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But Jordan is here, if not in spirit, then certainly in apparel. On a warm July day, John Anderson is walking down the block where the shelter, the Auburn Family Residence, stands watch. He is wearing a powder-blue North Carolina jersey, No. 23. Jordan's college jersey. The 42-year-old chef lives across the street from the former hospital.
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"Here? Michael Jordan was born here?" he said. "Oh, man. I had no idea."
He's not alone. Few people in the Ft. Greene neighborhood seem to know Jordan was born in the former hospital. His parents lived in Brooklyn for only 18 months while James Jordan, Michael's father, went through mechanic's training on the GI Bill.
But still, arguably the best basketball player ever, and it's a relative secret he was born in this spot?
"They should probably make this place much better because of that," said Shameko Martin, who lives in the shelter with her husband and two children. "Millions of people wear his sneakers and wear his clothes.
"The same way they remember Michael Jackson, his music and how he impacted the world, they should do the same with Jordan. I didn't know he was from here. There should be something. Something with his name on it."
Perhaps it's better like this. Jordan will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday along with John Stockton, David Robinson, Jerry Sloan and Rutgers women's coach C. Vivian Stringer. There is very little mystery left to his life story. Most of us know it by heart: from his being cut from his high school varsity team as a sophomore to his standout career and national title with the Tar Heels to his two Olympic gold medals to his short minor-league baseball career to his six NBA titles with the Bulls. From highlight film to "Space Jam."
From product endorser to Charlotte team executive. From his game-winning basket as a freshman in the 1982 NCAA title game against Georgetown to his game-winner against Utah for the NBA title in 1998, when, with one move and, OK, perhaps an offensive foul, he made the Jazz's Bryon Russell go stand in the corner.
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