Michael Jordan Didn’t Want Bulls to Trade Charles Oakley for Bill Cartwright, but He Later Realized He Was Wrong: ‘I Felt We Were Giving Away Too Many Years by Trading a Young Rebounder for an Old Guy Who Hadn’t Played a Full Season, but It Was the Best Trade’
Michael Jordan Never Played Basketball With Tiger Woods Due to Woods Being Frightened: ‘He’s Scared, I’ll Knock His Brains Out, I’m in a Contact Sport’
Michael Jordan Cursed Out Teammate Who Lost $17,000 to Him During Card Game for Not Having His Money and Needing His Dad to Pay Him: ‘Don’t Fu—– Play With Me if You Can’t Pay Off’
Michael Jordan Went to New York City Bar to Recruit Future All-Star Forward to Bulls and Waited Over an Hour to Make His Pitch: ‘He Told Me All He Needs Is for Me to Rebound and He’ll Get Me 2 or 3 Rings’
Michael Jordan Only Missed 1 Bulls Game After Coming Back From Baseball and It Was Because of an Ingrown Toenail: ‘That’s Mike’s Hidden Gem, 357 Out of 358 Games’
Michael Jordan Was Respected So Much by Dennis Rodman That the Worm Was Subservient to MJ: ‘He Never Did Anything for Michael That He Didn’t Do for the Rest of Us, but There Was Just This Understanding That Michael Is the Greatest and I’m Below Him’
Dennis Rodman Was 1 of Tex Winter’s Favorite Players to Coach on the Bulls: ‘Rodman Picked Up the Triangle Faster Than Any Other Player’
Michael Jordan Loved Dennis Rodman So Much as a Player That He Had No Problem Dealing With His Eccentric Personality: ‘His Dresses Doesn’t Bother Me, His Hair Doesn’t Bother Me’
Dennis Rodman Didn’t Respect David Robinson as a Player When They Were Teammates on the Spurs: ‘He Had Problems With David’s Intensity and Work Ethic in Practice’
Michael Jordan Never Fell in Love With the United Center as He Did With the Chicago Stadium: ‘The United Center Is Like a Mall, Chicago Stadium Is Like a Gym’
Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen Talked Trash to Each Other in Practice When They Were on Opposite Teams: ‘Sometimes We Are on Opposite Teams in Practice and Go At Each Other, but My Team Usually Wins’
Michael Jordan and Bulls Didn’t Start 1995-96 Season Trying to Win 72 Games, but Once They Got Within Reach, They Went for It: ‘It Was Not Something We Started Out the Season Trying to Achieve’
Michael Jordan Was Tempted to Call Bulls During 1st Retirement to Offer Help but Never Ended Up Doing It: ‘I Was Constantly Busy With the Baseball Thing’
Michael Jordan Thought Dennis Rodman Should Have Been Selected as 1 of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History: ‘Come on Now, 1 of the Best Rebounders in the Game’
Michael Jordan Would Have Paid Money to See Scottie Pippen Play Basketball During His Prime: ‘I Would Pay to See Scottie Pippen Play, at Times He Amazes Me’
Michael Jordan Had Savage Message for Players Who Wore His Shoes While Playing Against Him: ‘Don’t Embarrass My Shoes’
Michael Jordan Became More Methodical in the Methods That He Carried Out After Coming Out of Retirement: ‘It Wasn’t Physical as Much, It Was More the Mental Challenges That I Dealt With’
Michael Jordan Learned a Valuable Lesson From His Veterans During His Rookie Season With the Bulls: ‘Not to Be Like Them’
Michael Jordan Never Viewed Himself as a Better Player Than Magic Johnson or Larry Bird: ‘I Don’t Put Myself Above Them, I Think That We’re All on Parallel Ground Here’
Michael Jordan Never Fully Got Used to the Triangle Offense Despite Winning 6 Titles in It: ‘That’s How Difficult It Is, It’s a Difficult System’
Michael Jordan Believes There Was Immense Value for Scottie Pippen to Play Without Him When He Retired in 1993: ‘I Think It Exposed Him to a Lot of the Sheltering That I Gave Him’
Michael Jordan Used to Get Destroyed by His Brother in Pick-Up Games and the Losses Developed His Love for Basketball and Made Him Work Harder: ‘He Would Beat Me, Talk to Me and Not Let Me Forget About It’
Michael Jordan Was Intimidated the 1st Time He Faced Shaquille O’Neal in the NBA: ‘I Just Couldn’t Fathom How Big He Was’
Michael Jordan Didn’t Look Like a Real Person the 1st Time Allen Iverson Played Against Him: ‘I Looked at That Man and He Didn’t Look Human to Me’
Scottie Pippen Gave Jerry Krause Massive Public Compliment Despite Hating Him: ‘We Can’t Knock Him, We Gotta Give Him Credit’
Derrick Rose Received Phenomenal Praise From All-Star Teammate for Not Retiring Despite Undergoing 4 Knee Surgeries: ‘So Many People Just Talked So Bad About Him, but He Just Kept Fighting’
Michael Jordan Celebrity Friend Destroyed Jerry Reinsdorf and Jerry Krause on National TV for Breaking Up Bulls in ‘98: ‘It’s a Shame What Krause and Reinsdorf Are Doing, I Don’t Understand It’
Michael Jordan Called Al Harrington a ‘H*e’ and Scored 41 Points on Him but Showed Off His Compassionate Side After the Game: ‘He Signed Some Shoes and Sent It to Me and I Didn’t Even Ask Him for Them’
Michael Jordan Gave Hornets Player Simple Words of Encouragement That Changed His Career Forever: ‘He Basically Told Me I Drafted You for a Reason’
Michael Jordan Being an Intense Competitor and Demanding Teammate Didn’t Surprise Best Player He Drafted in Charlotte: ‘If You Want to Win as Many Championships and Accomplish What This Man Has Accomplished, That’s the Way You Have to Be’
LeBron James Had TV Announcer Yelling on the Mic Profusely After Scoring 24 Points in 1 Quarter While Not Missing a Shot: ‘How About LeBron!’
Michael Jordan Made 1 of the Best Players in NBA History Look Like an Absolute Fool by Turning the Bulls Around and Winning 6 Rings: ‘Michael Gotta Realize He’s Not Seven-Foot, so He’s Not Gonna Carry a Team’
Michael Jordan Paid Homage to Dennis Rodman by Giving Him Ultimate Compliment: ‘Dennis Was One of the Smartest Guys I Played With’
Michael Jordan Thought It Was Unfair Bulls Management Wanted To Rebuild After 5th Title: ‘I Would Never Let Someone Who’s Not Putting on a Uniform and Playing Each and Every Day Dictate What We Do on the Basketball Court’
Michael Jordan Went Up to Doug Collins in the 4th Quarter and Promised He Wouldn’t Let Him Lose His First Game as Coach: ‘He Went Out and Scored Like the Last 10 Points of the Game, Ended Up With 50′
Michael Jordan Publicly Declared Bulls Would Have to ‘Fall Asleep’ for Their Opponent to Win a Single Game Against Them And His Brashness Nearly Backfired on Him: ‘They Were Napping in Game 1′
Kobe Bryant Played With Torn Rotator Cuff in His Shoulder for Several Years Before Having Surgery: ‘I’ve Had This Pain for a Long Time and It’s Just I’ve Never Actually Gotten Looked at Because the Strength Was So Good’
Michael Jordan Prevented 1 of the Best Defenders in NBA History From Realizing How Good Scottie Pippen Was: ‘When Scottie Was With Michael, It Was All About Michael’
Why Did Kobe Bryant Ask Michael Jordan a Question About His Turnaround Jumper During the Middle of a Game? ‘His Technique Was Flawless, I Wanted to Make Sure My Technique Was Just as Flawless’
LeBron James Taught Chris Bosh’s Girlfriend a Lesson by Scoring 24 Points in 4th Quarter and Destroying Raptors After She Talked Trash to Him: ‘It’s Your Fault’
LeBron James Demolished a Team After Their General Manager Bashed Him for Joining Heat by Hitting First 11 Shots and Scoring 51 Points: ‘I Thought He Was More of a Competitor’
Michael Jordan and Bulls Weren’t Surprised Dennis Rodman Intentionally Pushed Scottie Pippen to the Ground and Tried to Hurt Him in Game 4 of ‘91 ECF: ‘You Know Something’s Coming, This Team Is Desperate’
Michael Jordan Ridiculing Luc Longley in Longley’s Documentary Didn’t Bother the Center One Bit: ‘Luc Was Completely Cool About That, He Loved It’
LeBron James Destroyed Trash-Talking Fan Who Said He Couldn’t Shoot by Hitting 4 Straight Jumpers in Front of Him and Scoring 39 Points: ‘He Said Shoot It, You Can’t Shoot, so I Said OK’
Michael Jordan Refused to Pass Ball to Teammate Despite Phil Jackson Calling Timeout to Tell Him to Make the Pass: ‘You Are Not Catching the Ball, if I Pass You the Ball, You Have to Catch the Ball’
LeBron James Received Standing Ovation From Away Crowd That Hated Michael Jordan After Putting on Spectacular Show: ‘You Don’t See That a Lot, but That Shows You How Dominant of a Performance This Young Man Had’
Michael Jordan Was So Dangerously Fouled and Taken Out of the Air by Bill Laimbeer That His Coach Came on the Court and Fought Chuck Daly: ‘When Do You Ever See This!’
Michael Jordan Played Golf With Celtics Player Day Before Dropping 63 Points in Playoff Game and Predicted His Historical Performance: ‘Tell Your Boy DJ I Got Something for Him Tomorrow’
Michael Jordan Teammate Was in Awe After Bulls Magically Beat Jazz in Game 6 of ’98 Finals Despite Trailing by 3 With 41 Seconds Left: ‘You’re F—–g Unbelievable’
Michael Jordan Surprised Hall of Famer by Winning 6 Titles With the Bulls: ‘6 Championships? I Don’t Know if Anybody Ever Thought That’
Michael Jordan Didn’t Wear His Shorts Backward in Comeback Game Against Pacers in ‘95 Despite Media Proclaiming He Did: ‘That’s a Quality Control Problem at Champion, Not Michael Not Knowing How to Put His Shorts On’
