Michael Jordan misspells Barack Obama’s name on autographed birthday poster

HE is arguably the greatest player to ever shoot a basketball, but Michael Jordan was left red-faced when he misspelled Barack Obama’s name on autographed poster.

HE is arguably the greatest player to ever shoot a basketball, but Michael Jordan needs to hit the practice court to work on his spelling.

The Chicago Bulls legend was commissioned to autograph a poster for Barack Obama by the president’s former adviser David Axelrod.

The signed poster was a gift for Obama’s 50th birthday, but the six-time NBA champion added an extra letter to the president’s name.

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“When the president turned 50, I wanted to get him something special … so I sent it to Jordan to have him sign it for me,” Axelrod said.

However, Jordan mistakenly wrote: “To Barrack: you still owe me dinner. Wishing you well, Michael Jordan.”

President Barack Obama imitates his basketball idol. Picture: White House

“I gave it to the president, and he said, ‘I can’t put this up, he misspelled my name!’” Axelrod said. “So I said, ‘Fine, I’ll take it.’”

Despite the grammatical error, Obama laughed off the mistake made by his Bulls hero.

“You know what, Michael will always have a place in my heart,” Obama said. “The joy that he gave all of Chicago. He’s actually an early supporter. I think I may have been the first publicly acknowledged contribution he made politically.

“He talks trash on the golf course, I understand even though he’s never played with me. … He’s a pretty hyper-competitive guy. Obviously, somebody wasn’t giving him the proper spelling of my name. I’m going to forgive him for that because I have six (NBA) championship memories (with the 1990s Chicago Bulls) that will never go away.”

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