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He wore Converse and was a personal fan of Adidas, so he took meetings with both companies, but they never reached a deal. Jordan had just come off a stellar college basketball season at the University of North Carolina. As the story goes, the year was 1984, and Chicago Bulls' rookie Michael Jordan was a hot commodity for endorsement deals, with trainers naturally being paramount.
