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VIDEO: Michael Jordan Has Deadly Competition from Fellow Billionaire NBA Owner with a Rad Jumper

Published 09/16/2022, 2:14 PM EDT

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Michael Jordan is famous for many things. His NBA career, his immense basketball talent, him staying in air for an unusual amount of seconds- more than everybody else or his competitiveness. Michael Jordan’s jump shots were a thing of beauty. Many people have and will keep on trying to emulate how Michael used to swish that orange ball into that basket and make the crowd go wild. However, probably no one would ever succeed in copying Michael completely. His game sense, his desire to win and his performing in clutch moments were just inevitable.

Even all these things don’t sum up what all people love Jordan for on the basketball court. Off that court, MJ became the richest athlete with a current net worth of around $1.7 billion. His deal with Nike still remains one of the most lucrative deals in the world for both parties in any field. But he is not the only billionaire in the NBA world with a pretty rad jumper.

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Recently another NBA owner, much different from Michael showed off his basketball skills at the age of 64. The owner of Dallas Mavericks, billionaire Mark Cuban trained last night for almost three hours. He is not just another billionaire owning a sports franchise. He loves the game and he is enticed entirely by it.

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It was evident that his dedication to basketball is unreal. Even after 3 hours he didn’t want to leave the court. Taking shots in similar fashion as Michael Jordan. Obviously he was nowhere near his air time. But that tremendous love, desire and crazy dedication does remind us of Michael Jordan more than anyone else.

Michael Jordan and Mark Cuban – a comparison in ownership

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Michael Jordan invested in the Charlotte Hornets in 2010. Whereas businessman Mark Cuban became the owner of the Dallas Mavericks way back in 2000. Interestingly, Michael also had some part of ownership of the Washington Wizards. Michael came back from retirement for 2 more seasons to play for the team he had invested in.

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Michael Jordan’s net worth now stands at a mighty $1.7 billion. Mark Cuban on the other hand, being the businessman he has been for more than two decades is worth around $4.6 billion. Michael is the richest retired athlete in the world. Whereas Mark is one the richest people in the entire sporting world.

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From Hornets’ majority ownership, Michael has earned over $800 million in the past 12 years or so. Whereas Mark has earned over $2 billion in 22 years of ownership. Interestingly, both Jordan and Cuban bought their respective teams for around $280 million at their respective times. 

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Chaitanya Sharma

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Chaitanya is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. He completed his engineering from SRM University. Having determined an interest in football and basketball, he was inclined towards having a job in the sports industry.
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