Michael Jordan is a living legend. Forget everything he did on the court, which is nearly unmatched. Everything around him just seems legendary, like there are so many stories about him that just seem untrue.
Jordanās sole presence intimidates grown men. Up to this day, NBA players are still scared to look him in the eye or talk to him in the first person. Even some of them are starstruck just by being in the same room with him.
Thatās why Jordan took it on himself to try and toughen his Charlotte Bobcats up. According to Stephen Jackson, he took a bunch of second-stringers and beat the first team in practice just to make a point.
NBA News: Stephen Jackson Tells How Michael Jordan Beat Charlotte Bobcatsā Starters In Practice
āI was playing in Charlotte, right? The first year I got there, we got to the playoffs for the first time and MJ loved me for that and all,ā Jackson started. āBut when I first got there, it was kind of rocky. So, we got our ass beat by somebody and he came in the locker room after the game and is going off on us like we need to get our sh** together.ā
āHe came to practice the next day, back on that sh**, āYāall think yāall did something?ā Started talking about all his accolades, āTake my shoes off.āā¦ This sh** kinda directed at me and Gerald Wallace; weāre the leaders of the team,ā Jackson added.
āHe gets on the second team in practice and we lose. This was in 2010, whatever he had on, he came out there, whoever Gerald Wallace was guarding at the three guard, kicked him out and got in that spot and played with the second team,ā Jackson continued.āHe scored a couple of points, and to the point he talked so much shit afterwards, he grabbed the ball and dunked one on the way out.ā
Well, thatās classic Michael Jordan right there. Unfortunately, that competitive spirit and drive havenāt rubbed on the Charlotte Hornets, as theyāre still looking to win their first NBA championship and look years away from that.
