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the dark side of michael jordan

post #1 of 17
5/20/07 at 7:36am
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the general info regarding him is not new news, but still i found this to be a very interesting read

http://www.disinfo.com/archive/pages...pg1/index.html
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post #2 of 17
5/20/07 at 7:50am
I thought it was a racial pun.
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post #3 of 17
5/20/07 at 10:50am
Bulls coaches would warn the younger players not to play poker with him - he was that good.
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Poker's a great game. Five Card Draw is my favorite. I wonder which version, MJ preferred?
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post #4 of 17
5/20/07 at 1:00pm
Where's the surprise?

Also, the story lost it's credibility to me in the last paragraph.

The author infers that MJ's game winning jumper in his final game might have been a set up.

MJ faked out the Utah guard (whose name I can't recall), and shot the winning jumper.

If that was a set up (as the author inferred), then it was the greatest one ever. And in front of a huge audience.
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post #5 of 17
5/20/07 at 1:58pm
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Originally Posted by rnoldh View Post
Where's the surprise?

Also, the story lost it's credibility to me in the last paragraph.

The author infers that MJ's game winning jumper in his final game might have been a set up.

MJ faked out the Utah guard (whose name I can't recall), and shot the winning jumper.

If that was a set up (as the author inferred), then it was the greatest one ever. And in front of a huge audience.

Uh, no -- he PUSHED OFF!!
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post #6 of 17
5/20/07 at 2:30pm
I thought that this conspiracy theory was pretty common knowledge. I agree that the idea of fixing his last game is pretty out there, but the idea that the NBA asked him to take a season off is not. It may have been his own choice to do so under strong recommendation from Stern, but it's not an impossibility.
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post #7 of 17
5/20/07 at 11:36pm
Byron Russell
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post #8 of 17
5/20/07 at 11:54pm
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I thought it was a racial pun.

+1
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post #9 of 17
5/21/07 at 1:08am
I don't know. The author is reading between a lot of lines there. MJ also retiered when he was at the top a second time. I suppose he got forced out of the league then, too... only to come back. No doubt MJ loves to gamble but I don't believe the story much. On a side note, MJ recently played in a Pro-Am with Tiger at the Wachovia Championship. Someone managed to get some pics of MJ's golf bag. Has all of the Air Jordan shoes on it and the headcovers are interesting as well. I don't think it looks that nice but it's definitely interesting. http://www.golfrewind.com/tour-talk/...en-thread.html
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post #10 of 17
5/21/07 at 11:00am
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Originally Posted by Young Scrappy View Post
Byron Russell

Bryon, not Byron.
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post #11 of 17
5/22/07 at 6:24pm
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Originally Posted by rnoldh View Post
Where's the surprise?

Also, the story lost it's credibility to me in the last paragraph.

The author infers that MJ's game winning jumper in his final game might have been a set up.

MJ faked out the Utah guard (whose name I can't recall), and shot the winning jumper.

If that was a set up (as the author inferred), then it was the greatest one ever. And in front of a huge audience.
The last paragraph was the one thing I considered suspect, however the rest of the article made perfect sense. I'll admit, I often times thought of Jordan as the best B-Ball player ever, however there was a side of him that the general population didn't know about. There has been numerous books written about him and his antics off the court, like: The Jordan Rules. He was considered and seen by some as an arrogant jerk.
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post #12 of 17
10/27/10 at 5:06am
Do You Say Spam?
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post #13 of 17
10/27/10 at 7:26am
Anyone that driven and that focused is bound to be an ass off the court. He used the chip on his shoulder to motivate himself.
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post #14 of 17
10/27/10 at 9:20am
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Do You Say Spam?

You bumped a three and a half year old post to say this?
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post #15 of 17
10/27/10 at 6:20pm
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You bumped a three and a half year old post to say this?

and now im going to bump this thread to say this: LOL!!!

I don't know why I find this so hilarious. Read the article for the first time. Jordan was a ballsy man, I have a newfound respect for him. This is coming from a compulsive gambler.
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