Dr J was another big handed dude
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I noticed the same with Rodman. The drinks in his hands looked like shot glasses.
On another note, do NBA players wear new basketball shoes for every game? Jordan was always lacing up a new pair on this weeks episodes. Or was that just because of his last year in Chicago?
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Some wear new ones just about every game or at least for warm ups. They were showing MJ doing some of those Make A Wish type of events and players can autograph the shoes for auctions or gifts as "game worn" shoes.
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When it comes to hand size, there is Andre The Giant and then there is everyone else.
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Nobody like Andre. He once drank 156 beers in one sitting.
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Most of us would barf before hitting 156 ounces.
When he hung out at Oliver's in White Plains, I only recall him drinking Hieneken bottles. Good to know he slummed on Molson!
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Most of you need to sack up. 156 is like 13 beers.
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I hear Wade Boggs was a beast too...Pound for Pound drinking champion
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Jordan, Dr. J, and Kawhi all have freakishly large hands. They have the hand size of someone who is supposed to be like 8 feet tall.
Jordan has freakishly large hands and really wide thumbs, you add that to his small feet for his size (13,) and his skinny ankles and high claves and you have someone who is perfectly built for basketball. Those physical attributes coupled with an unmatched drive to improve, competitiveness, and desire to win at all costs and you have yourself a monster...
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Isiah wasn't wrong about the handshake. Larry Bird never shook hands when he lost. He has said so on multiple occasions. Jordan just can't deal with feeling like he was slighted because Isiah didn't kiss the ring.
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They didn't just snub the handshake, they left with time on the clock. That was bush league.
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Many of us drink actual beer and not Bud Light.
Like your list..Got one other for you..Connie Hawkins.. He and Dr J would palm the BB like it was a grapefruit as they swooped in for another dunk..Jordan, Dr. J, and Kawhi all have freakishly large hands. They have the hand size of someone who is supposed to be like 8 feet tall.
Jordan has freakishly large hands and really wide thumbs, you add that to his small feet for his size (13,) and his skinny ankles and high claves and you have someone who is perfectly built for basketball. Those physical attributes coupled with an unmatched drive to improve, competitiveness, and desire to win at all costs and you have yourself a monster...
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Bud Light? Occasionally but not beer of choice. April-September it's mostly Sam '76 for easy summer drinking and coming in cans which means it's perfect for beaches and boats.
Also pre 1990 fans would storm the court the Celtics were the road team at the time, the Pistons leaving the court was orchestrated by Laimbeer and they were laughing. Its almost like Isiah tries really hard to be liked.
Were not gonna get the whole story, but the MJ retirement in 94 has always been shady to me, there is a conspiracy out there that the 93-94 season was a hush hush suspension from Stern for gambling, and baseball was a cover up, it just so happened his father got murdered during that offseason and the after math of that was shady as well.
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The Celtics left while Dantley was shooting a free throw. Check the video.
I am not saying it was a good or bad thing, just it wasn't uncommon.
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No way would Stern suspend Michael Jordan for recreational gambling and not let the world know about it. Shaming a person for wrongdoing is at least half the punishment.
Don't get all defensive, im just saying there is more to the story then whats being reported, not everything is a bed of roses, there is a shady dark side there, and honestly I'm fine with it. The story about the gambling during the 93 playoffs, is almost like a lead going into the next episode which of core will talk about the summer of 93 and that full year off from playing basketball.
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And some people think his dad was set up because Jordan didn't pay his gambling debts, it's a bunch of hooey.
Those were kids that killed him, not mafia hit men. so none of that adds up at all.
I'm just saying there is shadiness in the NBA, for instance the Donagy gambling do you honestly believe he was the only ref betting on games, that was swept under the rug pretty quickly, theres the tampering of superstars joining forces with which started in the summer of 2008 with Wade Lebron and Bosh, you know Pat Riley was behind that, just some examples there. Interesting stuff that really entertains me, thats what i wanna hear in these documentaries digging into the dark sides of these stories.
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I’m not being defensive. I’m just saying, that theory is silly.
Episode 5 last night was pure gold. Bird as Jordan's all star coach, Magic in the locker room getting kicked out by Jordan, Jordan talking about 19 year old Kobe, just awesome. I have loved the entire documentary, and i thought i had heard everything about The Bulls run before. Episode 5 was pure gold for anyone who grew up loving the Celtics and ultimately, similar to Bird, admiring Jordan.
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Thoughts from Eps 5 and 6:
1) That Knicks team had Ewing, Oakley, Xavier McDaniel and Anthony Mason up front? Okay. Try to get an easy layup in the paint on that front court.
2) Not that I care and not that it matters....but let's be honest. Jordan most definitely had a gambling problem. Every scene of him off the court is either mobbed by fans or gambling. Golf, flipping quarters, casino, cards, betting the security guard on the video board races. There's being competitive...and there's a gambling addiction. He was the latter.
1) That Knicks team had Ewing, Oakley, Xavier McDaniel and Anthony Mason up front? Okay. Try to get an easy layup in the paint on that front court.
2) Not that I care and not that it matters....but let's be honest. Jordan most definitely had a gambling problem. Every scene of him off the court is either mobbed by fans or gambling. Golf, flipping quarters, casino, cards, betting the security guard on the video board races. There's being competitive...and there's a gambling addiction. He was the latter.