Miami Heat veteran Udonis Haslem also tuned in to Sunday's amazing episodes of “The Last Dance,” and as it turns out, the bit about NBA legend Michael Jordan and Steve Kerr getting into a fight one time in practice seems to have riled up Haslem a bit too much.
In a video interview with Richard Jefferson, a seemingly agitated Haslem explained why Jordan would “catch these hands” if he ever called him a “b***h.”
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Fair enough, Udonis. We get what you're saying here. I guess Jordan should be thanking his lucky stars then that he was never on the same team as Haslem, as things would have likely gone physical between them. Then again, as Kerr described in the episode, that incident changed his relationship with Jordan for the better, so perhaps that would have been the same case if Haslem were in his shoes.
We cannot help but not connect this story to an earlier statement from Hall of Famer Charles Barkley with regards to Jordan's “selective prosecution.” According to Barkley, Jordan had a tendency to bully guys that he knew he could take on if ever things got too heated. Case in point were Kerr and the mild-mannered Scott Burrell. In this respect, perhaps the strong-willed Haslem falls in Barkley's category of players that Jordan wouldn't have bullied.
Haslem is now 39, and is on the brink of his NBA retirement, but it is clear that he remains to be as feisty as day one.
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