He prefered Adidas more than Converse.
Not sure why he didn't wear Adidas back in his UNC and 1984 Olympic days. Probably because UNC's relationship with Converse.
But yeah, he did wear Adidas before Nike signed him.
Some of you might already know this, Mike wanted to get out of Nike somewhere around in between IIs and IIIs.
That pic is from IU's Assembly Hall. Probably an open to the public scrimmage for the Olympic team or possibly from the tryouts that were also held inBloomington.
Some of you NTers must be younguns, because this is all crystal clear to me! Of course, I'm also 38 LOL!