Chicago Bulls legend Michal Jordan was once obsessed with a sport, which was not basketball. In an interview, Michal Jordan?s mother Deloris once talked about her book ?Michael?s Golden Rules.? In the book, she mentioned that Michael?s first love was, in fact, baseball and not basketball.

The six-time NBA champion, who has never lost a game in the NBA finals, had a different sport in mind growing up. And his mother Deloris talks to Cox about his early days. How Jordan and his brother both played baseball in little leagues before Michael switched sports.

Michael Jordan and his first love

During the interview, Deloris told Cox that baseball is what turned Michael Jordan into an NBA star. Michael in his younger days started playing in the Little league of baseball with his brother when they were four and five.?

Deloris said, ?When I look at the golden rules again, let’s go back to baseball. Because, again, when you read about Michael in his younger days of he and his brother, they started in Little League when they were four and five. So baseball was his first love. He really did not focus on basketball, as you well know, until his junior and senior year in high school.?

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For those of you who have seen the docuseries The Last Dance or followed Jordan?s career, he did in fact try out for baseball. After his first retirement in 1993, Jordan went on to play baseball in the minor league with the Birmingham Barons.

However, Jordan was not as successful at baseball as he was at basketball. While talking to Cox, Deloris said, ?And so we all know again that he did not excel as what his expectation was in baseball, but he wanted to share again even not being one of the outstanding baseball players – he didn’t win trophies, or awards, or a championship game -he walked though as a winner.?

Jordan and his return to the NBA

After spending a year playing baseball, Michael staged a comeback to win three more championships with the Chicago Bulls. He went on to retire once again from the game, only to come back and play for the Washington Wizards in his final stint.?

Now Jordan is the chairperson and the owner of the Charlotte Hornets team. Fans often see him sitting on the sidelines with the players and giving them tips and tricks every now and then.

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But if you think about it, if Michael had a successful baseball career, would he have decided to come back to the NBA? Let us know what you think in the comments section down below.