What’s needed right now are a few words from you. Words like “People, at the end of the day, the Air Jordan shoe is just a shoe.” And that word needs to come from you because, well, your name is on the darned thing.

Surely you must have heard of the shenanigans that occurred on Dec. 23. That number should be significant to you, Mikey. After all, you wore it for years when you played for the Chicago Bulls.