The former Charlotte Bobcats player shared something like when Michael Jordan once decided to join team practice.
After a successful NBA career, Michael Jordan purchased a minority stake in the Charlotte Bobcats.
He became the majority owner in 2010, after a 13-year stint sold his team’s stake to a group of investors led by Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall.
Charlotte was unable to achieve great success during ownership, but Jordan brought talented players to the roster.
One of them was Stephen Jackson, who moved to the Bobcats after a successful league career.
Jordan had retired from the league for almost six years when Jackson moved to Charlotte.
However, Jackson revealed that the six-time champions had appeared to practice twice in the two years he was with the team.
Jackson was one of his fierce competitors, revealing that things got hot when Jordan returned to one of his practices.
He said: “When I was there (Charlotte), he did it twice.
“We felt a bit of ourselves and he actually appeared and we and me and he and he kind of verbally broke back and forth, but that wasn’t the way I wanted it to.”
The pressure on playing when Jordan was practicing was always immeasurable.
Jackson also stated that the Hall of Fame was serious when he came to practice, showing why he was one of the best players to play the game.
“When he showed up wearing his practice uniform, that’s when I knew he was serious. He came with his Jordan shorts, he was wearing a second team jersey, and that’s when I knew he was in the problem, that was when I knew he was mad,” he added.
By the time Jordan retired, he was one of the greatest players of all time.
His records continue to break, and Jordan is always a potential lead in goat debate.
When he took over the reins of Charlotte’s team, it was expected, Jordan would take over his in-game glow to ownership, but that didn’t really happen.
In his time as a team owner, the Hornets made three playoff appearances and crashed from the first round on all three occasions.
They made some good decisions by drafting players like Kemba Walker and Lamelo Ball, but they couldn’t put together enough roster to compete.
For two years since the Jordanian ownership era, the Hornets lack the talent they need to win the game.
The ball links with travel away from the offseason team, but if that helps add depth and cap space, the Hornets can ultimately find some form of success.