Michael Jordan’s flag from the Dream Team Olympic medal ceremony goes up for auction

The American flag that Michael Jordan used to cover up a Reebok logo on the 1992 Olympic medal stand is being auctioned.

The flag is one of the items in Sotheby’s Colossal | The Ultimate Jordan Collection online auction running from October 23 to November 4.

According to Sotheby’s, the flag is signed by all twelve members of the Dream Team.

In June 2023, the jacket Jordan wore on the 1992 Olympic medal podium with the Reebok logo sold for $1.512 million.

Jordan was sponsored by Nike throughout his professional career, so he was averse to displaying a competitor’s logo on the Olympic podium.

Reebok sponsored that US Olympic team, so its logo was on the podium ceremony jackets for athletes from various sports.

The episode was revisited in 2020 in the series “The Last Dance”.

At the Barcelona Games, Jordan was filmed driving a car, teasing that he had a big surprise for the Olympic medal ceremony.

“(USOPC director Harvey Schiller) said if we don’t wear our uniforms, we can’t accept our gold medal and all that stuff,” Jordan said.

He ended up hanging an American flag over his right shoulder, hiding the Reebok logo on the jacket.

Other players also wore flags or zipped up their jackets to hide the Reebok logo.