How Adidas Biggest Mistake Cost Them Michael Jordan To Nike
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- Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2017
- Today, we discuss the story of how Adidas made the mistake of letting Michael Jordan slip through there hands. You probably won't believe the reasoning as to why they didn't sign him. It's the biggest mistake a company has ever made.
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Michael jordan is the reason nike is where it is.
BIG CUZ HARLEM just so you know not all white people ate wealthy and not all black people poor smh
I lost brain cell this man put race in a shoe deal talk 0.0
Hell Nah tf you talking about
Wis Dom lol shut the fuck up damn
@Skartel so are you
80s Adidas: Michael sorry you're too short.
00' Adidas: Messi you're the perfect height.
Its a totally different sports, in basketball you need more height and in football height doesn't matter. But Michael is not short he is tall af
@@dead2675 yeah obviously
Jammy for an NBA player 6’6 is not tall af. I’m sure that it’s below average.
@@elijahfuller3525 I am not saying that 6'6 is tall af in NBA. I am saying that Michael is tall in normal world
@@dead2675 height matters in football and almost all sports not saying football cant habe small players but taller ones are favouable
Damn, me as 5'4" would be like bacteria or something to Adidas.
😂🤣😂🤣.
😂😂😂
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Wimpy Kid lmao 5’7
DEAD
(A conversation between Addidas CEO and his secretary in 1984).
Secretary : "Sir, a certain Mr Michael Jordan wants to be sponsored by our company."
Addidas CEO in Germany : "Michael who ?? Oh Ja that guy who does Moonwalk. Nein, he is too short !"
Why doesn’t this have over 1M likes
🤣
This is too funny
Funny now they have signed Lionel Messi
ahahahaha
Back then Nike would make Michael Jordan were illegal colored shoes and would pay of his fines from the NBA. That earned them the slogan Just Do It.
Lol thats crazy i didnt think of that
why were those illegal
Nope it was a prison execution and the guy told them Just Do It.
@@ostrichcum9369 because they weren't the same color as the jersey color of the bulls
@@doozie3004 you're correct. My girlfriend is working in Nike. It is from a prisoner's execution who said "Let's do it". It is really not Just Do It but they get the inspiration for that. 💪👌
Bruh Nike owns converse now lmao
RVRE literaly
Afk Keez You're stupid
Converse is for fashion now
Lol
Nike does own converse, look it up. Why’d you think Virgil was able to drop the off-white converse, from the top 10?🤨
I need to try the drugs adidas’ CEO was on when he made that call
Don't do it cocaine is a hell of a drug.
If you're doing drugs, stop it. Get some help.
@@Jjw-ey7xy 😂😂😂
He was a rookie that had yet to set foot on a pro court. It doesn't matter how promising, those guys *are* a risk.
Think of all the top-tier talent that had the world ahead of them, only to have a career ending injury, poor decision, accident, or change of heart early in their careers.
I am sure that Adidas kicked themselves after his rookie season though.
@@dmv118 Drugs are the help for some of us bud.
35 years later, Jordan still da shizznit!!! Air Jordan's still selling like hot cakes!!!
Stfu bitch
@@Mr-kh7en lol mad
Mr adidas fanboy
@@Mr-kh7en damn you mad?😠😂😂
People are even getting killed for their jordans
"Call him short" dunks from free throw line
Hugh Jass its called hops
YetiHky hes still 6'6 tho
Height does matter when dunking, and jumping ability helps a bit. If you were tall enough, you could stand behind the 3 point line and drop it in
He is the shortest free throw line dunker ever in the NBA !
@@coldstalewater4477 do u know spud Webb?
Adidas lost LeBron and mike
Christopher Harris how did they lose LeBron Tell me the story
The guy that got mike to Nike was at Adidas when LeBron was at svsm they Adidas went hard at lebron and made a low offer to him and Nike offer him more money and he took it
Christopher Harris and Kobe but he left that’s tuff
Bilal Abid I would too if they made me a shoe that looks like a Buick Roadmaster
zone2 step 17k the crazy thing is that lebron considered adidas family and only wore adidas in high school as they payed for his travels to aau tournaments and they still lost him
The background music sounds like the Autobots have arrived in earth
Screw bayformers!
😂😂😂😂🤦♀️
All the dislikes are from adidas employees 😂
Arpan Gurung 👍👍😂😂
Lmao I'm watching this while I have Nike shoes on
How is 6'6" too short?
For NBA players that's below average
Yeah the average is around 6’8 too 6’9
@@joeldanial896 I actually did look it up and it says that the average height of a basketball player since 1984 til now has been 6' 7". Where did you get your information?
@@joeldanial896 Oh, please excuse me. Carry on then. I feel so silly. Here I was thinking you pulled your information out your ass.
The average says 6’7 but really the average is 6’5 to 6’4
"Who thought Michael Jordan was gonna be Michael Jordan"
Andreas Lindseth Pettersen lol
Andreas Lindseth Pettersen you win young fellow
no 1 saw that coming
Andreas Lindseth Pettersen Michael Jordan did..
Michael Jordan
Imagine the adidas logo on an Air Jordan especially the 1s instead of the nike logo lmaoooooo 😂
Imagine the nike logo anyhiw linked to yeezys
AdnanYe, you do realize the first yeezys were nike right? have you never heard of red octobers etc
Didn't Adidas create bootleg jordan 1s already
It'd be better
Honestly i doubt jordans would look anything like they do today since Adidas im assuming wouldnt have let jordan give as much input on the design as nike did
Micheal: “Hey, I’m 6’6, can I sign with you?”
Adidas: “You’re too short.”
Micheal: *Hold my Jordan 1s*
Everyone from Adidas probably 5ft2 widgets who are jealous of seeing michael as giant 6'6 lol.
Josh w how does that make sense
Lame as fuck
🤣
Realistically Jordan is like 6'5 6'4 heights were always wrong back then
Curry fans be like “Why didn’t he join under armour??!”
Zack Young curry bandwagons
Zack Young underamour wasn't even out than
kingjay 202 🤦♂️😑smh that the joke dumbass
Under armor JUST made their company at that year ;-;
Your dumb.
Now Adidas is FEW BILLONS SHORT.. 😂💪
Billions... not billons🤣😂
Now, Adidas finished!!💀💀💀💀
Adidas got the yeezy's, nike did the exact same shit with kanye
@CLOUT CHASER he was when he made the red octobers then he got a shit deal from then and switched to Adidas
@@eddie2379 yeezys are shit as fuck just expensive as shit
damn adidas lost MJ, LBJ, AND Kobe, hold this L
It was Nike and Reebok is the running with LBJ
And they all signed with Nike
now, everyone lost kobe
@@neel2307 We will never lose Kobe! Kobe Legacy remains 4eva
Now nike lost steph curry
There have been 2 times where I almost believed in magic in Sport.
1. Watching Jordan at the height of his powers
2. Watching Ronaldinho at his short lived zenith
The reason why Nike gave Jordan his own brand is partly because. Jordan is pretty much the every reason that put Nike to the ultimate position that they have right now
True. They owe it to mike for exceeding their expectations and made them the top sports brand
An t I like the guy who tries to disarm a nuke by using Excel
And the air max
Jordan put Nike and NBA on the map.
Wrong,MJ got jumpman started and negotiated stock options. The guy who’s telling this story is way off and u authorized to talk about the Nike deal. It was very simple deal with Nike.
If you had
One shot
Or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted
In one moment
Would you capture it
Or just let it slip?
Adidas let it slip.
Skeelo moms Spaghetti
Lame as fuck
Nope, because they didn't know what jordan would become that time. So I don't blame them
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
You left out one thing, Jordan's shoes also had to bring in a revenue of $5,000,000 in the first 3 years. He made $130,000,000 in his first 3 years.
His shoes brought in $130,000 in the FIRST year (which I am sure you know by now)
@@your_royal_highness check your numbers dummy
Adidas is looking for that back to the future car to sign MJ 😂😂
It wasn't "too short" it was "too small" as in image.
Makes more sense
Jordan change the game forever 🐐
makaveli g wow 23 likes aswell lmao
@@yungpacka777 qeq
@King Savage You prolly couldnt make your middle school basketball team 😂
@King Savage why is Jordan trash?
@King Savage tell me how don't just say "he is overrated" how in the hell is someone who averaged 28 ppg there whole career overrated
Thank you addidas for the rejection..wouldnt have had my J collection if it wasnt for u guys.
Another reason why Jordan is the #GOAT! He changed EVERYTHING! Even the legacy of shoe companies!
Wis Dom it’s actually mind blowing. Now Nike is so far ahead that Adidas can’t even catch them anymore. From almost out of business ... all because of MJ
@@danieloceans9652 no actually yeezys are sky rocketing plus they signed messi who is billions of times more famous than mj so ADI are good
@@ghost-og6mv stop snorting coke, for the love of God. Messi who?😂😂
@@theone131 messi is currently the second most famous athlete at the age of 33 and he has a net worth of 750 million dollars which jordan didn't even have quarter of at the age of 35 and messi has 146 million insta followers that more than Jordan's insta and twitter combined so I am pretty sure you're the one who is snorting
Kobe left Adidas and the lost MJ and LBJ smh
Joel Villarreal what happened?
nall u talking about the PT Cruiser's
José Rolando García Guevara you seriously don’t know?
It would Adidas be always losing lol
Adidas terminated Kobe Bryant contract when he messed up with Colorado with that white girl Sprite McDonald's did too if you Google look at the last time Kobe Bryant had a shoe by Adidas until he got his Nike deal
“Where do I fit in the Converse-ation” lol I can’t tell if that was supposed to be a pun
😂
Lol
Respect for Nike's confidence on MJ
Imagine in a parallel universe he’s signed with adidas
no
JFW S_Official what do you mean no
Nike would be out of business
JXSH _ shut up
Exactly, Nike would be where Adidas is now in this reality.
Dam too short they must been on some good shit back then.
its called racism...if he was white and dunking over folks and athleticism out the ass they would signed him. Now the folklore will make any addidas execs sick that one of the greats of all time wanted to sign with them and they told him to bounce..hahaha
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Imagine linking anything with racism
@@KhyoKytoo stfu bitch
Adidas lost Kobe Bryant ,Michael Jordan, and LeBron James the top 3 basketball players all time damn that's tuff
jalilthecavsfan Kobe is top 10
but they blew up in 2017
KING MUHAMMAD Kobe, LeBron and Jordan have always been popular
i know but adidas blew up again this year, im not saying that they were unpopular
Launard Makia Jordan is more popular than both guys even nowdays
Damn, with my 6.4 i will be midget in the eyes of Adidas
Welcome to our world!
And that's why Jordan is the man because he stood up to them giants showed not to judge a book by it's cover and now Addidas and Converse is done and they deserve that EVERY BIT!!
*JUSTICE SERVED*
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Me a 5'7.....
@@Nimvar
Me a 5'6
i am just 6 1, damn
@@abdulbari-_- you're taller then kyrie Irving, chris paul , isaiah thomas so dont worry btw they all nba .
remember the shoes logo "Just Do It" because it was illegal to the league and they want MJ to wear it and they're going to pay the fine every game
No it wasn't. You clearly don't know Nike.
You’re so bad at typing in English 🤮
It's not the phrase that fined Nike it's the color of the shoes NBA only allow most or majority of the shoe color to be white but nike release a black red shoe
1:12
Lol
His secret stuff
Kenyon Cooper I
Lol
Kenyon Cooper heheheheheheh
I read this with a lisp. Now I must watch Space Jam!
Kenyon Cooper a
He's drinking his secret stuff
haha
SalaCommander26 aka Water
this could mean drugs
It's rick and morty's magical seeds
SalaCommander26 I
Adidas: Who needs Michael Jordan when we have Kanye West... *Cricket noise
*banned for reflective material*
Yeezys are dead
@Dennis Garcia I'm a footlocker employee and theres no such thing yeezys are out selling jordan CAUSE their DEAD. Get your facts right idiot piece of shit defending yeezys for Kanye West
@Dennis Garcia yeezys are dead bitch nike is better than adidas.you dick head nigga
@Dennis Garcia if you are a footlocker employee your store must suck cause it's full of ugly ass yeezy
Good stuff bro! MJ is the goat, nobody made a fade-away or jump shot or dunk look so graceful and aesthetically as beautiful as MJ did. It’s truly what separates him from the rest!
Back then adidas was a very conservative german company. the company was not too much into basketball, they were focussed on soccer as soccer was and still is the most favorite sports game in germany. looking back one must say it was the biggest mistake in adidas recent history.
come on, adidas is also now second to Nike at soccer as well.
Riken Maharjan Football*
But when it comes to innovation and style, Addidas will always be ranked no. 2.
@@Supersweetguy no. 1 for innovation and style. Nike is no. 1 for performance
No 1 Comfort : DrScholls from Family Dollar
Adidas messed up on having Jordan
Adidas messed up on having Kobe
Adidas messed up on having LeBron
Those are the biggest L’s this brand could ever take
They shouldn't be worried about basketball shoes when they have Lionel Messi.
@@ofermashiach4519 Nike is bigger, what's your point.
xXyasabeXx
Football is bigger than basketball. Same story.
The Got James Harden 😂
SpeedHomeAttack they got Kanye 😂
Mike is the reason I choose to wear adidas today. I grew up in NC and after he announced he was leaving Carolina to go pro, he and a bunch of other ACC players went on a barnstorming tour throughout North Carolina. They played a game at my local high school, some friends and I rode our bikes there and sat court side mesmerized....Mike came out wearing the all white with black stripes Adidias Top Ten brand and I was hooked from there. Although I love Mike and knew way back in 82 he was going to be that guy, I've never owned a pair of Air Jordans.....been rocking adidias ever since.
7:25 thank me later.
Converse and Adidas was huge in the late 70's to mid 80's If you look at Rocky 1 2 and 4 they shoes were everywhere in those movies Nike got lucky in Rocky 3 at the time it may had made sense because Bird and Magic were trading championship but if Jordan had signed with Converse or Adidas Nike would be dead.
king djack also Adidas was in Rocky IV
king djack3000 their not they
During that era, Pony were the great deal for the boxers.
Kadga
+king djack3000: Well I have observed that other brands does not have the style that Nike does. When you wear a MJ Nike shoes, you will feel comfortable, and feel like Mike. That is what Converse, Addidas refused to do in the past. It is all about marketing and its techniques.
Lets not forget K. Malone, Olajuwon, & Abdul-Jabber rocking LA Gear 😆👍🏻 back in the day
Man I think I love Michael Jordan even more after this video!
Handles, i recently subscribe to your channel because this video is well informative! There isnt alot of channels that give out interesting clips like you! Thanks
Adidas Hold this L
If MJ signed with Adidas
Adidas WOULD (not might) become no: 1
Nike would be bankrupt.
Jordan Brand is arguably bigger than Nike itself.
Miko Mido honestly i dont think that thered ever be a jordan brand
Jordan brand is bigger than Nike ?
Miko Mido jordan wouldn't be a brand
Miko Mido Jordan brand is no where near as big as Nike. Nike is the best for NBA players and the best (or second best next to Adidas) is the for football (soccer) players
Drew Mcintyre jordan is owned by nike
The more important question is... How did Nike conduct the best scouting in this draft?
lol. good one! their scouting is better than Portland Trailblazers!
A phenomenal question haha
I thought they were going to say he was to bald😂😂
😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣
Danny Alvarez or why you stick your tongue out? We don’t sign freaks
Why would they say that? Michael wasn't bald when he first came to the NBA.
1984 mj had hair
Biggest mistake of their life
I loved this video, you’re amazing bro
that's why adidas went after ewing the next year. then adidas signed jim mcmahon & run-dmc because they lost out on jordan
At least they learned their lesson of not underestimating the potential of shorter guys and signed Leo Messi.
Adidas MAJOR L for MJ
Another L for Lebron
And a another for Kobe SMH
well at least they have Kanye 😆
Kanye is also an L
And Messi
And Pharrell
Brem that’s true! At least it’s not all bad
POOPITY SCOOP SCOOPITY WHOOP WHOOP DE SCOOP DE POOP
Confirmed!! Nike used time machine and seen the future..
7:11 is what you're here for. Thank me later.
Anyone whoever doubted this man has been proved wrong.
This probably motivated him to do better so him getting rejected is actually a great milestone to his greatness.
And that day Nike became the greatest company shoes of all time
Great vid handles! Keep em coming!
Hope he still has same agent and manager
Handles... U forgot about what bo Jackson did for Nike also. Him AND mj put them on the map strong. No Jackson's was tuff and he was ballin outta control
baby time Yup. People forget or don’t even know that Bo was bigger than MJ.
9:34 damn that has got to be the boniest knee i have ever seen
Great job handles, very informative.
I'm loving all of these sports clips and videos. Beautiful.
Great video
1- Michael Jordan
2- Kobe Bryant
3- LeBron James
4- Kyrie Irving
5- Stephen Curry
Gaddiel Castillo-Padilla nope Kobe is vetter than LeBron and Kyrie is beter than curry
walter Struyf better
Gaddiel Castillo-Padilla
1.MJ
2.LBJ
3.Kobe
4.Kareem Abdul Jabbar
5.Magic Johnson
This should be the top 5
1- Micheal Jordan
2-Kobe Bryant
3.- Lebrun James
4.magic Johnson
5. Hakeem
1. MJ
2. LBJ
3. Kareem
4. Magic
5. Duncan
I remember the shoe for MJ called the Weapon.it was Easter and all the little boys were supposed to get dress shoes for Easter Sunday services.We sold them the dress Nikes and their mothers made them return them for dress shoes.We went to Burger King and got coupons for fries to give to the kids.They also had a video of MJ at he stadium dribbling the ball on one side of the 12' barb wired fence,taking to the air and dunking the ball on the other side of the fence.That is the first time I knew MJ could literally FLY.
Just like the "game of love":
Forget the woman that you love that is not loving you back.
The woman who is seriously into you and is committed to be with you,
is the one meant for you.
And you'll be thankful someday.
Handles is the Goat
imagine being Michael Jordan but you didn't know you would be Michael Jordan
Jordan really took it personal with adidas when they rejected him and called him too short to be one of the faces of their company. He then dominated the league where only “big guy “ can dominate and also dominated the sneakers game(still dominating)
Another reason to love MJ ! He was loyal to his brand but they let him down... then like most of team members he brought a little know company up to a leader in the game like himself!! The real goat ppl just know it was more than just basketball with mike it was a lifesaver
Legend say's
Adidas still crying like baby after 30 yrs..
When lose MJ
I don’t even play basketball but we like to hear good stories
Nice history. New one here. Can i have a HUG sir.
This goes for everybody else. Looking forward.
I've never heard this story before. I'm 6'6" and ive never been called short, not even by my 7'0 brother. You just never know how things will turn out. I hope Adidas fires the guy who said that every year. Just bring him back just to fire him over and over. Imagine the billions of dollars they lost and Nike gained
lol.
Im sorry handles ive been slacking watching your videos i will start watching
Jolly he dont even know.you and hasnt replyed to you. No need to be srry just watch the recents
Purple I
“Too short” hahaha
This was a Great Video Champ!!!!!!
The story I remember the former head of Nike and co-founder Mr. Knight was all about this college distance runner in Oregon named Steve Prefontaine where Nike was born, prefontaine never won an olympic medal because he died months before the olympics in 1976 but Nike spent millions promoting this guy with their shoe,the new hot athlete in sports was a basketball player but nike had almost none, Sonny Vaccaro, Mr. Raveling, Mr. Strasser set up the deal with jordan they all worked for Nike at the time.
Adidas's new calling all creators commercial played before this, lol
This sounds like the story with Steph Curry, now nike's rejecting
Well, MJ > Curry... sooooo...
Million years from now Michael Jordan’s name will be a legendary mythical story you tell your kids about in awe.
Nice story. I already read this in one of mj's stories.... You made a video out of that story.. Nice one, keep it up...
Next time, try to make video again from the ghost in acacia tree...
The music is good in the background
Bobby Knight knew right away after coaching him in the Olympics before he ever played a NBA game. Just saying
I didn't know about any of this so thank you for sharing this information
Growing up (born in 60s) Converse was THE basketball shoe, and ADIDAS was THE football (soccer) shoe. Sambas are still popular to this day, and their design has changed little over the years.
Without doubt, MJ made Nike. There's no debate.
They basically did the same thing with Lebron smh
Jimmy Morse they dumb
Lmao “just complete 1 out of 3 things we tell you”-Nike “fuck that I’ll just do all 3”-Jordan.
...in the first year
Savage 😂😂
He was so ambitious he wanted the brand that as ambitious as he was. The athlete, the brand and the designs was perfection. Talking about match made in heaven.
I watched MJ through his rookie year until retirement here in Illinois. I'm an Adidas guy. I don't wear Nike unless it's on a Barcelona or Brazil soccer team jersey. I wonder if deep inside he still has that feeling about Adidas.
Thank you for making this video.. serves to educate those hypebeast about the Jordan brand. I don't hate Nike.. I just have problems with their durability.
And if not for MJ they'd be those shoes you see at wallmart.. but Adidas is cocky that time, so yeah..
Different sport, shoes, and all but this might give something about Nike's profile pre Jordan. I was playing little league baseball back in 1980-81 and was the only kid on the team wearing Nikes. In every other team we played there were maybe 4-5 other kids wearing them also, that's how low key Nike was at the time.
Mj the GOAT??? Really adidas? You guys really blew it lol
and lebron
Pawns and wilt chamberlain fr he is slept on
@@uwusakurae LJ is in no way the goat
@@lm1584 LJ can be one of the greatest players, but he ain't the greatest
@@Th3Passerby he is one of the greats
Awesome video. Well done
Great update, thanks