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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When a celebrity is reported to have done something wrong, what’s really happening is he’s threatened the deep state cabal in some way.
Some way that will expose their dirty deeds.
So they either make stuff up about him, or act like they care that he gambles, or they plant evidence of some sort.
Bottom line: the real criminals have learned to hide themselves while they run our world.
But their time is short.
I was following the Pistons big time during their bad boys days...what a treat it was to see them grow. They couldn't beat LA with Magic then they figured out how. They couldn't beat the Celtics with Bird then figured it out. Then they held off the Bulls with Jordan as long as they could. The Bulls/Pistons match ups were always great!
I worked with a guy that played against Jordan in baseball and the manager told the pitchers that if Jordan got a hit off of them, they’d get demoted. Said he went out with a bunch of them after the game and Jordan was cool to hang out with & didn’t try to throw his weight around or buy all the drinks. He wanted to be one of the guys.
The Pistons were a bunch of thugs, glorified by the press.
I saw Jordan play AA ball against the Orlando Twins.
Bo Jackson too. It seemed like Bo could go from first base to 3rd in about 2.5 seconds.
Jordan had a sort of loopy swing. Hitting a major league curve is supposed to be the hardest thing to do in sports
“Straight ball I hit very well, curve ball, bats are afraid.”
I saw Jordan play AA ball against the Orlando Twins.
Bo Jackson too. It seemed like Bo could go from first base to 3rd in about 2.5 seconds.
Jordan had a sort of loopy swing. Hitting a major league curve is supposed to be the hardest thing to do in sports. Seems like that was Michael’s weakness in baseball.
LOL
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