**Update** – MJ has announced he popped the question to Prieto on Christmas Day 2011. Here are some candid pictures of the couple.
We’ve heard the rumors before that the greatest basketball player to ever live, Michael Jordan, is engaged to longtime girlfriend Yvette Prieto. As far back as 2008, MJ has been spotted on numerous occasions enjoying the company of former Cuban model Prieto.
There were even rumors back in 2009 that the 30 year old Cuban pin-up girl was carrying the lovechild of the G.O.A.T. Many speculated that Prieto was having Jordan’s child after the two bought a house in Kendall, Florida later that same year.
The now 48 year old Jordan has been linked to Prieto ever since his divorce from first wife Juanita back in 2006, where the former Mrs. Jordan reeled in a reported whopping $168 million in a divorce settlement.
Lately MJ has been doing things big as he has been prominently on display in the newest NBA2k12 commercials featuring “His Airness” discussing who is the greatest of all time. He also has been very active as part owner of the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats when he recently traded franchise cornerstones Gerald Wallace and Stephen Jackson. Jordan also made a huge splash on Draft night by either selecting or trading for last season’s NCAA darling Kemba Walker and international man of mystery Bismack Biyombo.
Even after his divorce, Jordan has made more money following retirement than he did as a player with his reported net worth hovering around $500 million and climbing. One look at his amazingly smooth personalized private jet, clad with the numbers “23“ and “6“(as in World Titles) on the Carolina blue themed tail, fresh with the now iconic “Air Jordan” logo, and everyone knows Jordan is livin large.
Jordan and Yvette were recently spotted in Atlanta, along with former teammate and friend Scottie Pippen and wife Larsa, at one of Mike’s new Steakhouses celebrating something bigger and more exciting than just Jordan’s newest business venture into the food industry. Jordan has yet to issue a statement, but speculation circling once again is that MJ and Prieto got engaged.
Check out a few pics of MJ and Yvette Prieto:
Allen Moll has been a lifelong NBA and NCAA College Basketball fan who watches and studies games religiously, and coaches youth basketball in his native Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. Allen also provides content to Bleacherreport.com, Upperdeckblog.com, in addition to being a tenured NBA and NCAA columnist for TheHoopDoctors.com.
