SOME say sporting superstars never recover from retirement.

Michael Jordan might disagree.

The basketball legend, now a billionaire businessman, chomped on a cigar as he got a sexy bikini dance from his Cuban model wife Yvette Orieto at a Miami beach party.

Yvette, 39, shimmied in a white towel for her husband, 55, while burly security staff protected their private cabana.

Jordan reclined in a chair with a smile as wide as his annual pay cheque was during his 15 seasons in NBA.

The former Chicago Bulls icon, who now owns the Charlotte Hornets, was six times an NBA champion.

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And six times too he was rated the competition’s Most Valuable Player.

But is any moment of achievement as great as a moment of reflecting upon it in such comfort with your partner?Jordan looked as if he had plenty of time to consider such matters.

Many college kids were reportedly at the same Hyde Beach party.

But surely few had as much fun as Jordan and Yvette, who wore a huge diamond ring on her wedding finger.

The couple got married in Florida five years ago.

Golfer Tiger Woods, ex-basketball star Patrick Ewing, former NFL hero Ahmad Rashad and movie director Spike Lee were among the 300 guests.

But few sportspeople have had such a glittering career, on the field and after it, as Jordan, who also played for the Washington Wizards and dabbled with minor league baseball from 1993-94.

So who could begrudge him his quieter moment of bliss on the beach.

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Yvette Prieto was thought to be celebrating a friends birthday as she partied with husband Michael Jordan