In 1996, we learned what Michael Jordan was really doing during his first retirement from basketball. Sure it started as an opportunity to expand his athletic career and featured a crossover into professional baseball, but that wasn’t his most important accomplishment during that era. No, that distinction belongs to Space Jam, and if you’ve seen it, then you know what I’m talking about.
In the opening scene, we see a young Mike Jordan shooting some late night hoops in his yard in Wilmington, NC. When he talks about wanting to play at North Carolina, his dad responds with “That’s a real fine school, real fine school.