There were high expectations for the superstar — and that was before he hit the court.
who, against all odds, signed Jordan to Nike, snatching him from the clutches of Converse and turning the upstart brand into a basketball powerhouse.But while most of the action centers on Vaccaro, Deloris — played by Viola Davis at Jordan’s personal request — emerges as the quiet but powerful force behind the superstar. Jordan is only ever seen from behind as a background presence in the story.
“My mother said, ‘You’re gonna go listen. You may not like it, but you’re gonna go listen.’ She made me get on that plane and go listen,” Jordan said in the 2020 docuseries Discipline was up there, too. She admitted to “physically punishing” all five kids. When Jordan was 13, he was suspended from school, so she took him to work with her.
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