A Michael Jordan cardboard cutout meant everything to one young fan

She puts sports fans to shame.

Whatever your interests may have been in the third grade, it probably didn't involve cardboard cutouts.

Irene Liiao of Manhasset, New York, shared her third grade obsession with basketball legend Michael Jordan on twitter yesterday. Apparently, the Chicago Bulls great meant a great deal to the young Liiao, but she couldn't spend all her time around the real deal. So she found a cardboard solution.

She shared pictures of herself taking an enormous life-size Michael Jordan cutout everywhere she went.


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She calls this unique buddy system an 'obsession' and it'd be tough to argue with her.

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Clearly there is a new standard for Michael Jordan fans.

Unless you've carried his cutout around a mall, the produce section, a Starbucks and an escalator, the countless Chicago Bulls games you've watched mean nothing.

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