SUMMARY
- During a special edition of 'The Stream Room', Charles Barkley revealed yet another story about Michael Jordan’s dominance and competitiveness.
- After playing 36 holes of golf, Michael Jordan guarded his opponent like its game 7 during the 1992 Tournament of the Americas.
Michael Jordan is undeniably one of the most iconic players of all time. There has been no one like him and fans argue that there never will be. Jordan not only delivered promising performances throughout his career but also exerted dominance. He often made his opponents eat their own words, and one such instance happened in the Olympics.
Charles Barkley who has a turbulent friendship with Jordan, revealed yet another story about Jordan’s dominance and competitiveness. During a special edition of ‘The Stream Room’, Barkley spoke about what happened during the 1992 Tournament of the Americas. He started with, “It’s when I knew Michael Jordan was crazy.”
He continued to explain that he, Jordan, Chuck Daly, and David Robinson went to play golf on the morning of their game against Puerto Rico. Upon playing 18 holes, Daly suggested that they should get going. “I’m gonna play another 18,” Jordan responded. Furthermore, before the game, the coach was strategically allotting every player an opponent that they would take care of.
Jordan insisted that he would take care of the point guard. He explained that the point guard said something about him in the newspaper and he was gonna get him. “And we looking around like, ‘Uh-oh, this little kid in trouble,” Barkley revealed. TNT analyst continued to speak about how after playing 36 holes of golf, Jordan was guarding the opponent like its game 7.
Michael Jordan has won two Olympic gold medals
Michael Jordan had one of the most successful careers in the history of the NBA. During his 15-year-long career which included three retirements, Jordan broke and made unbreakable records. He took the Chicago Bulls to great heights and made it one of the best and most celebrated franchises in the league.
He famously won a staggering six NBA Championship titles and won MVP, Defensive Player of the Year the scoring title in the same season, and much more. In addition to this, he left an impressive impact on the Olympics’ history. He played in the Olympics two times and won a gold medal in both.
“Never say never. Because…”, Michael Jordan, two-time Olympic gold medallist. 🏅🏅 pic.twitter.com/4xZW4A6x7F
— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) March 21, 2018
Furthermore, Jordan has also once explained why winning Olympic gold is a greater accomplishment than winning an NBA ring. He said, “The title is for Chicago and the Bulls fans around the United States, but the Olympics are for everybody in the United States and then some.” Fans believed that this makes a lot of sense and that he truly is the greatest of all time.
Notably, His Airness memorabilia’s auction prices always reach the sky. Jordan’s iconic Team USA dream jacket from the 1992 Olympics was sold for a whopping $1,500,000. Despite playing his last game decades ago, Jordan remains the face of the NBA and continues to remain in the headlines.