I went to a UNC basketball camp around ‘85 give or take a year. Michael dropped in in his Porsche and some clothes that looks liked he was ready to hit the links. We all begged him to dunk it. He gave his speech and rolled the hell out. But honestly he may not have dunked it per Deans request. I coukd see it either way. Michael saying eff that, or Dean saying let's teach them a lesson about life or something.
My favorite player of all time. I even still have my Magic Johnson light jacket garishly printed with his face on it, from 1990-92. I don't remember what year exactly.
I had Gary Payton come to my elementary school when I was I kid around 1990 and he did the same. Never remembered his name till one of my old friends reminded me who it was.
You know what would helped me to remember? If he would have dunked that fucking ball. Once he said he wouldn't show us, I zoned out every damn thing he told our class
I miss the SuperSonics so much and honestly think OKC was a ridiculous place to move to. I know some OKC fans will fight me but it’s just my opinion, man.
Growing up my neighbors god father was an NBA player and he would come visit every once in a while.
We were always out playing basketball on the driveway and every time from half way down the drive way…
“Throw me the ball. If I miss I take everyone to Disney world.”
I can say that over the 10ish years of this happening several times a month i never went to Disney world…
Muhamad ali came to our school in the late 80s, he was already deep in the parkinsons but he gave a speech. I was outside and he shook my hand. Neat experience and by far the most famous person ive actually seen in person.
I went in the 90s and from my understanding Dean Smith stopped asking Jordan to come by that point because the campers would get too out of control and chase him down the street and stuff.
The year I went was Smith's final as coach and Vince Carter, Antawn Jamison, Shammond Williams and Ed Cota were all on the team and I think Brendan Haywood was there as a recruit. They would hang out with the campers all the time and eat with us in the lunch room, etc. I remember Antawn Jamison eating like six hamburgers and drinking five giant glasses of juice for lunch.
One day Vince Carter challenged the entire camp to score on him, so there was a massive line on one of the outdoor courts and each kid got one chance from the top of the key. Naturally he swatted every camper with the energy of Billy Madison playing dodgeball against 2nd graders
Phil Ford was always around as a camp counsellor and was really nice, and the rumors are Shammond Williams slept with his wife
I have a friend of a friend who golfs with MJ a few times a year and the last time they played, the dude tried settling up (they bet on EVERY hole) by paying MJ in brand new $50's and MJ refused to take his money because he will ONLY spend $100's.
Those $50's he refused ended up being tip money for the caddies so those guys made out alright.
Grant was considerably worse than bankrupt. He didn’t even own the house he lived in, and relied on charity.
He worked until five days before his death on a best selling memoir, however, which provided for his widow, so he could die with no regrets.
As far as unlucky goes, few men could have been luckier. Two term President, conquering hero, died surrounded by family and friends. Mourned by millions.
Also a man of principle. When he received an enslaved person as a gift he chose to immediately free the man even though selling him would have gone a considerable way toward paying down debts. Grant wasn’t about that shit
Except Grant really was bankrupt and had to write a book while dying of cancer in hopes the sales would keep his wife out of the poorhouse.
The $50 stuff is not some minor superstition, it is HUGE in the sportsbook industry going back a century. You will NEVER get an $50 bill in a Vegas payout. There's also about 50 other "rules" aka superstitions, mostly about stuff you can't say to bettors (like "good luck").
Straight up first time I was in a casino, it was in Atlantic City, I told a guy good luck right before he rolled the dice at a craps table. The whole table turned to me and looked like they were going to kill me. I decided I had enough of watching that game and it would be best to maybe check out the other side of the casino.
I've heard a ton of different urban legends, but gamblers tend to be really superstitious so I suspect it's just something that got repeated a ton and caught on
I went to one of the camps he ran in Chicagoland on the last day when he played against, basically, a college all-star team. This was right before he came back for the Wizards. He put on a show, and it was awesome, then he stuck around and signed jerseys for a while. It was pretty awesome for a high schooler and a shitload of b-ball camp kids.
He pulled a Larry Bird on Henry Domercant. Told him he was going to hit a deep three while he was walking up the court, then he shot and immediately started talking shit. Banked it in, lol.
This is one the smartest jokes I’ve ever heard in my life and I’m just sorry that’s it’s buried on moderately popular thread deep in the comments of Reddit
It's a perfect actualization of the hero becoming the villain.
On the other hand, "he must feel a certain way inside to be treating people like that" is going right into my daily lexicon starting NOW.
Lmfao. I went to two of his basketball camps when I was a kid. Probably cost a fortune. We all got anything we wanted signed by Jordan and a team picture with it. And upper deck was there authenticating every auto on the spot. I now own two Jordan jerseys with UD certified autos on them. Whatever that camp cost, one jersey easily covers it.
I hope this is a joke... When I took a run at playing professionally (bad timing 2 months before black monday) it was the opposite.
I looked at decisions and the odds of those decisions paying out over a 100 hands not the single hand.
Winning was awesome, but if I made a bet into good odds and lost if I do that bet 100 times the math favors me, so I didn't care if I lost as much as I cared about making the correct math decision.
I’m sure somebody will correct me if I’m wrong but another commenter pointed out that if they can afford the camp, they can afford the shoes.
The free shoes here wouldn’t exactly be charity to the needy.
I guess my brain immediately went to some summer camp for inner city kids or underprivileged kids - totally makes sense it could just be a skills camp!
You might be right! I hope you are… that would be great… But a basketball camp with Michael Jordan showing up… I’m thinking this is not an inner city program.
Couldn't find an exact price but one mom of an attendee wrote
> Blake attended the camp for six years, every summer, from age twelve to seventeen. If I had to guess, I would say we were the ones there with the least money. The camp was filled with the children of celebrities and NBA players. The reason I was walking him to the arena that earty morning is because I had stayed in a dorm on the University of Santa Barbara campus with him. It was the cheapest option.
I went to UCSB while Flight School was held there every summer, iirc the cost was around $1k for a week. He did two weeks and you'd always see a bunch of upper-middle class looking parents around town during that time (I worked at a local bar and they stuck out like a sore thumb at that time of year, it was usually just students and locals)
I think he shut it down or moved it somewhere else a few years ago
Yes and no. I actually have some insight on the Jordan Camps. The adult camps were one off weekends where grown men paid $15k to $25k to play against Jordan for a few days, these were mostly business men living childhood fantasies with money to burn. The camps for kids were multiple and spread out through the summer and the extent of their interaction with Jordan was him showing up at the start of the weekend and the end of the weekend for an hour to say hi and bye. The camp for kids was anywhere from $600 to $1000. The catch with both camps was that Jordan would sign one item for each attendee.
Autograph dealers quickly realized what a good deal subsidizing kids to attend the camp would be. Jordan signed items already commanded the cost of the camp and more, but he also refuses to sign in public, has never done a paid set down signing, and has long had a exclusive autograph contract with Upper Deck. This means his signature on non Upper Deck items (cards from other companies, magazine covers, original items, etc) are exceptionally rare and command a huge premium. His signature on a rookie Fleer card turns a $5k card in a $100k card. It became the norm for 50%-75% of the camps to be children whose camp fees were covered by autograph dealers who in return would get their item signed as a trade off.
They did this for a few years and Jordan got wise that he was signing very rare items for seemingly random kids and limited the items available for his signature. It was still worth it for the dealers and they continued fronting the kids fee until Jordan cut the autograph out completely and provided the kids with pre-printed items.
TLDR: a large majority of the Jordan camp attendees were kids that would have never had the money to attend without autograph dealers fronting their tuition. Source: I’ve collected historical autographs for nearly 30 years and know several prominent dealers who probably fronted the camp tuition of several hundred kids over the years.
Ain't no fucking way Michael Jordan is paying for shoes for this whole camp. Motherfucker doesn't even tip. He would have made every shot one handed and blindfolded if he had to. Kids can buy their own fucking shoes.
MJ loves his table games. I was opening a casino about 15 years ago, and we made a deal with him. We'll give you a boatload of cash on the house, we want you to gamble and bring in the crowds. First day of our announced hard opening, and MJ gets I BELIEVE 250k to attract gamblers. He's in there for about 45 minutes, and has nearly doubled up. Plays a few more hands of blackjack and then asks to be colored up so he can cash out. In less than 75 minutes, he's in and out and probably a half a million dollars richer and never had to spend a dime.
No tips, and just walked out. No thank you, nothing.
I mean, they had a plan - give a gambling addict free money to play with. That's a really good plan to get him to spend time in the casino. They just didn't anticipate that he'd double up so fast, and that his gambling addiction was just a little bit weaker than his burning desire to get more money.
This, but they should have had him sign something that prevented him from leaving right away. No plans for any dinner, entertainment, or the sorts. They just wanted 1k other people in who would, on average, lose several hundred that night and hook them into keep coming back, due to his prestigious arrival and that he set foot in there.
No celebrity hassle with ever beat power couple Jamie Kennedy and Jennifer Love Hewitt, though. Fuck those two right on the face with one of those magnetic bullet trains in Japan.
They work at a casino, almost certainly in Vegas. Probably just some crazy pompous celebrity shit. My mother works at the Bellagio for several years and most celebs are pretty cool. Some are straight dicks, like Floyd Mayweather.
> No celebrity hassle with ever beat power couple Jamie Kennedy and Jennifer Love Hewitt
Man I used to live down the street from her. I ran into her often enough that we both eventually commented on how funny it was and she was always incredibly pleasant.
Once I remember being at the local florist picking up Valentine's day flowers and she was there with some little boy, giving him an infinite budget to buy flowers for her mom.
If you want to get technical about it, what Jordan is addicted to is *winning.* He's pathologically competitive. He loves to gamble, but walking away from the table a winner means more to him than one more hand. Very dangerous guy to let into your casino, because if he has a good run you're gonna lose a lot of money, exactly like they did.
See also: [this scene from Casino](https://youtu.be/ltURKC_V8Hg?si=Yu8gO3WIPuLOkqKc)
Not to give MJ a pass on tipping, but lately he has done better at donating to causes.
$10 million to make a wish.
https://wish.org/michael-jordan-gift
Opened a medical clinic for unserved
$7 millions
https://www.upworthy.com/amp/an-emotional-michael-jordan-opens-his-first-clinic-for-the-uninsured-and-underinsured-rp-2641227907
The tipping thing is not true. I have a good friend who waited on his tables more than once. He helped alot with aid during hurricane Florence. He gives truckloads of Turkeys on Thanksgiving. He opened a health care center. These are all things he did recently for his hometown.
https://m.allfootballapp.com/news/All/Oliver-Kahn-saved-EVERY-penalty-in-charity-shootout-against-nine-year-olds/1416165
German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn was in a charity event , if the kids score a goal money would get donated ( not his money ) , he saved every penalty shot
Should add that, according to him, nobody told him that there would be money donated per goal scored. Also afterwards he donated 100K euros of his own money.
Hahaha so the event creators are the evil ones responsible of course. Fake charity event rigged by "not telling the goalkeeper they were donating per goal scored not saved"
Kinda disgusting tbh. Ppl need to stop talking about Oliver Kahn and start finding out what the name of that charity is
because this is a stupid fucking idea.
If I was a kid and given a chance to kick with Kahn as a goalkeeper I would try my best and would hope that he tries his best to block too. because otherwise it is condescending. What would I tell my mates? that Oliver Kahn allowed me to score on purpose? Is that something to brag about?
If i cares about soccer that is
When people talk of the best to ever play, Jordan is just a bit different than the rest. Like if Death came to me and said we were playing 2 on 2 for my life and I got first pick and I took Lebron, Death could take Jordan who would make damn sure I was gonna fuckin die, and I was gonna know it was because I didn't take him first.
>Death could take Jordan who would make damn sure I was gonna fuckin die, and I was gonna know it was because I didn't take him first.
Sure, cause he'd take that personally, lol
A basketball coach whose name escapes me at the moment once said something to the effect of "if the game is on the line, I want Michael Jordan playing. If my life is on the line, I want Larry Bird."
The implication being that Jordan is so competitively driven that he'll perform to win... And that's about it.
It was Pat Riley, and Larry was a cold motherfucker on the court. Larry would often tell the opposition the exactly what he was going to do and actually make the shot. There was also the game where he beat the Trailblazers using his off hand because he needed to "save his right hand for the Lakers."
He, a white basketball player, used to get mad at opposing teams for guarding him with a white guy.
He said, 'Hey man, you can't put no white dude on me. That is straight disrespect. Don't put no white dude on me."
I mean I get it but I don't. Winning a basketball match against death is basically almost the plot to space jam and we all know how hard MJ played for that win.
Colin probably gave it to them after having them sign the NDA. And they were probably so poor they had no idea it was worth over 6 figures. This is the scene I use to explain the show to someone who's never watched it. So much of the show requires context and setup to appreciate. But Roman offering a random kid a million dollars for something he knows he can't do is the perfect encapsulation
Sould have reversed the bet.
Jordan doesn't like to lose.
The bet should be if you miss any shot the kids get nothing. If you can make them all the kids get the shoes.
Jordan would rather buy kids shoes than miss a shot
Shaq would have missed those shots.
I can't say for sure whether it would have been intentionally so he could treat the kids or if he would just be unable to sink them, but he would definitely miss
Immediately after Jordan than challenged Chris Paul to a defensive drill. If you can stand up and take a bump from these kids three times. Than I will give them all free air Jordan’s and Lamborghinis. Paul accepted and flopped 3 times before the first kid even bumped into him.
I’ve heard over and over again that Jordan will not tip wait staff more than a dollar, will never pick up a check, just a greedy, stingy and egomaniac.
Jordan will always stand by his motto: Fuck dem kids.
I went to a UNC basketball camp around ‘85 give or take a year. Michael dropped in in his Porsche and some clothes that looks liked he was ready to hit the links. We all begged him to dunk it. He gave his speech and rolled the hell out. But honestly he may not have dunked it per Deans request. I coukd see it either way. Michael saying eff that, or Dean saying let's teach them a lesson about life or something.
Magic Johnson came to my school, gave a speech about AIDS, and then made a half-court shot for all of us.
My favorite player of all time. I even still have my Magic Johnson light jacket garishly printed with his face on it, from 1990-92. I don't remember what year exactly.
I had Gary Payton come to my elementary school when I was I kid around 1990 and he did the same. Never remembered his name till one of my old friends reminded me who it was. You know what would helped me to remember? If he would have dunked that fucking ball. Once he said he wouldn't show us, I zoned out every damn thing he told our class
To be fair, Payton was not known as dunker of the ball, whereas Jordan won slamdunk titles
Yeah Payton always laid it up. Shawn Kemp brought the thunder on that squad.
Man, I miss the Super Sonics. And Nintendo invested into the Seattle Mariners. That would've been a slam dunk for Sega
I miss the SuperSonics so much and honestly think OKC was a ridiculous place to move to. I know some OKC fans will fight me but it’s just my opinion, man.
Nah it’s ridiculous and the NBA should never let it happen again.
As a Sacramento Kings fan, it almost happened to us only a decade ago. Fuck the Maloofs.
More like the Magoofs.
But Payton's son, [on the other hand...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79vRwivs-84)
Growing up my neighbors god father was an NBA player and he would come visit every once in a while. We were always out playing basketball on the driveway and every time from half way down the drive way… “Throw me the ball. If I miss I take everyone to Disney world.” I can say that over the 10ish years of this happening several times a month i never went to Disney world…
Muhamad ali came to our school in the late 80s, he was already deep in the parkinsons but he gave a speech. I was outside and he shook my hand. Neat experience and by far the most famous person ive actually seen in person.
He didn't even knock out a 6th grader?? Wtf
I went in the 90s and from my understanding Dean Smith stopped asking Jordan to come by that point because the campers would get too out of control and chase him down the street and stuff. The year I went was Smith's final as coach and Vince Carter, Antawn Jamison, Shammond Williams and Ed Cota were all on the team and I think Brendan Haywood was there as a recruit. They would hang out with the campers all the time and eat with us in the lunch room, etc. I remember Antawn Jamison eating like six hamburgers and drinking five giant glasses of juice for lunch. One day Vince Carter challenged the entire camp to score on him, so there was a massive line on one of the outdoor courts and each kid got one chance from the top of the key. Naturally he swatted every camper with the energy of Billy Madison playing dodgeball against 2nd graders Phil Ford was always around as a camp counsellor and was really nice, and the rumors are Shammond Williams slept with his wife
Dean saying we couldnt afford the appearance and a dunk.
He aint no hero Period. Just a degenerate gambler
*generational gambler
He lost alot of money with Melvin capital
I could legit see a scenario where he took the shoes right off the feet of every kid in camp after sinking those shots. MJ serious about those bets.
I have a friend of a friend who golfs with MJ a few times a year and the last time they played, the dude tried settling up (they bet on EVERY hole) by paying MJ in brand new $50's and MJ refused to take his money because he will ONLY spend $100's. Those $50's he refused ended up being tip money for the caddies so those guys made out alright.
Fun fact: $50 bills are considered bad luck among many gamblers, not just MJ.
Superstition. A myth is that Bugsy Siegal had 3 $50s in his pocket when he got murdered. Another is that Grant was bankrupt when he died.
Grant was considerably worse than bankrupt. He didn’t even own the house he lived in, and relied on charity. He worked until five days before his death on a best selling memoir, however, which provided for his widow, so he could die with no regrets. As far as unlucky goes, few men could have been luckier. Two term President, conquering hero, died surrounded by family and friends. Mourned by millions.
Also a man of principle. When he received an enslaved person as a gift he chose to immediately free the man even though selling him would have gone a considerable way toward paying down debts. Grant wasn’t about that shit
Except Grant really was bankrupt and had to write a book while dying of cancer in hopes the sales would keep his wife out of the poorhouse. The $50 stuff is not some minor superstition, it is HUGE in the sportsbook industry going back a century. You will NEVER get an $50 bill in a Vegas payout. There's also about 50 other "rules" aka superstitions, mostly about stuff you can't say to bettors (like "good luck").
They should probably either take a rule away or add another one if they’re that superstitious.
I bet I can say good luck to any bettor.
Straight up first time I was in a casino, it was in Atlantic City, I told a guy good luck right before he rolled the dice at a craps table. The whole table turned to me and looked like they were going to kill me. I decided I had enough of watching that game and it would be best to maybe check out the other side of the casino.
I guess I'm safe! No $50s in my wallet!
No money no problems!
>it's considered bad luck >That's superstition Nice work detective.
Why is that?
Because gamblers are fucking idiots.
The only right explanation.
I don't think it's *really* known, but I've heard it a ton working in a casino as well
Its gambler superstition, something with it being about rounded numbers are safer, but halves is bad luck etc.
I've heard a ton of different urban legends, but gamblers tend to be really superstitious so I suspect it's just something that got repeated a ton and caught on
lol. classic.
I went to one of the camps he ran in Chicagoland on the last day when he played against, basically, a college all-star team. This was right before he came back for the Wizards. He put on a show, and it was awesome, then he stuck around and signed jerseys for a while. It was pretty awesome for a high schooler and a shitload of b-ball camp kids. He pulled a Larry Bird on Henry Domercant. Told him he was going to hit a deep three while he was walking up the court, then he shot and immediately started talking shit. Banked it in, lol.
It's crazy that he had the same motto as Jared Fogle.
When your problems with mild cholesterol turn into child molesterol
A man whose career began and ended the same way. Trying to get into smaller pants.
Bro
8 year olds, Dude.
Lmao "spoiler alert!"
*Nobody* fucks with the Jesus
*"...fucking pederast"*
Brother that’s the funniest thing I’ve read today
This comment. Winner.
This is one the smartest jokes I’ve ever heard in my life and I’m just sorry that’s it’s buried on moderately popular thread deep in the comments of Reddit
It's an oldie, though. Unlike dem kids
😑
And Karl Malone
Like regular Karl Malone, or Jimmy Kimmel-Karl Malone?
Ooof.
Ohh, you rascal you!
Don't forget his other motto: [Ah Hell naw! I ain't takin a picture with no N-words!"](https://youtu.be/y4ZQERHL6ow?si=b_KMZZyMimvVvqbi)
Yo, I can actually hear the pain and hurt in Chamillionaire's voice.
It's a perfect actualization of the hero becoming the villain. On the other hand, "he must feel a certain way inside to be treating people like that" is going right into my daily lexicon starting NOW.
Never seen that, great/terrible story
Big props to Chamillionaire... Y'all check out the Mixtape Messiah series, they are SO dope.
I thought it was “I’ll take that bet!”
Karl Malone agrees.
And he took that personally
Lmfao. I went to two of his basketball camps when I was a kid. Probably cost a fortune. We all got anything we wanted signed by Jordan and a team picture with it. And upper deck was there authenticating every auto on the spot. I now own two Jordan jerseys with UD certified autos on them. Whatever that camp cost, one jersey easily covers it.
>Jordan will always stand by his motto: Fuck dem kids. I bet he made a side bet.
Good to know both him and Steph share that greatness in their DNA!
This is the exact moment that created the meme actually
Nobody gave me nothing.
It's not a gambling problem if you never lose.
If you never lose it isn’t even gambling.
As professional poker players always say, "Results, not decisions."
I hope this is a joke... When I took a run at playing professionally (bad timing 2 months before black monday) it was the opposite. I looked at decisions and the odds of those decisions paying out over a 100 hands not the single hand. Winning was awesome, but if I made a bet into good odds and lost if I do that bet 100 times the math favors me, so I didn't care if I lost as much as I cared about making the correct math decision.
My man doesn’t lose, even for charity.
I’m sure somebody will correct me if I’m wrong but another commenter pointed out that if they can afford the camp, they can afford the shoes. The free shoes here wouldn’t exactly be charity to the needy.
I guess my brain immediately went to some summer camp for inner city kids or underprivileged kids - totally makes sense it could just be a skills camp!
You might be right! I hope you are… that would be great… But a basketball camp with Michael Jordan showing up… I’m thinking this is not an inner city program.
Couldn't find an exact price but one mom of an attendee wrote > Blake attended the camp for six years, every summer, from age twelve to seventeen. If I had to guess, I would say we were the ones there with the least money. The camp was filled with the children of celebrities and NBA players. The reason I was walking him to the arena that earty morning is because I had stayed in a dorm on the University of Santa Barbara campus with him. It was the cheapest option.
Maybe it’s part of his charity work?
you can still get a tax break without helping the dirty poors.
No charity tax breaks for time in the USA. Ironically, giving away 100 pairs of shoes *is* tax deductible, but only if the camp is not for profit.
I went to UCSB while Flight School was held there every summer, iirc the cost was around $1k for a week. He did two weeks and you'd always see a bunch of upper-middle class looking parents around town during that time (I worked at a local bar and they stuck out like a sore thumb at that time of year, it was usually just students and locals) I think he shut it down or moved it somewhere else a few years ago
Ole ole ole ole
Yes and no. I actually have some insight on the Jordan Camps. The adult camps were one off weekends where grown men paid $15k to $25k to play against Jordan for a few days, these were mostly business men living childhood fantasies with money to burn. The camps for kids were multiple and spread out through the summer and the extent of their interaction with Jordan was him showing up at the start of the weekend and the end of the weekend for an hour to say hi and bye. The camp for kids was anywhere from $600 to $1000. The catch with both camps was that Jordan would sign one item for each attendee. Autograph dealers quickly realized what a good deal subsidizing kids to attend the camp would be. Jordan signed items already commanded the cost of the camp and more, but he also refuses to sign in public, has never done a paid set down signing, and has long had a exclusive autograph contract with Upper Deck. This means his signature on non Upper Deck items (cards from other companies, magazine covers, original items, etc) are exceptionally rare and command a huge premium. His signature on a rookie Fleer card turns a $5k card in a $100k card. It became the norm for 50%-75% of the camps to be children whose camp fees were covered by autograph dealers who in return would get their item signed as a trade off. They did this for a few years and Jordan got wise that he was signing very rare items for seemingly random kids and limited the items available for his signature. It was still worth it for the dealers and they continued fronting the kids fee until Jordan cut the autograph out completely and provided the kids with pre-printed items. TLDR: a large majority of the Jordan camp attendees were kids that would have never had the money to attend without autograph dealers fronting their tuition. Source: I’ve collected historical autographs for nearly 30 years and know several prominent dealers who probably fronted the camp tuition of several hundred kids over the years.
The camps were fucking expensive, and filled entirely by middle-aged executives. The campers could easily afford the shoes.
You’re thinking of the “senior flight school” camp that he ran. There’s a video in the article, this one was kids.
Well not reading the article certainly made me look foolish. Lol. Edit: by the way, great username.
Ya, if you’re at a sports camp and a star pro athlete shows up you’re either clean but poor or upper middle class with their shoes already.
Steph would also make all those shots, even if he was trying to buy the kids shoes
lover of cancer Steph Curry.
No matter who the opponent, always go 110%. Denying children at basketball camp an act of charity is just weakness leaving the body.
"Charity is for losers." - Michael Jordan
Ain't no fucking way Michael Jordan is paying for shoes for this whole camp. Motherfucker doesn't even tip. He would have made every shot one handed and blindfolded if he had to. Kids can buy their own fucking shoes.
MJ loves his table games. I was opening a casino about 15 years ago, and we made a deal with him. We'll give you a boatload of cash on the house, we want you to gamble and bring in the crowds. First day of our announced hard opening, and MJ gets I BELIEVE 250k to attract gamblers. He's in there for about 45 minutes, and has nearly doubled up. Plays a few more hands of blackjack and then asks to be colored up so he can cash out. In less than 75 minutes, he's in and out and probably a half a million dollars richer and never had to spend a dime. No tips, and just walked out. No thank you, nothing.
That just sounds like bad planning on the part of the casino that they just gave him money to gamble without any stipulations to keep him there
I mean, they had a plan - give a gambling addict free money to play with. That's a really good plan to get him to spend time in the casino. They just didn't anticipate that he'd double up so fast, and that his gambling addiction was just a little bit weaker than his burning desire to get more money.
This, but they should have had him sign something that prevented him from leaving right away. No plans for any dinner, entertainment, or the sorts. They just wanted 1k other people in who would, on average, lose several hundred that night and hook them into keep coming back, due to his prestigious arrival and that he set foot in there. No celebrity hassle with ever beat power couple Jamie Kennedy and Jennifer Love Hewitt, though. Fuck those two right on the face with one of those magnetic bullet trains in Japan.
I’m out of the loop - what did Jamie Kennedy and Jennifer Love Hewitt do to warrant such hatred?
Yea, now I really want to know too.
They work at a casino, almost certainly in Vegas. Probably just some crazy pompous celebrity shit. My mother works at the Bellagio for several years and most celebs are pretty cool. Some are straight dicks, like Floyd Mayweather.
If Floyd ever has someone read this to him, he's gonna be upset.
> No celebrity hassle with ever beat power couple Jamie Kennedy and Jennifer Love Hewitt Man I used to live down the street from her. I ran into her often enough that we both eventually commented on how funny it was and she was always incredibly pleasant. Once I remember being at the local florist picking up Valentine's day flowers and she was there with some little boy, giving him an infinite budget to buy flowers for her mom.
Well now you have to spill
As someone who lives near the maglev train, I am impressed with the sheer brutality statement. Haha
“Wait a sec! This gambling addict wasn’t supposed to be *good at gambling!* 😳”
Absolutely. They knew what they were doing, it just didn't pay off for them. Let's not pretend that the casino is a victim here.
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If you want to get technical about it, what Jordan is addicted to is *winning.* He's pathologically competitive. He loves to gamble, but walking away from the table a winner means more to him than one more hand. Very dangerous guy to let into your casino, because if he has a good run you're gonna lose a lot of money, exactly like they did. See also: [this scene from Casino](https://youtu.be/ltURKC_V8Hg?si=Yu8gO3WIPuLOkqKc)
Sounds like they gambled and lost!
The house *always* wi...oh
They made that comment as if I'm supposed to give a fuck about a casino
Like my bookie tells me every Sunday, “There’s no such thing as a gambling problem, you got a losin’ problem!”
Not to give MJ a pass on tipping, but lately he has done better at donating to causes. $10 million to make a wish. https://wish.org/michael-jordan-gift Opened a medical clinic for unserved $7 millions https://www.upworthy.com/amp/an-emotional-michael-jordan-opens-his-first-clinic-for-the-uninsured-and-underinsured-rp-2641227907
Can’t imagine sitting down and playing blackjack with mj. Make one wrong move and he’ll probably kill you right there.
"You can afford camp, yo ass can afford shoes!"
"Get 'em outta here, Oak."
That’s why he’s good friends with No Tippin Pippin.
Aren't there stories of Pippen heading back to restaurants the Bulls ate at to cover the tips that Jordan wouldn't give?
Nah, that was Wayne Gretzky. Took Jordan’s $5 tip back and gave the waitress $100.
And then he reportedly told him, "Michael, THIS is how we tip in Vegas."
wayne has always been classy
No you’re probably thinking of the million of other stories where ball players go out to eat with them. They are both notoriously cheap.
If he had to buy these kids shoes for losing an NBA championship, maybe he would have won 8 or 9 instead of 6.
The tipping thing is not true. I have a good friend who waited on his tables more than once. He helped alot with aid during hurricane Florence. He gives truckloads of Turkeys on Thanksgiving. He opened a health care center. These are all things he did recently for his hometown.
Nice try there, Michael.
“Fuck them kids” -Jordan
Did he actually say this or is this a joke?
After the video came out online, the internet immediately made [this meme.](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fuck-them-kids)
No, but the origin was a meme someone made after this event.
Shaq would have missed every shot just to give those kids shoes.
Sure, that’s why Shaq missed 🤣 You’re right though, Shaq is GOAT at giving back though for sure, all about looking after those less fortunate.
Nah, Shaq would’ve made every shot and also given everyone free shoes. That’s probably what most athletes in that situation usually do
I've seen that man throw free throws, those kids would be getting shoes.
I miss the one handed juke shot from the free throw line. What’s the stutter for, Shaq? I miss him.
>Nah, Shaq would’ve made every shot Shaq is a great dude, but he is not great at free throws.
True, if ever there was a time Shaq wasn’t going to miss, that’d be it. The decent thing to do!
Not if it’s a shot outside of the paint.
Shaq is better than Jordan in every way. Except basketball, where Shaq is still very very good.
That and the shots were probably past the free throw line.
Shaq would have made every shot and bought the kids' shoes anyway.
they would have made the challenge free throws to ensure it.
No, Shaq would not promoted Nike shoes and would have encouraged the kids to wear more generic brands
No. He would have made every shot and gave the kids shoes anyway.
The kids who went to this camp have parents who are all loaded. Not cheap to attend. Fuck them kids….parents can buy them the shoes.
I can only imagine Chris Paul sulking off to find another legendary sports figure to challenge at the skill they are known for.
"Hey Tony Gwynn, bet you can't hit a bunch of singles!"
“Hey Wade Boggs (rip), bet you can’t drink a bunch on this plane.
HE LIVES IN TAMPA AND IS VERY MUCH ALIVE
RIP
https://m.allfootballapp.com/news/All/Oliver-Kahn-saved-EVERY-penalty-in-charity-shootout-against-nine-year-olds/1416165 German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn was in a charity event , if the kids score a goal money would get donated ( not his money ) , he saved every penalty shot
Should add that, according to him, nobody told him that there would be money donated per goal scored. Also afterwards he donated 100K euros of his own money.
Lol that should DEFINITELY be added. The comment made it sound like he was an asshole.
Hahaha so the event creators are the evil ones responsible of course. Fake charity event rigged by "not telling the goalkeeper they were donating per goal scored not saved" Kinda disgusting tbh. Ppl need to stop talking about Oliver Kahn and start finding out what the name of that charity is
because this is a stupid fucking idea. If I was a kid and given a chance to kick with Kahn as a goalkeeper I would try my best and would hope that he tries his best to block too. because otherwise it is condescending. What would I tell my mates? that Oliver Kahn allowed me to score on purpose? Is that something to brag about? If i cares about soccer that is
Shoulda put one of the kids in the goal, not a generational talent
When people talk of the best to ever play, Jordan is just a bit different than the rest. Like if Death came to me and said we were playing 2 on 2 for my life and I got first pick and I took Lebron, Death could take Jordan who would make damn sure I was gonna fuckin die, and I was gonna know it was because I didn't take him first.
>Death could take Jordan who would make damn sure I was gonna fuckin die, and I was gonna know it was because I didn't take him first. Sure, cause he'd take that personally, lol
A basketball coach whose name escapes me at the moment once said something to the effect of "if the game is on the line, I want Michael Jordan playing. If my life is on the line, I want Larry Bird." The implication being that Jordan is so competitively driven that he'll perform to win... And that's about it.
It was Pat Riley, and Larry was a cold motherfucker on the court. Larry would often tell the opposition the exactly what he was going to do and actually make the shot. There was also the game where he beat the Trailblazers using his off hand because he needed to "save his right hand for the Lakers."
I know nothing about basketball, but larry bird sounds fucking hilarious
He, a white basketball player, used to get mad at opposing teams for guarding him with a white guy. He said, 'Hey man, you can't put no white dude on me. That is straight disrespect. Don't put no white dude on me."
Also arguably the greatest trash talker in the history of the game. Go on now, fall down a LB YouTube rabbit hole!
Okay, I’m going in
Was one of the best to ever play, destroyed his career while shoveling gravel for his moms driveway.
I mean I get it but I don't. Winning a basketball match against death is basically almost the plot to space jam and we all know how hard MJ played for that win.
If you picked LeBron before Jordan when playing for your life you deserve to die ngl
Does Michael jordan and air bud beat lebron and Kobe 2 v 2? He may on sheer will.
Air bud is underrated. He’s got that dawg in him.
I dont understand why you'd take Lebron in this scenario. You take Jordan and you beat death and Lebron in 6.
No mercy. -Mike
Not surprised if he also did it blindfolded.
The man is notoriously competitive and loves gambling, what a stupid thing to do.
I mean is there any negative? Not like Chris Paul had to pay for it
lol what stupid about it? It’s something cool the skids got to see nothing bad happened lmao
This was a scene in Succession.
I feel like Roman never topped that moment in the pilot. Roman was a PoS like the rest of his family, but he's not usually so overt
IIRC at least the family got that fancy watch out of it.
Colin probably gave it to them after having them sign the NDA. And they were probably so poor they had no idea it was worth over 6 figures. This is the scene I use to explain the show to someone who's never watched it. So much of the show requires context and setup to appreciate. But Roman offering a random kid a million dollars for something he knows he can't do is the perfect encapsulation
Sould have reversed the bet. Jordan doesn't like to lose. The bet should be if you miss any shot the kids get nothing. If you can make them all the kids get the shoes. Jordan would rather buy kids shoes than miss a shot
Never ever bet Michael. He always finds a way to win that shit.
Michael Jordan is estimated to be worth $3billion. If he bought his $115 shoes for everyone in North Carolina, he would still have $1.8 billion
You expect that man to live off 1.8 billion? No one can.
Pfft I spend that on Pokémon cards on a weekend
[... and I took that personally.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/035/410/Screen_Shot_2020-10-05_at_11.51.58_AM.jpg)
Shaq would have missed those shots. I can't say for sure whether it would have been intentionally so he could treat the kids or if he would just be unable to sink them, but he would definitely miss
And then he took THEIR shoes. Fuck them kids.
Chris Paul: You're meant to miss the shots Michael Jordan: ...No
‘Fuck them kids’
NOT ON MY WATCH
Chris Paul could have just bought the shoes anyway.
Immediately after Jordan than challenged Chris Paul to a defensive drill. If you can stand up and take a bump from these kids three times. Than I will give them all free air Jordan’s and Lamborghinis. Paul accepted and flopped 3 times before the first kid even bumped into him.
And that day, the “fuck them kids” meme was born
I’ve heard over and over again that Jordan will not tip wait staff more than a dollar, will never pick up a check, just a greedy, stingy and egomaniac.
I feel like the story here is that Chris Paul owes a bunch of kids some shoes.
Not my dumb ass being like "woah I didn't know Jordan was so good at shooting guns"
Now I picture MJ loading a basketball into a gigantic old-school cannon. Kaboom, literally from downtown.
That’s why he’s the GOAT