 40 seconds left, Jordan drives to the rack for a layup in time to get a two-for-one, swipes the ball from Karl Malone on the other end and then hits the iconic winner over Bryon Russell. From the time he was beating Georgetown in to the time he beat Utah in , Jordan was the best player at the end of the season, at the end of the series and the end of the games.
Jordan didn't just dominate pro basketball in the '90s -- he tore down the conventions that guided the league for decades, shifting the focus from bruising bigs to shot-creating wings. Don't ask if MJ could hang with the elite guards and wings of today. He was the progenitor of them.
He reshaped basketball wisdom thanks to an unprecedented blend of physical gifts, competitive spirit and artistry. Skip to main content Skip to navigation.
Chicago Bulls. Joerger leaving Sixers to have cancer treatments. Philadelphia 76ers. While the focus of the documentary series is on the Bulls' season, in which Jordan and his teammates captured their sixth NBA championship, the first episode also examines Jordan's earliest days as a public figure, starting with his freshman college season.
In fact, legendary UNC head coach Dean Smith said in one interview included in the documentary that Jordan was "inconsistent as a freshman," but the teenager's work ethic still stood out.
Williams says in the documentary that he told the young Jordan that he would have to work even harder than he had in high school in order to accomplish that goal. Jordan famously did not make his high school's varsity basketball team until his junior year, after he finally hit a growth spurt.
Jordan responded by telling Williams he'd worked as hard as anyone else on his high school team, Williams says. I thought you just told me you wanted to be the best player to ever play here,'" Williams says he told the teenaged Jordan, who responded with an intense promise. Nobody will ever work as hard as I work,'" Williams says Jordan told him. From there, Williams tells ESPN he spent the next "three years watching that youngster get better and better and better.
Williams was amazed at Jordan's ability to maintain an intense work ethic and strong desire to learn and become a better player throughout his career.
Indeed, Jordan's UNC teammates can confirm that the freshman player worked intensely to get better and better on the court, including continuing to practice after the rest of his teammates were ready to head home, according to former UNC teammate James Worthy.
And, here comes Michael pushing me back on the floor, wanting to play a little one-on-one, wanting to see where his game was," says Worthy of Jordan.
It's no coincidence that Jordan would challenge Worthy, specifically, to extra work on the court.
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