Because half of 45 is 22 1/2, which rounds up to 23, Jordan decided on the jersey number ... the last number that my father had seen me wear," Michael Jordan said in the autobiography, according ...

Jordan wore #12 for the first time as his jersey was missing ... The number 23 was special to Michael as he handpicked it as it represented one half of the number 45, which was his older brother ...

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a jersey worn by the former Chicago Bulls star during a 45-point game ... of the finest Michael Jordan jerseys ever to come to auction, MJ wore this road ...

Michael Jordan ... West made a claim that Jordan's jersey numbers had something to do with the symbol used by Nazis. Specifically, West posted a picture of Jordan's #45 jersey being crossed ...