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Because he was a very famous Basketball player at the time ..

To add on Nike wanted to make another company to expand their sales. They need a star to sell the shoes so they chose Jordan. MJ had the option between Adidas and nike and chose nike.

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Michael Jordan had numerous nicknames, 2 of which were MJ an Air Jordan

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he was named air Jordan because when he dunked it seemed like he hung in the air longer than anybody else

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during college he got the name for his dunking and "air" time.

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he got his nickname because of his slame dunks.

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Air Jordan was Michael Jordan's nickname because he was such a powerful jumper. The symbol on the side is Michael Jordan in the process of dunking the ball.

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Because he got very high in the air when he dunked

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No. Air Jordan is one of the Nike models name. Jordan is partnership of Nike for this model. study more with tranclate in bashmaq[dot]com : کفش جردن

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