Being a HUGE Jordan fan, I thought why not see if I can get a game of 1-on-1 with the greatest basketball player to ever live.
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So that’s how I came up with Me vs. MJ.
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One game. Me vs. Michael Jeffrey Jordan.
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Simple right?
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The last time I remember playing good basketball was over 12 years ago. Good basketball of course, on the regular guy scale. I never played any level of pro ball, or college, or even more than one year of high school basketball (sophomore). On any court USA I was a pretty good player back in those days. Nothing more.
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This is what I am today.
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Six feet, two inches (almost), 175 pounds and nowhere close at this time to where I want to be physically for this challenge. I’m 33 years of age and call Central Florida my home. I spend my days working for a large financial institution. My nights relaxing with my lovely wife, of just over two years. I play basketball a couple of times a year.
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That’s me.
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That wasn’t always me though. As I said, I am a HUGE Jordan fan. Growing up sports was my life. Countless hours were spent playing and studying the game of basketball and the man, Michael Jordan.
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So can you picture me?
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A 6 foot almost 2 inch caucasian fellow, who once could play a decent game of roundball, and was introduced to the game of basketball by a guy from N.C. who went on to be the greatest basketball player that ever lived.
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A youngster who poured his heart into the game he loved, his only teacher in those days, a man who was growing to Worldwide hoops fame.
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I wanted to “Be Like Mike” and growing up, Nike and Gatorade helped me believe I could be.
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Fast forward through life to where I am today.
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This is a dream, no doubt about it. Though, why not dream? There are only two outcomes that are possible for this endeavor. As Michael once said, to paraphrase, you can’t make a shot you don’t take.
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So this is my shot. Maybe one of you will help the ball go in the hoop. I thank you in advance.