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Millions of fans around the world consider NBA all-time great Michael Jordan as the GOAT of the game. With his on-court dominance, Jordan helped popularise the game of basketball around the planet. Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to achieve two different three-peats in the 1990s. He helped the Bulls establish themselves as a great dynasty. During the 90s, the Bulls dominated the league like no other team. With Michael’s popularity and his rivalries, the NBA grew at an exponential rate.

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However, when the Bulls superstar announced his sudden retirement, the league and the world were in shock. It was just after MJ had led his team to the first three-peat. He was still in his prime, dominating opponents left, right, and center. So it came as a huge surprise to everyone that a superstar would retire while dominating the game.

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However, MJ wanted a break from everything and focused on baseball. At the time, Bill Clinton was the President of the country. Like, every Michael Jordan fan, the former President wanted Jordan to come back to the game of basketball. ?As of today, the economy has produced 6.1 million jobs since I became president, and, if Michael Jordan goes back to the Bulls, it will be 6,100,001 new jobs,??he?said.

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The friendship of Michael Jordan and former President Bill Clinton?

Michael Jordan and Bill Clinton are very close acquaintances. They have been seen multiple times together playing golf. Now a rare photo of MJ with the 42nd President is doing the rounds now. The basketball legend makes a 6?2? Clinton look small as he hugs him, recreating the great 90s when both were at the top of their respective field.

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When they played together, Jordan did not hold back. As per reports, the Bulls legend talked trash to the then President of the United States. However, Clinton held his nerve and defeated the Bulls legend.

After his short stint with baseball, Jordan decided to come back. He started training with the Bulls to check if he still has what it takes to play. And then made his comeback. Also, he wore the iconic #45 after coming back. The Bulls made the playoffs that season and the expectations were high because of his comeback. But they were defeated by the young and energetic Orlando Magic team led by a young Shaquille O’Neal.

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However, Michael would have his revenge the very next year as the Bulls swept the Magic. They would go on to win the title that year. Then Jordan and the Bulls continued to dominate the league and achieved their second three-peat.

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Bagavathi Eswaran

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Bagavathi Eswaran is a senior NBA writer at EssentiallySports, having a strong passion for the sport since the age of ten. As a former college player, Bagavathi has been following the NBA for more than a decade and has found his calling in writing about the sport. He has used his expertise in covering the NBA, as well as other arenas of the sport, to write more than 1400 articles at ES. Bagavathi's pieces on the increasingly dominant presence of European basketball and those following the journey of women-ballers are particularly noteworthy. Along with being a full-time writer, he is also a part of a group of young coaches groomed as trainers by Junior NBA. Bagavathi has trained players from schools and colleges, as well as underprivileged students who can attend the camps for free.

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