<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">One of the campers at Nike is Michael Jordan's son, Jeffrey, a 6-foot junior point guard at Loyola (Ill.) Academy, the same school that delivered junior shooting guard Colin Falls to Notre Dame.</div> Source
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">As Nike All-American campers warily enter an interview room here, officials check to make sure they can be identified by reporters. A jersey number or name tag will do. One camper had neither but gained immediate entrance. When asked his name, he unfolded his arms to reveal the word "Jordan" in block letters on his Nike T-shirt. He's the son of that Jordan, of Michael Jordan. As such, Jeffrey Jordan is basketball royalty. On the down side, he grapples with the assumption he's the heir apparent to basketball's greatest player. Never mind he's an otherwise nondescript 6-foot guard, a high school junior next fall. For other campers, Jeffrey Jordan is a surrogate for his famous father. To dunk on Jeffrey is to posterize Michael Jordan. "Everybody feels that way," said camper Matthew Bryan-Amaning, a native of Surrey, England. "I know he'll be having a hard time because everybody knows." Jeffrey apparently takes these challenges as good-naturedly as he did an avalanche of media questions about his father, the father-son dynamic, etc, etc. "That competitive edge is definitively there," Jeffrey said of other campers wishing to dunk on a Jordan. "It's a little higher against me." Jeffrey said he shared his father's famous competitive zeal. "I'm more quiet about it," he said. "He talks more trash." If Jeffrey tired of the questions about his father, it didn't show. Although he had an interesting response when asked about his name -- Jeffrey Michael -- being the reverse of his father's Michael Jeffrey. "I don't want to be Michael Jr.," he said. "People compare me to him enough." Jeffrey cited coincidence, nothing else, that his camp number -- "32" -- was the reverse of his father's famous No. 23 as a star for the Chicago Bulls and at career's end, the Washington Wizards. But, he added, "I noticed that." Jeffrey also is the reverse of his father by being left-handed.</div> Source
I wonder if this kid is any good. I find it interesting that everything is opposite of MJ, even the way he shoots...left handed...very interesting.
I'm curious to see what this kid can do, I can't wait to see one of his games. It must feel weird being the son of the greatest player to ever live and having that tag your whole life.
well if everythin is the opposite of his father then maybe so is his skill. makin him not good but i doubt hes bad, might be pretty good
Everything is reversed? So he could be as bad as Omar Cook? or maybe he's even better than Michael? I think if he makes it into the League,he'll be a fine player.I bet it's hard to be Jordan's son if you play basketball cause everything expect you to be as good as your father and as the articel said,beat you down as hard they can. How old is he? 15-17?
^ He's 16 from what i read on another article. But pretty interseting, he obviously wants to be different from MJ though.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">INDIANAPOLIS - Jeffrey Michael Jordan is used to answering the questions from other teenagers at Nike All-America summer basketball camp. No, he wasn't in Space Jam. Yes, his house is big. This is a way of life for the elder son of the world's most famous basketball player. He is competing this week in front of scores of college coaches, against some of the nation's best high school players, to become more than a curiosity. Being Michael Jordan's son is nice. Being known as a legitimate high Division I college basketball prospect would be better. "I'm not the top one, two, three or four in my state," said Jeffrey, 16. "I guess (I'm) just trying to prove that I belong here, that it's not just the name." A junior to be at Loyola Academy College Prep in Illinois, he has heard from Illinois, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Michigan, Notre Dame and Georgia Tech. But he hasn't received a scholarship offer, and he isn't hearing yet from his father's alma mater, North Carolina. He isn't on any top-100 lists for his class, and he is rated a two-star player by scout.com -- more likely a mid-major than a high Division I player. He knows people wonder whether his father's endorsement deal with Nike is the reason he is here. "He wouldn't let me go to adidas (camp) or anything like that," Jeffrey said, laughing. Jeffrey sees kids talking about him at a distance, then suddenly clamming up when he walks past them. He is a target for players trying to build a reputation. They will never dunk on Michael Jordan, but will remember forever if they dunk on his offspring. Jeffrey's wealth also is a factor for kids trying to play their way out of poverty. "I definitely see the kids from the south side of Chicago and west side of Chicago who want it really bad," Jordan said. "They need it. I guess that kind of escalates it, too, when they play against me."</div> Source I found another article on him, I'm still trying to figure out why he's only 6 feet tall? Usually boys are equal height or taller than the father. Maybe there is some truth to these Ja Fool rumors. However he does have a 40inch vert.
What a story of the ages it would be if the son of Michael Jordan became the next big thing... It will be intresting to see what JJ`s future will look like down the road.
he seem`s like an honest guy but you`ve onlygot to look at his upbringing to know he will always have the jordan albatross rond his neck and will be lucky to have half his fathers skills.....jordan was from Fort Greene and had very little luxuries look at marbury,baron,iverson and the way they were bought up,you dont get that competitive hunger from running round in hummers and eating at Chez Expensivo
He will always have that ring around his neck... that Michael freakin' Jordan was his father... especially if he doesn't make it to the L, he'll be scarred for life by basketball followers... he really is basketball royality, in a way it's nice, but it's also very bad..
False alarm. The camp he was invited to is completely bogus. Nike is no longer getting the best basketball <u>players</u>, they're getting the best basketball <u>offspring</u>. John Lucas and Patrick Ewing have both had kids in the camp. Granted both of them are/were serious college players, I don't think either was one of the nation's most elite players out of High School. From what I've heard about Jordan's kid, he's far from elite as well. This particular quote bugs me - <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">This camp at least gives him a chance. Lucas is the son of former NBA player and coach John Lucas. Jonnie West is the son of Hall of Famer Jerry West and sons of other former players, such as Patrick Ewing Jr., have preceded him at the Nike camp.</div> Let me tell a little storry. Back when I played High School basketball, I absolutely dominated this kid from our rival school. I was twice his size yet I was twice as fast and twice as quick. I absolutely shut him down on defense, whereas I think I put up something like 12 or 13 points on him (which was high for our team, especially considering the tempo of the game). I asked my coach, "How can a little kid like him be so bad, so young, and yet on the High School varsity team playing serious minutes?". "Well, he's Jerry West's kid, Jonnie West," said my coach. So when I looked at this roster and saw Jonnie West, I had to sit down. Where was my invite? I wasn't even All-Conference when I played, yet the kid I schooled back in the day is going off to a Nike Camp? So I proceed to check the other invitees, hoping to find that there were hundreds of others and West just made it because of how watered down the rosters were. I checked for all of Memphis' elite High School basketball players. First I looked for Wayne Chism and Willie Kemp from Bolivar (a.k.a. the city's Kobe & Shaq duo). Neither one was on the roster. Then I looked for Pierre Niles and Brandon Powell, possibly two of the city's top three players. Neither one was on the roster. Then finally I looked for Thaddeus Young, the best basketball player in the entire city and a consensus top 10 national recruit. Nope, he wasn't on the roster either. Yet Jonnie West (emphasis on West) was on the roster. Now I'm sure than West and Jordan have some game, but logic says that these kids are getting the opportunities that they're getting not because of their basketball skills, but because of their connections, and to me, that makes the entire camp a joke. By the way, West played years before Jordan, yet their kids are the same age. Does that disturb anyone else?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Voodoo Child:</div><div class="quote_post">False alarm. The camp he was invited to is completely bogus. Nike is no longer getting the best basketball <u>players</u>, they're getting the best basketball <u>offspring</u>. John Lucas and Patrick Ewing have both had kids in the camp. Granted both of them are/were serious college players, I don't think either was one of the nation's most elite players out of High School. From what I've heard about Jordan's kid, he's far from elite as well. This particular quote bugs me - Let me tell a little storry. Back when I played High School basketball, I absolutely dominated this kid from our rival school. I was twice his size yet I was twice as fast and twice as quick. I absolutely shut him down on defense, whereas I think I put up something like 12 or 13 points on him (which was high for our team, especially considering the tempo of the game). I asked my coach, "How can a little kid like him be so bad, so young, and yet on the High School varsity team playing serious minutes?". "Well, he's Jerry West's kid, Jonnie West," said my coach. So when I looked at this roster and saw Jonnie West, I had to sit down. Where was my invite? I wasn't even All-Conference when I played, yet the kid I schooled back in the day is going off to a Nike Camp? So I proceed to check the other invitees, hoping to find that there were hundreds of others and West just made it because of how watered down the rosters were. I checked for all of Memphis' elite High School basketball players. First I looked for Wayne Chism and Willie Kemp from Bolivar (a.k.a. the city's Kobe & Shaq duo). Neither one was on the roster. Then I looked for Pierre Niles and Brandon Powell, possibly two of the city's top three players. Neither one was on the roster. Then finally I looked for Thaddeus Young, the best basketball player in the entire city and a consensus top 10 national recruit. Nope, he wasn't on the roster either. Yet Jonnie West (emphasis on West) was on the roster. Now I'm sure than West and Jordan have some game, but logic says that these kids are getting the opportunities that they're getting not because of their basketball skills, but because of their connections, and to me, that makes the entire camp a joke. By the way, West played years before Jordan, yet their kids are the same age. Does that disturb anyone else?</div> Have you ever heard of town called sommervillie? I was just wondering. I hate to break it ya, but every camp is like that. Any kid can get in a magazine or invited to camp by a name or by connections. Thats why I laugh when alot of these guys hype alot of kids up, because there tops on somebodies scouting report list, or did good at some camp. I usually just want and see how players develop out of high school.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Terminator-X:</div><div class="quote_post">he seem`s like an honest guy but you`ve onlygot to look at his upbringing to know he will always have the jordan albatross rond his neck and will be lucky to have half his fathers skills.....jordan was from Fort Greene and had very little luxuries look at marbury,baron,iverson and the way they were bought up,you dont get that competitive hunger from running round in hummers and eating at Chez Expensivo</div> Competitive hunger has no relation to the social status you're brought up in... Arguably the most competitive player in the league is Kobe Bryant, and he was brought up in a "wealthy" family On the flipside, a guy like Darius Miles is from East St. Louis (perrienially rated oone of the worst cities in the U.S.) wont bother to extend his range outside 10 feet and often looks disinterested in the games.. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Voodoo Child:</div><div class="quote_post">By the way, West played years before Jordan, yet their kids are the same age. Does that disturb anyone else?</div> Not really...i have a friend who's about the same age as me, her parents are in their mid-60's while my parents are in their mid-40's ...it happens, not too uncommon
nMg is right, it doesn't matter where your from, if you want to be a good basketball player, you just gotta have the work ethic. And me and my friend are the same age, but my friends dad is in is his late 50's and my dad is still in his early 40's. I'm about a few months older than him.
Hate it break it to ya VC, but connections and politics are everywhere. I mean, even in my small town of Belleville population 45 thousand, our allstar basketball team is picked from 3 schools. And only 3, b/c the other ones don't know all the insiders in basketball and what not. Plus there's so many other examples it's not even funny... won't bother talking about them.
Yeah thats true. This may not be as serious but I beat 4/5 of the coachs in my school during tryouts and I still didnt make the team. One game a coach told me i had 8 assist and 14 points and he was like "You prolly still wont make the team because the "Head Coach" is friends with some of the kids parents so they will definetly make the team. I was like wow I thought this school wanted a good team"
