Michael Jordan is trying to get back to his playing weight

[Heilige]

[QUOTE]As his 50th birthday approaches on Sunday, and the sports world covers the approaching day like it's an actual milestone rather than a justifiable excuse to splash the most compelling athlete of our generation across magazine covers, Michael Jordan is setting a goal that most men have when hitting the half-century mark.

Only, Michael Jordan is not most men.

When MJ talks about losing weight, it provokes instant speculation

[Living Being]

He's just having a hard time letting go and not getting the attention anymore.

[B-Low]

He's just having a hard time letting go and not getting the attention anymore.

Crazy thing is he STILL gets all the attention. Hell you scroll down page 1 on these forums and there's more Jordan threads than any other topic, and it's the biggest weekend of the NBA season

I will say tho you gotta admire the old man's competitive drive. To be 50, have a hot fiancee 20+ years younger than you, making MORE money in retirement than you ever made as a player, your clothing brand is as strong as ever, still being talked about on ESPN on a daily basis every time you open your mouth, owner of your home state's NBA team, people are still buying new DVDs of the same recycled footage of you that we've been seeing for 25 years....and you STILL want to come back and prove how good you are. No chance in hell a successful comeback happens. But you gotta respect the desire.

[Glide2keva]

Crazy thing is he STILL gets all the attention. Hell you scroll down page 1 on these forums and there's more Jordan threads than any other topic, and it's the biggest weekend of the NBA season

I will say tho you gotta admire the old man's competitive drive. To be 50, have a hot fiancee 20+ years younger than you, making MORE money in retirement than you ever made as a player, your clothing brand is as strong as ever, still being talked about on ESPN on a daily basis every time you open your mouth, owner of your home state's NBA team, people are still buying new DVDs of the same recycled footage of you that we've been seeing for 25 years....and you STILL want to come back and prove how good you are. No chance in hell a successful comeback happens. But you gotta respect the desire.

That's what makes him the man.

[SacJB Shady]

Jordans coming back...

[B-Low]

Jordan really really really really really really really really really really really really really wishes he could come back...

fixed that for ya

[CelticBaller]

inb4 10 ppg 2 rb 3 ast 39% FG

[TheMarkMadsen]

Who doesn't wanna see Jordan come back and play for OKC or the heat

[O_City_Thunder]

[PP34Deuce]

He's just having a hard time letting go and not getting the attention anymore.

No I think he really enjoys the game of basketball and the competition. I feel like Charles and Magic enjoy their business ventures and golf as much as they did basketball.

I think Jordan is like a Favre in that he really enjoys this game and will never stop playing it. I also think every generation that comes out he thrives to know if he can hang with them

he prove he could dominate late 80s early90s
he proved he could come back and dominate the mid-late 90's
Came back to show he could be a 20 5 5 player in the new 2000's era
Now he sees this 2010's era and I feel he wants to personally see if he can still be a top player.

I dont think its attention from media, I think its to prove to himself

[SacJB Shady]

This is almost as legendary if not more than a Tupac comeback. Only this really is possible.

Michael Jordan could be playing next year in an NBA Uniform. Just imagine that. Just try.

[B-Low]

This is almost as legendary if not more than a Tupac comeback. Only this really is possible.

Michael Jordan could be playing next year in an NBA Uniform. Just imagine that. Just try.

So a retired basketball player who still plays basketball on a daily basis, coming back to play basketball, would be as legendary as a human being coming back from the dead after 15+ years???

[SacJB Shady]

So a retired basketball player who still plays basketball on a daily basis, coming back to play basketball, would be as legendary as a human being coming back from the dead after 15+ years???

Depends who the retired basketball player is

[B-Low]

Dear lord you're off balance...

[chuckbuck]

Let him come back at 50, give Lebron a chance to dunk on his old ass! This guy is a post career joke.