The tale of Micheal Jordan

Micheal Jordan is always regarded as one of the the greatest basketball players of all time. He won 5 MVP awards, 6 NBA championships and saved an alien race from enslavement (seriously, go watch Space Jam if you have no idea what I'm talking about), even though he did have some god-given ability (I mean did you see how long of a wingspan he had on that final dunk of space jam), it didn't all come naturally to him. He had to work extensivly to become that good. Along with all that work though came many failures (I mean did you see his baseball career?). This commercial emphazizes these mistakes of his. He's shows that not even "the great one is perfect," and admits to his faults, but also alludes to how these faults have made him such a great player because they pushed him to work even harder which in turn made him a better player, or as Kanye West would say, "Th-that don't kill me can only make me stronger."

The scene is very dark, he's wearing all black clothing. It created a very dark and depressing scene, which is set up to oppose the always energetic (and always tongue sticking out) Jordan. This shows a more serious and down to earth version. I'm not saying he wasn't serious when playing the game, but it was a different kind of serious. It exposes that other side of MJ, his "fault" side. There's tons of people taking his picture. It reflects how things can change so fast that everyone one minute will be taking pictures of you for being a star, the next for being a failure. The thing with Jordan though even when the media and paparazzi began labelling him as a failure (see Washington Wizards career) he was still going out there every night with a mindset to prove all of them wrong, and to still grow even better.

Michael Jordan has always had a chip on his shoulder, from being cut by his high school team to being drafted 3rd, behind a guy who dropped out of the NBA 2 years later to be a horse trainer, to all the doubts that he could get back to that elite level after the death of his father. He's always taking that adversity and used it to turn into a better player.

But I'm going to leave you with one last image to show how hard of a worker MJ is, and yes, it used Space Jam. Think about the very first scene. Where little MJ is outside working on his jumper at like 10 at night, even though there was some hollywood magic, it shows how hard he works because I would have a hard time believing that never really happened.