Michael Jordan has been unable to sell his incredible mansion priced at $14.85 million despite it being on the market for 11 years.

Jordan built the mansion, which is located in Highland Park, Chicago, in 1995. In 2012, he listed it for sale for an eye-watering $29 million.

Since then, he has listed and relisted the mansion several times, and has lowered the price substantially to $14.85 million. However, the NBA legend still can’t sell the property.

As per ESPN, the property has ‘nine bedrooms, 15 full bathrooms, a pool pavilion and a regulation-size indoor basketball court’ as well as ‘a library, wet bar and the original doors from the Playboy mansion in Chicago’.

On arrival at the property, there is a huge front gate with Jordan’s number 23 welded onto it, while there is also a massive 14-car garage and a total of 15 full baths.

And if that wasn’t enough, there is also a circular infinity pool with a bridge and an island made out of grass, a putting green, tennis card and card room.

It has been claimed that the reason behind the failure to sell the house is down to the level of customisation within the mansion.

Bruce Bowers of Bowers Realty Group said: “It’s clearly his home.

“It’s a tough sell. There’s a lot of work that would have to be done to make it your own.”

Gail Lissner, who is a managing director of Integra Realty Resources, told Business Insider in 2019: “Any time you have these homes that are just kind of gross over-improvements for the area, they do lead to very, very lengthy marketing times.

Michael Jordan reveals he nearly signed for Adidas

Michael Jordan is well known for his deal with Nike, but he nearly signed for rivals Adidas. Credit: YouTube

“It’s located in an area that is much more modest.”

And Compass’ broker associate Katherine Malkin told the same outlet: “It’s a unique home that’s set up like [accessible] pods, thoughtfully laid out as a main house (with kitchen, dining room and bedrooms), a home office, recreational area, guest house and a sports pavilion.

“This would be a great for a very large family, especially during this pandemic. It’s like a resort on its own. It has everything anyone would ever need.”

So far, though, there have been no takers.

Topics: Michael Jordan, NBA, Basketball

Michael Jordan once gave his $331,000 Ferrari to a sporting legend as Christmas gift

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Michael Jordan once gave his luxurious Ferrari 550 Maranello to a fellow NBA legend because he knew how desperate he wanted it.

Former Chicago Bulls superstar Jordan is one of the richest men in sport and boasts an incredible car collection.

He had no issue with flaunting his wealth during an incredibly successful career, which caught one teammate’s eye.

Scottie Pippen has been called Jordan’s greatest teammate by the man himself and the pair dominated in the 90s.

They won six NBA championships together with the Bulls and in 1997, Jordan decided money was no object.

Michael Jordan is well known for his deal with Nike, but he nearly signed for rivals Adidas. Credit: YouTube

Chicago reporter Melissa Isaacson wrote in a 2010 column for ESPN: “For the Christmas of ’97, Pippen had an earring made for Jordan – a diamond-encrusted replica of the NBA championship trophy.

“Jordan, who had planned to give Pippen a box of cigars, reconsidered and instead gave him his red Ferrari, which Pippen had long admired. ‘He wanted it so bad,’ said Jordan. “It wasn’t a double locker, but it would do.”

At the time, Jordan’s Ferrari was worth around $170,000 and that’s increased to $331,000 in modern money.

Despite the generosity from Jordan, Pippen seems to have never considered him a close friend off the court.

“Michael was bigger than the game, you know. Even my initial arrival to Chicago he was a big, iconic figure for the NBA. So, we never really had that off the court relationship,” Pippen told GQ per CBS Sports.

“Our relationship between the lines was impeccable. We pushed each other to be great. We trained with each other to be the best. So, everything we did, from a basketball standpoint, it was a high level of respect there that we knew we could be the best.

“We could be dominant. We had went through pretty much the Vietnam War to get where we got to. We were battle tested.”

Jordan was famously demanding and very rarely lost… although one night in Las Vegas, he did.

Per Fadeaway World, Rich Strafella, former VP of Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, told the story of Jordan gambling with ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky as a waitress brought their drinks.

“I remember a night when Wayne Gretzky insulted Michael Jordan at the table,” Strafella said.

“It was a private salon game. Michael had ordered a drink from the cocktail waitress, and he gave her a five-dollar chip.

“Wayne took it off the cocktail waitress’s tray, gave it back to Michael, grabbed a hundred-dollar chip from Michael’s stack and put it on the cocktail waitress’s tray. Then he said, “That’s how we tip in Las Vegas, Michael.”

Savage stuff from Gretzky. Calling out Jordan in public and remaining on good terms.

Topics: NBA, Michael Jordan, Basketball