Michael Jordan Has Finally Found a Buyer for His Chicagoland Mansion (Only $14 Million Below its Original Asking Price)

TMZ - Michael Jordan has finally found a buyer for his near-$15 million mansion in a Chicago suburb ... after sitting for 12 years!!!

The 56,000-square-foot estate is currently listed as "contingent," indicating the would-be buyer and MJ have a deal, but it's contingent upon several conditions being met.

The property is located in Highland Park, Illinois ... and it's got a bunch of amenities, including the iconic No. 23 gate, nine bedrooms, 19 bathrooms, a cigar room, a library, an indoor gym, and of course, a full-sized basketball court.

The seven-acre lot also has a circular infinity pool and tennis court.

The house was built in 1995 -- when Jordan was on the Chicago Bulls -- and the last listed price was $14,855,000 ... which equals (1+4+8+5+5) 23 when you add the digits.

It's a huge drop from the initial asking price in 2012 ... when the place was listed for $29 million. The price has been around $15 million since 2015 ... but no luck selling until now.

I can only assume Michael Jordan's former mansion, which took him 12 years to sell for $14M below it's original asking price, has Stephen Hawking-esque bones. The plumbing is surely a disaster. One flush of the toilet and a pipe bursts from below, launching said toilet through the ceiling of the bathroom. If you sneeze in the direction of a load bearing wall, the entire estate comes crashing to the ground. Or perhaps Michael's cigar smoke that still lingers throughout the home is so intense that it burns the eyes of any perspective buyer right out of their skull. 

There has to be something wrong with that house. I only say that because I don't understand how a home owned by Michael Jordan in the Chicago area wouldn't be able to attract a buyer in 12 years. Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all-time. One of the most famous, most recognizable figures on the planet. Possibly the most beloved person in the history of Chicago. There really wasn't a single rich basketball fan out there in the last decade-plus who thought to himself, "You know what, it would actually be pretty neat to own Michael Jordan's house. To swim in the same infinity pool as MJ. To shoot on the same basketball hoop. To take a poop in his exploding toilet".

Just for the flex of it alone. You would think one of those "unlimited money" people you always hear about would have come along and made the purchase, for no other reason than it was lived in by Michael Jordan himself.

Allegedly, Jordan has struggled to find a buyer due to the fact that he built his mansion in an undesirable area. The mansion is located in a middle-class suburb, where nobody who lives there can afford such a home. Anybody who does have that type of money wouldn't want to reside in the area. At least that's the consensus everyone seems to have come to. They'll also cite that the home is extremely customized. But again.. it was customized by Michael Jordan. To me, that's more of a selling point than a deterrence. 

I will say, the full sized kitchen table with a design inspired by the streets of Baghdad is a bit strange. 

But after watching this full virtual tour, even with Michael's unique customizations, I feel like people could fairly easily find a way to manage happiness here.

I'm telling you, there's something fishy going on with that mansion. I don't know if it's structural damage, or if Michael Jordan's murdered father haunts the halls and curses anybody who enters with bad gambling luck for eternity. But it has to be something. 

For Michael's sake, I hope whatever conditions this sale is contingent on are met. I'm sure he'd appreciate an extra $14M in his pocket. That should at last him through the front 9 at Medinah next weekend.