Friday, June 12, 2015

NBA. Basketball: Michael Jordan in Paris for its iconic Air Jordan – Ouest-France

During the 25 minutes that lasted this conference at Palais de Tokyo, no media present among the fifty could ask any question the American mega-star, surrounded by three parties including the historic designer Tinker Hatfield brand.



Transmit passion for basketball

Where we learn in this conversation that the pride of the “best player ever” , the Evan Fournier own admission one of the rear of the France team for this occasion, “is transmitted to have a passion for basketball and that the public has contracted” .

Retired NBA floors since 2003, Jordan was six-time NBA champion with the Chicago Bulls, nominated five times MVP (best player) of the season, won two Olympic gold medals with the States United (1984 and 1992). And his exploits popularized the sport internationally in the years 80 and 90.

Today, at 52, he is the highest paid athlete retired in the world, with an estimated revenue $ 100 million, according to the 2015 rankings released Thursday by the US magazine Forbes. And he still sells over Jordan Brand shoes, its joint venture with Nike, whose turnover was 2.6 billion in 2014, according to the website SportScaninfo.



A walkabout

“things there 30 years was heartfelt” could smile before a Jordan phones and other armed assistance cameras to capture the moment.

The owner of the Charlotte Hornets then briefly surveyed the exhibition to his glory and immersive attractions built for the occasion by the brand and that the public can visit for free until Sunday.

The big marquee around Jordan will continue until Sunday including a walkabout waited at the “Quai 54″ street-ball tournament held Sunday on the Place de la Concorde.

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