There have been hundreds of epic stories about the greatest hooper ever, Michael Jeffrey Jordan. Hell, I’ve written about a few of the best, from shit-talking to swindling ladies to his hotel room while on the road during his career. This latest one is definitely up there, though.
Told by Amin Elhassan, who talked to Zach Lowe on his new podcast, the ESPN writer talked about how Jordan would hustle his teammate, Scottie Pippen, for $100 during home games throughout one of their seasons together.
Per Complex:
During breaks in game action, the Bulls played a video board segment that showed three cartoon bulls racing. It ended with one section of fans winning a free prize. You’ve probably seen a similar promotion before, like the popular “follow this cup with your eyes – now which one is it, A, B, or C?” shtick many arenas use.
Well, Jordan got to the arena extra early one game to get some shots up, and he saw the game operations staff doing a run-through of the bull-racing segment.
“Mike is watching this and says, ‘You guys already know (who’s going to win?’ And the guy says, ‘Yeah, it’s all pre-recorded,'” Elhassan said.
Jordan asked who was going to win that night and the staff told him it would be the red bull. “Fast forward, game, timeout, Phil’s drawing up some play, Mike goes to Scottie, ‘Hundred bucks the red one wins,'” Elhassan said.
He said Jordan did this for the rest of the season and Pippen never caught on, dumbfounded by how Jordan would guess it correctly every game.
DAMN! MJ did Pip dirty!
These two might be one of the best duos to ever lace ’em up together, but it was clear that Jordan still wanted to get the best of Pippen anytime he could.