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We might never have had Nike’s Jordan shoe line had it not been for Michael Jordan’s mom. The first Nike Air Jordans were worn by Michael in 1984 when he played for the Chicago Bulls. The shoes were then made publically available a year later, and in the three decades since the shoe line launched it has become one of the biggest and most recognizable assets for the brand. However, it didn’t always seem like it was going to end that way. Michael Jordan worked with Nike because his mom told him toIn a docuseries called The Last Dance, which is available on Netflix, Michael Jordan spoke about how…