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Michael Jordan was paid his full $4m NBA contract despite retiring from basketball to play a completely different sport

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Updated 14:32 28 Apr 2025 GMT+1Published 14:29 28 Apr 2025 GMT+1

Michael Jordan was paid his full $4m NBA contract despite retiring from basketball to play a completely different sport

Michael Jordan stepped away from NBA at the peak of his career and pursued a different sport - though he still got paid.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

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Topics: Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls, NBA

Josh Lawless
Josh Lawless

Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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