![]() ![]() I never saw his script in full until after everything was over, but that scene with Phil actually happened.” Matt Damon, who plays Sonny Vaccar in “Air,” at the movie’s premiere at The Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas. We talked about all these particular things. I’m glad it’s in the movie because that would have been something that someone would say, ‘I get it, the guy don’t want to talk about that past.’ Alex drove up to Palm Springs, 140 Miles, and spent the day with Pam and I at a hotel. I got married at Caesar’s Palace to Pam in ’84. Back into the ’50s and ’60s, poker was the element. I was around gambling since I was a child. That scene where I played dice, I did shoot dice, but I would have preferred that Matt played poker like he did in ‘Rounders.’ But that was accurate, I gambled. “I’m so happy they did the gambling scene because I’ve never run away from that. Did you have any apprehension in talking about gambling in the film? Was there more of a story to tell? Speaking of gambling, there were moments early in the film referencing you and gambling, including Phil Knight mentioning your stops in Las Vegas on scouting trips. That’s when everyone could take a big breath.” But being a betting man, I would have bet they were going to sign because she made the trip to Beaverton. To tell you firsthand, until she OKd it, it wasn’t a done deal. From that first day at Tony Roma’s, I knew that Michael’s parents were his guiding light. There was just something in my mind that said, ‘Why don’t we just go all in with this kid ?’ That scene where I remembered everything Michael did when they beat Georgetown - which was my favorite team - he crushed me that day in those last 18 seconds.” In the scene where the Jordan family met with Nike execs in Beaverton, Phil Knight and Rob Strasser were painfully awkward and seemed nervous. The draft also had Stockton, it had Hakeem, it had Sam Bowie, and those picks weren’t the wrong picks at that time. And he did eventually fire his agent for some reason. ![]() I remember his agent was an idiot and Nike had a problem with him. My personal opinion, in another world, Charles would have been the one they picked. Michael and I traveled the world together. But Michael was my project my whole life. “They told me after we signed Michael that we were going to sign Charles. The irony of the scene in ‘Air’ of the meeting discussing which player from the 1984 NBA Draft to sign was that Charles Barkley, who was discussed as an option, eventually became a Nike signature athlete. The actors were so believable, the scenes were accurate, and it was basically how it happened.” And the Falk things were absolutely true. Jordan and all the things that happened up to it. The realest part is my relationship with Mrs. I swore in the movie, and there was some swearing, but I would never have done that much out of respect for Phil. Until Jordan and Spike started creating the greatest commercials in the world, no one knew about it. Magic wore Converse - everyone wore Converse - and a few wore Adidas. Pam and I had just got married, she was earning more money than I was doing commercials, and all of a sudden her husband just told her boss, ‘Well, fire me.’ Where the hell was I going to go? And no one cared who was wearing what shoes at that time. But I don’t think they would have fired me because I was too successful in the college basketball world. When I said ‘I bet my job,’ that happened. ![]() I was sure that world but I didn’t know crap about professional basketball. I was a college guy, I brought all the colleges to Nike - and we had won the national championship at Nike, the year Jimmy Valvano won. There were exaggerations, but the premise, that happened to me. “There were some embellishments, but this isn’t a documentary. Michael Jordan’s Signed 1992 Olympic ‘Dream Team’ Air Jordan 7 Sneakers Are Up for Auction What were some of the creative liberties taken? Were some of the mannerisms of the people involved or particular situations embellished? ![]()
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