Man or meme: Who is Michael Jordan to basketball’s next generation?

Posted Jul 10, 2016
Michael Jordan is here at the Peach Jam. Not physically but metaphorically, in every one of his Nike silhouette logos – the Jump Man, it’s called – and in every Nike swoosh on every sneaker and jersey and pullover that the college coaches are wearing. They’re lined up in chairs on the edge of the court....There’s Roy Williams, the North Carolina coach, in light blue. (Charlotte Observer)

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