Back when Michael Jordan was the majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets, being a player on the team came with its own perks. The Jordan Brand is MJ’s prized possession. So when you are playing for the Hornets, the players are given free shoes and merchandise from the brand. But along with this, what was more enticing was the Hornets signing as many players as they could to the Jordan brand.

Jordan wanted his brand to be the best, even if it meant bringing down the competition. And he let his players know about it as well. Let’s hear from his players how Jordan was obsessing over his own shoes.

Michael Jordan does not like other shoe brands

As the Charlotte Hornets played their first game without Michael Jordan in over a decade, former players of Michael Jordan were interviewed by The Athletic. During the interview, many talked about how Jordan dealt with his players.

Cody Zeller was the number 4 pick in his draft, so he knew he would get an offer from somewhere. But even then, he revealed that he was extremely happy to get that offer from the Jordan Brand.

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MJ loves the shoes. So whenever he saw anyone on the team get injured, he said, “That’s because you’re wearing Under Armour shoes. That’s because you’re wearing other shoes”. That’s a pretty big allegation to throw around with Stephen Curry‘s name linked to the brand.

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Devonte Graham is another player who is signed to Jordan Brand. He said that it was because he played for the Hornets that he was able to get that deal. Caleb Martin also revealed his truth. He believes that the team is trying to keep as many players as they can with the Jordan Brand.

Stephen Curry is learning from Jordan

Under Armour has released a separate line of shoes for Stephen Curry called the Curry Brand. This is just like what Nike did with the Jordan brand. Stephen Curry has already revealed that it is going to be extremely tough to match what Jordan has accomplished in his time.

But Curry has also admitted that he is taking notes from what has worked for the Jordan Brand. The Curry brand is looking to roll out more utility-based shoes like the Jordans. This is because Jordans were popular back in the day for that style. With the recent signing of De’Aaron Fox by the Curry Brand, it’s been made official that Under Armour is going to try to break into the market dominated by Nike and Adidas.

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