Is there any merit to the theories that Michael Jordan’s father, who, if I remember correctly, was murdered shortly after the Bulls had won one of their championship, was murdered by the mob because MJ didn’t fulfill his obligation to throw a game? I don’t know the story exactly, but if anyone has the details, I’m certainly interested.
You can start with Wiki. Doesn’t sound like a mob hit to me.
There was absolutely no connection between James Jordan’s murder and the mob. He was driving back from a funeral, and stopped on the side of the road to sleep. Two guys came along, murdered him, and stole the car. It was a coincidence that it was Michael Jordan’s dad that was the victim.
Edit: the murder was covered in David Halberstam’s Playing For Keeps. Halberstam wrote about how some members of the media “dementedly” tried to tie the murder to Jordan’s gambling on the golf course. There was no connection.
I had looked at the wikipedia entry, and although I agree that it didn’t sound like a mob hit, I know that there are persistent conspiracy theorists out there who believe that there was more than met the eye.
Sure, but there’s also persistent conspiracy theories about the WTC being destroyed by controlled demolition, TWA 800 shot down by a missile, mercury in vaccines causing autism, high fructose corn syrup causing diabetes (actually that one’s real), the moon landing was filmed at Area 51, etc.
Besides, the mob isn’t stupid enough to whack the relative of a high-profile sports hero, and even if they were, they wouldn’t hire two incredibly stupid street thugs as described in the wiki link. This conspiracy theory is about as likely as Weird Al Yankovic’s parents being murdered by time-travelling skeptics in retaliation for predicting 9/11 in his song “Christmas at Ground Zero”.
May I presume the killers are in some sort of protective custody in the prison system?
Jordans father was murdered because he waz supposed to throw the Knicks / Bulls series. He scored 15 points, couldn’t deal with it and the came back scoring like 60pts. He was suspended from the NBA for that time, that’s why he played baseball, to stay in shape. The same person who owned the Bulls also owned the baseball team. Why else would they pay Jordan 20 million to play minor league baseball. Mike met with the commissioner 3 times before he retired. You don’t have to believe me, just ask Jim Brown. Like Jim says " I was at the top of my game when I retired, I never met with the commissioner, why did Mike meet 3 times. All I have to say, there is a lot more to this than everyone is being told." Remember, Jordan was an American hero. Basketball needed it.By the way, the kids didn’t kill him, they found him dead already.
If you don’t believe the mob wouldn’t do that, then you probably believe some guy named Oswald fired 3 bullets in 5 seconds, at a moving target, with a bolt action rifle. C’mon Man!
If you don’t believe the mob wouldn’t do that, then you probably believe some guy named “Armstrong” landed on the moon. C’mon Man!
Michael Jordan will be so happy to learn that his father has risen from the dead, albeit as a zombie.
Not a mob hit and Jordan was never suspended. Why would Stern keep a suspension to Jordan secret when he could ensure that every player would get the message that if he would suspend the premier player in the league, he’d suspend anyone if their actions warranted it.
Quite a few folks believe in Scientology and even more(maybe) think they faked the moon landing. Folks are weird.
I don’t know the details entirely, but Oswald did act alone. Please tell me you get this idea.
Mad minute. I couldn’t do it, but some could. Keep in mind this includes at least 1 reload, as Lee-Enfields are 10 rounds.
Good thing they didn’t kill Shaquille’s dad, or he’d go all Shaq-Fu on them.
And it was more like eight to nine seconds.
If we don’t believe you, we should ask a guy who has no first-hand knowledge of anything?
“OJ didn’t plan that robbery in Las Vegas. If you don’t believe me, ask Stephen Hawking.”
Didn’t Penn Jilette fire the same kind of gun that rapidly on one of his first attempts, though without the accurate aim a trained shooter would have?
Since I’m assuming you’re a conspiricy theorist is there a website or something that I can go to and read these things? I love how deliciously strange these types of things are but can never really find one good source for em all
There’s one that specializes in rifles. Something like scopes.com.
Naw, that’d be about evilution. (spelling intended).
I know of one but, I’m not sure if you can post links to other message boards here. I’ll send you a PM with the link.