Darius Miles’ NBA career may only last 8 years.But growing up, he often visited Michael Jordan Since my sophomore year, I have attended summer camp every summer. At Jordan’s senior camp in Santa Barbara, he recalled how Jordan was unhappy with Miles’ shoe choice and urged Nike to sign him.
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About the latest episode run back, I said, “We tried to get a deal with Nike, but Nike was kind of bullshit, so we put on AND1… (Michael Jordan) looked at us and he said ‘Why are you all wearing this? We felt like we couldn’t make a deal and we wanted to work with Nike. “The next morning, agents called us, people were knocking on our door, and they were sending us boxes and boxes of Jordans.”
Michael Jordan convinced Darius Miles not to sign with AND1 but to sign with Nike and Jumpman 🤭
“We tried to get a deal with Nike, but Nike was kind of bullshit, so we put on the AND1… (Michael Jordan) looked at us and he said ‘Why are y’all wearing this?’ and we were like… pic.twitter.com/M0cIu85X93
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He also recalled his agent being surprised and asking him what the hell was going on. Myers replied: “there is nothing, Michael Jordan just got Nike to sign with us.“
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