Jordan ripping his teammates the classic quotes!

[East_Stone_Ya]

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........................"We're beating a lot of poor teams. So what? We won a lot of games last year, too. Will Horace and Bill still be playing at this level in the playoffs...Can Pip keep it up?"

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"I hate being out there with those garbagemen. They don't get you the ball."

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"They've got no idea what it's all about. The white guys, they work hard, but they don't have the talent. And the rest of them? Who knows what to expect? They're not good for much of anything."

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"I know what's gonna happen. We'll wait until the last minute and then they'll say something like they couldn't get a deal done because of the cap or somebody pulled out at the last minute. It happens here all the time. I don't know why I'm surprised every year."

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"He can't do anything with the ball. Don't give it to him." - Michael yelling at Paxson who passed the ball to Perdue

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"You ever hear of a guy, six-eleven maybe and two hundred sixty pounds, a guy big and fat like that and he can't get but two rebounds, if that many, running all over the damn court and he gets two rebounds? Big guy like that and he gets one rebound. Can't even stick his ass into people and get more than that...Big, fat, fat guy. One rebound in three games. Power forward. Maybe they should call it powerless forward." - Michael ripping Stacey King a new one

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"He was scared in there and panicking. He just lost it when Stockton scored." - Michael on B.J. Armstrong's mental fragility

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I'll let them stand up and take responsibility for themselves."

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"We have to do some things. We need to make some changes."

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"...I call them 'the Looney Tunes.' Physically, they were the best. Mentally, they weren't even close."

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"He's scared. He's got no heart...Nobody told me that. If I had spoken up, he wouldn't have been here."

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"I know I can recognize what to do, but I'm not sure they can."

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"It's a hell of a lot easier to make Earl Monroe look good than it is Brad Sellers."

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"I hope there's a jumpshot in there." - Michael to Stacey King who was walking into the locker room with a box

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"They don't need a ticket to watch you sitting on the bench. They can go to your house for that." - Michael to Charles Davis who was sorting through his tickets for his family and friends

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"Give me the fu*king ball." - Michael to Doug Collins who drew up a play for Dave Corzine

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"I hate when I have to read that in the papers the next day, that I couldn't do something. It wasn't my fault."

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"You're an idiot. You've screwed up every play we ever ran. You're too stupid to even remember the plays. We ought to get rid of you." - Michael to Horace Grant

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"If you [pass the ball to Bill Cartwright], you'll never get the ball from me."

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"We're not winning because of talent. We're just beating bad teams."

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"Headache tonight, Scottie?" - Michael asks Scottie, while showing him his 2-for-16 line

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"It's probably a twelve-day. He needs two days to wake up." - Michael on a ten-day contract teammate

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"Five more years and I'm out of here. I'm marking these days on a calendar, like I'm in jail. I'm tired of being used by this organization, by the league, by the writers, by everyone."

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"They're not interested in winning. They just want to sell tickets, which they can do because of me. They won't make any deals to make us better. And this Kukoc thing. I hate that. They're spending all their time chasing this guy."

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"If I were a general manager, we'd be a better team."

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"Will Vanderbilt. He doesn't deserve to be named after a Big Ten school." - Michael on Will Perdue - AWESOME!

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"I want to prove the critics wrong...I want to see some serious moves from management, which I really haven't seen that much of yet, and I want to see more serious attitudes from my teammates this year when it comes to the playoffs. In the past, it's been more or less a joking thing, sort of a 'Well, we're here, so let's have a good time.'"..........

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"I'm sure everything will be fine if we win, but if we start losing, I'm shooting."

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"I know what I would do if I were coach. I'd determine our strengths and weaknesses and utilize them. And it's pretty clear what our strength is."

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"Your boy doesn't want to play. I'm tired of bailing his ass out." - Michael yelling at Jim Cleamons about Dennis Hopson

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"I don't know about trading a 24 year-old guy for a 34 year-old guy." - Michael questioning the Oakley trade

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"He's causing me too many turnovers." - Michael on Cartwright's inability to catch

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"Why the hell don't you ever set a pick like that in a game?" - Michael yelling at Perdue after also hitting Perdue upside his head (led to the institution of the private curtain for practices)

[Mr Clutch Melo]

"Headache tonight, Scottie?" - Michael asks Scottie, while showing him his 2-for-16 line

LOL:lol :lol

[U got Served]

This won't end well.

[Samurai Swoosh]

"Headache tonight, Scottie?" - Michael asks Scottie, while showing him his 2-for-16 line

LOL:lol :lol
Jordan was so ... :pimp:

[OldSchoolBBall]

This stuff never fails to get posted at least once every couple of months. Hysterical. Someone on another board with access to the book showed that these all looked a LOT less bad when the surrounding context was included. Not to say MJ wasn't an ass -- he was -- just not as much as some of these quotes indicate.

[madmax]

:lol :lol :D That's a real Mike for ya all..,

[KenneBell]

After the Chamillionaire story, nothing MJ says surprises me anymore. :oldlol:

[Indian guy]

After 6 championships, these quotes simply become hilarious shit MJ said.

[Kellogs4toniee]

Man what an ass he was.

Still the G.O.A.T tho :rockon:

Question, what sources are you using for those quotes?

[phoenix18]

Jordan was so ... :pimp:
Seriously, Cliff Clinckscales?

My rival has to have a name I can say with a straight face.:oldlol:

[Indian guy]

Question, what sources are you using for those quotes?

Pretty sure they're all from The Jordan Rules.

[OldSchoolBBall]

Man what an ass he was.

Still the G.O.A.T tho :rockon:

Question, what sources are you using for those quotes?

The quotes are mostly from the book "The Jordan Rules," which was already one of the biggest hatchet jobs in history even without removing the surrounding context for these quotes, which makes them look even worse.

[Samurai Swoosh]

Seriously, Cliff Clinckscales?
Dude, I can't stand him ... don't get me started

[KenneBell]

Man what an ass he was.

He still is. :oldlol:

[L.A. Jazz]

thats the way it is. you dont get there by being nice.

[East_Stone_Ya]

Man what an ass he was.

Still the G.O.A.T tho :rockon:

Question, what sources are you using for those quotes?

i found the quotes from RealGM

[Samurai Swoosh]

these all looked a LOT less bad when the surrounding context was included.
No, they don't Loki. The book was written by Sam Smith at the peak of their feud. You know damn well these were the first real instances of seeing the type of person MJ was behind close doors, and they're not out of context. This book cemented the resentment between the two, Jordan knowing that it was a peak into the real person he was behind the curtain.

Embrace the reality of it, and its utterly hilarious. We all know Jordan was no angel. I think these quotes and aspect to his character make him all the more intriguing, rather than the Tiger Woods-esque robot they wanted to make him into.

Most of the put downs are well deserved, and spot on in their assessments.

[East_Stone_Ya]

This stuff never fails to get posted at least once every couple of months. Hysterical. Someone on another board with access to the book showed that these all looked a LOT less bad when the surrounding context was included. Not to say MJ wasn't an ass -- he was -- just not as much as some of these quotes indicate.

true all the quotes are basically taken out of context, but still i found some pretty harsh like the one on Charles Davis:(

[inclinerator]

"hey you piece of sht, pass me the ball if you're getting doubled. You're the worst loser in the nba, heck i dont even know why you're still in the nba. You are a scumbag, the lowest of the low."

[Luigi]

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"If I were a general manager, we'd be a better team."

:hammertime:

[OldSchoolBBall]

No, they don't Loki.

Yes, they do. Someone on another board posted the surrounding context for like 8-10 of these and they all looked a lot less bad in light of that context. Still bad in some cases, but not "OMG how did he say that!?" bad. Wish that board had a search feature.

[Samurai Swoosh]

Yes, they do. Someone on another board posted the surrounding context for like 8-10 of these and they all looked a lot less bad in light of that context. Still bad in some cases, but not "OMG how did he say that!?" bad. Wish that board had a search feature.
You didn't respond to the rest of my post.

[reppy]

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"If I were a general manager, we'd be a better team."

:D :D :D

[madmax]

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"If I were a general manager, we'd be a better team."

:D :D :D
this one is especially amusing:D

[stephanieg]

This won't end well.

OK, I'll start the first troll:

Man, if Kobe or LeBron were like this they'd be even better. Kobe should use one of these for inspiration next time Farmar looks him off or Gasol goes up soft and gets rejected by a guard. LeBron should bust into Mo for being a little ***** and West for being a psycho.

/trolloff

[G-train]

He's joking half the time

[Desperado]

:roll:



Some of my favorites


"You're an idiot. You've screwed up every play we ever ran. You're too stupid to even remember the plays. We ought to get rid of you." - Michael to Horace Grant


"They don't need a ticket to watch you sitting on the bench. They can go to your house for that." - Michael to Charles Davis who was sorting through his tickets for his family and friends

"I hope there's a jumpshot in there." - Michael to Stacey King who was walking into the locker room with a box


"You ever hear of a guy, six-eleven maybe and two hundred sixty pounds, a guy big and fat like that and he can't get but two rebounds, if that many, running all over the damn court and he gets two rebounds? Big guy like that and he gets one rebound. Can't even stick his ass into people and get more than that...Big, fat, fat guy. One rebound in three games. Power forward. Maybe they should call it powerless forward." - Michael ripping Stacey King a new one


Damn MJ was ruthless! I respect that though......




If Jordan played today, with all of the intense media coverage and internet discussion, he'd probably be hated just like Kobe.

Shyt hasn't changed. Its just technology nowadays makes it easy for ANYBODY's business to be exposed.

I can only imagine the dirt that was going on in the NFL before forums, blogs, etc.

[Kblaze8855]

This shit is just funny to me. Ive said worse to teammates of mine(football and basketball) and I wasnt Michael Jordan. I wasnt even the Michael Jordan of AA JV basketball. I was a part time starting 4 homeless mans Dennis Rodman....and ive said worse than that to teammates. If I were Michael Jordan good id have worn guys out.

[East_Stone_Ya]

Bill Cartwright promised to break Jordan's legs:eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq6avQRL37Y&feature=player_embedded#

[lilgregoden]

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"They don't need a ticket to watch you sitting on the bench. They can go to your house for that." - Michael to Charles Davis who was sorting through his tickets for his family and friends


lol harsh

[tontoz]

The Jordan Rules was not a hatchet job. It was just an honest behind the scenes look at the team. There was a lot of positive stuff in there about Jordan but nobody remembers any of that.

I remember one funny quote that i didnt see listed. Jordan was yelling at a teamate for not passing him the ball.

Teamate says "But MJ, you had two guys on you."

Jordan "Yeah, but one was Fred Roberts."

[west]

The Jordan Rules was not a hatchet job. It was just an honest behind the scenes look at the team. There was a lot of positive stuff in there about Jordan but nobody remembers any of that.

I remember one funny quote that i didnt see listed. Jordan was yelling at a teamate for not passing him the ball.

Teamate says "But MJ, you had two guys on you."

Jordan "Yeah, but one was Fred Roberts."
:lol :lol :lol

[juju151111]

The Jordan Rules was not a hatchet job. It was just an honest behind the scenes look at the team. There was a lot of positive stuff in there about Jordan but nobody remembers any of that.

I remember one funny quote that i didnt see listed. Jordan was yelling at a teamate for not passing him the ball.

Teamate says "But MJ, you had two guys on you."

Jordan "Yeah, but one was Fred Roberts."
:lol :roll: :applause:

[Samurai Swoosh]

Teamate says "But MJ, you had two guys on you."

Jordan "Yeah, but one was Fred Roberts."
:oldlol:

[phoenix18]

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"They don't need a ticket to watch you sitting on the bench. They can go to your house for that." - Michael to Charles Davis who was sorting through his tickets for his family and friends


lol harsh
:eek:

How could you be so heartless? Naaaaaaaaah

How could you be so heartless? on on and on on and on

[O.J A 6'4Mamba]

The Jordan Rules was not a hatchet job. It was just an honest behind the scenes look at the team. There was a lot of positive stuff in there about Jordan but nobody remembers any of that.

I remember one funny quote that i didnt see listed. Jordan was yelling at a teamate for not passing him the ball.

Teamate says "But MJ, you had two guys on you."

Jordan "Yeah, but one was Fred Roberts."

:lol Who is fred roberts :confusedshrug:

[ZeN]

"If I were a general manager, we'd be a better team."
:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[O.J A 6'4Mamba]

you know MJ had to be :lol as he was saying half of this stuff.

I wonder the type of stuff Kobe has said.

[LA_Showtime]

My God. Just goes to show how the media can turn a fanbase against you. Can you imagine if Kobe or LeBron said these type of things and they got out to the public. :oldlol:

I particularly like the general manager comment.

[thejusman1]

Jordan's HOF acceptance speech was pretty bad too.

[Rekindled]

My God. Just goes to show how the media can turn a fanbase against you. Can you imagine if Kobe or LeBron said these type of things and they got out to the public. :oldlol:

I particularly like the general manager comment.

you dont think kobe has said things like these to his teammates? kobe was voted one of the worst teammates

[Jakeh008]

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"If I were a general manager, we'd be a better team."


2 words:
Kwame
Morrison

[Glide2keva]

2 words:
Kwame
Morrison
Two more words: bobcats, playoffs

and I'm dying at the fred roberts comment :lol:

[Glide2keva]

"You ever hear of a guy, six-eleven maybe and two hundred sixty pounds, a guy big and fat like that and he can't get but two rebounds, if that many, running all over the damn court and he gets two rebounds? Big guy like that and he gets one rebound. Can't even stick his ass into people and get more than that...Big, fat, fat guy. One rebound in three games. Power forward. Maybe they should call it powerless forward." - Michael ripping Stacey King a new oneStacy was a scrub and could get a board to save his life. he showed flashes here and there, but nothing to write home about.


"...I call them 'the Looney Tunes.' Physically, they were the best. Mentally, they weren't even close."This was just cutthroat, damn, lol


"Will Vanderbilt. He doesn't deserve to be named after a Big Ten school." - Michael on Will Perdue - AWESOME!

Have any of you seen Will Purdue play? If you did, then you'd understand

MJ was funny as hell with these quotes.

[Desperado]

"They've got no idea what it's all about. The white guys, they work hard, but they don't have the talent. And the rest of them? Who knows what to expect?''


smh

[ShaqAttack3234]

Some priceless quotes. :roll: I always loved Jordan's trash talking, Bird as well.

[catch24]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjH4MCFjysw

Mike knows what's good.

[Solid Snake]

Portraying Jordan as a neutral robot has got to be one of the most successful operations of all time.

Even when damning evidence is brought out, people still somehow can't see him for the low-class human being he is. Just happens to be the greatest at basketball, don't try to make him a great person.

[Timmy D for MVP]

Jordan
Bird
Chuck

Just love to listen to them trash. They're great at it.

Apparently so is Tiger but idk if he's gonna be sayin much now they can come back with some scandal stuff.

[BlueandGold]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjH4MCFjysw

Mike knows what's good.

I still get goosebumps.

How about this quote:

Bird: “I think he’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.” - on Jordan scoring 63 against the Celtics in game 2 of their playoff series.

[Desperado]

[QUOTE=BlueandGold]I still get goosebumps.

How about this quote:

Bird:

[theguru]

This shit is just funny to me. Ive said worse to teammates of mine(football and basketball) and I wasnt Michael Jordan. I wasnt even the Michael Jordan of AA JV basketball. I was a part time starting 4 homeless mans Dennis Rodman....and ive said worse than that to teammates. If I were Michael Jordan good id have worn guys out.

sheesh... im glad i didn't play ball with you in high school.

[bokes15]

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"I hope there's a jumpshot in there." - Michael to Stacey King who was walking into the locker room with a box

:roll: :roll:

[airchibundo507]

Quote:
"I hope there's a jumpshot in there." - Michael to Stacey King who was walking into the locker room with a box

definitely the funniest, imo

[Fatal9]

what an ungrateful prick.

[6thManOfTheYear]

Teamate says "But MJ, you had two guys on you."

Jordan "Yeah, but one was Fred Roberts."
:roll:

[OhNoTimNoSho]

Portraying Jordan as a neutral robot has got to be one of the most successful operations of all time.

Even when damning evidence is brought out, people still somehow can't see him for the low-class human being he is. Just happens to be the greatest at basketball, don't try to make him a great person.
Oh boo hoo, i bet all your friends think your a douche.

Part of what made Jordan amazing is who he was as a person and his drive. Its impossible to view Michael negatively. Jordan for president!!!

[Desperado]

Its impossible to view Michael negatively.


jeez .....MJ jockers




minds are clouded by nostalgia

[Living Being]

NEWSFLASH: the NBA's GOAT was an arrogant prick.

[ILLsmak]

I don't view him negatively because of it. He did his thing and won a lot. In the end, you can't complain. Was he a jerk? Yeah. Did he externalize? Yeah. And a lot of the time he was just talking out of his ass.

"If I was a GM..." haha, oops.

People are different. His personality should not take away from his game. But just because he was good at a game doesn't mean he's a great person, either.

But it's funny how there is a line with true superstars... the ones that are supportive and the ones that try to use negativity as motivation. Of course, I'm sure people could pull out quotes by anyone and make it seem like they were a jerk. Like that whole Shaq thing he said about Chris Quinn...

I often wonder (while I am pondering why Jeff Jordan is such a mediocre player with his athletic talent) if he even treats his kids that way. I really bet he does.

MJ is like Denzel from He Got Game.

-Smak

[AirJordan23]

"Headache tonight, Scottie?" - Michael asks Scottie, while showing him his 2-for-16 line
:oldlol:

[cotdt]

I heard that Jordan used to slap his teammates in practice. He was a very abusive individual.

[gmoney9]

"I hope there's a jumpshot in there." - Michael to Stacey King who was walking into the locker room with a box

"Headache tonight, Scottie?" - Michael asks Scottie, while showing him his 2-for-16 line
those are the best quotes, I can imagine Scottie at his locker shaking his head disappointed when MJ walks over and says that

[Lebron23]

thats the way it is. you dont get there by being nice.


I agree. Nice guys always finish last.

[Jacks3]

Jordan with the great wit! :applause:

[tontoz]

Some priceless quotes. :roll: I always loved Jordan's trash talking, Bird as well.


Once during a break in play Bird walks over to the opposing coach and says...

"You need to put someone else on me because I'm killing this guy."

[O.J A 6'4Mamba]

Once during a break in play Bird walks over to the opposing coach and says...

"You need to put someone else on me because I'm killing this guy."

:applause:

[CeoTypeDoe619]

Its funny when Jordan hits his teammates and talks sh*t ot them and belittles the, Its "Nice guys dont finish last" or "Being nice dont get you know where"
But when Kobe does one lil thing he is a horribe teammate. :oldlol:
The hypocrisy on this website is too funny:oldlol: :oldlol:
People need to get off Jordans nuts

[gmoney9]

Another MJ quote

Aww hell naw man, I ain't taking no pictures with no n****


I tell you what, you pay $15,000 right now for a jersey from me and i'll take a picture with you

[Mamba]

larry bird's quotes are awesome aswell. one of my favourites

As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I just didn't want a white guy guarding me, because it's disrespect to my game.

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.


While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.

[Samurai Swoosh]

what an ungrateful prick.
Ungrateful? LOL ...

[Samurai Swoosh]

"They've got no idea what it's all about. The white guys, they work hard, but they don't have the talent. And the rest of them? Who knows what to expect?''


smh
For the most part its true, though

[Lebron23]

Quote:
........................"We're beating a lot of poor teams. So what? We won a lot of games last year, too. Will Horace and Bill still be playing at this level in the playoffs...Can Pip keep it up?"

Quote:
"I hate being out there with those garbagemen. They don't get you the ball."

Quote:
"They've got no idea what it's all about. The white guys, they work hard, but they don't have the talent. And the rest of them? Who knows what to expect? They're not good for much of anything."

Quote:
"I know what's gonna happen. We'll wait until the last minute and then they'll say something like they couldn't get a deal done because of the cap or somebody pulled out at the last minute. It happens here all the time. I don't know why I'm surprised every year."

Quote:
"He can't do anything with the ball. Don't give it to him." - Michael yelling at Paxson who passed the ball to Perdue

Quote:
"You ever hear of a guy, six-eleven maybe and two hundred sixty pounds, a guy big and fat like that and he can't get but two rebounds, if that many, running all over the damn court and he gets two rebounds? Big guy like that and he gets one rebound. Can't even stick his ass into people and get more than that...Big, fat, fat guy. One rebound in three games. Power forward. Maybe they should call it powerless forward." - Michael ripping Stacey King a new one

Quote:
"He was scared in there and panicking. He just lost it when Stockton scored." - Michael on B.J. Armstrong's mental fragility

Quote:
I'll let them stand up and take responsibility for themselves."

Quote:
"We have to do some things. We need to make some changes."

Quote:
"...I call them 'the Looney Tunes.' Physically, they were the best. Mentally, they weren't even close."

Quote:
"He's scared. He's got no heart...Nobody told me that. If I had spoken up, he wouldn't have been here."

Quote:
"I know I can recognize what to do, but I'm not sure they can."

Quote:
"It's a hell of a lot easier to make Earl Monroe look good than it is Brad Sellers."

Quote:
"I hope there's a jumpshot in there." - Michael to Stacey King who was walking into the locker room with a box

Quote:
"They don't need a ticket to watch you sitting on the bench. They can go to your house for that." - Michael to Charles Davis who was sorting through his tickets for his family and friends

Quote:
"Give me the fu*king ball." - Michael to Doug Collins who drew up a play for Dave Corzine

Quote:
"I hate when I have to read that in the papers the next day, that I couldn't do something. It wasn't my fault."

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"You're an idiot. You've screwed up every play we ever ran. You're too stupid to even remember the plays. We ought to get rid of you." - Michael to Horace Grant

Quote:
"If you [pass the ball to Bill Cartwright], you'll never get the ball from me."

Quote:
"We're not winning because of talent. We're just beating bad teams."

Quote:
"Headache tonight, Scottie?" - Michael asks Scottie, while showing him his 2-for-16 line

Quote:
"It's probably a twelve-day. He needs two days to wake up." - Michael on a ten-day contract teammate

Quote:
"Five more years and I'm out of here. I'm marking these days on a calendar, like I'm in jail. I'm tired of being used by this organization, by the league, by the writers, by everyone."

Quote:
"They're not interested in winning. They just want to sell tickets, which they can do because of me. They won't make any deals to make us better. And this Kukoc thing. I hate that. They're spending all their time chasing this guy."

Quote:
"If I were a general manager, we'd be a better team."

Quote:
"Will Vanderbilt. He doesn't deserve to be named after a Big Ten school." - Michael on Will Perdue - AWESOME!

Quote:
"I want to prove the critics wrong...I want to see some serious moves from management, which I really haven't seen that much of yet, and I want to see more serious attitudes from my teammates this year when it comes to the playoffs. In the past, it's been more or less a joking thing, sort of a 'Well, we're here, so let's have a good time.'"..........

Quote:
"I'm sure everything will be fine if we win, but if we start losing, I'm shooting."

Quote:
"I know what I would do if I were coach. I'd determine our strengths and weaknesses and utilize them. And it's pretty clear what our strength is."

Quote:
"Your boy doesn't want to play. I'm tired of bailing his ass out." - Michael yelling at Jim Cleamons about Dennis Hopson

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"I don't know about trading a 24 year-old guy for a 34 year-old guy." - Michael questioning the Oakley trade

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"He's causing me too many turnovers." - Michael on Cartwright's inability to catch

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"Why the hell don't you ever set a pick like that in a game?" - Michael yelling at Perdue after also hitting Perdue upside his head (led to the institution of the private curtain for practices)


:lol :lol :lol

[thejumpa]

lol Jordan is straight clowninnnnnn. You gotta wonder what was said back to him, though. I couldn't imagine some of these players just taking it and not talking shit back. Then again, it IS Michael Jordan....

I figured MJ would have something to say about LeBron the other night and I could put it in this thread. Too bad he kept it cool.....

[East_Stone_Ya]

''right after the Bulls won one of their championships. Everyone was in the locker room celebrating the win, people were going crazy, and center Bill Wennington was crying. Jordan said "What are you crying for? I just won it for you!''

[DuMa]

classic quotes :D

[chris02jammers]

:hammertime:
Quote:
"If I were a general manager, we'd be a better team."

I would Select Kwame Brown and Adam Morison hahaha

:roll: :roll: :roll:

[markymark]

Barkley's quotes >>> MJ's quotes

[zabuza666]

Quote:
........................"We're beating a lot of poor teams. So what? We won a lot of games last year, too. Will Horace and Bill still be playing at this level in the playoffs...Can Pip keep it up?"

Quote:
"I hate being out there with those garbagemen. They don't get you the ball."

Quote:
"They've got no idea what it's all about. The white guys, they work hard, but they don't have the talent. And the rest of them? Who knows what to expect? They're not good for much of anything."

Quote:
"I know what's gonna happen. We'll wait until the last minute and then they'll say something like they couldn't get a deal done because of the cap or somebody pulled out at the last minute. It happens here all the time. I don't know why I'm surprised every year."

Quote:
"He can't do anything with the ball. Don't give it to him." - Michael yelling at Paxson who passed the ball to Perdue

Quote:
"You ever hear of a guy, six-eleven maybe and two hundred sixty pounds, a guy big and fat like that and he can't get but two rebounds, if that many, running all over the damn court and he gets two rebounds? Big guy like that and he gets one rebound. Can't even stick his ass into people and get more than that...Big, fat, fat guy. One rebound in three games. Power forward. Maybe they should call it powerless forward." - Michael ripping Stacey King a new one

Quote:
"He was scared in there and panicking. He just lost it when Stockton scored." - Michael on B.J. Armstrong's mental fragility

Quote:
I'll let them stand up and take responsibility for themselves."

Quote:
"We have to do some things. We need to make some changes."

Quote:
"...I call them 'the Looney Tunes.' Physically, they were the best. Mentally, they weren't even close."

Quote:
"He's scared. He's got no heart...Nobody told me that. If I had spoken up, he wouldn't have been here."

Quote:
"I know I can recognize what to do, but I'm not sure they can."

Quote:
"It's a hell of a lot easier to make Earl Monroe look good than it is Brad Sellers."

Quote:
"I hope there's a jumpshot in there." - Michael to Stacey King who was walking into the locker room with a box

Quote:
"They don't need a ticket to watch you sitting on the bench. They can go to your house for that." - Michael to Charles Davis who was sorting through his tickets for his family and friends

Quote:
"Give me the fu*king ball." - Michael to Doug Collins who drew up a play for Dave Corzine

Quote:
"I hate when I have to read that in the papers the next day, that I couldn't do something. It wasn't my fault."

Quote:
"You're an idiot. You've screwed up every play we ever ran. You're too stupid to even remember the plays. We ought to get rid of you." - Michael to Horace Grant

Quote:
"If you [pass the ball to Bill Cartwright], you'll never get the ball from me."

Quote:
"We're not winning because of talent. We're just beating bad teams."

Quote:
"Headache tonight, Scottie?" - Michael asks Scottie, while showing him his 2-for-16 line

Quote:
"It's probably a twelve-day. He needs two days to wake up." - Michael on a ten-day contract teammate

Quote:
"Five more years and I'm out of here. I'm marking these days on a calendar, like I'm in jail. I'm tired of being used by this organization, by the league, by the writers, by everyone."

Quote:
"They're not interested in winning. They just want to sell tickets, which they can do because of me. They won't make any deals to make us better. And this Kukoc thing. I hate that. They're spending all their time chasing this guy."

Quote:
"If I were a general manager, we'd be a better team."

Quote:
"Will Vanderbilt. He doesn't deserve to be named after a Big Ten school." - Michael on Will Perdue - AWESOME!

Quote:
"I want to prove the critics wrong...I want to see some serious moves from management, which I really haven't seen that much of yet, and I want to see more serious attitudes from my teammates this year when it comes to the playoffs. In the past, it's been more or less a joking thing, sort of a 'Well, we're here, so let's have a good time.'"..........

Quote:
"I'm sure everything will be fine if we win, but if we start losing, I'm shooting."

Quote:
"I know what I would do if I were coach. I'd determine our strengths and weaknesses and utilize them. And it's pretty clear what our strength is."

Quote:
"Your boy doesn't want to play. I'm tired of bailing his ass out." - Michael yelling at Jim Cleamons about Dennis Hopson

Quote:
"I don't know about trading a 24 year-old guy for a 34 year-old guy." - Michael questioning the Oakley trade

Quote:
"He's causing me too many turnovers." - Michael on Cartwright's inability to catch

Quote:
"Why the hell don't you ever set a pick like that in a game?" - Michael yelling at Perdue after also hitting Perdue upside his head (led to the institution of the private curtain for practices)

The bolded is really ****ing dog imo.

If i was davis i would have turned around and belted the hell out of him

[Diesel J]

\

I remember one funny quote that i didnt see listed. Jordan was yelling at a teamate for not passing him the ball.

Teamate says "But MJ, you had two guys on you."

Jordan "Yeah, but one was Fred Roberts."

:roll: :applause:

[TryToBeUnbias]

Quote:
"I know what I would do if I were coach. I'd determine our strengths and weaknesses and utilize them. And it's pretty clear what our strength is."
:D my favorite.

[Fallguy20]

The bolded is really ****ing dog imo.

If i was davis i would have turned around and belted the hell out of him

If you were Davis then no, you would'nt have.

[EricForman]

what an ungrateful prick.

:oldlol: :oldlol:

[East_Stone_Ya]

''Michael Jordan ripped former Chicago Bulls teammates Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant, and said he could average 32 points after only two weeks of preparation if he decided to to come back to the NBA.

Then speaking about Pippen and Grant, the three time league MVP said his father encouraged him "all that season" to retire because "he felt my teammates didn't appreciate what i was doing for them".

"I covered their asses when they got tight at the end of games and i had to overcome fourth-quarter deficits all by myself," Jordan said. "It bothered my father a lot, just as it bothered me, to hear them bitchin' about not getting enought credit, or not getting enought shots, or squawking about the supposed preferential treatment i was getting from (coach) Phil (Jackson).

[momo]

Not sure if it is legit or just folklore but;

Coach Dean Smith

"There is no I in team"

Jordo

"There is in win"

Pretty great :P

[DCL]

Quote:
"You ever hear of a guy, six-eleven maybe and two hundred sixty pounds, a guy big and fat like that and he can't get but two rebounds, if that many, running all over the damn court and he gets two rebounds? Big guy like that and he gets one rebound. Can't even stick his ass into people and get more than that...Big, fat, fat guy. One rebound in three games. Power forward. Maybe they should call it powerless forward." - Michael ripping Stacey King a new one

ouuuuuuuch

[CeoTypeDoe619]

Jordan is a c*cksucking douche with a gambling/ Sex addiction. He may be rich but money aint everything

[DJ Leon Smith]

Some of those quotes are harsh (and some have no source - even in the Jordan Rules there's a few that are essentially anonymous quotes), but the thing is Jordan demanding his teammates to be better helped the careers of guys like Pippen and Grant as they were coming up in the NBA. And some of the veterans - especially guys like Cartwright and Steve Kerr - also earned Jordan's respect by standing up to him, physically or verbally. Some of the guys who Jordan called out just ended up showing their true colors sooner rather than later (eg. Stacey King, Brad Sellers) and weren't a factor in any of the Bulls title teams.

The bottom line is Jordan was an asshole at times, but he was an asshole who just wanted his team to win.

[Floppy]

Jordan is a c*cksucking douche with a gambling/ Sex addiction. He may be rich but money aint everything
And Kobe's a perfect role model. :oldlol:

One retarded Kobe stan gets banned and an even worse one shows up.

Must be a coincidence.

[Desperado]

And Kobe's a perfect role model. :oldlol:

One retarded Kobe stan gets banned and an even worse one shows up.

Must be a coincidence.


It's not like Kobe is going around and punching his teammates, having his coach fired, dealing with the mob, having illegitimate kids etc...

*cough* MJ *cough*

[Diesel J]

It's not like Kobe is going around and punching his teammates, having his coach fired, dealing with the mob, having illegitimate kids etc...

*cough* MJ *cough*


KObe rapes chicks and likes to bust on their faces:roll:

[Desperado]

KObe rapes chicks and likes to bust on their faces:roll:

Jordan refuses to pay off his gambling debts and his father dies because of him being stingy.

[Yuki Nagato]

Jordan refuses to pay off his gambling debts and his father dies because of him being stingy.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

and the plane crashed into the pentagon was Bush's fault :rolleyes:

[Desperado]

In March of 1992, three Jordan checks for $108,000 are found in the briefcase of murdered man. It reveals the extent of Jordan

[Alhazred]

Jordan refuses to pay off his gambling debts and his father dies because of him being stingy.

Source.

Not denying the gambling, but what evidence is there that James Jordan's death was a direct result of Michael's debts?

[Desperado]

Source.

http://old.disinfo.com/archive/pages/article/id1635/pg1/index.html

[Desperado]

KObe rapes chicks and likes to bust on their faces:roll:


Yeah Kobe did commit ADULTERY like 75% of the married men and 60% of married women .

IF he raped that girl, he should be in prison. But the lack of evidence, her shaky testimony and her statements, the fact that she slept with multiple men that same night, and the fact that semen of another man was found on her panties all point to Kobe being innocent of rape.

Still yet, the courts found him innocent and what he does in his personal life does NOT affect what he does for his team and how clean his game is.


Kobe cheated on his wife. Jordan did too but none of you haters ever bring that up.

[Alhazred]

http://old.disinfo.com/archive/pages/article/id1635/pg1/index.html

From that same article:


Although some have speculated that his father's death had something to do with Jordan's gambling, I don't believe that to be the case. James Jordan wasn't a saint, truth be told. He was found guilty and sentenced to three years in prison (which were suspended) for being a cog in a larger embezzlement scheme in 1985, and at the time of his death, he was the subject of several lawsuits concerning the unpaid bills of his clothing company, JVL Enterprises, Inc. And even though there are some odd facts surrounding his murder (like the fact that a man like Michael Jordan's father decided to sleep in his car on the side of a rural highway rather than find a hotel or stay overnight at a friend's home), there is no real evidence to support a conspiracy.

:confusedshrug:

[Hotbullets]

Love his game.
Hate his personality.

Seriously, what a prick.

[Samurai Swoosh]

likes to bust on their faces:roll:
Are you insinuating you DON'T like to bust on chick's faces?

:eek:

[guy]

''Michael Jordan ripped former Chicago Bulls teammates Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant, and said he could average 32 points after only two weeks of preparation if he decided to to come back to the NBA.

Then speaking about Pippen and Grant, the three time league MVP said his father encouraged him "all that season" to retire because "he felt my teammates didn't appreciate what i was doing for them".

"I covered their asses when they got tight at the end of games and i had to overcome fourth-quarter deficits all by myself," Jordan said. "It bothered my father a lot, just as it bothered me, to hear them bitchin' about not getting enought credit, or not getting enought shots, or squawking about the supposed preferential treatment i was getting from (coach) Phil (Jackson).

What the hell is this from?

[Leviathon1121]

Yeah Kobe did commit ADULTERY like 75% of the married men and 60% of married women .

IF he raped that girl, he should be in prison. But the lack of evidence, her shaky testimony and her statements, the fact that she slept with multiple men that same night, and the fact that semen of another man was found on her panties all point to Kobe being innocent of rape.

Still yet, the courts found him innocent and what he does in his personal life does NOT affect what he does for his team and how clean his game is.


Kobe cheated on his wife. Jordan did too but none of you haters ever bring that up.

Speaking of lack of evidence, http://old.disinfo.com/archive/pages/article/id1635/pg1/index.html. Well, there's a plethora of rock solid evidence.

Funny thing is, Kobe was not even in this thread until another of your Bryant buttpirates brought him out of nowhere. You guys are your favorite players worst haters.

Back on topic, I would just like to know how much of this was said in a somewhat joking manner. I mean you could take quotes out of context from me when I am at work and make me look like a horrible person. Don't get me wrong, I know Jordan's reputation, it just seems like a lot of that stuff might have been said in a joking manner, and without context it looks that much worse.

[Floppy]

Yeah Kobe did commit ADULTERY like 75% of the married men and 60% of married women .

IF he raped that girl, he should be in prison. But the lack of evidence, her shaky testimony and her statements, the fact that she slept with multiple men that same night, and the fact that semen of another man was found on her panties all point to Kobe being innocent of rape.

Still yet, the courts found him innocent and what he does in his personal life does NOT affect what he does for his team and how clean his game is.


Kobe cheated on his wife. Jordan did too but none of you haters ever bring that up.
You're so ****ing stupid. :lol

[catch24]

Yeah Kobe did commit ADULTERY like 75% of the married men and 60% of married women .

IF he raped that girl, he should be in prison. But the lack of evidence, her shaky testimony and her statements, the fact that she slept with multiple men that same night, and the fact that semen of another man was found on her panties all point to Kobe being innocent of rape.

Still yet, the courts found him innocent and what he does in his personal life does NOT affect what he does for his team and how clean his game is.


Kobe cheated on his wife. Jordan did too but none of you haters ever bring that up.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090606051028AABd3VS


Still yet, the courts found him innocent and what he does in his personal life does NOT affect what he does for his team and how clean his game is.

Still plagiarizing are we? Too bad you're too stupid to articulate yourself troll.

[Alhazred]

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090606051028AABd3VS



Still plagiarizing are we? Too bad you're too stupid to articulate yourself troll.

Catch24 FTW

[tontoz]

Source.

Not denying the gambling, but what evidence is there that James Jordan's death was a direct result of Michael's debts?

There is none. If my memory is right he was about to fall asleep while driving so he pulled off to the side of the road and slept in his car. That is where he got robbed and killed. There was no evidence that the killer knew who he was.

[East_Stone_Ya]

Jordan refuses to pay off his gambling debts and his father dies because of him being stingy.


''The media came after me the last couple of years because they couldn't write bad about my play,'' he said. ''When my father disappeared, it was so irresponsible, so insensitive to link my father with my gambling''

[raptorfan_dr07]

It's not like Kobe is going around and punching his teammates


http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-120551815.html


having his coach fired


http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/2004-10-12-jackson-book_x.htm


dealing with the mob, having illegitimate kids etc...


Even worse: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0924041kobea1.html

You can STFU now, bye bye.

[East_Stone_Ya]

''it was not the first time Jackson requested the team trade Bryant. He sought to trade him to the Phoenix Suns for Jason Kidd and Shawn Marion in the 1999-00 season:eek: . But then-general manager Jerry West told Jackson that owner Jerry Buss would never trade the Laker star, he wrote in his diary. Jackson said he was told the same thing last season''

[Roundball_Rock]

The greatest American leader since FDR. :applause:

Jordan is not unique among ultra competitive people to behave this way but what amuses me is how he is held up by some basketball fans as a paragon of great leadership. Study great leaders. Yes, there are a few like Jordan but generally the way to produce results is to build your team up. Did FDR cuss out his cabinet during the Depression? Did Washington tell his troops they sucked at Valley Forge? Did Lincoln call Grant stupid because Grant graduated last in his class at West Point? No, no, and no.

Read Wennington's book for an insider's take on the dynamics of the Bulls. He is pro-MJ btw but if you read it you will find Jordan was not the only leader on that team as mythology holds he was. http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Wenningtons-Tales-Bulls-Hardwood/dp/1582617929

[NuggetsFan]

Uhh leading a basketball team is probably different from leading all the random things your talking about. Jordan probably went to far sometimes but you can't argue with results and the results are 6 rings.

[Poodle]

in what context was this said?

Quote:
"They've got no idea what it's all about. The white guys, they work hard, but they don't have the talent. And the rest of them? Who knows what to expect? They're not good for much of anything."


hard to believe mj would make such a politically incorrect statement. at least the rest of the other stuff you can blame on his passion for winning where he'd get all pissd at mistakes.

i always hear about how he punched kerr in the nose for not practicing hard enough or something, and did something else crazy like that. he was truly one of a kind.

[Poodle]

The greatest American leader since FDR. :applause:

Jordan is not unique among ultra competitive people to behave this way but what amuses me is how he is held up by some basketball fans as a paragon of great leadership. Study great leaders. Yes, there are a few like Jordan but generally the way to produce results is to build your team up. Did FDR cuss out his cabinet during the Depression? Did Washington tell his troops they sucked at Valley Forge? Did Lincoln call Grant stupid because Grant graduated last in his class at West Point? No, no, and no.

Read Wennington's book for an insider's take on the dynamics of the Bulls. He is pro-MJ btw but if you read it you will find Jordan was not the only leader on that team as mythology holds he was. http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Wenningtons-Tales-Bulls-Hardwood/dp/1582617929


spoonfeed the highlights? sounds interesting but no way i'm buying a wennington book to find out.

[tontoz]

in what context was this said?

Quote:
"They've got no idea what it's all about. The white guys, they work hard, but they don't have the talent. And the rest of them? Who knows what to expect? They're not good for much of anything."


hard to believe mj would make such a politically incorrect statement. at least the rest of the other stuff you can blame on his passion for winning where he'd get all pissd at mistakes.

i always hear about how he punched kerr in the nose for not practicing hard enough or something, and did something else crazy like that. he was truly one of a kind.


He was complaining about the team. At the time they were struggling to get past Detroit in the playoffs (they hadn't won their first title yet) and Jordan was griping at practice.

He said that Grant and Pippen had the talent but didn't take things seriously enough. He complained about the rookies being together as usual and his comment "they have no idea what it's all about" was directed towards them.

His comment about the white guys was directed at Paxon, Perdue and a big bruiser whose name i can't remember. He liked the bruiser even though his talent was minimal because the guy set good picks. He openly liked Paxon, who management kept trying to replace. He couldn't stand Perdue though. i don't think he was being racist with his comments.

[Leviathon1121]

The greatest American leader since FDR. :applause:

Jordan is not unique among ultra competitive people to behave this way but what amuses me is how he is held up by some basketball fans as a paragon of great leadership. Study great leaders. Yes, there are a few like Jordan but generally the way to produce results is to build your team up. Did FDR cuss out his cabinet during the Depression? Did Washington tell his troops they sucked at Valley Forge? Did Lincoln call Grant stupid because Grant graduated last in his class at West Point? No, no, and no.

Read Wennington's book for an insider's take on the dynamics of the Bulls. He is pro-MJ btw but if you read it you will find Jordan was not the only leader on that team as mythology holds he was. http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Wenningtons-Tales-Bulls-Hardwood/dp/1582617929

Well, there you have it. Jordan is apparently comparable to the great leaders of this COUNTRY. I wonder if a few months from now he will quote himself and use it as proof that everyone on ISH thinks Jordan is as good of a leader as United States Presidents.

[NBASTATMAN]

Quote:
........................"We're beating a lot of poor teams. So what? We won a lot of games last year, too. Will Horace and Bill still be playing at this level in the playoffs...Can Pip keep it up?"

Quote:
"I hate being out there with those garbagemen. They don't get you the ball."

Quote:
"They've got no idea what it's all about. The white guys, they work hard, but they don't have the talent. And the rest of them? Who knows what to expect? They're not good for much of anything."

Quote:
"I know what's gonna happen. We'll wait until the last minute and then they'll say something like they couldn't get a deal done because of the cap or somebody pulled out at the last minute. It happens here all the time. I don't know why I'm surprised every year."

Quote:
"He can't do anything with the ball. Don't give it to him." - Michael yelling at Paxson who passed the ball to Perdue

Quote:
"You ever hear of a guy, six-eleven maybe and two hundred sixty pounds, a guy big and fat like that and he can't get but two rebounds, if that many, running all over the damn court and he gets two rebounds? Big guy like that and he gets one rebound. Can't even stick his ass into people and get more than that...Big, fat, fat guy. One rebound in three games. Power forward. Maybe they should call it powerless forward." - Michael ripping Stacey King a new one

Quote:
"He was scared in there and panicking. He just lost it when Stockton scored." - Michael on B.J. Armstrong's mental fragility

Quote:
I'll let them stand up and take responsibility for themselves."

Quote:
"We have to do some things. We need to make some changes."

Quote:
"...I call them 'the Looney Tunes.' Physically, they were the best. Mentally, they weren't even close."

Quote:
"He's scared. He's got no heart...Nobody told me that. If I had spoken up, he wouldn't have been here."

Quote:
"I know I can recognize what to do, but I'm not sure they can."

Quote:
"It's a hell of a lot easier to make Earl Monroe look good than it is Brad Sellers."

Quote:
"I hope there's a jumpshot in there." - Michael to Stacey King who was walking into the locker room with a box

Quote:
"They don't need a ticket to watch you sitting on the bench. They can go to your house for that." - Michael to Charles Davis who was sorting through his tickets for his family and friends

Quote:
"Give me the fu*king ball." - Michael to Doug Collins who drew up a play for Dave Corzine

Quote:
"I hate when I have to read that in the papers the next day, that I couldn't do something. It wasn't my fault."

Quote:
"You're an idiot. You've screwed up every play we ever ran. You're too stupid to even remember the plays. We ought to get rid of you." - Michael to Horace Grant

Quote:
"If you [pass the ball to Bill Cartwright], you'll never get the ball from me."

Quote:
"We're not winning because of talent. We're just beating bad teams."

Quote:
"Headache tonight, Scottie?" - Michael asks Scottie, while showing him his 2-for-16 line

Quote:
"It's probably a twelve-day. He needs two days to wake up." - Michael on a ten-day contract teammate

Quote:
"Five more years and I'm out of here. I'm marking these days on a calendar, like I'm in jail. I'm tired of being used by this organization, by the league, by the writers, by everyone."

Quote:
"They're not interested in winning. They just want to sell tickets, which they can do because of me. They won't make any deals to make us better. And this Kukoc thing. I hate that. They're spending all their time chasing this guy."

Quote:
"If I were a general manager, we'd be a better team."

Quote:
"Will Vanderbilt. He doesn't deserve to be named after a Big Ten school." - Michael on Will Perdue - AWESOME!

Quote:
"I want to prove the critics wrong...I want to see some serious moves from management, which I really haven't seen that much of yet, and I want to see more serious attitudes from my teammates this year when it comes to the playoffs. In the past, it's been more or less a joking thing, sort of a 'Well, we're here, so let's have a good time.'"..........

Quote:
"I'm sure everything will be fine if we win, but if we start losing, I'm shooting."

Quote:
"I know what I would do if I were coach. I'd determine our strengths and weaknesses and utilize them. And it's pretty clear what our strength is."

Quote:
"Your boy doesn't want to play. I'm tired of bailing his ass out." - Michael yelling at Jim Cleamons about Dennis Hopson

Quote:
"I don't know about trading a 24 year-old guy for a 34 year-old guy." - Michael questioning the Oakley trade

Quote:
"He's causing me too many turnovers." - Michael on Cartwright's inability to catch

Quote:
"Why the hell don't you ever set a pick like that in a game?" - Michael yelling at Perdue after also hitting Perdue upside his head (led to the institution of the private curtain for practices)


Mj is a funny mofo.... :oldlol:

[NuggetsFan]

Well, there you have it. Jordan is apparently comparable to the great leaders of this COUNTRY. I wonder if a few months from now he will quote himself and use it as proof that everyone on ISH thinks Jordan is as good of a leader as United States Presidents.

:roll: :roll:

[OhNoTimNoSho]

Obviously MJ has a great sense of humor.

[tontoz]

Quote:
"Give me the fu*king ball." - Michael to Doug Collins who drew up a play for Dave Corzine




I haven't read the whole thread so i don't know if anyone posted it yet. that quote happened before the last play of the deciding playoff game against the Cavs.

When Collins started drawing up the play for Corzine everyone in the huddle starting looking around. Collins explained that nobody would expect a play for Corzine.

That is when jordan slammed his fist on Collins clipboard and demanded the ball. Then he hit that hanging jumper from the top of the key against Ehlo to finish off the Cavs.

Collins was Jordan's biatch. Collins could never stand up to Jordan and that is why Jordan never could respect him. Jackson would stand up to Jordan, but not in a confrontational manner. He would just keep working him and working him to try to get him to play more unselfishly.

[RealKnowledge]

[QUOTE=Desperado]In March of 1992, three Jordan checks for $108,000 are found in the briefcase of murdered man. It reveals the extent of Jordan

[OldSchoolBBall]

Most people will be in denial and deny this. But ask anybody in Chicago Jordan's dad was killed from Jordan not taking his debt to the Mafia serious. The day after his father was killed Jordan payed the entire debt of the next day.

Yes, because I'm sure a person making $40-60M/yr really wouldn't pay $1-2M if their family's lives were threatened. :rolleyes: :hammerhead:

[Andrei89]

Jordan saying white men can't play. I guess he never heard of Larry birdz

[guy]

Most people will be in denial and deny this. But ask anybody in Chicago Jordan's dad was killed from Jordan not taking his debt to the Mafia serious. The day after his father was killed Jordan payed the entire debt of the next day.

I find it funny how people say "everyone in Chicago" knows this. Its like Chicago is one of those small towns where everyone knows each other, and some juicy news like this wouldn't get out on a national scale because of that.

[Diesel J]

Are you insinuating you DON'T like to bust on chick's faces?

:eek:


:lol

[RealKnowledge]

Yes, because I'm sure a person making $40-60M/yr really wouldn't pay $1-2M if their family's lives were threatened. :rolleyes: :hammerhead:
Don;t make up numbers. At that point his NBA salary was 3 million dollars. I doubt he got 57 million in endorsements. Lmao. You can even read articles. He owed them 900,000 and kept trying to bring the price lower. If he didn't feel like he had any connections to his Murder. Why go leave Bball and chase Baseball which your horrible at just to do what your Pops wish you played? Guilty Conscience?

[RealKnowledge]

I find it funny how people say "everyone in Chicago" knows this. Its like Chicago is one of those small towns where everyone knows each other, and some juicy news like this wouldn't get out on a national scale because of that.
because theirs evidence but no HARDCORE PROOF and if you think that their no way he was connected to his pops murder your very naive or just foolish. Im not saying its true but too much coincidences to think of it as just a random conspiracy theory

[Himan12]

Asshole.
Shitty baseball player.
GOAT.


Legend.

[DuMa]

because theirs evidence but no HARDCORE PROOF and if you think that their no way he was connected to his pops murder your very naive or just foolish. Im not saying its true but too much coincidences to think of it as just a random conspiracy theory

try to pass 5th grade english first with your bad grammar before you start reading conspiracy theories that your head cannot possibly comprehend.

kthxbye

[EricForman]

Asshole.
Shitty baseball player.
GOAT.


Legend.


this about sums it up. end this silly thread.

for the record, russell is notoriously rude to fans who approach him and refuses autographs. magic cheated on his wife and had careless sex, possibly infecting other girls with HIV, bird had a daughter whom he refused to acknowledge early on in her life. kobe was accused of rape and then snitched on a teammate to the police. kareem was caught with drugs.

does it matter? does it affect their status as legends? nope.

you Jordan detractors are idiots. no sh*t he wasnt a soulful nice guy to teammates. you dont become the GOAT unless you have that "f*ck you, i'm taking over" attitude. this same thread can be made for every all time great save for David Robinson and Tim Duncan.

[dreaming121]

Don;t make up numbers. At that point his NBA salary was 3 million dollars. I doubt he got 57 million in endorsements. Lmao. You can even read articles. He owed them 900,000 and kept trying to bring the price lower. If he didn't feel like he had any connections to his Murder. Why go leave Bball and chase Baseball which your horrible at just to do what your Pops wish you played? Guilty Conscience?

By that time, he had already several endorsements and even owned the Jordan shoe brand.

And according to this site: http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jordami01.html

He was making 4 million that year.

Total salary from his rookie to that year is around 16.7 million.

lets say 20% tax cut his total paycheck is around 13.36 million.

even if you subtract around 3 million from gambling that's still 10.36 million.

If we subtract lets say 7 million from his living expenses, that is still 3.36 million to spend throughout his life.

That is excluding his investments, endorsements and other expenses.

note: Income tax % is made up, don't really know how much the income tax those years.

Why would a man with that much money refuse to pay if his father was threatened? And why did they kill Jodran's father? Rather than take him hostage?

[Samurai Swoosh]

Jordan saying white men can't play. I guess he never heard of Larry birdz
You clearly didn't understand the quote. Especially if you read books on Jordan. His favorite player on the team, and most trusted allie was John Paxson.

His statement was more a testement to white players than black athletes.

For the most part they don't have near the natural talent and athletic abilities, but they're harder working, and smarter than their black counterparts.

He went onto diss his black teammates as well.

:oldlol:

[Number2]

"You ever hear of a guy, six-eleven maybe and two hundred sixty pounds, a guy big and fat like that and he can't get but two rebounds, if that many, running all over the damn court and he gets two rebounds? Big guy like that and he gets one rebound. Can't even stick his ass into people and get more than that...Big, fat, fat guy. One rebound in three games. Power forward. Maybe they should call it powerless forward." - Michael ripping Stacey King a new one

That's hilarious.

[OldSchoolBBall]

Don;t make up numbers. At that point his NBA salary was 3 million dollars. I doubt he got 57 million in endorsements. Lmao. You can even read articles. He owed them 900,000 and kept trying to bring the price lower. If he didn't feel like he had any connections to his Murder. Why go leave Bball and chase Baseball which your horrible at just to do what your Pops wish you played? Guilty Conscience?

Jordan was making $40M/yr in endorsements in the early 90's. Then add in his salary, investments etc.

[The_Yearning]

Dude is the TRUTH.

[ashbelly]

Quote:
"Give me the fu*king ball." - Michael to Doug Collins who drew up a play for Dave Corzine



Quote:
"Will Vanderbilt. He doesn't deserve to be named after a Big Ten school." - Michael on Will Perdue


:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[keep-itreal]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq6avQRL37Y

[zORi]

My God. Just goes to show how the media can turn a fanbase against you. Can you imagine if Kobe or LeBron said these type of things and they got out to the public. :oldlol:

I particularly like the general manager comment.

I was just thinking that.

Or imagine if Kobe had punched Pau in practice because he didn't like a screen set on him.

Jordan is the best who ever did it, but his popularity would have severely decreased in today's society because it's not that people have to just like how you play, anymore; they also have to like you as a person now.

[zORi]

This shit is just funny to me. Ive said worse to teammates of mine(football and basketball) and I wasnt Michael Jordan. I wasnt even the Michael Jordan of AA JV basketball. I was a part time starting 4 homeless mans Dennis Rodman....and ive said worse than that to teammates. If I were Michael Jordan good id have worn guys out.

LOL, I don't know what school you went to, but at my old high school, you would've been eaten alive.

Our star player didn't talk to us like that, no way in hell we would let someone who wasn't even a consistent starter rip into us like that.

[imdaman99]

Hey MJ is the GOAT and he had killer instinct. Sometimes public ridicule is what you need to fire up your teammates. I've gotten into fights with my own teammates and everytime they start playing again they are playing ferociously. Yeah I look like the villain, but who cares when winning is all that matters to you. Prob not the right mentality for me, since I am playing for fun. But it's ok for him to do because winning is what got him paid.

And enough of those sound like he is joking around with his teammates. So calm down guys.

[BlueandGold]

say what you want, all of those quotes are based off winning. The man simply just wanted to win.

lol @ this one



"You ever hear of a guy, six-eleven maybe and two hundred sixty pounds, a guy big and fat like that and he can't get but two rebounds, if that many, running all over the damn court and he gets two rebounds? Big guy like that and he gets one rebound. Can't even stick his ass into people and get more than that...Big, fat, fat guy. One rebound in three games. Power forward. Maybe they should call it powerless forward."

LOL <3 MJ. That quote describes a ton of fat, "big-baby" type PFs/Cs in the league today.

Big Baby
Stoudamire (not fat, but tall and can't rebound)
Shaq
Big Z
Dirk

Sad that Gasol, who is arguably less gifted physically than Dirk, stoudamire and shaq gets way more rebounds than all of those players.

[gyu]

say what you want, all of those quotes are based off winning. The man simply just wanted to win.

lol @ this one



LOL <3 MJ. That quote describes a ton of fat, "big-baby" type PFs/Cs in the league today.

Big Baby
Stoudamire (not fat, but tall and can't rebound)
Shaq
Big Z
Dirk

Sad that Gasol, who is arguably less gifted physically than Dirk, stoudamire and shaq gets way more rebounds than all of those players.
How is Nowitzki physically gifted? Stoudemire and Shaq are/were very athletic for their positions, but I can't see why you would list Dirk as physically gifted.
Gasol is more gifted than Dirk, taller, just as mobile.

[Agent_Zero]

Quote:
"I hope there's a jumpshot in there." - Michael to Stacey King who was walking into the locker room with a box

:oldlol:

[bagelred]

"Five more years and I'm out of here. I'm marking these days on a calendar, like I'm in jail. I'm tired of being used by this organization, by the league, by the writers, by everyone."

Are you reading Lebron?

Come to New York....we'll treat you right. :D

[VIP2000]

That Fred Roberts one is hilarious.

[jasonresno]

When you're the clear cut GOAT at your sport you're allowed to talk any way you want.

[Cerebral Jedi]

Jordan:"I'd **** a nun in the ***, then burn down her orphanage, if that's what it took for me to win."

Jordan Stan:"OMFG! That's the greatest quote of all time. It just shows how ruthless Jordan was and how much he wanted to win. He's the GOAT and can say whatever he wants, hell he could actually do what he said and I'd be ok with it." :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

:rolleyes:

[PowerGlove]

Jordan:"I'd **** a nun in the ***, then burn down her orphanage, if that's what it took for me to win."

Jordan Stan:"OMFG! That's the greatest quote of all time. It just shows how ruthless Jordan was and how much he wanted to win. He's the GOAT and can say whatever he wants, hell he could actually do what he said and I'd be ok with it." :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

:rolleyes:

Location:Los Angeles.

[Mentally_Pretty]

if Lebron and Kobe would have said half these things, you faccits would be having a field day saying they hate their teammates.





"If I were a general manager, we'd be a better team."
well.........we saw how that ended up.:roll:

[Yung D-Will]

Quote:
"They don't need a ticket to watch you sitting on the bench. They can go to your house for that." - Michael to Charles Davis who was sorting through his tickets for his family and friends

Brutal

[OhNoTimNoSho]

Wow the pussification of america is pathetic, oh waah jordan is a meany waah wahh, cmon I completely agree with what Jordan said and his whole attitude. You are a competitor and it is your job to compete if you aren't doing that then he would let you know about it. You didn't perform the way you should have? then you failed at your job and your boss will let you know about it. Except your boss doesn't have to be politically correct cus hes Jordan. Its sad how soft people are. Esp pro athletes nowadays.

[Yung D-Will]

Wow the pussification of america is pathetic, oh waah jordan is a meany waah wahh, cmon I completely agree with what Jordan said and his whole attitude. You are a competitor and it is your job to compete if you aren't doing that then he would let you know about it. You didn't perform the way you should have? then you failed at your job and your boss will let you know about it. Except your boss doesn't have to be politically correct cus hes Jordan. Its sad how soft people are. Esp pro athletes nowadays.
http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/6/28/55a0d1a7-0fb3-4945-948f-cde0d303704b.jpg

[beermonsteroo]

Mike = Goat trash talker:lol
But that's exactly the point. Jordan talked like this 'cause he wanted to agitate his teammates. But he always said those things with a little smile on his face and a portion of humor in his words. This only shows how much Jordan wanted to succede as a team, not an individual player. Jordan really wanted to win with his team, his "boys". What a great leader!
Kobe jsut bashed his teammates, daid he wanted to be traded and so on. Cuase Kobe only cares about his personal glory, not his teammates. That's another thing which separates Jordan from Kobe.
Fun

[SCREWstonRockets]

Anyone have the pdf for the jordan rules book?

[zORi]

Mike = Goat trash talker:lol
But that's exactly the point. Jordan talked like this 'cause he wanted to agitate his teammates. But he always said those things with a little smile on his face and a portion of humor in his words. This only shows how much Jordan wanted to succede as a team, not an individual player. Jordan really wanted to win with his team, his "boys". What a great leader!
Kobe jsut bashed his teammates, daid he wanted to be traded and so on. Cuase Kobe only cares about his personal glory, not his teammates. That's another thing which separates Jordan from Kobe.
Fun

I hope you're joking.

Telling your teammates "You're shit and I don't know why you're in the NBA" isn't going to do anything but make your teammates resent you.

[SCREWstonRockets]

Someone should make a Kobe Rules book with his quotes in them. I'm sure they're as funny.

[tontoz]

Anyone have the pdf for the jordan rules book?


Dont be so cheap.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=jordan+rules&x=18&y=22

[Harison]

Once during a break in play Bird walks over to the opposing coach and says...

"You need to put someone else on me because I'm killing this guy."
Similar quote against Rodman, Bird was shouting to opponents coach: "Put someone on me, since nobody is defending me!" (with Rodman all over him :roll:)

[OnceInADECADE]

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/6/28/55a0d1a7-0fb3-4945-948f-cde0d303704b.jpg

LOL LOL MYSPACE GANGSTER:roll:

[highwhey]

What a douche, reminds me of me(the arrogance and sarcasm). Hey, he had the talent, dude can clown on me all he wants if he makes my team win.

[highwhey]

"They don't need a ticket to watch you sitting on the bench. They can go to your house for that." - Michael to Charles Davis who was sorting through his tickets for his family and friends

OWNED

[greensborohill]

Got any more? These are funny!

[BobCatsFanInTx]

NEWSFLASH: the NBA's GOAT was an arrogant prick.I absolutely hated MJ but doesn't being a prick many times come with being great? Not only was Michael Jordan great but he was the GOAT!!!

Because he went out on the court and walked the walk he felt he had the right to talk the talk. As it turned out all of MJ's arrogance and calling out of teammates probably helped propel the Bulls to all those titles. MJ was in essence an assistance coach. The Bulls teams not only adopted Phil Jackson's personality but MJ's as well. MJ was mentally tough and he had a killer extinct. The Bulls championship teams had the same mentality.

I can only imagine if MJ was playing today how he would attack and degrade this era's slackers. For years there seems to have been a mentality of slacking and a lack of self discipline among many players. When MJ played more often than not players took the game serious and defense was more of a focus. At least it seemed that way to me.

MJ now owns my Bobcats and even though I hate MJ's personally for his cocky arrogance I realize that his attitude and need to be the best could bring a title to Charlotte. Of coarse arrogant meddlesome owners have also proven to ruin good organizations. I guess as a fan it is a wait and see approach and a hope for the best.

I dislike MJ but I respect him as a competitor and a winner. One can't knock those things about MJ.

[Johnni Gade]

Im too young to have watched him play, but I thought he was humble wtf...

[browntown]

Im too young to have watched him play, but I thought he was humble wtf...

Oh were you wrong! One of the biggest jack asses out there. He mentally destroyed Kwame Brown.

[asdf1990]

Im too young to have watched him play, but I thought he was humble wtf...

lol no superstar is humble, they are only humble when the camera is rolling.

[Harison]

lol no superstar is humble, they are only humble when the camera is rolling.
Hakeem and Duncan are quite humble, but the rest of Top10 All-time definitely not :oldlol: I'm not even sure Jordan is the biggest jack-ass, Shaq or Wilt could take the cake.

[Jacks3]

lol @ these people dickriding MJ. "oMGZ HES SO COMPETIETIVE HE REALyz Wants to WINZ!!!!":roll: :roll: :roll:

[asdf1990]

lol @ these people dickriding MJ. "oMGZ HES SO COMPETIETIVE HE REALyz Wants to WINZ!!!!":roll: :roll: :roll:


lol ur hero kobe is just as much oh an a hole as jordan.

[Jacks3]

Too bad Kobe has nothing to do with this thread. Frigging MJ stans.:rolleyes:

[Heilige]

Jordan with the great wit! :applause:


wat?

[Jacks3]

wat?
It was witty, but that wasn't excusing the fact that he was a acting like a lil *****.:lol

[jstern]

Most of those sound like typical trash talk, and the others sound like serious Jordan. I guess some here are not really familiar with Jordan's personality, he was known as a serious trash talker, and someone who loved to fool around. I don't know if many of you here joke around and tease your friends.