There are only a select few players that come along that can transform a sport and leave lasting legacies for decades after they are done. Baseball had stars like Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron. Football had Jim Brown, Johnny Unitas and Joe Montana. Hockey had Gordie Howe and Wayne Gretzky. Basketball had Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and arguably the greatest player of all time, Michael Jordan.

Jordan not only turned the fortunes around of the struggling Chicago Bulls franchise when he entered the league in 1984, “His Airness” ushered in a new era of basketball with his un-paralleled athleticism and clutch play. Amazingly, Jordan was drafted third overall by the Bulls in 1984 as both the Houston Rockets, who selected Hakeem Olajuwon and Portland Trail Blazers, who selected Sam Bowie, passed on Jordan.

Jordan’s rookie season did not disappoint as he averaged 28.2 points per game and led the Bulls to a playoff appearance. Jordan’s highlight reel dunks also started to draw attention in opposing arenas and helped the Bulls to become a marquee draw and began the era of “Air Jordan”. Offered is rookie Michael Jordan game issued Bulls home jersey. This all mesh off-white jersey has “BULLS” silk-screened across the chest and Jordan’s famous number “23” is heat-pressed in red and black on the left front center. The open shoulders and collar are lined with a ribbed material featuring red, black and white color patterns. The back of the jersey has “JORDAN” in all red with his number “23” in red and black all heat-pressed on the mesh material. The bottom tail of this jersey has a red Rawlings size 42 tag sewn on the front left tail. Jordan has signed this jersey in black marker on the front between “BULLS” and his number “23”. This comes with a LOA from Sports Investors Authentication (200620G2) for the game issue and a COA from Upper Deck Authenticated (SHO42296) for Jordan's signature.

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