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Just read this on Wikipedia:
Jumpman = Ballet Move: Is this true?
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dude its wikipedia i can write that it was inspired by a man jumping off a building if i wanted
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not true, jordan was just practicing different kinds of jumps for a photoshoot. most people think he was in the middle of a dunk, but that isn't trueeither. he was just trying distintive looking jumps.
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Is this for real? I know the original picture the silhouette was taken from was a studio shot, but was it really a ballet move?
It's not normal for a person to dunk with such a wide opened legs.
Also, it's not true that the picture was taken while Mike was doing ballet move. More like "ballet" move.
Everyone's opinion is different. Also, learn to know that Wikipedia's informations are contributed by people like us.
Unless there's a citation from an official website of Jordan, I don't believe its a ballet move.
Funny though.. Ballet... LOL
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http://www.nba.com/jordan/hoop_mjonmj.html
Q: It has to be amazing for you to watch some of the young players trying to imitate some of your dunks.
Jordan: The thing about those dunks is that they were never really planned. It was more or less created instinctively once I got up in theair. But those were the things that people focused on.
It's like my logo. I wasn't even dunking on that one. People think that I was. I just stood on the floor, jumped up and spread my legs and they tookthe picture. I wasn't even running. Everyone thought I did that by running and taking off. Actually, it was a ballet move where I jumped up and spread mylegs. And I was holding the ball in my left hand.
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Trust me, I know Wikipedia can be less than accurate. I was just wondering if there was any truth behind this particular statement.
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false
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By the way, forever23 that gif is sick!
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False, I think. Didn't really know much about the jumpman logo, though I did see the live gif's, like the one just posted.
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False, although the movement and 'jump' is infact a ballet move (my girl used to be a ballerina) I'm almost positive MJ wasnt trying to do balletmove or was inspired by ballet.
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wow interesting
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HAHAAH ballet, thats a huge joke, its definetely the dunk
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no it was an actual dunk he did at a photoshoot
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Cool, This was fascinating, Doesn't make him any less of a NBA star just because he knows ballet.
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its funny how some of you guys just read the first post and ignore everything else said before you post....so quick to give the guy stone faces....
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I see people can't read nowadays.
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Good to know. Why are people still disagreeing? Jordans , himself said it was a ballet move.
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I've heard it referred to as the "Stretch Air". I remember Dominique Wilkins doing the same pose on a poster back in the day...
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thats interesting....
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Didn't he do that dunk in an actual game before?
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^No, never. This was never an actual dunk. I dont understand the stale faces, the post starter is right
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Thats interesting, never heard that before
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