🏀 As tensions reached a head, Stephen Jackson swears a retired Michael Jordan actually suited up with the Bobcats' second unit during a practice scrimmage — and led them to a victory over the starters.
Then, the next day at practice, Jordan came back for more. Jackson recalls Jordan storming into the Bobcats' facility and cussing the team out, at one point demanding they all take off their Jordan-brand sneakers because he did not deem the team fit to wear them.
Later, as tensions reached a head, Jackson swears a retired Jordan actually suited up with the Bobcats' second unit during a practice scrimmage — and led them to a victory over the starters. "Whatever he had on, he came out there, pushed whoever Gerald Wallace was guarding, the [small forward], kicked him out and got in that spot, played with the second team," Jackson said."He scored a couple points — and to the point where he talked so much s*** afterwards, he grabbed the ball and went and dunked one on the way out."Depending on when exactly the above took place, Jordan would have been either 46 or 47 years old at the time of this story.
Jackson's other takeaway was that the incident lit a fire under that season's Charlotte team. The Bobcats finished that season 44-38, made the playoffs — their first winning season and postseason berth since 2001-02 — and had the NBA's top-ranked defense. "We went on a run. I had one of the best years of my career after that, we made the playoffs, all that. We finished number one defense in the league," Jackson said."From that moment on, we took off. He knew what he was doing.Copyright RSN
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