Port Richmond, CA -- Some critics think 38-year-old Michael Jordan is too old to be jumping back into pro basketball.

Now comes word of a 77-year-old spiritual teacher in California who claims he can help Jordan jump better than ever just by massaging the "slavery" out of Jordan's legs.

Asa Williams -- who calls himself "Dr. Jump" -- claims African-American athletes like Jordan are still traumatized by pre-Civil War slavery days and need to have the feeling of being chained "...massaged out of their legs."

Williams says Jordan could jump up to nine inches higher if he'd undergo his special leg massage technique which takes just 15 minutes.

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