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Because of irreconcilable differences,‘ Michael Jordan and Juanita Vanoy separated after 17 years of marriage. At the time, it was one of the biggest divorce settlements in American history. Despite the separation, both are ever present in their children’s lives. But in a twist, Nate Robinson recalled “wild time” during the previous generation and hinted at the possibility of MJ’s son playing in the league today.

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I mean he looks like him. He look like a Michael Jordan son.” The 3x Slam Dunk Champion agreed that Anthony Edwards looked like His Airness but quickly discredited the theory of Ant-man being MJ’s son. It was when the podcast co-host asked Robinson, “Do you think Anthony Edwards might be Michael Jordan’s son?” “No. but I mean he looked like he do look like.”

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Later, the former Knicks star described the situation of the previous generation of stars. “Let’s put this in perspective guys. Michael Jordan played in the 80s, in the 90s they were going to city to city not saying what they were doing under a downtime. Now there’s a lot of babies that were made in them times and now even in times of the late 90s-early 2000s, a lot of babies made.”

Nate Robinson continued, “The 80s was a wild time. 90s come on bro. One of somebody’s kids that we don’t know of that could be gotta be somebody’s kids.”

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The majority of reaction towards Anthony Edwards started when his dunks and trash-talking were compared with Michael Jordan. But even the Wolves star is tired of such comparisons. “As Anthony Edwards. Like the first Anthony Edwards, not the next Michael Jordan.” Yet, Robinson felt on the Got Sole podcast, that the previous generation of players did step out of their marriage. And Jordan did too.

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Michael Jordan and Juanita Vanoy detail their marriage

Right when his popularity was soaring, not only in the league but all over the world, the Bulls legend knew marriage was the right option.  “That experience of being a husband and a father provided a balance and a focus away from basketball.” Michael Jordan knew settling down was the right option to avoid making mistakes and stay out of trouble.

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I could have gotten myself in trouble, I don’t know what kind of trouble, but if I had been single, playing basketball, and making a lot of money, I could have made some wrong decisions.”

His Airness tried retiring from the game twice to focus on family. But those retirements did not last long. So, naturally, it might have taken a toll on his personal life. Ex-wife Juanita Vanoy, 10 years before filing for divorce spoke about keeping the family together, “I have no problem saying no.”

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She continued, “If someone didn’t step up and say no, there would be no time for his family… I know it makes me look like a b—h, but I can’t worry about it, because I’m protecting what we have.

Currently, both Michael Jordan and Juanita Vanoy are focusing on being part of their children’s lives. As to the claims from Nate Robinson, there are no facts backing the statement. But we do know that Michael Jordan’s sons are done and dusted with their playing careers.

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