Brendan Dunne 
There might be more trivia surrounding Michael Jordan than there is around any other sports figure in history. Of course that’s with good reason – the man is the consensus Greatest of All Time and his legacy still looms large over the current crop of NBA superstars. But how much of the Jordan and Air Jordan lore do you know? How much time have you spent studying the man beyond just the retro pairs that show up on shelves every other week?
There are, in reality, so many interesting facts about Michael Jordan that we will never know, but The Drop 365 by Champs Sports has a sweet list of fourteen of these facts – a fitting number with a Black Toes dropping this weekend. Check out a sampling below and head to The Drop 365 for the full feature.
Source: The Drop 365
MJ quit his high school job
When Michael was 15, his mom got him a summer job as a hotel maintenance man. He had to do things like cleaning the pool and such. That didn’t last long. His Airness soon quit (against his mom’s wishes). He also got suspended from school three times when he was in ninth grade: once for leaving school grounds, another time for cursing at a teacher, and the last time for knocking a guy out. Mike was about that action — word to Marshawn Lynch.
MJ choose UNC because he wanted a challenge
Jordan chose UNC because he wanted the challenge. Under the tutelage of the legendary Dean Smith, he went on to average 17 points and five rebounds per game in three years at Chapel Hill. Even though he says Smith’s system kept him on a leash, MJ still managed to put a career-high of 39 points against Georgia Tech in his junior year.
MJ was always underpaid
Even though Jordan is currently a billionaire, his NBA earnings were never that high before the 1997 season. He famously took those $30 million and $33 million deals respectively in ’97 and 1998, but he never made more than $4 million in one season before that. MJ’s total NBA earnings amount to $93 million.
