>Many of you don't take into
>account how Mike has KEPT
>his money and earned more.
>
>
>Like one poster said any fool
>can play the game, and
>thats very true, but to
>make money (BIG MONEY) and
>be able to keep it
>you need some smarts. Actually
>Juanita has those smarts. Jaunita's
>not some regular groupie hoe
>out to make cash, she's
>truly a business woman and
>very business minded. Who do
>you think kept his assets
>in order while he was
>running up and down the
>court, traveling, making flicks, producing
>more shoes for fools to
>kill themselves over, thats right...Juanita.
>
>
>Juanita's pops is some big wig
>in the Chi- who deals
>with either marketing or advertising-I
>can't remember which one but
>she learned his trade.
>With all the money Jordan
>was making he had to
>open a corporation to do
>business with. This corp. is
>who Nike, Warner Bros., Jeep
>and whoever else signs contracts
>to when doing business. In
>dealing with business a corp
>serves as a backdrop in
>case Jordan is sued, preventing
>whoever sues him from taking
>his personal assets such as
>houses, cars, accounts, etc. This
>way the Corp is sued,
>not Jordan directly, and if
>need be the Corp could
>file for bankruptcy allowing Jordan
>to still live high on
>the hog;)
>Now who runs this joint when
>Jordans not around, and he
>was rarely around, (drum role
>please.....) Juanita.

I love your analysis. The way you break it down, if Juanita was really playing a major role in how his money was managed, then it makes every sense why she should be paid, although, I still don't know if she is entitled to half.
However, your next statement is very annoying:
>
>When they first got married I
>questioned 'Why did Jordan marry
>her? She's not even all
>that pretty'.

So she has to be "all that pretty" to get married to him??? I don't think she is mega goregeous but is that the only reason people get married these days? Forgive me if I come across as insulting but as intelligent as your analysis was, the issue of pretty enough was down right stupid! Who is to say that he thought she WAS pretty enough. Besides why must that be a major criteria??

Now I here
>that Jordan married her because
>she was pregnant, but that
>makes no since.
>Why not just support one kid
>you might have to shelve
>out one mil a year
>to, instead of marrying a
>person only to end up
>divorcing and having to split
>all your assets?

My understanding was that his PR informed him that he would loose millions of dollars in endorsements as having a child with a woman he is not married to , would not present a good image and contradict the "family man" appearance, many of these companies were trying to sell. Consequently, he married her. Well if this is the case, how ironic it would be because he will still have to end up giving a good portion of it to Juanita.
>
>Now if Jordan thought it would
>be cheaper to marry her,
>then he's not too bright.
>But we all know Jordan
>is no dummy and truth
>be it he knew Juanita
>had the smarts to handle
>business, not to mention she
>stood behind him all this
>time never stealing lime light.
>
>
>Together they built his empire. Where
>he went wrong was getting
>back into the game. Why
>did he go back? Didn't
>we all hear him talk
>about staying at home with
>the kids? Why return to
>play a suckky game when
>you've retired being the best
>in the world?Something is fishy
>and I wouldn't be surprised
>if Jordan is in some
>kind of trouble, remember what
>happened to his dad(may he
>r.i.p), not to mention his
>gambling habit. Perhaps Juanita is
>saving herself and the kids
>from his conflicts. Maybe they've
>planned this in order to
>get him out of some
>conflict.
>Maybe I'm reading too much into
>it;)

You may not be reading too much meaning into it, you may be quite right, though we may never know.