Michael Jordan’s son Marcus, a freshman basketball player at the Univ. of Central Florida, became rather opinionated last night when the NBA Finals Game 7 telecast featuring the Lakers and Celtics aired a graphic showing a statistical comparison between his dad and Kobe Bryant in NBA Finals series.
After he saw the graphic and heard the game broadcasters discuss the comparison, Marcus Tweeted from his Twitter account:
NO ONE…And I mean NO ONE should EVER com par kobe Bryant to my dad an say that he is anywhere near close to my dad. He’s jagging this game.
Last we heard from Marcus, his father was demanding UCF drop its school-wide, multi-million dollar endorsement agreement with adidas in favor of a new deal with Nike.
After Micheal threatened to pull his son out of school if adidas wasn’t dropped, UCF caved. The lost deal initially ended up costing the school $3 million.
If, for some strange reason, you were to wonder where the college freshman’s hubris came from to clown Kobe moments before he won his fifth NBA title, now you know.
11:35 pm on June 17th, 2010
“If Marcus was 1/2 the man his father was…”
–Bobby Knight
11:48 pm on June 17th, 2010
really, do something in your own life instead of living off your dads accomplishments. Start with making a basket in the nba. Kobe has 5 more rings than you do. So shut up and live your own life instead of off your dads legacy. You make Kobe look good when you act like such a spoiled brat
1:15 am on June 18th, 2010
If you read and posted the his tweets prior to anf following that one, you’d see that Marcus Jordan went on to give Kobe credit for being the best in the league: “Don’t get me wrong Kobe is one of the best in the league…. Just no where near my dad…good game right here tho” and was rooting for the Lakers in the serious. It’s misleading to isolate that one statement for the sake of making a story. Be clear.
8:59 am on June 18th, 2010
each era has a hero and this era is kobe’s era and there is much more time for kobe to erease your father’s records
9:17 am on June 18th, 2010
Hey Marcus your dad will be spending fathers day with a 22 yr old in barbados, you can call him there.
Also marcus, If your dad was a better father you would a better ball player, and not attending UCF, but being father Mike didnt come home much, you had to make it on your own…. ask steph Curry what a REAL father does for his kid
10:02 am on June 18th, 2010
“Also marcus, If your dad was a better father you would a better ball player”
That is a stupid statement even by internet standards. Would MJ being a better father make Marcus quicker or taller? Would it improve his jumpshot? Or maybe you need a great father to play good defense.
12:05 pm on June 18th, 2010
Kobe is no jordan, Jordan won 6 titles being the main option, Kobe won 2 and in game 7 he sure wasn’t the main option. He was forcing shot after shot. Shaq was the main option for his first 3 rings.
As for the father comment, your right, Kobe is a great father, nothing like rapping a girl!!!
1:49 pm on June 18th, 2010
I think you mean “raping” jackass.
I don’t think he was knocking on her with his knuckles or showing off his mad MC skills.
4:26 pm on June 18th, 2010
MJ was 6-0 in the finals…cant say Kobe was undefeated…
11:02 pm on June 18th, 2010
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11:11 pm on June 18th, 2010
kobe bryant of the LA RAPERS…deserves alot of credit….he’s a diva..being managed by the DR. PHIL of basketball…he is surrounded by more allstars, plus NBA 1st and 2nd teamers than jordan ever had…b4 he was drafted he sounded like a Harvard student and when they drafted him he started talking like eminem…scoring 81 points during the regular season vs. the worst defensive team in the NBA….kobe started all the trash talk…ooohhh i 1 better than Jordan ..me going 2 wear duhh..number 24..duhh…I agree with Marcus…he can stick up for his father..fathers day comin soon..YOU ALL R JUST MAD U DONT KNOW WHO U DADDY IS!!!!!!!!!!!
12:38 am on June 19th, 2010
What has Marcus accomplished so far in his life? Never had a job! Reached to his fathers pocket when needed money! Live from and in his father’s glory days! No comparison needed Marcus. Your father was a very special player and now retired! Kobe is a very special player and active. Older generations remember your father well, younger generations only have association with present not past. Let it go and start your own legacy! Quit using your father for all your dreams. Make your own dreams with your own work!
4:13 am on June 19th, 2010
look at the teams .kordan beat for his rings most of em werent that good .and if magic wasnt out of the league so early he would have more rings the mj
4:54 am on June 19th, 2010
This shit is sad. Kobe is going to pass MJ shortly.
6:56 am on June 19th, 2010
You post that story about his dad forcing the school to drop adidas for nike then complain when Mainstream media refuse to give bloggers respect. You have no interest in getting facts straight and just write from memory even if the facts get all mixed along the way. Here’s the true story…ucf had a deal with adidas to allow marcus to wear Jordan Brand shoes (he would still wear adidas jerseys, etc…). After he joined the school Adidas backed out of the deal and canceled UCF’s contract for breach of contract. UCF then spent months trying to find a replacement company to provide their athletic products before settling on Nike. I’m not saying Jordan didn’t help them eventually sign with Nike but at no point did was he”demanding UCF drop its school-wide, multi-million dollar endorsement agreement with adidas in favor of a new deal with Nike.”
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2009-11-06/sports/orl-sportsucf-shoes-06110609nov06_1_adidas-spokeswoman-andrea-corso-ucf-and-adidas-ucf-adidas
8:47 am on June 19th, 2010
Marcus, your Pops was The Bomb…in his day. And I’ll respectfully not detail his moments as a Washington General..errrr,..(sorry), Washington Wizard, as a way of deflecting any of the gilded aura emitted from His Skyness.
But young Marcus, your daddy, even in all of His Greatness, NEEDED others, too, in order to establish his vaunted credentials. One Scottie Pippen comes to mind as an example. A couple of wisened elder stewards with a real GamePlan may have even helped your incomparable daddy…in some small way. Think Phil Jackson and Tex Winter. Too, young Marcus, your highly-skilled sire DID indeed defer The Big Shot in favor of The Big Assist in The Big Game, to a mere mortal TEAMmate on more than one occassion. Goggle the names Steve Kerr and John Paxson, if you doubt my recollections.
It’s touching to know that Dads are still larger-than-life characters in the eyes of some of their progeny and I proudly share that trait with you. My late father was the Greatest Baggage Handler In The World, but alas, even he couldn’t load and unload EVERY plane…by himself.
Happy Father’s Day to your’s and to all !
8:58 am on June 19th, 2010
pardon me…That would be “GOOGLE”.
2:23 pm on June 19th, 2010
He is right….There aint NO ONE as good as MJ. Kobe is a good player i agree there but he wont ever be as good has the greatest player ever to play the game…..
5:07 pm on June 19th, 2010
KOBE has had the help of much better and more athletic players then MJ had..MJ had some great shooters and had scottie pippen but scotty also was very streaky player..while kobe has had the help of Shaq and other very good/great centers and many other athletic very tall players that even got rings of their own from other teams whom they made the difference for that team too. MJ just did not have near as much hel throughout the years as Kobe has had….MJ also was shorter so he had to jump even higher then the freakishly tall rapist Kobe oops did i say rapist or racist(i remmeber Kobe elbowing a number of players in a short time in the face and all of the players were white…with the little amount of white players in the league could this have only been coincidence? hmmmm you be the judge of that)??
5:40 pm on June 19th, 2010
the nba is a joke….talent level not as good as mj era and defense wasnt as tough. david stern and rod thorn have sissified the league so the new superstars will market themselves with more success. they are looking for the ratings, the money duhhh….referre calls arent fair when youre facing a lebron, kobe, wade….they have more travel miles than southwest airlines will allow …leave marcus alone…this is america…he expressed his opinion and backed it up with facts….a young buck cant be right about something…i agree with LARS completely…kobe fans are scrubs…
9:29 pm on June 19th, 2010
yah i think he is right!kobe sucks!mj dismantled every good teams in 90’s kobe played with stern sticking jis mouth on kobes dick!
10:35 pm on June 19th, 2010
Marcus ain’t worth Shit!
6:28 am on June 20th, 2010
what does Jaggin’ mean? is that ebonics?
9:49 am on June 20th, 2010
Marcus,
1.) You’re dad commited adultery more than Tiger Wods
2.) Worst GM ever
3.) Got you a scholarship with his $$$$$$$$ becuase your game is garbage
You are a spoiled rich kid, nothing more, nothing less
8:39 pm on June 20th, 2010
young Marcus… he’s done what all kids who are proud of their parents do, and that’s boast about his dad! albeit on a grander scale~ c’mon, has none of you responders never boasted about your pops? how about we compare MJ and Kobe after Kobe finishes his HOF speech, lets see who made a bigger a$$ of himself upon entering basketballs sacred shrine… so far MJ is beyond anyone’s reach in that department!
10:51 pm on June 20th, 2010
For Jorge - Jordan, Pippen, Rodman & Ron Harper were all 1st team defensive players as well as All-Star selections. Jordan had much better talent around him in Chicago than Bryant has ever had. Kobe is the best in his era, he doesn’t want to be Jordan, he’s happy doing what he does. And if anybody wants to do a comparison - measure up to Bill Russell’s 11 NBA Rings - keep your 6, Bill has enough to fill both hands and leave 1 in a case for a display!
7:50 am on June 21st, 2010
dwayne… dwayne dwayne dwayne.
first of all, about jordan, pippen, rodman & ron harper being 1st team defenders and all-stars… where are you getting this info? ron harper was an all star with the bulls? did i miss something? also, since you’re trying to make an argument about supporting casts, go ahead and exclude jordan–remember, he’s not a part of his own supporting cast. tough concept, but really try to absorb that.
the argument itself is beyond ridiculous, too. convenient that you forgot to mention one of the greatest centers the game’s ever seen. shaq in his prime carried the lakers for his first 3 titles, and there’s no way kobe even sniffs the finals without him around. shaq ranks much higher on the list of all time greatest players than anyone jordan has ever played with, pippen included. you’re better off making the argument that jordan had more supporting talent than the CURRENT lakers, though i’d still argue the contrary. gasol is arguably the best big man in the game, artest is the rodman of this group, odom is the best 6th man in the league, fisher is one of the best clutch shooters in the league, and i haven’t even gotten to bynum or anyone else yet.
as for russell… great player, but he obviously played in an era with lesser competition. kobe’s an all-time great, but jordan could’ve won 8 in a row if he didn’t get bored and leave in his prime. MJ wins.
11:23 am on June 21st, 2010
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8:26 pm on June 21st, 2010
they’re letting 13 year olds play college basketball now? even if they are MJ’s son, that seems inappropriate.
10:45 pm on June 21st, 2010
You have lost all credibility in my eye. You flat out lie about mj’s involvement in UCF losing the addidas sponsorship
10:34 am on June 23rd, 2010
kobe just copying every jordan’s move. we should recommend basketball to be indivdual sport not a team sport like kobe’s doing.
1:37 am on June 24th, 2010
com par? wtf
3:21 am on June 24th, 2010
no one mentioned here is even close to being magic johnson, the greatest pro basketballer ever……jordan could not guard him….that was pippen’s job…..really if not for HIV magic would have won more titles…..mj has a lovely daughter who knows how to tweet…but he cant fight….
5:31 pm on June 25th, 2010
This clown is in college and he wrote “com par”?!? SERIOUSLY???
8:58 pm on June 26th, 2010
magic johnson has more supporting cast than mj and kobe combined how retarded are you HUSSIEN!!! ARENT U ON A TERROR WATCHLIST OR SOMETHING..GO BLOW SOMETHING UP YOU RETARD…….why cant marcus speak his mind..defend his father…obviously we all have and he cant speak cause he is in college and hasnt done anything….he has a right 2 voice his opinon and back it up with details…this is america u retards…what have most of u scrubs accomplished to have the right to bash him..how stupid…
9:00 pm on June 26th, 2010
hey stupid i mean HUSSEIN….IF YOU WERE AWAKE DURING THE NBA FINALS BULL VS. LAKERS…PIPPEN WAS GUARDING JAMES WORTHY AND MJ HAD MAGIC…GO RIDE AS CAMEL AND BAG SOME SAND U FOOL!!!!
11:15 pm on October 19th, 2010
i used to hate kobe but its harder and harder to dislike him… he has improved his persona… he’s still obviously arrogant and extremely whinny on the kourt but… he is “that guy” and no1 is messing with him… is he Michael J.. hell no… he’s Kobe B… and thats nothing to sneeze at…. MJ is the Greatest… Kobe is the best of his time…. & the sekond best 2 guard of all time (not to mention probably in the top 5 maybe even 3 players of all time…) dude wins… what else kan u say… hell… i agree that yung jordan’s words were taken outta kontext… & stop judging Mike on what type of father he was…. thats neither here nor there…. last thought… Kobe cheated (no he didn’t rape that gurl)… he wife 4gave him… why kant we… peace & luv