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One of Michael Jordan’s famous Chicago Bulls jerseys is set to go on sale for over $6 million. Sotheby’s, one of the largest brokers of fine art and collectibles, announced that one of Jordan’s jerseys from the 1996-97 NBA season will be auctioned from October 23 to November 4.
The jersey, which Sotheby’s claims Jordan wore for at least 17 games, is valued at between $4 and $6 million and is the only publicly available MeiGray Authenticated Red jersey from the Bulls legend’s first five championship seasons. It is also believed that the jersey is only one of two Red jerseys Jordan wore that season, with wear appearing throughout the jersey due to Jordan’s preference.
Additionally, Jordan’s jersey is iconic in another way: It was the jersey Jordan wore when Philadelphia 76ers legend Allen Iverson crossed him up. While the score of that particular game is not noteworthy – the Bulls prevailed 108-104 over the 76ers in Philadelphia – it was that iconic crossover that lived on in NBA history.
“When I think of basketball, I think of Michael Jordan,” Iverson reflected in a video commemorating the jerseys’ importance. “One of the biggest accomplishments was just being on the same floor with him – that was special to me. That was a dream come true.”
Along with explaining just what Jordan meant to him as an eight-year-old, Iverson then shared that he became known as the “Dude that crossed Jordan” after the play. In the video, Iverson explained just how the moment played out as he matched up with his idol.
“Once he got on me, I remember I came off the screen and Phil Jackson, when he ‘Michael,’ that meant switch and then he switched out to me,” Iverson recalled. “I was like, ‘Oh —-, here we go.’ Everybody was into it because we were in my house. It was a treat for them because it was like, ‘OK, Michael Jordan’s on him in his house’ and they knew what I was going to try.
“If you really pay attention to it like basketball players do and real basketball fans, you see that he still almost blocked me. I do that to anybody else, they’re way out of the picture – they don’t even get a chance to put a hand up. On that play, he still missed it by this much.”
Iverson also called to mind how basketball fans are still talking about the move 27 years later. “I told my friends beforehand, I told my teammates at Georgetown, if I ever got a chance to try it on the greatest player ever, I was going to put my moves to the test,” he continued.
“And obviously, I did. It’s legendary. It’s been a big deal. People will talk about it … Obviously, 96-97. People still talking about it in 2024. It had to affect a lot of people.” While it had been decades since Iverson crossed up Jordan, the latter made sure to remind the latter that he had not forgotten what happened on the fateful March day in 1997.
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“I went to a Charlotte Hornets game, and he had me come in, and we in the back, and me and him just sitting back and drinking and reminiscing or whatever, and I was like, ‘Man, I love you, man,'” Iverson recalled to Shannon Sharpe in 2023 [h/t Sports Illustrated]. “And he was like, ‘You don’t love me, you lil —–. You wouldn’t have crossed me up like that if you did.’ Everybody in the room just bust out laughing, man. It was crazy.”
Along with Jordan’s $6 million jersey, it was reported that the Air Jordan 12s he wore during his famous “Flu Game” sold for $1.38 million in mid-June. Also, a one-of-one “Logoman” card signed by Jordan from 2003-04 was sold for $2.9 million, a record for Goldin Auctions.
The Bulls legend’s mansion, which had been on the market for 12 years, also sold for $15 million in September. That said, not all Jordan’s possessions garner a hefty price as his 1996 Mercedes-Benz S600 Lorinser was bought for just $23 in July.