Michael Jordan CALLED It QUITS BECAUSE OF THIS (YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT!)

imagine if your dad was one of the greatest NBA players to ever exist or you were married to a six-time NBA champion who are we talking about Michael Jordan of course in today’s video we’re gonna be getting close and personal with the NBA legend as we’ll be discussing his family life and things you didn’t know about him so be sure not to go anywhere and pay attention we’re starting off with James Jordan senior Michael Jordan’s father James was born on July 31st 1936 in Wallace North Carolina James worked as a supervisor at a General Electric

Plant he grounded Michael in the importance of hard work and consistency he also supported Michael playing basketball and was a huge part of why Michael decided to pursue the sport as a career opportunity James even constructed a basketball court from Michael in their backyard apart from basketball the father-son duo also loved playing baseball together in an unfortunate turn of events James was declared missing on July 23 1993 and wasn’t found till August 3rd 1993 but sadly he was found dead in a swamp in McCall South Carolina by a fisherman his body wasn’t even recognizable at

first because of how severely his body had decomposed till August 13th when the family dentist provided his dental records according to police investigations James was shot

by two teenagers Larry Martin Demery and Daniel Andre green while he was sleeping in his car and stole the car Demi and green were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment the tragedy of how things played out with his father Willie took a toll on Michael and he announced his retirement to everyone’s surprise not long after although MJ later came out of retirement two years after up next is Michael’s mother

Dolores Dolores Jordan was born in September 1941 in Rocky Point North Carolina she met Michael’s father for the first time in the basketball game in 1954 which is funny because her brothers frequently played basketball with James at Pender County training school James was a gentleman he even requested permission from Dolores father before taking her out on a date they dated for the next three years and got married in 57 Dolores worked as a bank teller in New York while James at the time trained to be a mechanic Dolores has founded several Charities and has been

the president and founder of the James R Jordan foundation for almost 20 years she also founded the children’s Wellness Center in Nairobi Kenya and was awarded the Clinton Global initiative award in 2005. she was the kind of mother who instilled the spirit of responsibility in her kids and always ensured they participated in house chores such as cleaning doing the dishes and sewing in high school when Michael had begun playing professional basketball in 1984 he and his mom sought to find ways to give back to the community the two co-founded the Michael Jordan foundation in 1989.

Dolores also founded the Michael Jordan education club which encourages children to improve their grades and attend school speaking of children Dolores and her husband are blessed with three kids including Michael and their next set of people will be talking about Larry Jordan most people find it hard to believe that Larry who is MJ’s Big Brother was also a basketball player and was also as talented as his baby brother Michael even admitted that his competitiveness on the court was inspired by Larry and also said that Larry was the toughest person he had ever faced Michael even

considered his brother to be better than him Larry got offers from 17 universities and baseball organizations so I guess maybe MJ had a point even though Larry was also a talented player he didn’t make it into the NBA Larry is currently the Charlotte Hornets VP of player Personnel alongside Michael Larry was one of the major people behind the selection of lamala Ball moving on to Michael’s other brother James Jordan Jr AKA Ronnie James was born in 1957 and is MJ’s oldest sibling six years older than Michael James served in the U.S army and was one

of 500 men of the 35th signal Brigade he was the senior enlisted officer in the Brigade of 2450 soldiers Ronnie was a non-commissioned officer and a leader in the United States Army signal Corps for almost 31 years when he retired there was a three-day celebration at Fort Bragg North Carolina with ogulates from ex-president George Bush and Bill Clinton Ronnie’s kernels and 3200 servicemen he currently works as the Hornets Executive Vice President and chief operations officer now that we’re done with the Jordan brothers let’s talk about their sisters first off Dolores Jordan Dolores is Michael’s second

oldest sibling she’s a single mother of three and lives in Pennsylvania Dolores came a long way from struggling with family divorce and her father’s death and writing was one of her coping mechanisms during those times in her book in my family’s Shadow Dolores accused her Father James of consistent sexual assault and claims she lost her virginity to her father who raped her however there’s no way of verifying dolores’s accusations because James was already dead and now the last of Michael’s siblings we have Rosalind Jordan Michael’s younger sister Rosalind currently stays in Chicago Roslyn is also

a writer and is the co-author of salt in his shoes and did I tell you I love you today which she wrote along with her mom among others which are mostly novels for children Rosalind and Dolores Children books are Infamous for inculcating drawings by African-American artists known for their creativity now that we’ve covered all of MJ’s siblings let’s dive Deeper by looking into his marriage and children Michael has been married twice and has a total of five children let’s take a look at them one by one Michael’s first marriage was with Juanita Vinoy Juanita was

born in 1959 in Chicago Illinois the couple got married in September 1989. Juanita first filed for divorce in 2002 citing irreconcilable differences but later withdrew her petition she then later refiled for the divorce and her marriage with Michael was officially annulled after 17 years of marriage Michael paid a whopping sum of 168 million dollars as alimony which is one of the highest in sports history Juanita currently lives in Kingsbury estate in Chicago where she bought a 4.7 million dollar mansion and mostly spends her time doing yoga traveling and collecting art Michael and Juanita have three

children together Jeffrey Marcus and Jasmine let’s talk about Jordan’s heirs shall we Jeff free Jordan Jeffrey was born on November 18 1988. Jeff also played basketball and played for the University of Central Florida and in Illinois Jeff quit basketball in Illinois but later rejoined the team and unlike his old man he didn’t make it to the NBA and ended up undrafted when he declared for the 2012 draft he got married in 2019 to radina and Eva who is a 37 year old Bulgarian native she works as a financial analyst at the Walt Disney Company Jeff

moved to Portland Oregon to focus on life after basketball Jeff is an entrepreneur and is the co-founder of Jordan avocaian Group which is a chicago-based Consulting Group on September 24 2021 Jeff made headlines when he was arrested in Scottsdale Arizona for assaulting a hospital staff he has been released and has kept the low profile from the media since then the next Jordan Air on the list is Marcus Jordan Marcus was born on December 24th 1990 and is Michael’s second oldest son he is also a former basketball player he once played for the UCF Knights but

just like his brother Marcus decided to quit basketball in college but unlike his brother Marcus decision was permanent and he didn’t rejoin but instead stayed to complete his college degree at the University of Florida and graduated with a degree in Hospitality Management in 2013. in 2016 Marcus started his own business he owns a high-end luxury shoe store called the trophy room that sells Jordan’s shoes and other athletic gear and is designed after MJ’s Trophy Room the physical store closed in 2019 and the company has now moved online and the last of Michael’s children with Juanita

is Michael’s first daughter Jasmine Jordan Jasmine was born on December 7th 1992. she attended Syracuse University and earned a degree in sports management during her time in Syracuse she met her longtime boyfriend Rakim Christmas who is a pro basketballer in Europe she and Rakeem got engaged in 2018 and that a son Rakeem Michael Christmas in May 2019 like her father Jasmine also has an eye for business and she’s involved with several organized Nations she currently works as a field representative for the Jordan brand and is helping the brand to expand into the female athlete space

and not only in the WNBA part of her expansion idea involved her recent signing of Jess Sims who’s a Peloton instructor and Jasmine plans to sign more Jasmine currently works with 13 WNBA players and is always looking to expand her athlete portfolio Jasmine described what it’s like to be the daughter of Michael Jordan and to work with the Jordan brand saying it’s powerful it’s special to have the name and work for the brand it doesn’t feel real people say all the time that’s your brand I say no it’s not but yes it is I’m aware

of it but I don’t think about it as much as people around me do I’m blessed with the name and the opportunity but I don’t take it for granted asides from his three kids with Juanita MJ is also a father to twin daughters Isabelle and Victoria who he has with his current wife Yvette Prieta Michael met Yvette a year after his divorce from Juanita Yvette was born on the 26th of March in 1979 she’s an American model and has modeled for designer Alexander Wang Yvette has appeared in the documentary Cuba an island apart azer cell

the couple got married on April 27 2013 and it is reported that the ceremony cost 10 million dollars wow in 2014 the couple welcomed their twin daughters Isabelle and Victoria that’s it for today y’all tell us what’s the most interesting thing you found out about MJ’s family in the comments section below see you in the next video thanks for watching

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