Michael Jordan: Bird best trash talker, would rather play Curry than LeBron
In a Q&A at Michael Jordan Flight School, the living legend addressed a wide variety of questions. Some of them were even about basketball.
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Michael Jordan didn't just talk about LeBron James at his Q&A at his camp on the weekend. Speaking to kids -- including, presumably, the one who made the place go crazy by sinking a bunch of shots -- at Michael Jordan Flight School, the (arguable) GOAT went over all sorts of things.
Here's the video, courtesy of Bay Area HQ:
And here are eight notes:
1) Jordan wanted to be ... a weatherman? Sure? He said he took cultural geography, an introduction to meteorology, in college. "I always wanted to be the weatherman," he said. "Don’t laugh. It’s funny, but that’s what I really wanted to do. So if I wasn’t playing basketball or baseball, I was going to tell you what the weather was going to be like tomorrow."
2) He said these words: "I love Robin Thicke. He's probably one of my favorites."
3) If Jordan, as owner, could pluck one player from NBA history and give him, in his prime, a Charlotte Hornets uniform, he'd pick Hakeem Olajuwon. "Not counting myself," he made sure to disclaim.
4) Best trash talker he's ever played against: Larry Bird, predictably. Less predictable was how he described it: "He talks a lot of trash," Jordan said. "Good trash, not dirty trash. Good trash." Don't you love good trash?
5) He responded to Shaquille O'Neal's assertion that an all-time Lakers team would beat an all-time Bulls team by 50: "I just felt like he was just talking. You know, it’s a debate. The thing is, we would never know. I think we would’ve killed them. He thinks they would’ve killed us. You guys decide."
6) Who would Jordan go one-on-one with, Stephen Curry or LeBron? He said Curry, though he curiously pronounced his first name, "Stephon." The rationale for his choice? "I'm a little bigger than him, so I can kind of back him in."
7) If he was to choose one coach for one game, he's go with Dean Smith, not Phil Jackson: "Phil was lucky because I was taught the game by Dean Smith."
8) Bugs Bunny stole the spotlight from him in Space Jam, but he's not mad about it. "He was much more famous than me," Jordan said. "And he's still more famous than me."
Good stuff, right? I just can't believe nobody asked him about that unfortunate mustache from a few years ago. I guess the campers were infants then.
