To trace the beginnings of the Michael Jordan crying meme, you have to go back to his 2009 Hall of Fame speech when the superstar sobbed. An Associated Press photographer captured the emotional moment with an iconic image. But it wasn’t until 2013 that the original photo was creatively shared on a meme, questioning why Jordan would ever have bought the Charlotte NBA franchise. The rest, as we say, is Internet history.
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