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We have a trade to announce: Michael Jordan swaps the .413 Hornets for the Forbes 400

Our question: How does His Airness really feel about his NBA ownership legacy?

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Marc Stein
Oct 04, 2023
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It will never fully add up no matter what the bank balance reads.

Not after The Last Dance bared to the world what winning truly meant to Michael Jeffrey Jordan.

It will never properly square that the wildly successfully and maniacally competitive Jordan, who has never done better as a businessman than he's doing right now, seemed so OK with losing when he owned the Charlotte Hornets.

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