Written by the Scribner

February 4, 2022

M. J, the ball dunker, ball dribbler, the basketball man that knows nothing else except ball and money. The man that does not want to rock the boat, public persona is so much more for him, but behind the shade is a man that lived a different life, not always an honest one, and with unfilled desires.

Basketball is a ball, a sport, a way to eat but it is not everything. He carefully, well, his team pruned his perception, public image to create the iconic M. J., but it is all about money, doubling it and making more money.

He was a man that was not always present for his family, the family he had, but the family that needed him. He was a celebrity who could pick who he met, or who could go where he wanted. He could have been a better father and husband, but somehow had checked out of the marriage for a while. It was convenient for him, showed stability and he can always say he is a family man. It provided cover for his secret life, but Michael was no fun, not always cool to hang out with, but people loved the perception, the image, they worshiped him and it got him off.

He wants to be remembered as one of the greatest that ever played the game. Now he is in act with the second wife to make up for what he did not give the children of his first marriage (the first children), is being given to this love child he had late with his misses, friend and wife.

He misses Kobe almost like a son, but a dear soul. His friendship was kind and subtle and they both understood each other. Kobe felt he could be himself, his true self, and together they talked like two (2) old men that have been friends for decades.