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Skip Bayless Is Desperate to Confirm Michael Jordan Was Suspended by the NBA
MSN ^ | Brandon Contes

Posted on 05/24/2023 9:42:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway

kip Bayless wants answers on the decades-old conspiracy theory that Michael Jordan’s first NBA retirement was actually a forced suspension.

Jordan shocked the world in 1993 when he left the NBA after winning his third straight title to pursue a career in baseball. Retiring in the prime of his career rather than cementing himself as the greatest NBA player of all time went against everything Bayless perceives the legendary competitor to be.

Jordan has maintained that his baseball detour was meant to fulfill the wishes of his late father. But there have always been conspiracies surrounding his first retirement, with some believing it was a sort of wink-and-nudge suspension from then-NBA commissioner David Stern who was set on punishing Jordan for his notorious gambling escapades.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Sports
KEYWORDS: bayless; jordan; michaeljordan; nba; skipworthless; sports
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1 posted on 05/24/2023 9:42:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

i remember hearing the gambling rumor even then.


2 posted on 05/24/2023 9:54:00 PM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: nickcarraway

Due to gambling, from what I heard.


3 posted on 05/24/2023 9:59:18 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: nickcarraway

This is just a hack journalist who used to run around calling Troy Aikman gay…Michael’s dad always wanted him to play baseball and he felt that he did all he could do in the NBA. He went out to tryout for baseball to honor his father who was murdered in 93. Dude is a piece of work.


4 posted on 05/24/2023 10:00:59 PM PDT by Lod881019
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To: Lod881019

Please make him go away. Please. I’m begging. Make Skip Bayless go away.


5 posted on 05/24/2023 10:09:54 PM PDT by Ms. AntiFeminazi
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To: Lod881019
Michael’s dad always wanted him to play baseball and he felt that he did all he could do in the NBA. He went out to tryout for baseball to honor his father who was murdered in 93.

Jordan had won three straight NBA titles at the time and was acclaimed as the best player in the game. He was certainly entitled to feel that he'd achieved everything he could possibly have wanted in the NBA.
6 posted on 05/24/2023 10:11:03 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: WoofDog123

None of it sounds real.


7 posted on 05/24/2023 10:23:04 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the cosmological implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: reasonisfaith

strange stuff happens. did he gamble? that part doesn’t seem to ever be disputed. just because you are fabulously wealthy doesn’t mean you don’t become a serious gambler. (if anything, it can enable it).

dirty laundry is covered up when hundreds of millions are at stake.

if it happened, no one wanted a repeat of the pete rose business. (pete was also had an extremely successful career and gambled, allegedly including on games his team was in, apparently).


8 posted on 05/24/2023 10:34:30 PM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
"...He was certainly entitled to feel that he'd achieved everything he could possibly have wanted in the NBA."

And further, the opportunity to try another professional sport before his athletic prime passed him by.

9 posted on 05/24/2023 10:46:19 PM PDT by JParris
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To: reasonisfaith

There is zero chance anyone in the NBA leadership in that era would have suspended Jordan. He was the biggest star on the planet and making them billions.

He could have murdered a school bus filled with children and the NBA would have covered it up.


10 posted on 05/24/2023 10:50:39 PM PDT by Renfrew (Muscovia delenda est)
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To: nickcarraway

The Bulls probably would have won eight straight championships if not for the two year “hiatus”. At least it gave Chicago a two year break from the victory rioting.


11 posted on 05/24/2023 11:21:10 PM PDT by dznutz
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To: nickcarraway

The way I see it, at least he wasn’t taking a knee.


12 posted on 05/24/2023 11:34:22 PM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: nickcarraway

John Edwards bayless isn’t qualified to carry a dirty diaper


13 posted on 05/25/2023 12:31:24 AM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: dznutz

And possibly prolonged Jordan’s career - not having the wear and tear on his body, especially when you had teams like Detroit just hack him to death in order to stop him. If anyone should have been kicked out of the league during that time frame, it should have been Lambrier.


14 posted on 05/25/2023 12:36:41 AM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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Laimbeer was one of the crew that Johnny Most referred to as “the hatchet brothers”. Bird holds a strong dislike for him to this day.


15 posted on 05/25/2023 12:48:09 AM PDT by HandyDandy (dominus vobiscum)
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To: Lod881019

His brother Rick Bayless ain’t so great either. While not as obnoxious as Skip, he’s a big supporter of illegal immigrants which I think is pretty common for people in the restaurant business. I’m not sure how the rest of Rick’s politics are, but I’m guessing pretty far left.


16 posted on 05/25/2023 1:39:53 AM PDT by FreedomForce
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To: nickcarraway

Mike isn’t coming out of the Hall of Fame. He’s not coming out of anyone’s list.

This guy isn’t going to uncover any “news.”

Skip should just go away.


17 posted on 05/25/2023 5:07:12 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: nickcarraway

1993?

Okay, now I feel OLD!..........................


18 posted on 05/25/2023 5:29:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: HandyDandy
Strong dislike is putting it extremely mildly. Bird outright hates that arsehole.

If I remember that era of the NBA correctly, the media were partly responsible for the Pistons style of play. The media glamourized the Pistons during that time.

19 posted on 05/25/2023 8:22:50 AM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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It was such a relief to finally get past Detroit in the Eastern Conference finals.


20 posted on 05/25/2023 8:35:59 AM PDT by dznutz
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