NBA icon Michael Jordan wanted to sign with Adidas. However, Adidas couldn’t make a signature shoe for Jordan. Jordan’s agent, David Falk, set up a meeting with Nike.
To persuade Jordan to sign, Nike offered the future Hall of Famer a five-year, $2.5 million contract for after his rookie ...
Before Michael Jordan signed with Nike, he went to Adidas. But not many know that Jordan and his team also met with Converse executives at the behest of Tar Heels head coach Dean Smith.
Adidas just can’t compete with the sheer ... she'd transferred that amount to their joint account a month later. Michael Jordan has had no such drama, and just made the Forbes billionaire ...