What's the "I like Mike" reference at the end of the tweet?

[SHRED]

Anyone know?

Link to tweet

[fallout87]

1. Michael Jordan

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[brucefan]

2. Michael. Jordan

It’s from an old Nike ad

[rpannier]

8. He probably really was referring to

the Huckster... Mike Huckabee

[oasis]

3. Time for Michael Jordan to stand up and speak out.

[SHRED]

5. Yes it is!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

9. Jordan would probably charge Trump for using his name.

[we can do it]

13. Too funny!

[underpants]

7. Don't hold your breath

Jordan is as big an ahole as Tiger is. Actually worse by all accounts.

[RhodeIslandOne]

10. +1

[we can do it]

14. Another +1

[BannonsLiver]

16. That doesn't make him a Trump supporter.

[krawhitham]

21. he does not take political stands, it might cost him a dollar

[BannonsLiver]

22. So what? that's his perogitive

Not everyone is political.

[krawhitham]

25. Did I say there was anything wrong with it?

Damn you trigger easily

[MariaCSR]

23. He won't, though.

[lame54]

36. He did...

He stands with LeBron

[oasis]

37. I guess that'll do, for now. nt

[SHRED]

4. Thanks...duh!

[brucefan]

6. It's actually "Be Like Mike"

He even fucked that up.

[KentuckyWoman]

20. Bah haha

I snorted loud enough to wake the cat.

[JHB]

11. 20 year old commercial

What Herr Gropentrumph was doing back then:

[salin]

35. That last clip is particularly interesting in its closing

Remember that Donnie - that 'teflon' can explode all over you.

[livetohike]

12. Glad you asked because I had no clue. n/t

[GeorgeGist]

15. Mike White?

[MaryMagdaline]

17. White Supremacist's favorite AA basketball player

No offense to Michael Jordan, but corporatist America has always been fond of him and now white supremacists think every AA athlete should model themselves after Jordan, I.e just dribble and sell shoes.

[hexola]

18. Who, Mr Trump? - "Mike" hasn't played ball for 15 years!

Kids today don't have really know much about him...

[MariaCSR]

19. It's too bad Jordan won't condemn Trump.

[oberliner]

24. Can I ask what decade you grew up in?

[SHRED]

26. 60's and 70's

[oberliner]

28. Gotcha

I am now seeing that a lot of people didn't get the "Like Mike" reference, which seemed surprising to me, so I'm thinking it's a generational thing.

That "Be Like Mike" ad is still in my head from the 1990s - it was very ubiquitous at the time.

[SHRED]

29. I remember that now

In the 1990's I was especially removed from pop culture.

[Drunken Irishman]

38. That would explain it. Very catchy tune...

[onecaliberal]

27. Jordan who is A political.

Refused to talk to black youth in Chicago when he was playing for the Bulls

[RockRaven]

30. The never-ending debate amongst sports pundits as to who is the greatest B-ball player of all time

Nowadays it's mostly a Jordan or LeBron debate, the ones doing the yapping don't remember Wilt, Russell, Oscar Robsinson, etc.

[oberliner]

39. I vote for Bill Russell

[Trust Buster]

31. Don't you folks ever watch the NBA ?

Look, the “Mike” quote is quite straightforward. For years the debate on sports talk has been who is the GOAT (Greatest NBA player of all time). Republicans hate change so they claim it is Michael Jordan. As an aside, these are the same assholes that won’t allow Major League Baseball to change with the times. Many other believe that LeBron is the GOAT. All the con was doing was sleighting Lebron by saying that Lebron is not the GOAT, Jordan is.

[Lady_Chat]

32. Michael Jordan did speak out in 2017

Michael Jordan: Protesting athletes 'should not be demonized or ostracized'

https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/25/politics/michael-jordan-nfl-protest/index.html

Hope he does again.

[Croney]

34. Dumbass is thinking of I LIKE IKE.

He's old enough to remember that.