Michael Jordan took a direct shot at the Chicago Cubs when he was asked about his thoughts on the Bulls potentially rebuilding after the 1997 season.
“Nobody guarantees that rebuilds could be two, three years, or four, five years,” Jordan said. “Cubs been rebuilding for 42 years.” And this statement evolved laughter from the media who were surrounding the Bulls legend.
MJ roasted the Cubs 😂 (via @ATBBTTR) pic.twitter.com/EPWSJvTcHj
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Heading into the 1996-97 season, rumor mills churned that the Bulls manager Jerry Krause was considering a roster rehaul and that meant shipping off valuable members of the roster that won them the championship. This didn’t sit well with MJ who had won consecutive titles with the side, and he threw a perfect punch while roasting the Cubs.
To add more context for the uninitiated, the Cubs had been going through a perennial rebuild since 1945. And while they did win a World Series in 2016, and that had been their first since 1908. But Jordan’s troll stands out to date.
Jordan spent his 1994 season with the Birmingham Barons, the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. He even appeared in an exhibition game for the Sox a Wrigley Field.
Michael Jordan Gets Real On His Leadership During His Time With The Bulls
It’s understandable that MJ was miffed with the whole rebuild theory. He had devoted all that he had to make the Bulls a successful franchise and his leadership was unparalleled, even if it didn’t earn him any friends.
Speaking on ESPN and Netflix’s ‘The Last Dance’, Jordan explained that winning came at a price and delivered an emotional explanation that’s now a staple on social media.
“Winning has a price,” Jordan said. “And leadership has a price. So I pulled people along when they didn’t want to be pulled. I challenged people when they didn’t want to be challenged. And I earned that right because my teammates came after me. They didn’t endure all the things that I endured. Once you joined the team, you lived at a certain standard that I played the game and I wasn’t going to take anything less.”
He may have roasted the Cubs, and to an extent even expressed his displeasure about some of the Bulls’ front-office moves, but there’s no denying that he will always be a legend for the franchise.
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