What Would The Jordan Logo Look Like If Michael Jordan Did It In A Game

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David AstramskasAka VincentDa & RedApples fka Expiredpineapples. My alter-ego is a digital-marketing guy in Houston. Won editing awards & created obsolete flash websites that have been featured in mags like Sports Illustrated. Studied film & women at FSU during the golden age of hip-hop. Collects records, laserdiscs, sports memorabilia & toys. Father of 2 daughters that are more athletic and popular on YouTube.

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Origin of the Jumpman Logo | Classic shot of Jumpman

It’s the $5+ billion image. A basketball logo that gets people more excited than the NBA logo. It’s Nike’s Jumpman logo.

The origin of the iconic image began when Nike’s Peter Moore came across a photo of Jordan wearing an Olympic jumpsuit in the pages of Life Magazine.

Since Nike couldn’t use that photo, they had Jordan recreate it during a photoshoot for the upcoming Air Jordan sneakers. What might surprise you about the photo is Jordan wasn’t trying to dunk, he was actually doing a ballet move.

Flash-forward a couple of decades and a few billion dollars later to 2015. Designer Addison Foote decided to recreate the ballet move and logo and show how the logo would look if Michael Jordan did it in a game while wearing a Bulls uniform. He used 3 game shots of Jordan and the image from the original photoshoot (above) and combined them.