“GOAT Stamp of Approval”: Michael Jordan’s Wholesome Exchange with Kobe Bryant’s No. 1 Fanatic Warms NBA Fans

Michael Jordan recently met an NBA player in a foreign country and their interaction had the fans and the media in a tizzy. Jordan and the player go a long way. He is one of the few having a shoe deal with the Jordan brand. What’s more, the young player doesn’t play on the team that Jordan owns. In fact, he has once single-handedly put Jordan’s owned NBA team in trouble on the court.

The current NBA player in question has a string of achievements to his credit and is the face of several brands as the company’s spokesperson and promotes their products too.

Michael Jordan and Jayson Tatum have a lot in common

That’s Jayson Tatum who met His Airness in France. Michael playfully ribbed Jayson and looked like Jayson didn’t take any offense to it. Meanwhile, the Twitterverse blew up because of this interaction. Like Jordan, Tatum also enjoys several advertisement sign-ups. He’s the face of Gatorade. He also lends his likeness to Subway.

In his time and even today, Jordan was the face of several global and local brands. With so many similarities, the camaraderie between these two incredible basketball players is bound to boost.

Jayson Tatum made his debut in the NBA in 2017 with the Boston Celtics. The Kobe Bryant fan has played in the FIBA Under-17 and FIBA Under-19 in 2014 and 2015 respectively.

Here’s what Twitterverse had to say

One of them probably used the correct words but in a different context:

Another one had a ‘heirystical’ reaction:

Yet another one had a different theory:

Another user thought it was a ‘Fill the Captions’ competition and typed up: “Remember when you dunk on Bron… I loved it.”

And yet another user seemed to know something about MJ that others didn’t They typed: “

Michael Jordan has retired, but he is still very much connected to the world of the NBA and commands respect from the players and a lot of love from the fans.