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“I Was So Upset About that”: Michael Jordan Took Away Dennis Rodman’s Special Gift to Elder Son Marcus on His First and Only Visit to their Home

Published 10/19/2022, 4:30 PM EDT

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The Chicago Bulls Legend Michael Jordan was a behemoth on-court. The Basketball superstar won 6 NBA Championships with unmatched intensity. That kind of intensity is a product of hard work and discipline. Naturally, Jordan would have wanted to pass that quality on to his kids. Jordan’s son Marcus is still not happy after what his father did back in his childhood.

Dennis Rodman was one of the many superstars to appear at Marcus Jordan’s birthday. And his gift, well was not so popular among Marcus’s parents, especially his father.

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Michael Jordan took away his son Marcus’ precious gift

While talking to NBA TV Marcus Jordan recalled one of his birthdays “ Rodman came through for one of my birthdays, and gave me hair dye” he further added “my parents actually took it from me they wouldn’t let me have it and I was so upset about that, I might actually have to talk to Rodman about that, I need that again” 

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Marcus Jordan mentioned how the five-time NBA Champion came to his birthday party and gifted him hair dye. There isn’t any surety on how old Marcus was turning, but it would be safe to say that he was quite young as his father took the gift away from him.

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Dennis Rodman was fearless and bold, he liked to express himself and live his life the way he wanted to. With that, there came the colored hair for which Rodman was very popular. Micheal Jordan obviously did not want his son to use hair dye at a young age.  After all these years, Marcus would like to get that dye back from the Chicago Bulls’ no. 91 himself.

Jordan has previously mentioned how he didn’t lose his competitive attitude even while playing against his sons. He was a strict father, who never wanted to lose touch with his kids. Jordan made sure that everything he did was facilitating his motive.

Jordans’ Kids on their father

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Marcus and Jeffrey have long said things about how their father treated them. And, mostly they’ve reiterated the fact that despite their father loving them, had a strict way around his kids.

Jordan is known to have a non-stop competitive spirit even with his kids. However, that has never stopped his children from making their mark on whatever they have done in their lives.

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Jasmine Jordan, Jordan’s daughter jokingly mentioned that her father’s non-stop competitive spirit was never on hold, even while playing sudoku. Jasmine also mentioned how Michael Jordan was a regular family man back home and it was difficult to understand for her that the Bulls Legend was a cultural phenomenon. No surprises there, as this is exactly how one would imagine Michael Jordan to be!

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Shankha Shuvra Das

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Shankha Shuvra Das is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. He holds a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Economics and has extensive experience in freelance content creation, especially in the field of technology. Shankha's passion for covering the sport of basketball stems from his love for the NBA, which he has been following closely for several years now.
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