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“The shoe that started this beautiful story of Michael Jordan and his very own iconic shoe line.” - @evanga 🐐
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👟: Jordan Air Ship Pro Retro ❌
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h/t @bottegabackdoor Grazzie Mille, Marco 🇮🇹

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Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman. The greatest trio in NBA history? 🐐🏆

#NBALegends #BasketballHistory #90sBasketball

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🐐🔥 Authentic MJ 🔥🐐

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What an end to the week as this 2002 / 2003 Michael Jordan Washington Bullets Nike authentic throwback jersey will be hitting our Buzzer website at 8pm tonight.

It’s one for the big dogs in a size 3XL with a 26” pit and 33” length.

An extremely beautiful jersey and extra spicy with it being the authentic produced jersey.

This GOAT will be available at 8pm 🐐🔥

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Nba jersey | wizards | michael Jordan | MJ | wizards | Washington wizards

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“It’s just so much history and passion behind collecting shoes that I’m in it until the end. I’m not going to stop.” - @jumpmanbostic
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👟: DS OG 2001 Nike Air Jordan XVI+ in the light ginger/dark charcoal-white colorway designed by @shoeitecture

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October 6th 1993

Why?

Just because:

“When I lose, the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it’s time for me, to move away from the game of basketball.”

My world stopped for a while, my heart as well.

Featuring a game worn pair of Cardinal VII, as he worn on the Sports Illustrated cover.

On the last 4 slides, a collage from Above and Beyond Vhs.
My favorite part of the video..damn, I know it by heart.

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🎽🩳 THE BAGGY ERA 🩳🎽

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There was a time when nothing in the NBA could be too big!

Long shorts. Oversized jerseys. XXXL T-shirts. Baggy jeans.

Let’s not forget those suits….

The look took shape in the late ’80s and early ’90s, with Michael Jordan and Michigan’s legendary Fab Five pushing basketball towards longer, baggier style.

By the 2000s, the Baggy Era was in full swing.

But it was about more than uniforms.

Basketball and hip-hop culture were hard to separate.

Oversized T-shirts, durags, chains, throwback jerseys and baggy jeans became part of the look on the streets and around the NBA.

Nobody represented that crossover better than Allen Iverson.

Cornrows. Tattoos. Durags. Oversized clothes. Jewellery.

AI showed a generation that an NBA superstar didn’t have to look like the stars before him.

Then came the suits. 👀

The 2003 Draft said it all: LeBron in all white, Carmelo in grey, and jackets and trousers several sizes too big.

On court, Kobe, Vince, T-Mac, AI and LeBron made long shorts and loose jerseys the defining look of the early 2000s.

Then, in 2005, the NBA introduced a business-casual dress code.

The baggy era didn’t disappear overnight, but fashion began to shift.

By the late 2000s and 2010s, suits were tailored, fits were slimmer and shorts were getting shorter.

The Baggy Era wasn’t just a fashion trend.

It was basketball, music, streetwear and culture colliding at exactly the right time.

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For more NBA jerseys & basketball history.

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Nba history | Allen Iverson | nba fashion | baggy shorts

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Michael Jordan really closed his eyes on a free throw just to send a message to a rookie Dikembe Mutombo. 😭🐐

November 23, 1991.

The Bulls were in Denver, Jordan had already been going at the rookie center all night, and then came the moment everyone remembers.

Jordan stepped to the line, looked at Mutombo, told him the free throw was for him, closed his eyes… and knocked it down. 😂

He went 7-for-7 from the free-throw line and finished with 37 points as Chicago beat Denver 107-100. Mutombo wasn’t exactly having a bad night either, putting up 22 points and 9 rebounds. (Basketball Reference)

And then you have to remember who that rookie would become.

Mutombo went on to make 8 All-Star teams and win 4 Defensive Player of the Year awards, eventually becoming one of the greatest defensive centers in NBA history.

Jordan was already at the top.

Mutombo was just getting started.

And MJ still had to let him know who he was dealing with. 😂

Prime Jordan’s confidence was genuinely different.

🎥 Credit to the respective owner. I do not own this clip. Posted under fair use for commentary, criticism, news, education, and entertainment purposes. No copyright infringement intended.

#MichaelJordan #DikembeMutombo #NBA #Basketball #GOAT

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Michael Jordan always wanted to win. But what gets lost in the story is how badly he wanted the people around him to win, too. 🐐

For years, Jordan was labeled an “I guy.” Too demanding. Too intense. A teammate who pushed people harder than they wanted to be pushed.

But listen to him talk about it.

Jordan understood that winning at the highest level wasn’t clean. It was hard. It was messy. It meant making decisions that teammates might not always understand, demanding more from people who were already giving everything they had, and accepting that leadership sometimes comes with being misunderstood.

That’s the part of The Last Dance that always stands out.

Jordan wasn’t only chasing greatness for himself. He was trying to take everyone with him.

He wanted Scottie Pippen to reach another level. He wanted his teammates to understand what it took to win. He wanted the Bulls to go somewhere they hadn’t been able to go before.

And that came with a price.

Some people saw a tyrant. Some saw an impossible teammate. Others saw a leader who refused to accept anything less than the standard he believed was necessary to win.

The truth is probably more complicated than either side.

Leadership isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes the person demanding the most from you is also the person who believes you’re capable of the most.

And when Jordan gets emotional talking about those years, you can interpret that emotion as part of the enormous sacrifice he associates with becoming the greatest and helping his teammates reach the top with him.

That’s the part people don’t always see.

Everybody remembers the six rings. Not everybody remembers what it took to get there.

🎥 Credit to the respective owner. I do not own this clip. Posted under fair use for commentary, criticism, news, education, and entertainment purposes. No copyright infringement intended.

#MichaelJordan #TheLastDance #NBA #Basketball #Leadership

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Michael Jordan and Shaquille O’Neal playing one-on-one might be the most 90s basketball thing you’ll ever see. 😂🐐

Before the All-Star Game in 1996, two of the biggest stars in the NBA decided to settle things on the hardwood for a little friendly one-on-one. Shaq was only 23, already a dominant force, and somehow decided to show MJ that he had some moves too.

Then you’ve got Jordan on the other end, talking trash, smiling, competing and looking like he was still trying to win a championship even though this was just a pregame run. 😂

Shaq even pulled out a little shoulder shake and finished the bucket, giving us one of the most entertaining pieces of All-Star footage from the 90s.

No cameras were supposed to capture history that day.
But somehow, we got MJ and Shaq just being themselves.
Imagine getting to watch these two play one-on-one in person.

🎥 Credit to the respective owner. I do not own this clip. Posted under fair use for commentary, criticism, news, education, and entertainment purposes. No copyright infringement intended.

#MichaelJordan #ShaquilleONeal #NBA #NBAAllStar #Basketball

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Michael Jordan didn’t just build a legacy. He built the standard every superstar after him has been measured against.

6 championships. 6 Finals MVPs. 5 MVPs. 14 All-Star selections. 10 scoring titles. 9 All-Defensive First Team selections. And a career scoring average of 30.1 points per game, the highest in NBA history.

But the numbers only tell part of the story.

Jordan turned basketball into a global phenomenon, made the impossible feel routine, and created a level of fear and expectation that still follows every player chasing greatness today.

LeBron has the longevity. Kareem has the resume. Kobe had the mentality.

But MJ became the blueprint.

Nearly 25 years after his final game, we’re still debating whether anyone has surpassed him.

That might be the greatest part of his legacy.

Did Michael Jordan set a standard that can never truly be broken?

MJ Mondays 🐐

🎥 Credit: @freshswishes_ @weakside_mj

#MichaelJordan #Viral #NBA #Basketball #reels

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🔥 Warming up in STYLE 🔥

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The jersey might have been the main even but in the ’90s but the warm-up gear was something special.

Before tip-off, NBA players would hit the court in everything from full tracksuits and tearaways to shooting shirts, warm-up jackets and some seriously oversized gear.

The colours, huge logos, bold graphics and unmistakable ’90s designs often matched the identity of the uniforms themselves.

Brands like Champion and Starter helped create an era where what players wore before the game could be almost as memorable as what they wore during it.

Today, original NBA warm-up gear from this era is another brilliant piece of NBA history to collect and some pieces are becoming increasingly difficult to find.

Did you still own any vintage NBA warm-up gear?

Sound off in the comments 🫡

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90snba | vintage basketball | nba warm-up | nba history | nba nostalgia | hoops history

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Unforgettable moments in time. 🐐🏀

📸 Credit to the respective owners & ESPN.

#MichaelJordan #NBA #Basketball #GOAT #ESPN

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