Posted on 08/05/2018 11:51:00 AM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
A day after scoring 39 points against Portland, Michael Jordan took a different sort of shot this afternoon -- from one of his teammates.
Craig Hodges, the Bulls' 3-point shooting specialist and one of the league's best, chided Jordan and other National Basketball Association players for failing to use their visibility to call attention to pressing social and political issues, from the deepening plight of inner-city youth to the failure of owners to hire more black head coaches.
Hodges spoke after the other Bulls had left practice for the day, and Jordan could not be reached for comment.
The 31-year-old Hodges, who has chided Jordan in the past, called Jordan's lack of response to the recent violence in Los Angeles a typical maneuver to avoid controversy. 'You Are Bailing Out'
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
And who remembers Craig Hodges?
To paraphrase Jordan...”Republicans buy shoes too”.
Last year Jordan donated $7 million to a medical clinic in North Carolina.
He is doing good things.
With Air Jordans selling for up to $200 a pair, better not get too political.
Remember the outrage when Dennis Rodman said if Larry Bird was black, he’d be just another good NBA player? Yeah, me neither.
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