Michael Jordan Articles - Page 57

The GOAT discussion is an eternally burning discussion in the NBA. All things considered, Michael Jordan is still viewed as the undisputed and sole occupant of the top tier of basketball greatness hierarchy. In the NFL, another GOAT debate is slicing football fans in half, one that even Jordan himself is so eager to know […]

Zach Lavine is off to a historic start for the Chicago Bulls, but his challenge to Michael Jordan fell through against the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night. Lavine kicked off this season with four consecutive outings where he scored over 30 points. This accomplishment put him in the same breath as Hall of Fame ballers […]

Michael Jordan is known as the greatest of all time. But a trainer for the Los Angeles Lakers believes that Jordan had an easy path to achieve this status. As reported by Scoop B, Gary Vitti, the Lakers’ longtime trainer, recalled Jordan’s first ring and the subsequent ones that effectively made him the greatest basketball […]

Michael Jordan is dipping into his pockets to invest in a sport not named basketball. In fact, Jordan is investing in something you might not know much about — esports. Jordan is investing around $26 million in aXiomatic, the company that owns the esports giant, Team Liquid. “Now our group has both Jordan and Magic […]

ESPN NBA analyst Stan Van Gundy was faced with his first hot-seat question of his new gig, asked to weigh in the never-ending debate of picking Lakers forward LeBron James or Michael Jordan as the greatest player of all-time. Van Gundy gave James a slight edge for that title “I’ll tell you why the difference […]

If you’ve been following the NBA you’ve definitely noticed a trend in player movement. Over the past couple of seasons, the league’s best players are all either going to or staying in the Western Conference. To make things even worse, the talent-rich West has added more talent from the East during the 2018 offseason. Since […]

Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan was recently spotted dining with Boston Celtics co-owner Wyc Grousbeck, according to Ian Mohr of Page Six. Dining with the two were Jordan’s wife Yvette Prieto, and two fellow owners Jeanie Buss of the Los Angeles Lakers, and Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Wes Edens. The group was reportedly seen having dinner at Scarpetta […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James will be the star in “Space Jam 2” and his business partner, Maverick Carter, hopes there will be a role for Chicago Bulls legend and the star of the first film, Michael Jordan. The filming of “Space Jam 2” will reportedly take place during the summer of 2019. Carter […]

Space Jam 2 is in the works and fans of the original are giddy with excitement. Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is taking on the leading role in the film and following in Michael Jordan’s footsteps once again. Jordan, the owner of the Charlotte Hornets, played the iconic leading role in the original installment […]

Though Hurricane Florence is dissipating now, thousands of residents along the Carolina coastline will be left with a hefty financial burden. Thousands of homeowners lost electricity. Others lost everything due to flooding and high winds. Cleaning up such a disaster is both heart-wrenching and dangerous, but Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan is ready to help. […]

Charlotte Hornets team owner and NBA legend Michael Jordan announced Friday that he and his team will work together with the NBA, as well as several community organizations, to provide immediate relief for victims of Hurricane Florence, which made landfall along the Carolina coastline Thursday night. Florence has already caused quite a bit of damage, […]

Golden State Warriors forward Andre Iguodala gave his take on two popular debates, putting Michael Jordan above LeBron James as the greatest of all time, and the 1996 Chicago Bulls over his own Warriors as the best team ever, according to Forbes associate editor Alex Konrad. Iguodala was attending the 2018 Cloud 100 event put […]

There is one question that has been presented to almost every NBA commentator, pundit, and player for several years now: LeBron James or Michael Jordan? Hall of Famer Ray Allen has weighed in on the debate and made it clear which camp he sides with: This question has caused heated debate and will continue to do so. […]

Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon recently conducted his own basketball camp, only weeks before the start of training camp. But the newly signed franchise player could not avoid some of his campers’ curiosity, asking him for his favorite player. Answering didn’t keep him from imagining his ideal create-a-player, rolling three of his idols into one […]

Six-time All-Star and four-time champion Tony Parker accepted a two-year deal worth $10 million to join the Charlotte Hornets in July, leaving a 17-year career with the San Antonio Spurs in his wake. Why would Parker, a beloved member of the Spurs organization for such a long time, pack up and leave? It seems the […]

While NBA legend Michael Jordan is widely considered as a local hero for the city, at least one Chicago native has a certain disdain towards the five-time Most Valuable Player winner. This isn’t just any Chicagoan, as this hater comes in the form of Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist Chance the Rapper. Chance jumped on the […]

Widely regarded as one the best, if not the best, shooters of all-time, newly-inducted Hall of Famer Ray Allen was actually quite the high flyer during his younger years. This is why it comes as no surprise that during his acceptance speech, he credited the great Michael Jordan as being one of the biggest influences […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson took to Twitter to express his admiration for Grant Hill, invoking the names of some of the best players to ever lace them up in comparison to the new Hall of Famer. “If it wasn’t for an injury while playing in the NBA, Grant Hill would have gone down […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is slowly closing in on the title of being the Greatest of All Time. Then again, according to a recent survey conducted by CBS Sports, the race is actually not as close as some would presume. As it turns out, Jordan blew James out of the water by accumulating […]

What do the Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant have in common with all-time greats Bob McAdoo, Bernard King, Moses Malone, Karl Malone, George Gervin, Adrian Dantley, Wilt Chamberlain, Walt Bellamy, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Michael Jordan? According to basketball-reference.com, they are the only 12 players in NBA history to average more than 30 […]

Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan is part of at least two exclusive clubs, either of which most people would not make it to even if they’re given ten more tries at life. Aside from being a basketball Hall of Famer, the former Chicago Bulls shooting guard is also part of the world’s billion-dollar group of […]

Lou Williams of the L.A. Clippers is the greatest player of all time and there’s a very simple explanation for that claim. On his Instagram account, Williams, a two-time winner of the Sixth Man of the Year award said that his kids have no idea who NBA legend Michael Jordan is. So for them, their […]

Lance Stephenson of the Los Angeles Lakers posted a photo with NBA legends Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and Michael Jordan. Check out the photo below as posted on his own Instagram account. As observed, three of the greatest players of all time are looking at Stephenson as he pumps himself up. https://www.instagram.com/p/BmuTC55lyUu/ The photo was […]

Mychal Thompson, the father of Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson, has recently quelled the rumors pertaining to his son’s imminent exit from the Bay Area. According to Mychal, unlike the 1990’s Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls, the Warriors will not be breaking up anytime soon. Klay will see his current deal expire after next season, […]

As much as he was a rugged defender when he was still playing for the Indiana Pacers, Jalen Rose has built a reputation of being boldly honest as a basketball analyst. When Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey stated that LeBron James is the best ever to play the game of basketball, Rose begged to […]

Charlotte Hornets point guard Kemba Walker has become a household name in the NBA. The lightning-fast point guard has been selected as an All-Star for two consecutive years already. SB Nation’s Kristian Winfield sat down with Walker at the recent NBPA camp as the latter talked about his best lineup of all time. Kemba Walker’s all-time […]

Fox Sports 1 personality Skip Bayless isn’t forgetting the good ole’ days so fast, and if he didn’t make it known throughout the last 15 years — he will never put Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James on the same pedestal as the great Michael Jordan. The known sports debater took to Twitter to reflect […]

Once upon a time, an 18-year-old Dirk Nowitzki dropped 52 points against a team comprised of Charles Barkley, Michael Jordan, and Scottie Pippen. The game happened in 1997 — back when YouTube and other modern forms file sharing and recording were nonexistent. Patrick Cassidy of UPROXX was on a mission of unearthing a video recording of the […]

How quickly people forget the greatness of Scottie Pippen. Forever living in the shadow that was Michael Jordan, people are quick to forget that Pippen himself also had game winners, MVP-caliber seasons and First-Team All-Defense selections. It has also slipped people’s minds that Pippen could absolutely throw it down just as well as Jordan could. […]

Basketball fan or not, when you hear the name Jordan it normally resonates with the legendary basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan. He’s a 14 time All-star, 11 time All-NBA, 6 time NBA Champion, 5 time MVP, and the list goes on. His career is truly an impressive basketball resume of epic proportions. Clyde “the […]

New Toronto Raptors forward Danny Green shared his top-five players from his alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — place in which he spent four season before declaring for the NBA Draft in 2009. The now-veteran sharpshooter traded thoughts with BIG3 voice Michael Rapaport on the matter, ultimately coming up with […]

NBA athletes are often lauded for their on-court exploits, but their offseason efforts are often just as impressive, if not more. This hasn’t been any more clear than it was last month when LeBron James opened up his I Promise School, giving 300 kids in his hometown of Akron an opportunity to defeat the odds […]

Michael Jordan has been criticized throughout his NBA career and time as an owner for not using his voice to raise more awareness to important things other than basketball. Matt Barnes, a former NBA journeyman, dared Jordan to make a big statement for once following president Donald Trump’s controversial tweet about LeBron James. In an Instagram […]

A recent feud between the Portland Trail Blazers’ C.J. McCollum and the Golden State Warriors Kevin Durant became a hot topic last week. After Durant appeared as a guest in McCollum’s podcast, “Pull Up with CJ McCollum,” the Blazers guard appeared to take a shot at the Warriors forward regarding his decision to join a […]

NBA legend Michael Jordan has released a statement following President Donald Trump’s tirade against Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, which included 45 (as in the leader of the free world) saying he’s an MJ fan. Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan’s official statement, via spokesperson, in wake of Donald Trump tweet referencing him and LeBron […]

LaVar Ball recently made his way to Chicago to take part in the Junior Basketball Association’s (JBA) All-Star Game. Upon setting his eyes on Michael Jordan’s honorary statue at the United Center, Ball could not help but rekindle an old flame involving himself and the Chicago Bulls legend. Sports Illustrated shared this unusually amusing — […]

Normally, I would advise against getting a meme as a tattoo. The average lifespan of a meme is far too short to make a lifelong commitment to it. Even the best memes only have enough staying power for a couple weeks. Rarely, a meme can hang around longer than a month. But the Crying Jordan […]

The title of “Greatest of All Time” in the NBA has been the subject of debate among the media and its fans for the past few years. In the middle of the discussion is LeBron James, the 15-year veteran and the newest superstar recruit of the Los Angeles Lakers. Ever since he started racking up […]

Michael Jordan is out and about this summer. At present, he is on a lavish vacation in Italy, living the life, smoking cigars and walking the pebbled streets of Positano with a pair of unreleased (they are not for commercial sale) Jordan sneakers. We now know this because there’s nothing that is out of reach […]