Jordan challenged MKG to a game of 1 on 1. MKG accepted.

[Cry Havoc]

And Jordan won. :wow

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/michael-jordan-beat-kidd-gilchrist-at-one-on-one-last-month/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Turns out, Michael Jordan still pretty good at the basketball thing.

About a month ago Jordan, who turns 50 this weekend, challenged 19-year-old Michael Kidd-Gilchrist to a game of one-on-one after practice. Kidd-Gilchrist is the No. 2 pick of the Bobcats, the team Jordan owns.

If I had to bet on that game (and you know Jordan would have taken the action) I would have gone with youth. I would have lost, Kidd-Gilchrist told Dave Zangaro of CSNHouston.com.

“He did play me 1-on-1 one time,” Kidd-Gilchrist said on Friday morning before playing on Team Shaq in the Rising Stars Challenge Friday night. “And it was hard for me … I lost. I lost to a 50-year-old guy. That’s my boss, though. He’s the best player to play the game.”

This wasn’t a case of making sure the boss beat you at golf, either.

“No,” he said emphatically. “No. I didn’t allow him to beat me. Because that’s my boss? Nah.”

So MKG, could MJ still survive in the NBA at age 50?

“That wouldn’t shock me at all,” Kidd-Gilchrist said about a possible Jordan comeback. “He still has it. He does.”

If Jordan could drop 14 in an NBA game now I wouldn’t be shocked. But at 50, he’d need about a week to recover from the exertion.

[Brunodf]

That kid sucks tbh

[whitemamba]

That kid sucks tbh

idk, im sure MJ can still ball, according to the article at least

[Cry Havoc]

idk, im sure MJ can still ball, according to the article at least

Yeah, it makes sense, I'm sure Jordan's handles are light-years ahead of MKG. Probably better than anyone on the team.

[tlongII]

MJ is the greatest of all time. Not a surprise.

[CubanMustGo]

What a shame he's a total fuckwit as an owner. Maybe he should work harder on that aspect of his 'game'.

[Lincoln]

Didn't benefactor or baseline bum say this kid would be good and MBA ready?

[cd98]

I'm sure MKG knows that Mike has to win regardless of what he says in an interview.

[anonoftheinternets]

Didn't benefactor (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=13284) or baseline bum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131) say this kid would be good and MBA ready?
Well if hes already got some work-ex and good letters of recommendation who knows.... me? I think an MBA is overrated... but hey with an MBA, its usually what the hiring manager thinks.

[baseline bum]

Didn't benefactor or baseline bum say this kid would be good and MBA ready?

He's not up there with Lollard, Davis, or Drummond for ROY, but he's still having a pretty good rookie season. No one's going to bust his 50 year-old boss' ass. MKG probably played the kind of defense you see in this monkeyball gif tbh

http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq267/oldcatman/OBAMA-basketball.gif

[TDMVPDPOY]

MKG is fkn raw no skillset...

[san antonio spurs]

That kid did what anyone with a brain must do when playing a meaningless game against a boss who is very competitive and has a very long memory and hatred for those who did him wrong. Very smart kid.

[Pelicans78]

Maybe MJ ought to challenge someone with a jump shot.

[cd98]

If MKG, at his age, can't beat a 50 year old Jordan, then he was a waste of a draft pick. We saw Jordan in Washington and that was ten years ago.

[BUMP]

We saw Jordan in Washington and that was ten years ago.

Exactly, hopefully nobody is stupid enough to believe MKG actually wasn't half assing it and/or just lying about the whole thing.

[Richie]

MKG doesn't have a jump shot, I can believe Jordan could have out played him with his basketball IQ. A big part of defence is knowing how to play a guy correctly, and Jordan will still have all that knowledge.

[Latarian Milton]

a 50yr old jordan would still be a solid role player for any NBA team, nigga would've won double-digit rings if he wanted tbh

[cd98]

a 50yr old jordan would still be a solid role player for any NBA team, nigga would've won double-digit rings if he wanted tbh

Nonsense. Drinking MJ koolaid. He couldn't make the worst team in the NBA, which happens to be his Bobcats. Except for MKG's spot. Maybe if he makes the team bad enough...

[rayjayjohnson]

Jordan is hella fat tho

[Calispursfan11]

Skip Bayless thinks if Jordan comes back right now at 50, he can average 15 points, 6-7 boards 4-5 assists per game for the Bobcats.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xchYSe00u8

[TIMMYtoZO]

:lol None of this surprises me after reading "When Nothing Else Matters", the book that revealed everything on Jordan's time with the Wizards. MKG did what he had to do to stay on MJ's good side.

[timvp]

It's going to be sweet when Michael Jordan gets cloned and then pumped with PEDs to create the ultimate basketball player. Hopefully they clone me so I can watch, tbh.

[irishock]

It's going to be sweet when Michael Jordan gets cloned and then pumped with PEDs to create the ultimate basketball player. Hopefully they clone me so I can watch, tbh.

There's no point in pumping PEDs again because Jordan is already..... oh wait nvm

[HarlemHeat37]

Even if MKG didn't let him win, which I doubt, playing a slow-paced half court game does not necessarily equate to success in a full-court game at NBA speed..

[timvp]

As for MKG, I like him. Gotta remember that he's a young 19 so his upside is still huge. He's on a bad team with limited playmakers yet he's still relatively efficient and productive at a really young age.

He's really similar to Kawhi Leonard; I'd say MKG has the higher ceiling because he's a much better athlete (Leonard really isn't that athletic ... he just looks the part, tbh). Leonard is the better shooter and has better perimeter skills, so his floor is higher.

But, yeah, Jordan finally got one right with MKG. I think he's going to be an All-Star. He's a bit underrated prospect-wise right now just because people aren't factoring in his youth enough. Reasonable per 40-minute averages in his peak = 18 points, 11 rebounds and three assists. At SF, that's pretty damn good.

[racm]

As for MKG, I like him. Gotta remember that he's a young 19 so his upside is still huge. He's on a bad team with limited playmakers yet he's still relatively efficient and productive at a really young age.

He's really similar to Kawhi Leonard; I'd say MKG has the higher ceiling because he's a much better athlete (Leonard really isn't that athletic ... he just looks the part, tbh). Leonard is the better shooter and has better perimeter skills, so his floor is higher.

But, yeah, Jordan finally got one right with MKG. I think he's going to be an All-Star. He's a bit underrated prospect-wise right now just because people aren't factoring in his youth enough. Reasonable per 40-minute averages in his peak = 18 points, 11 rebounds and three assists. At SF, that's pretty damn good.

And his skill set isn't one for being great on 1 on 1. Like Kawhi he thrives best in a team ball setting where he can play off of the established stars. Marion built up a career of being a great glue guy after all.

If the Bobcats had a shooting coach MKG will be great before his contract extension comes up.

[dbreiden83080]

Jordan is now drafting scrubs he can beat 1 on 1 to boost his ego as he gets older. Wilt supposedly beat Magic in a pick-up game once..

[Sportstudi]

Jordan is now drafting scrubs he can beat 1 on 1 to boost his ego as he gets older. Wilt supposedly beat Magic in a pick-up game once..

when was that? 1979?

[Slutter McGee]

What a bunch of bullshit. MKG could have put Jordan on his ass if he wanted to. But the fact that he didn't means he ain't a real competitor. Jordan is a fucking dumbass, letting his ego dictate everything he does. You are a GM now. You want your players to beat you. You want them to gain confidence. But no, what does this dumbfuck do? He scares his players into losing.

Jordan may have been the best basketball player to ever live, but he is one of the biggest fucktards to live also, and apparently has the Intelligent Quotient of my right nutsack.

Probably is gay also, but refuses to be a bottom even though he can't get it up. Its the ego.

Slutter McGee

[8FOR!3]

Can MJ just come back so we can see if he's still any decent?

[TDMVPDPOY]

bobcats wasting 2 picks drafting clowns with no skillset...him and bismack

[dbreiden83080]

What a bunch of bullshit. MKG could have put Jordan on his ass if he wanted to. But the fact that he didn't means he ain't a real competitor. Jordan is a fucking dumbass, letting his ego dictate everything he does. You are a GM now. You want your players to beat you. You want them to gain confidence. But no, what does this dumbfuck do? He scares his players into losing.


This pretty much sums MJ up post-retirement. He is a miserable SOB in retirement. Anyone that saw his HOF Speech could easily see that. He spent 23 min acting like a schoolyard bully talking shit about anyone and everyone that ever slighted him on the way up or questioned his ability to stay on top. His contemporaries and friends like Barkley have found a great and enjoying second career for themselves in the media; MJ probably always thought he was above all that stuff so there he sits in his thousand dollar suits as an owner watching his shitty team that he selected play all the while thinking “Why can’t I be young again”? “Maybe today is a good day to pick a fight or challenge one of the scrubs I drafted, since I am need of an ego boost”..

[Leetonidas]

some serious butthurt toward MJ in this thread

[Slutter McGee]

some serious butthurt toward MJ in this thread

At least my gambling problems didn't result in the death of my father. Oh wait...I don't have a gambling problem.

Slutter McGee

[Latarian Milton]

even the god is not perfect imho.

[ace3g]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-yW8TIe0YJM

[Seventyniner]

This pretty much sums MJ up post-retirement. He is a miserable SOB in retirement. Anyone that saw his HOF Speech could easily see that. He spent 23 min acting like a schoolyard bully talking shit about anyone and everyone that ever slighted him on the way up or questioned his ability to stay on top. His contemporaries and friends like Barkley have found a great and enjoying second career for themselves in the media; MJ probably always thought he was above all that stuff so there he sits in his thousand dollar suits as an owner watching his shitty team that he selected play all the while thinking “Why can’t I be young again”? “Maybe today is a good day to pick a fight or challenge one of the scrubs I drafted, since I am need of an ego boost”..

Can you imagine Kobe Bryant being any different at 50? Kind of sad, really.