Summary Of The 25 Best Air Jordan Commercial

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According to the article “The 25 Best Air Jordan Commercial of All Time”, the commercial “May be it’s my Fault” was released on the year 2008. This commercial originally aired on TV during Super bowl XLII. There were rumors that this commercial was made for the new LeBron commercial. LeBron attempting to take an alternate route to winning numerous titles and coming up short in this way. also, not to detract anything from LeBron’s unique business, yet it's similar to MJ's message was made for him. But the truth was it was made to market Nike Air Jordan shoes in the market. This commercial targeted almost everybody to buy their new shoes and be “legendary”. To achieve this, they have Michael Jordan talking to some young basketball players that …show more content…
He says in the background, “Maybe it’s my own fault. Maybe I led you to believe it was easy when it wasn’t. Maybe I made you think my highlights started at the free throw line, and not in the gym. Maybe I made you think that every shot I took was a game winner. That my game was built on flash, and not fire. Maybe it’s my fault that you didn’t see that failure gave me strength; that my pain was my motivation. Maybe I led you to believe that basketball was a God given gift, and not something I worked for every single day of my life. Maybe I destroyed the game. (They show the young players listening to Jordan) Or maybe you’re just making excuses.” The commercial ends with black background with white letters in caps saying “Become Legendary” and the Air Jordan logo. This commercial explains that how maybe he made his legendary basketball abilities look easy, which might be discouraging for the up-coming players. So they might not put in hard work that is not necessary to

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