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They Re Just Shoes: Air Jordans

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They’re just shoes. Sneakers, tennis shoes, high-tops, whatever you want to call them. They serve the same purpose but they don't help on the court. This may be true, but it’s missing the point. Before 1985 there were different names for shoes. Clyde Frazier was Puma, George Gervin was Nike, and Dr. J, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird were Converse. Those names were important, but they would never serve the same importance as what Nike was soon to release. Shoes were popular but never as popular as when a certain shoe line was released in 1985. A shoe line that would change the world. These are Air Jordans. Avoid using second person
Michael Jeffrey Jordan lived a great, very successful

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