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“He (Michael Jordan) is to the sporting goods industry what Nathan Hale, Patrick Henry, Che Guevara and Mao Zedong were to the world of politics.”
Wait, what? Who? Knight compared an American Revolutionary War hero, a Founding Father, a major Cuban Revolutionary figure and a Chinese communist revolutionary to His Airness. We’ve heard the Harold Minors, Grant Hills and Kobe Bryants being compared to MJ, but never have we heard diplomats like Che Guevara being compared to Jordan. Yet, maybe that’s the new thing. Is Kobe Bryant to basketball what Bill Clinton was to the Oval Office? Hmmmm…
