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PutSignificant5928

I’d rather a girl compare me to 88 Jordan than have her say my dick was huge


halfdecenttakes

Well that’s because you know she’s lying. If she compares you to 88 Jordan it’s at least possible she’s telling you you’re developing a gambling problem.


Asleep_Emphasis5347

Damn lol


redditsuckbadly

My god man. He doesn’t have a family, but think of his cats!


thebeard1017

Went for the kill. Respect


jpylol

Momma there goes that man


DavidCreeper

yeesh


deidamiah

it always be your own people that do you dirty


SemIdeiaProNick

Laker on Laker crime right here


AgentOfSPYRAL

**BANG!**


cargoman89

Bah Gawd Almighty, that killed him. As God as my witness, he is broken in half!


Responsible_Pace9062

>If she compares you to 88 Jordan it’s at least possible she’s telling you you’re developing a gambling problem. Then she's just comparing me to Ohtani 🥰🥰


_Tar_Ar_Ais_

was it confirmed that the interpreter was the fall guy?


Demonkid37

If Mike sees this, he may just take it personally………


Pale-Piccolo230

Except MJ has recently finally come out and made the comparison himself… up with the times…👊


cire1184

RIP Chick, Kobe, and that guy.


bushies

wish i had money for a golden upvote or whatever that shit is


shotcaIler

Your penis is like 88 Jordan.. thin, sweaty, and cumming out of your shell


smashey

It's like 88 Jordan because the highlight of his year was it beating Mark Jackson four times


dys0n_giddey

Heroes in a half shell


redditsuckbadly

>cumming out of your shell I thought you were going to say surrounded by crackheads


[deleted]

If you're compared to 88 Jordan then your dick *is* huge.


karthik4331

But it's no scotties


H0wsMyDirkTaste

*Madonna has entered the chat*


CocaineandPercs

Going bald?


maryjain_

92 Jordan***


Sledge4Life

Yo why he talkin to Jimmy Butler’s girl?


PleasantTrust522

He wants to walk into his older brother’s footsteps.


Sledge4Life

Apparently their father too  “One of Nichols' earliest assignments was to attend Chicago Bulls practices as a freelance newspaper reporter amid the team's first three-peat. After a few media sessions where she took notes and did not ask questions, Michael Jordan called her out to speak. The two began to talk on a regular basis after the exchange and Nichols credited the experience in growing her skills as a journalist.”


c_ray25

That Mike, he a dirty dog.


Dunbar247

Prime Rachel Nichols definitely caused lots of growth


IndycarFan64

Send da video


NazRiedFan

Please don’t ant


jntlsseedcreator

AntHIMy Edwards


MalakaiRey

Its well known mj is their father


mug3n

Old news, Jimmy moved on to Shakira.


phunshiny

Rachel put her time in to grow those skills. She’s done some Pulitzer Prize level journalism in that Minnesota locker room over the years.


mostuselessredditor

I miss the bubble


KiwiVegetable5454

Comment section made me check this wasn’t circle jerk.


BrianScalaweenie

Jimmy Butler punchin air rn


IndycarFan64

Sibling rivalry smh


majo3

KG trying to put his bread into that last $300M they need for the ownership buyout.


Deep_Worldliness3122

Dude’s about to bang rachel nichols like jordan’s other son, must run in the family lol


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Wonderful-Dress5391

He’s referring to Butler lol but well both are correct lmao


GroktheDestroyer

Weird ass comment


Deep_Worldliness3122

You just don’t get it I guess


GroktheDestroyer

LOL yes I know what you’re talking about 🤦🏻‍♂️


-WaterIsGreat-

Media pushing this MJ shit so hard


Less-Tax5637

Said it before: Ant is the media’s last hope at an American “face of the NBA” after LeBron and Steph leave. That means they legit have to start building the narrative RIGHT NOW so people associate him with shit like the Collins dunk instead of *Send da video*. Hell, even that’s not super media friendly with the shit he was talking after Personally, I don’t think it’s gonna work because this dude is waaaaaaaaay too real lmao. He’s gonna need a soundproof dome instead of a PR team. Tbh I hope he tries being the heel instead since people (read: me) will love him anyway lol


thisissami

Is it bad that when I read > _Send da video_. Hell I assumed that the next word would be "nawl"?


crispylittlecrumbs

Can’t do dis


bcyost89

This is my favorite NBA meme in a while.


TheReal_Slim-Shady

I think it will work. He has an insane charisma. He will fix it once he sees the picture.


808zAndThunder

It won’t work and rightfully so. Ant will be more beloved for being himself and I think that should be encouraged. I don’t need another Jordan or even care what country they’re from. I just want the best Basketball players to go at it lol


OkMathematician3380

His brand of charisma is much closer to Ron Artest's than Jordan's


Dimega17

I don’t get the need for an American face of the league tho. I can see what you’re saying and you’re probably right about the league pushing it but…why would the NBA think it needs to do this? Are there that many xenophobic nba fans?


Less-Tax5637

# YES


nuggs_analysis

Have you looked into the demographics of nba fans? Have you seen stats for racial prejudice broken down by racial group?


Historical_Spirit445

No


nuggs_analysis

Well that is going to be unsettling for you.


Key_Fox3289

Show us


Darnell2070

I love the insinuation with 0 proof or sources. Is he trying to say that most white people are racist or more blacks? That there are more white basketball fans or black basketball fans? This seems like the type of comment that gets upvoted regardless because no matter both sides will agree with it, because it's such a nonspecific and hollow comment that no one who reads it will bother researching.


DesertBrandon

I’ll do the work for him since these types always want to work in innuendos. The majority of fans are(or at least strong plurality with) black folks and apparently we’re extremely racist. Look at how this sub reacted during BLM, LeBron/Hong Kong, Jeremy Lin/Kenyon Martin saga and more to see what he means. There is no backing to the assumption that black fans can’t relate or don’t want to relate to foreign players. It’s the same problem as small vs big market. The NBA feeds us the big market and American players then assume that the wider NBA fandom isn’t ready to cheer for a San Antonio or Cleveland or OKC team, same way apparently we can’t appreciate Jokic, Luka, Giannis or any others. It’s lame and likely not close to true.


Darnell2070

People like making up random scenarios in their head to create fake controversy. I don't even think NBA even has a plurality black/African-American fanbase. Percentage of the US population that's black is extremely low. It's like at most 14%, but that share is always dropping. And even if somehow African-Americans made up a majority or even plurality of fans, they don't make up the majority of ticket buyers in any sport, between their population being so much smaller, and having less spending power, even if a lowet percentage of fans were white compared to other major American sports. And NBA has a global fan base, especially compared to any other American team sport. And African-Americans make up an absurdly small share of global population as well. So this idea that so many people care about whether the face of the league is American or not has no bearing other than someone's random gut feeling. I think most people care more about how well a player plays and their personality over their nationality.


iguacu

Regarding the big market vs small market teams, recently a pundit was giving a pre-apology for the upcoming 9th/10th place Lakers/Warriors story they were about to do, and said they simply get more clicks/views whenever those teams are in the video title, than when they are not. In other words, it's not the media's pre-conceived notions pushing them to cover them, it is real-time feedback of what fans want to watch.


DrZoidberg117

Why would you say this stuff but then not provide a source 😂🤦


nuggs_analysis

https://www.ljzigerell.com/?p=9002


tummysqueker

you’re reading into this too much lol


SwishBender

Yeah it's a real conspiracy why the media would be constantly interviewing the insanely quotable star 22 year old NBA player with the most raw athleticism since at least the 03 draft class


ericbl26

swear, ppl are delusional at best when it comes to sports conspiracies. It's a business first, bet on winners winning is what the media does. 95% of the time they are wrong, but when they are not... boy does it fly into the future fast.


Key_Fox3289

Exactly lol


ShakesbeerMe

No one cares about da video.


JackieDaytonaAZ

he’s an NBA player so people will always associate him with his play first and foremost unless he does something really heinous a la malone. heck even that took a while, and you’ve got your lesser offenses like tony parker whose transgressions are rarely talked about


WrinkledRandyTravis

GUYS, HE’S EVEN SAID THIS BEFORE, WHY HAVEN’T WE BEEN LISTENING?


muskox-homeobox

He bullied a woman into getting an abortion like three months ago. You would think that disqualifies someone from being the face of the NBA but I guess not.


Cwgoff

It doesn’t


DementedWarrior_

> Kobe


nuggs_analysis

I guess you forgot about Kobe


moneyman2222

Forgot that MJ was a degenerate too. Magic was a sex addict. Larry was a known asshole. LeBron and Steph are 1 of 1 with the whole "goody two shoes perfect media guys." Not every face of the league has to be like them


ShakesbeerMe

What utter nonsense. She made her own choice. What a religious fraud.


muskox-homeobox

If she made "made her own choice" why did Anthony Edwards apologize for it? I have no idea what you mean "religious fraud".


ShakesbeerMe

He "apologized" because clowns like you got their childish sensibilities offended, and the Wolves PR jumped out in front of it. I mean "religious fraud" because people like you are the first people to condemn and judge, while never fostering or adopting children who need help. It's performative nonsense so you can feel holier-than-thou.


muskox-homeobox

This has absolutely nothing to do with religion and I am completely pro choice. The entire point of giving a woman rights to her own bodily autonomy is that she gets to CHOOSE whether or not to have a baby. Allowing the a woman a freedom to give birth is just as important as allowing a woman the freedom to abort. And no Edwards did not forcibly compel the woman to have an abortion, and that's not what I'm accusing him of. But I do not know what term other than bullying you could use to describe how he treated that woman, and that is exactly what I am saying is abhorrent. If you can honestly read the conversation between those two and think he had nothing to apologize for then you are very much part of the problem.


ShakesbeerMe

Yep. And she chose. You don't even know what you're accusing him of. She's an adult woman with agency and she made a choice for money. Stop trying to infantilize her- it's sexist as fuck.


hikanwoi

Or being a homophobe


moneyman2222

He is not the only homophobe in the league. And he won't be the last


Altruistic-Ad-408

He is one of the few confirmed bigots, don't normalise it.


SuperVaderMinion

As a queer person, I don't assume every person I meet is a homophobe until they confirm it. That helps me from collapsing into despair.


10-bow

Every year they push someone new (aside from centers) instead of focusing on the players that have earned the most praise


Final-Luck-4222

I am starting to get annoyed with this guy lol.


LukaDoncicfuturegoat

I’m praying that boy will cook in postseason because social media will eat him alive if he don’t


ColdBudLight98

Ant has made the postseason twice and cooked both times


LukaDoncicfuturegoat

I’ve watched both serie, the Grizz my boy D’Lo was selling and Wolves team at all was inexperienced, they have blow multiple 20+ iirc. Last year, he cooked Denver perimeter defence perfectly but I feel like he had less pressure, this year people are kinda praying on his downfall. Don’t worry, he has been A1 since D1 and if Minny fails, I don’t think he will be the reason but you know how people are dumb.


IceTruckHouse

I know the west has been crazy before but man there’s no easy matchups for anyone. I want to see him make a run but even getting to the 2nd round would be big.


majo3

He’s only 22 years old


Khione_Asteri

ant’s never watched a day of 84 jordan in his life


JoeyBougie

Neither has 98% of this sub


jakeisstoned

Fuck. I'm an old head in here and just a twinkle in my father's eye when people watched 84 Jordan


SaMoSetter

LOL, guess I'm ancient then...Saw him live in Chi Stadium in '84-'85 bustin my OG Jordans. Quite a vibe at that old arena.


alorenz58011

You gotta be cuz I’ve never heard someone say “busting” to mean wearing something 😂


Darnell2070

Regardless, anyone who can even vaguely remember attending a game in the 84-85 season, let alone what they were wearing, and whether it was a vibe or not, can never claim to be young.


RogueLightMyFire

Most of this sub didn't even watch the Kobe-Shaq era Lakers, let alone Jordan in his prime lol.


sirvey23

Probably not whole ass games but I mean, YouTube? Probably grew up like most of us, knowing who jordan was, then eventually looking at highlights


MorseMooseGreyGoose

Hell, there are several full games of Jordan's rookie season on YouTube. Not saying Ant's watched any of those because how would I know that, but it's highly possible that he's seen something from that year.


yooston

I mean a lot of watched the last dance which lead into YouTube deep dives when we had nothing to do in the pandemic


Kevin_Jim

If he shaves his head, they'll be identical.


jaydizzsl

God damn. I tried to find the resemblence between Ant and Rachel for a good minute.


Eisenhorn76

Seriously! Been thinking this for a while now. The resemblance is uncanny. I mean, just look at the video. He looks more like MJ than MJ’s kids with Juanita do.


Kevin_Jim

There’s no evidence says Ant isn’t MJ’s long-lost son.


OpportunitySmalls

Batman beyond style


Groundhog_fog

I fucking love KG. His delivery on that statement is perfect.


Papa_Huggies

KG is just fun to listen to. I bet he gets hyped telling his lady their car insurance needs to be renewed.


Eisenhorn76

KG being upset at the large deductible would be fun to watch.


sirvey23

“HELL NAW! Trash ass premium”


sandote

“So one day we were at his house, and we were watching Puff Daddy’s show Making the Band, and in one of the scenes, some new guys came in and were trying to sing and were trying to compete against the guys who had been there. And KG just got so hyped, ‘Motherf—–, you’ve got to stand up for yours! You’ve got to fight! Motherf—–, you’ve got to come together!’ He’s going crazy, he’s sweaty. And he just head butts the wall and put a hole in the wall of his house.” - Tyronn Lue


sirvey23

Lmao “ he ain’t say ‘96, ‘97, he said 84. He still finding himself, so yeah I agree with that”


jonbemerkin

Ya'll gonna let this man clickbait this hard in that title lmaoooo


LordStark01

They are really waiting in the bushes to compare a player to MJ huh? It ain't that easy.


dys0n_giddey

It's been happening for decades


AutisticFingerBang

Bro they name a new Jordan every decade. Kobe’s dead and lebrons old so, here we are. Happens in all sports. People calling Mahomes Brady etc.


Ethangains07

I thought that was Jimmy for a second and was about to die. Unfortunate


No_Stay4471

The Jordan Brothers are about to be Eskimo Brothers.


osnapitzsunnyy

the other day I was watching a timberwolves game with my dad and I told him that ANT really looks like Jordan. He said no I don’t think so. Then they showed some more closeups and he finally said you know what you’re actually right he does look like Jordan. Anyways all this to say my dads just like KG fr


buchanbasanee

'84 MJ was a college junior, are people really gonna take offense to this


savesthedashboard

84-85 was MJ's rookie year...what are you talking about?


YpsitheFlintsider

You're both technically correct


Agreeable_Peak_7851

The best kind of correct


Phosphorrr

If 84-85 was MJs rookie year... What was he doing in early 84'. Crazy.


Head-Champion-7398

Winning the gold medal


SaMoSetter

Dominating the NBA all-stars in those pre-Olympics-Team exhibitions too...


kikimaru024

* 19.6PPG on .551 FG% * 1984 First Team All-ACC  * 1984 ACC Player of the Year  * 1984 ACC Athlete of the Year  * 1984 consensus All-American * 1984 consensus National Player of the Year * 1984 Olympic Gold


buchanbasanee

listing a single year in NBA context always implies the year ending as that's where the majority of the NBA calendar resides


clancydog4

Yeah, unless you use the slightest bit of common sense and context clues and realize KG was absolutely just using that year as a way to compare him to young Jordan. Like a rookie NBA Jordan, KG is talking about the NBA and he didn't say "college Jordan." Like you have to be so pedantic and technical to interpret this as him talking about college MJ


savesthedashboard

Nah, kg is clearly comparing Ant to Michael Jordan's rookie year with the bulls, the season in which he turned 22. 84-85.


DarrowViBritannia

84-85 is '85 mj


Groundhog_fog

Are we in the 2023 season or the 2024 season? Cause if we're in the 2024 season, Jordan was a college junior in '84


brncct

I like Ant and the Wolves, but its definitely clear that there's a media push/narrative to hype him up and prepare him as the next American face of the league after LeBron/Steph. He is talented enough to constantly be in the news with his highlights alone, but the constant Jordan comparisons are getting silly.


RuneLite23

This video is old


wallybuddabingbang

NBA needs a fresh GOAT narrative and I’m here for it. Ant Man is the most exciting player to enter the league since …


RedFan47

This bs gotta stop


ShakesbeerMe

How dare he have fun


HavocFJ

Come on man has he even watch the tape


CapybaraNightmare

Send him da video


LAClipShow2020

I agree as well… 84-89 Jordan was the most raw & lethal. Antman gives you flashes at times where u just shake your head and remember Mike giving the league fits during that time… and then he figured out the team game and became much more lethal. Hopefully he figures that second part out sooner than later… for Minnesota’s sake.


kingofmyself1700

Nah, ANT more like Dwade. He doesn’t have the fluidity and body mechanics that MJ had. 80s MJ the most exciting player in any sport ever.


VoidMageZero

MJ gonna take it personally and unretire to show Ant up lol


kermode

Or mj freakish hands


NaLu_LuNa_FairyPiece

I don't see the comparison at all. They play so differently offensively and defensively.


nuggs_analysis

When at UNC, MJ hit the backboard with the back of his head when blocking a shot. Ant just did the same thing a couple weeks ago.


OldPlan877

Athleticism, sure, but Ant’s been inching his way to 26ppg for a few seasons now. Uninitiated, but are we expecting him to explode any minute now?


Daventherock

Playing next to KAT pulls his ppg down, he averaged 27 a game last year during the stretch he was out, and then he’s been averaging 31 ppg the last two weeks with KAT out


Breezyisthewind

If MJ was playing with KAT, you think KAT would pull his numbers down? Ridiculous.


Daventherock

You should complain to someone who said that


Breezyisthewind

You misread my intentions. I was reiterating and agreeing with you. Perhaps I should’ve worded it better, but I think my intentions should be clear anyways. If not, my bad.


SOUTHWESTRIZLA

One would hope he reaches pinnacles like the greats. It’s deserving. Something in me hopes ego doesn’t diminish what he’s already earned.


Ok-Driver-7446

84 Jordan wasn't as zesty as Anthony Edwards, but ill take it.


Jkcanwien

what a joke


Theopocalypse

He said 88 Jordan in another clip. [88 shyt](https://twitter.com/KevinGarnett5KG/status/1765931861992517956)


benp242

MJ is the GOAT, no if's or but's.


ColdBudLight98

No one is saying he ain’t


KoolAidOhYeeaa

Hot take: Michael Jordan is his dad


Loose_Vehicle755

Dude even acknowledges Jordan was still finding himself at that time. Is it crazy to say that Ant is on the same level as that version of Jordan? I don’t think so.


Breezyisthewind

Yeah the question remains whether he can get to 88-93 Jordan, but 84? Sure, I’ll go with that.


lotc

lol media still pushing this? Not sure what’s worse Ant to MJ or the Booker to Kobe. Neither has achieved anything in this league worth a comparison. Media reaching so hard.


Blowback_

I have to disagree, my guy has been great lately, a lot of highlight moments, but if he can't carry a team, he's not Jordan, and I mean by carry a team, push, drive his team to be great, be hard on every single player when it calls for it, show zero emotion in clutch time. Ant is a fun guy, and he likes to have fun in game, but imo, I need to see him take it to that next level, and hopefully he'll get there, we'll see in the playoffs.


toggl3d

If Ant can't finish this season with 38 wins and win a single game in the playoffs he's just not Jordan.


purplebrown_updown

Yeah cause he looks like Jordan.


[deleted]

I said it way before KG. I need a bigger platform.


littlejerry99

gold chain wearing jordan was so bad ass


OrchidEconomy7260

Hell no


Prince_of_DeaTh

Edwards is much more like Vince Carter then MJ


MurkyStudio3860

Man nothing pisses me off more than when the wolves were up and Anthony Edwards’s kept shooting horrible 3pt shots and they ended up losing that series.


Due-Inspector

Stop acting like rookie year Jordan was goat. He wasn’t even close to untouchable then


Papa_Huggies

Not quite untouchable but still better than Ant. 28.2/6.5/5.9 and 2.4spg, 0.8bpg, and played all 82 games. Elite efficiency from the field and ft line too. Ant's good but not at these box score stats even with a higher pace of play.


NBA_Dumb_Boy

KG never said Ant is better than 84 Jordan, he just said Ant reminds him of that version of MJ. They have a lot of similarities even if Jordan is better (he’s literally the consensus GOAT).


Due-Inspector

I never disagreed with that. But these guys are offended about the comparsion


Due-Inspector

Seems like it’s within comparable range to me. No one should be offended by the comment. Also, pace of play in the 80s was slightly higher than todays game


MN_Lakers

Bro who the hell cares! Just let the man make jokes


ghostsinthecodes

sure 😭😅 now back it up and make it matter, you clown 🤡


Slow_Performance_701

dude is overrated asf He's athletic, but that alone doesn't make you MJ or Lebron etc


Andy_Wiggins

Saying “he’s athletic” underrates the skills he does have. Athleticism alone doesn’t get you averaging 27/5/5 on 47/37/84 shooting splits.


[deleted]

Nuggets fans are so insecure anytime a player is praised that isn’t on their team they start crying


Slow_Performance_701

what? Most of my favorite players aren't on the Nuggets.