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Heat Central: Coach Spo on Luka Doncic having the 2nd highest PPG against the Heat behind Michael Jordan: “It has to be a whole lot more effort, focus discipline. Even if you do that you have to have great mental and emotional stability because Doncic can still make shots if you’re there. You can’t let him walk into his comfort zone… Don’t let his shot making collapse your spirit or your effort”
Carmelo Anthony: People forget you were part of kind of that just that Bobcats ownership. Nelly: I was there before Michael Jordan. Anthony: Everybody's trying to get into NBA ownership now with teams that's all the teams is valued in the two, three, four, five, six billion dollars is killing it. NBA money. What made you want to get into that NBA early like that? Or just the fact the idea of ownership? Nelly: Well, I mean the fact that it is ownership, I don't think anybody is going to not take a look at that dream, especially again sports, that's like a dream come true. Shout out to Bob Johnson cuz um there was an opportunity to be a part of the first minority-owned NBA franchise with the owner of BET. So it was like, ‘thank you for allowing me to go in’. Well my money was no 300 million. (…) He allowed me to be a part of that, man. And it was dope. And then Mike came in and it even doper, man, cuz he was he was so cool to me. You don't know how that's going to go. Then he came in and bought out everybody else. I was like, "Yo, why you ain't buying me out?’ I’m the little man on the telephone. I'm the one that really could have used it. He was like, "Nah, you funny. I'm keeping you.’ And they think I’m bullshitting when I said that. No, that's a fact. He was like, ‘Nah, you funny. I'm going to keep you.’
Stephen Jackson: If you could see one guest on our show, who would it be? But you have to help us get your answer on the show. Jeezy: "Michael Jordan. I just saw him when I was in Portugal. Jackson: I talked to him, I'm sponsored by Jordan, but if you can get him… Jeezy: I bet Michael Jordan… you guys are the culture. The culture needs to hear from him. I just feel like a lot of those guys that came out of that, they're real. But we never heard them speak. When you hear people speak and hear their perspective, you get a chance to understand who they are. We just see Jordan, we don't know Jordan. I think that him coming here will give people a chance just to know him. He's a dope dude, Jordan is solid.
Iverson shared the prediction while meeting fans alongside current Sixers All-Star Tyrese Maxey at Dynasty Sports inside the Oxford Valley Mall in Langhorne. More than 1,000 fans packed the concourse, waiting in line for hours to take photos and collect autographs from the two franchise stars. Iverson, who led Philadelphia to the NBA Finals in 2001, spent extra time connecting with the crowd. "I inspire them and they inspire me. If I can make them happy," Iverson said. "This used to be me looking up to NBA legends like Michael Jordan."
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Allen Iverson: "If Michael Jordan is your GOAT, like Michael Jordan is your GOAT. If LeBron is your GOAT, that's your GOAT. You don't have to knock Mike down to big LeBron up and vice versa. Both of them are great. Shit, I mean, Steph Curry could be your goat. Shaq could be your GOAT. Kobe could be your GOAT. It is all right. It is all right for you to have your own opinion."
Lendeborg kept the quotes flying in the Warriors’ locker room after their loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night at Chase Center. “What the heck? I ain’t never been no h-e,” Lendeborg said. “Like, c’mon now. He’s gonna say what he wants to say, I’m gonna say what I want to say. I’m not afraid to talk to nobody, man. He’s not Michael Jordan. C’mon now. “It’s fun trash-talk. I feel like I did kind of take it overboard in the media, but it is what it is.”
Anthony Edwards' 2026-27 season debut with the Minnesota Timberwolves is now in the NBA's record books, as the superstar joins an elite group of company. By dropping 45 points, Edwards joins Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain as the only players to score 40+ pts in a season opener.
Lil Baby: Give me a Mount Rushmore. Jaylen Brown: My top four? Bill Russell, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant.
Joseph Dycus: Steve Kerr has spoken about his conflicting views on load management before. Before the Warriors-Bucks game last year, I asked him about Michael Jordan's criticism of LM, and this is what he had to say: "The tricky part is obvious. We've had a lot of games over the years in Golden State where we'd have a really rough trip and we'd sit Steph, and I'd get an email or Raymond Ridder gets an email from a fan who says 'I just spent $2,000 on a trip here between tickets and a plane ride and a hotel and Steph didn't play," Kerr said. "We genuinely feel terrible. We want our fans to be able to enjoy watching Steph play. "And so the only real answer - we all know what the real answer is, and that is to shorten the season. Good luck."
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It’s been nearly one year since NBC Sports first aired Mike Tirico’s interview with Michael Jordan. Yet despite the conversation having faced criticism from some viewers who believed NBC Sports had oversold Jordan’s role as a “special contributor” in the network’s return as an NBA rights holder, Tirico is quick to point out that it remains relevant today. “I love the fact that we did one interview—and you can say what you want about it airing once or being spread out over our series of pregame shows during the year—it’s a year later and people are still talking about it,” Tirico told Ryan Glasspiegel onstage at the Front Office Sports Tuned In summit Tuesday. “And people are still asking about it. Which, to me, is all the reason that it was completely worth it.”
“I think Michael Jordan hadn’t been on TV for a long time for a reason,” Tirico told Glasspiegel. “He likes being Michael Jordan. Even still, when he’s on camera, there’s an aura about Michael Jordan that is just different. Sitting across from him. It’s just a different feel. I think he is above the daily discourse of, ‘Hey, who is the best point guard in the NBA right now?’ and ‘who’s the best this or the best that?’” Earlier this year, FOS reported Jordan isn’t expected to return to NBC’s coverage for the upcoming NBA season. Still, Tirico would welcome another segment with the six-time NBA champion, regardless of the subjects covered. “I will say that it was damn cool to hang with MJ and talk basketball, and talk business and golf and all that other stuff,” Tirico said. “If he wanted to be—we would all run to have him on every single day. But that’s just not what he wants to do, I think, at this point in his career and life.”
The Nuggets star was asked to name the four greatest players in NBA history and explain why each deserved to make his list. He selected three legends from previous generations in Bill Russell, Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain, before naming Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry as his fourth choice. Explaining his selections, Jokic told SPORTbible: "Probably Bill Russell because of the championship. "Michael Jordan because he changed the game. Probably Wilt Chamberlain because all the numbers and all the crazy stats. And I'm going to put Steph Curry because he changed the game and he's kind of my generation. "I played against the guy so he kind of changed the game. So those are the four."
During Front Office Sports’s “Tuned In” summit in New York on Tuesday, Tirico explained that Jordan ultimately didn’t want to deal with the day-to-day of a broadcaster at this point in his life. “I think Michael Jordan hadn’t been on TV for a long time for a reason,” Tirico said. “He likes being Michael Jordan. There’s an aura, even still, when he’s on camera, there’s an aura about Michael Jordan that is just different. “Sitting across from him, it’s just a different feel. And I think he is above the day-to-day conversation of ‘Hey, who’s the best point guard in the NBA right now? And who’s best this or the best that?’ “So I think in a controlled setting, talking about topics that he’s still passionate about with the sport, he loved it.”