October 29, 2025 • 6 mins
Michael Jordan calls out NBA Superstars during his sitdown interview with Mike Tirico for the NBA on NBC - Is Michael Jordan right or is he off?! | NBA | LeBron James | Sports | Basketball
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
When Michael Jordan speaks, people listen. And MJ did a
whole lot of talking last night. But first I need
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(00:21):
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Speaker 2 (00:24):
Three carpets cleaned, one hundred and.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Twenty nine dollars, zero risk fours or backwards, it spells
the same. Michael Jordan has been sitting down with Mike
Turico to just answer questions because he's Michael Jordan, and
when MJ talks, people listen. MJ was asked about the
highly controversial subject of load management.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
You played basketball two and a half hours a day,
three hours a day, right, that's your job. That's what
you get paid to do as an NBA player. What
are you doing another twenty one hours? I mean to me,
that's when you should be preparing for your next day
of work or your next you know, challenge. Now I'm
the worst. Maybe I'm not. I'm not one of the
(01:08):
guys that you would probably model that.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Or you know you do that every time.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
But you should think about that in respect of what
load management really is. I always felt like one is
a sense of pride for the fans that are paying.
Two is a sense of you know, making sure that
I stay sharp, you know, I'm not going to lose it.
And three, I want to rhythm as a team to
always be there. It can just you know, disrupt that
(01:34):
synergy that's happening.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Michael Jordan called out NBA superstars for their load management
because there's nothing a superstar wants more than off games
for rest physically and mentally.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
What is the American dream?
Speaker 1 (01:52):
The American dream is I want to get paid more
and I want to work less. And that's what the
NBA has become. They play less than they've ever played before.
The NBA has become a league where players demand higher
pay for less play, which is just ridiculous when you
(02:13):
think about what the NBA has evolved into. Less back
to backs, better hotels, better flights, better training staffs, better meals,
less play. All of the things that the NBA has
brought into the league to create better health should have
encouraged more play, but it did. The exact opposites. It
(02:35):
has created an NBA full of self entitled little bitches,
and the NBA All Star Game is.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
A perfect example of that.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
The NBA All Star Game is unwatchable because players don't care.
In the past, the NBA All Star Game was a
legitimate showcase in the fourth quarter because players.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Want to win that game. Now, no one cares, and
the NBA.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Has changed the All Star Game several times over the
last three years just to try to create some interest
in the game, and they can't do it. The NBA
has created a league full of players with a bougie mentality.
The Michael Jordan Kobe Bryant era was a grinders mentality,
(03:23):
and when you go to that bougie mentality, you don't
go back to that grinder's mentality. Once you get those
load management days and you can kind of do whatever
you want. Nobody wants to go back, and the NBA
is less interesting than it's ever been before because the
players don't give a shit. The players don't give a shit,
the fans certainly aren't.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
And there's no greater evidence than this evidence.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Michael Jordan when he was ages thirty two, thirty three,
thirty four and thirty nine years old. He played eighty
two games four out of the last five years.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Of his career. Jordan played eighty two games.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
In Lebron James's twenty plus NBA career, he has played
eighty two games one time.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
One time.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Fans are buying tickets to watch Lebron James play, and
what that ticket has become is a lottery ticket. I
hope he plays tonight, but Lebron James has paved the
way for so many other NBA players to load manage,
and if the greatest player in the league is doing that,
the rest of the.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
League is going to follow. NBA players have lost.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Their desire to be a product on the court for
the fans and have become self entitled. Families pay hundreds
of dollars to go to a game, and there's a
high percentage that the best player won't even be playing.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Because they feel like they need an off day. What
a bunch of pussies.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Michael Jordan is right again, and he did the best
job of not just talking the talk, but walking in
the walk and showing up on the court the best
he could during his career, even at the end of
his career where he could come up with excuses and say, oh,
my arm, or my ankle or my knee.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Thirty nine years old, Michael Jordan played eighty two games.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Lebron James at thirty nine years old played seventy one games.
At thirty eight years old, played fifty five games. At
thirty seven, played fifty six, at thirty six, played forty five.
The only year Lebron James played eighty two games was
his last year in Cleveland, when he was thirty three
years old. This is what the NBA has created, and
(05:40):
this is what players.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Have become self entitled.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
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(06:06):
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Speaker 2 (06:13):
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When Michael Jordan speaks, people listen. And MJ did a
whole lot of talking last night. But first I need
to tell you about zero Risk carpet cleaning because right
now they're offering three carpets cleaned for only one hundred
and twenty nine dollars. Go to zero risk dot com
and take advantage of this special offer by telling them
(00:21):
you heard about it from the brawl with Tim Paul.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Three carpets cleaned, one hundred and.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Twenty nine dollars, zero risk fours or backwards, it spells
the same. Michael Jordan has been sitting down with Mike
Turico to just answer questions because he's Michael Jordan, and
when MJ talks, people listen. MJ was asked about the
highly controversial subject of load management.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
You played basketball two and a half hours a day,
three hours a day, right, that's your job. That's what
you get paid to do as an NBA player. What
are you doing another twenty one hours? I mean to me,
that's when you should be preparing for your next day
of work or your next you know, challenge. Now I'm
the worst. Maybe I'm not. I'm not one of the
(01:08):
guys that you would probably model that.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Or you know you do that every time.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
But you should think about that in respect of what
load management really is. I always felt like one is
a sense of pride for the fans that are paying.
Two is a sense of you know, making sure that
I stay sharp, you know, I'm not going to lose it.
And three, I want to rhythm as a team to
always be there. It can just you know, disrupt that
(01:34):
synergy that's happening.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Michael Jordan called out NBA superstars for their load management
because there's nothing a superstar wants more than off games
for rest physically and mentally.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
What is the American dream?
Speaker 1 (01:52):
The American dream is I want to get paid more
and I want to work less. And that's what the
NBA has become. They play less than they've ever played before.
The NBA has become a league where players demand higher
pay for less play, which is just ridiculous when you
(02:13):
think about what the NBA has evolved into. Less back
to backs, better hotels, better flights, better training staffs, better meals,
less play. All of the things that the NBA has
brought into the league to create better health should have
encouraged more play, but it did. The exact opposites. It
(02:35):
has created an NBA full of self entitled little bitches,
and the NBA All Star Game is.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
A perfect example of that.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
The NBA All Star Game is unwatchable because players don't care.
In the past, the NBA All Star Game was a
legitimate showcase in the fourth quarter because players.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Want to win that game. Now, no one cares, and
the NBA.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Has changed the All Star Game several times over the
last three years just to try to create some interest
in the game, and they can't do it. The NBA
has created a league full of players with a bougie mentality.
The Michael Jordan Kobe Bryant era was a grinders mentality,
(03:23):
and when you go to that bougie mentality, you don't
go back to that grinder's mentality. Once you get those
load management days and you can kind of do whatever
you want. Nobody wants to go back, and the NBA
is less interesting than it's ever been before because the
players don't give a shit. The players don't give a shit,
the fans certainly aren't.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
And there's no greater evidence than this evidence.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Michael Jordan when he was ages thirty two, thirty three,
thirty four and thirty nine years old. He played eighty
two games four out of the last five years.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Of his career. Jordan played eighty two games.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
In Lebron James's twenty plus NBA career, he has played
eighty two games one time.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
One time.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Fans are buying tickets to watch Lebron James play, and
what that ticket has become is a lottery ticket. I
hope he plays tonight, but Lebron James has paved the
way for so many other NBA players to load manage,
and if the greatest player in the league is doing that,
the rest of the.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
League is going to follow. NBA players have lost.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Their desire to be a product on the court for
the fans and have become self entitled. Families pay hundreds
of dollars to go to a game, and there's a
high percentage that the best player won't even be playing.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Because they feel like they need an off day. What
a bunch of pussies.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Michael Jordan is right again, and he did the best
job of not just talking the talk, but walking in
the walk and showing up on the court the best
he could during his career, even at the end of
his career where he could come up with excuses and say, oh,
my arm, or my ankle or my knee.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Thirty nine years old, Michael Jordan played eighty two games.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Lebron James at thirty nine years old played seventy one games.
At thirty eight years old, played fifty five games. At
thirty seven, played fifty six, at thirty six, played forty five.
The only year Lebron James played eighty two games was
his last year in Cleveland, when he was thirty three
years old. This is what the NBA has created, and
(05:40):
this is what players.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Have become self entitled.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
If you need your bathroom model, you need to check
out five Star Bath Solutions because they offered the best
bathroom models forty eight hours. Check them out five Star
Bath Solutions. They took our all day discussing mouldy bathroom
and transformed it into a masterpiece in forty eight hours.
(06:06):
New floor, bathom, surround shower head. We went from a
single to a double, sing mirror, vanity countertops.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
All of this was done.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
In forty eight hours by five Star Bath Solutions. Affordable Transformations,
Beautiful Solutions, Five Star Bath Solutions. Check out your local
retailer for your bathroom model.
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