WHAT AN IDIOT! Apart from being black and a shaved head, I don't see much of a similarity



A Northeast Portland man is suing basketball superstar Michael Jordan and Nike founder Phil Knight for a combined $832 million. Allen Heckard filed the suit himself, June 29th in Washington County Court. Heckard says he’s been mistaken as Michael Jordan nearly every day over the past 15 years and he’s tired of it.

“I'm constantly being accused of looking like Michael and it makes it very uncomfortable for me,” said Heckard.

Heckard is suing Jordan for defamation and permanent injury and emotional pain and suffering. He’s suing Knight for defamation and permanent injury for promoting Jordan and making him one of the most recognized men in the world.

Heckard stands just over six feet tall. He is not six foot six like the real Michael Jordan. But Heckard says many people seem to miss that. He does share a bit of resemblance to the real Michael Jordan. Heckard has a shaved head, an earring in his left ear, and is in good shape from working out, and yes, playing basketball.

“Even when I go to the gym I'm being accused of playing ball like him (Jordan), said Heckard."

Most people would consider that a high compliment.

"Yes...don’t get me wrong it’s definitely a positive thing, because Michael, like I say is one of the best ball players that I've known to play the game. But then again, that's Michael and I'm me. So I want to be recognized as me just like Michael's being recognized as Michael."

Dressed in blue Air Jordan tennis shoes, Heckard might seem to be actually trying to look like Jordan but Heckard doesn’t see it that way.

"They're very comfortable shoes to play ball in,” said Heckard. “I play a lot of basketball and any other shoes I try to play in tend to hurt the bottom of my feet."

“I got a right to buy Nike or Adidas or what ever, so I chose the Nike because its a good shoe for me to play ball in,” he said.

Heckard agreed that not everyone thinks he’s a famous basketball player, but insisted a lot of people do mistake him for Jordan.

"I figure if I'm out in public and around a lot of people at least three or four times out of a crowd ...and like I was at the Blues Festival and you could see people they was pointing at me," he said.

Some might wonder how he decided to sue Knight and Jordan for $416-million each. "Well, you figure with my age and you multiply that times seven and ah, then I turn around and ah I figure that's what it all boils down to."

The question remains – is the occasional confusion with an admired celebrity worth $800 million.

“Well,” said Heckard, “You never can put a value on a person's life. You know you're taking my lifestyle away from me. So you know...we'll let the ball bounce like Michael does...where it’s supposed to fall."

http://www.kgw.com/news-l...c6e50.html
[Edited 7/8/06 6:31am]

shouldn't he sue Jordan's parents....


whatta jerk

this is how out of it i am with sports:

i saw the title of this thread and thought, "jordan WHO? the guy from NKOTB?!?"

Anx said:

oh oh oooh oh

And, this is how he decided to spend his 15 minutes?

Secondly, most brothers would kill to look remotely like Jordan.

http://www.prince.org/msg/100/194729

Umm, Michael Jordan is cute. THAT muthafucka is not

He's an idiot

Hope they fine the idiot for wasting the court's time!

BorisFishpaw said:

This article gets funnier and funnier the more I think about it.

kidelrich said:

I know, it's hilarious really.

So, he gets pissed off being mistaken for Michael Jordan all the time.
But apparently it hasn't occurred on him to not shave his head and not grow a
Jordan-like goatee.

BorisFishpaw said:

Or stop wearing his shoes. Or stop wearing an earring in his left ear. And btw, six inches is a huge difference. He's got his skin tone and he's bald. That's it. Nobody would seriously think he was Michael Jordan. And definitely not 3-4 times a day...in Portland!

I've been told that I look like Jordan from the waist down...


(the assumption is that he has a big wiener. If this is not the case, I take back the above statement. Thanks).

$832 million.