michael jordan

Michael Jordan mastered two parts of his career that few other athletes have ever done: marketing oneself during one's prime as a basketball player, and how to market oneself after retirement from the game.

The "during" was keynoted by leading the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships in the 1990s and winning a gold medal with the "Dream Team" at the '92 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. But permeating his own franchise beyond the box score is what keeps him iconic even to this day. Having not played a minute of pro basketball since 2003, his Nike Air Jordan shoes have sold hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

MJ hasn't been immune to the tabloid bug. His costly divorce, that strange paternity lawsuit, and gambling woes are well documented as are his passion for dancing with attractive women to cope with his divorce losses.

Despite all that, Jordan still carries clout today. In Forbes' "Celebrity 100" list, which ranks the most powerful celebs of the day, they slotted His Airness at #18 in 2008. The only baller ranked above him — and barely — was LeBron James.

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  Image: (Jamie Squire/Getty) While the article linked below does not specifically say that Michael Jordan thinks Kobe Bryant is better than him, it is one of the few times we have heard MJ speak on the work ethic of Kobe. In a tweet being shared aroudn the web, author Roland Lazenby, who is working on a Jordan book, ...
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• His Airness declares his heirness – Kobe Bryant

  
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  Michael Jordan has changed the game how history once told it and how we all know it. Living in the post MJ era has quickly inserted the “Next Michael Jordan” mouthpiece into many thinking that one to forgo college or mange to clinch a couple buzzer beaters for the W on occasion deserves to be [...]
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• Michael Jordan says Kobe Bryant is the “only one to deserve comparison”

  
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• Michael Jordan Believes Only Kobe Bryant Deserves Comparisons

  
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  NBA legend, Michael Jordan has set the standard for excellence in the NBA. Ever since Jordan retired from the Wizards in 2003, sports pundits have tried to name an heir to the throne of his airness. Jordan told sports writer, Roland Lazenby, who is writing a book about Jordan, that “ Kobe’s the only one to have ...
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• Michael Jordan Believes That Kobe Bryant Is The Only Heir To His “Airness” Throne

  
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• The arrogance of Michael

  
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• King 1991′s Greatest Games: Michael Jordan 35 Points vs Hawks (1993 ECR1 Game 1)

  
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• Bryon Russell responds to Michael Jordan’s Hall of Fame Speech

  
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• MJ thinks only Kobe compares to MJ

  
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