Get the fukk off the court 
Stories about Michael Jordan being an competitve a$$hole in the 80s and 90s.
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JORDAN AND BILL CARTWRIGHT
MJ and Bill Cartwright were, for a time, co-captains of the Bulls.
Sam Smith, in ""The Jordan Rules"" wrote that Jordan had no respect for Cartwright, told his teammates to keep the ball away from Cartwright in crucial late-game situations (even if coach Doug Collins called a play involving Cartwright), and bellittled the veteran publicly. Cartwright confronted Jordan:
Excerpt: He didn't do or say anything to anybody until late that season, when he told Jordan he needed to talk to him.
There was little small talk exchanged. "I don't like the things I've heard you saying about me," Cartwright told Jordan.
Jordan stared at him.
"If Iever hear again that you're telling guys not to pass me the ball," Cartwright continued, "you will never play basketball again."
That was it. But as Cartwright began to move better after surgery following the 1989-90 season, Jordan began to accept him more.
At least cartwright stood up to him
Like I said, you gotta be a psychopath to get on that level.
That's my GOAT scumbag basketball player.
He ddnt do dat shyt to detroit for 3 years
Bad boys were abt that life
Until that got old and MJ became the MJ
So what you're saying is... them Bad Boys beating up on MJ in the 80s is what created the monster that got unleashed on the NBA for the following decade?
Starbo post: 25086169 said:So what you're saying is... them Bad Boys beating up on MJ in the 80s is what created the monster that got unleashed on the NBA for the following decade?
Yeah i would say dat
Like 40%
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At least cartwright stood up to him
Robert Parish as well. Hardly surprising though.
"What set Larry apart from Magic and Jordan was he wasn't an in-your-face leader like they were," Parish said. "He had too much respect for us. If you weren't having a good night, he was more inclined to encourage you, or not say anything at all.
"But Jordan would jump all over you."
In one of his first practices with the Bulls, Parish botched one of the plays and was amused to find Jordan jawing at him just inches from his face.
"I told him, 'I'm not as enamored with you as these other guys, I've got some rings too,' " Parish recalled. "At that point he told me, 'I'm going to kick your ass.' I took one step closer and said, 'No, you really aren't.' After that he didn't bother me."
Lol @pip waiting to see if mike shook hands first.
O.T.I.S.
Veteran
Yeah I rememberJORDAN AND BILL CARTWRIGHT
MJ and Bill Cartwright were, for a time, co-captains of the Bulls.
Sam Smith, in ""The Jordan Rules"" wrote that Jordan had no respect for Cartwright, told his teammates to keep the ball away from Cartwright in crucial late-game situations (even if coach Doug Collins called a play involving Cartwright), and bellittled the veteran publicly. Cartwright confronted Jordan:
Excerpt: He didn't do or say anything to anybody until late that season, when he told Jordan he needed to talk to him.
There was little small talk exchanged. "I don't like the things I've heard you saying about me," Cartwright told Jordan.
Jordan stared at him.
"If Iever hear again that you're telling guys not to pass me the ball," Cartwright continued, "you will never play basketball again."
That was it. But as Cartwright began to move better after surgery following the 1989-90 season, Jordan began to accept him more.
Cartwright said he'd break his legs or some shyt.
Jordan was like
Professor Beef
(the food, not the slang)
He was not through, railing at Brown , destroying him through the rest of the game, insisting at the end that Brown stay and call him "Daddy" in front of their teammates -- "breaking him down," one person said later, "probably to build him up. But there was a lot of breaking down."
Pippen....always the beta male follower.