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You can’t help but wonder what it’s like to be Marcus Jordan<\/a>, Michael Jordan’s son.<\/p>\n

Most of us know about Michael Jordan’s history–how his high school basketball team rejected him, how he became known as the greatest basketball player of all time, and how he built an empire starting with a shoe endorsement.<\/p>\n

What’s it like to try to follow-up that act? Marcus Jordan isn’t thinking about that right now–he’s thinking about his choice of schools. That would be us at UCF<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nothing has been signed yet, but the news is plastered all over the internet. It seems the news just…..caught air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You can’t help but wonder what it’s like to be Marcus Jordan, Michael Jordan’s son. Most of us know about Michael Jordan’s history–how his high school basketball team rejected him, how he became known as the greatest basketball player of all time, and how he built an empire starting with a shoe endorsement. 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