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When I met Michael Jordan for the first time, I literally couldn't believe it was him. I seen him walking towards me and it was kind of like he was walking on air. And to me it looked like he was like levitating. I was like, this guy didn't even, he walked over and his feet didn't even touch the ground. I was, I had to pinch myself and it was like he was like black Jesus to me. I couldn't believe it. Like people, you know, I felt the dude look like Jesus Christ to me. I was like, are you finally here? You know, he was black Jesus to me. Nobody could tell me anything different. I think it was my junior year in high school. I go up to Chicago and I go to a gym called Hoops where he plays basketball in the summertime. I was in Chicago, Maverick and I and our good friend G, they take us to Hoops. I'm going there. I didn't know he was going to be there. And before they play, they say Mike always, you know, used to lift before they play. I have no other story. So we walk upstairs and nobody told me that Mike lived before he played. I don't know anything about lifting right now. I'm a high school sophomore. I don't really think about lifting. We walk up there and the first person I see is Charles Oakley, you know, being from Cleveland. Dapt him up. I had seen Oak around the city a few times, you know. I had seen Grobo had the gym and we always, you know, come in and work out. And Oak move and when he moves, Mike is sitting on the bench press. And I was like, oh, my fucking God. For LeBron, I was like, black Jesus. They were just in awe. His aura, it was like a ghost. He doesn't seem real, does he? He doesn't seem real. He don't seem real. Think about that. Man, you both feel the same way. There's a million other people that feel the same way this season. He don't look real. He doesn't. And everybody else that's ever met him, even superstars from Jack to LeBron, everybody else that's ever met him, he's said the exact same thing. I didn't think he was real, man. You don't understand. I didn't think Michael Jordan was real. I only thought he lived in the TV, either in games or commercials or come fly with me on concept tapes. Wow, yeah. I didn't think he was real. You know, he hung around all day with us and just had a ball. And it was like, holy shit. It's Michael Jordan. Like, it's Michael Jeffrey Jordan in the flesh. And I couldn't believe it when we went back upstairs and did a weight room and it was just me, him, Tim, G, and LeBron. And he talked to us for like 15 minutes. And that was the first time LeBron ever met Michael. We talked for about maybe even a little bit longer. I think LeBron learned something from being there because he saw that hard work pay off. If the man above would have took me that day, out into the hell of a life, I swear to God. Yeah, so that was like the best one, the best finish I've ever had. Had he, at that point in your life, in your basketball career, had he heard of you? Did he know of you? Well, yeah, I think he did. And Michael Setten had a conversation with us just about basketball. And I honestly don't remember anything that was said in the conversation. He was very, I think he was talking to LeBron about NBA and being a pro and giving him lessons. But it was like, everything just sounded like blurred out to me. I was listening to God speak. It was like, I don't even remember what he was saying. And that was the first time he met Michael and myself. He called me a young fellow, of course. And just basically told me to keep working at it. And someday I can get to the NBA. I was a junior high school. So I guess he told me something right. And I just kept working at it. When I got back home to Akron, and I told my boys, like my boys, because they didn't know how crazy I am about MJ. They was like, no, are you lying? I'm like, dog. Not only did I see Mike, I was on the court with Mike. And maybe it didn't work out chronologically. I'm guessing you, did you ever get to play any kind of game with him? And so when he was 16, he was out there playing. And if you watched the game, he wasn't like dominating. He wasn't like, but he didn't stick out. You didn't go like, oh, there's a kid out there. It was like, oh, there's just another player out there. Like, you know, he got a couple buckets, went up and down. He wasn't at all ready to defend. But on offense, you know, if you can pass, you can play. And he could pass and he had the size and the ability to get in and got a couple buckets. And it'd be interesting to see how he remembers those games. That's actually something I may have to ask him about. This summer when we're chilling is like, how does he remember those games? And did he take anything from it? Like that was a gauge. Sophomore, you're 2001. You're on the court with him. What's, I mean, what's that experience like? I mean, shit, you're on the court with, you know, Black Jesus, as you said. Do you remember anything about that run? Yeah, him and Antoine Walker was talking so much shit. I swear to God. The way we pushed each other, talk trash. Back and forth, back and forth. Twan was fantastic. Talk a lot of shit and play and do the shimmy. As the summer went along, the run, it just got bigger and bigger. It got to a point, there'll be 30 pros in the gym. It was me, Jawan Howard, Quentin Richardson, Corey McGathey, Darius Miles, Bobby Simmons, Gilbert Arrhenius. Paul Pearson. Yeah, Penny, Ron Ortiz. Finley was in there, Stockhouse was in there, a young LeBron was in there. Jamal Crawford. Played against Ray Allen, Tim Hart, Ray Antone. Everybody was coming through Chicago. We never lost. If you lose the game, you may have to sit two games. Wow. But on top of that, you mentioned LeBron. LeBron had to be only 15-16 at this time, right? 16. Everybody had heard about him. He came to Chicago. Play pick up with us. Well, LeBron was a sophomore and Antoine brought him there. Matt was a little older than him, but he hadn't been to college yet. So was he able to hold his own? Oh, without question. When I tell you the competitiveness of these games, we used to go at it every single day. As a kid, and you know Michael and they're playing against him, but to have the every day to see his competitive drive at his age, I think he was 39. He wanted to win every fucking day, man. Every day. He was just something different. I remember one time he came out there, and some dude was talking trash. Yeah, Michael, I'm doing this now. And as a player, he's on the next contract. I'm getting my Ferraris, and I'm doing this. You got a new Ferrari, and you showed up, and you were pretty happy about it. And what all went down with that story? One time, yeah, I came, and I had a drop top Bentley. So, you know, I mean, everybody knows, I mean, you got 30 pros at the gym, half of them, more than half live in Chicago. You know that parking lot was lit up. You know, it was a car show. Yeah. You know, it was a car show. So it was just one of those days I got the Bentley, you know, after we get through with the gym. Like I said, we all hanging out. He sees my car. He gave me some compliments. He was like, okay, that's nice. He was like, you know what? I'm gonna drive something every day for you. And they say, yeah, well, now I get mine. They give me to be free just to drive. I'm gonna drive a different Ferrari every day for you now. Different Ferrari, different Ferrari, five days, with a match of sweatsuit, with a match of sweatsuit, man. He had on, this is the true story. He had on a yellow Jordan outfit. He had on some black, white, and yellow Jordans that probably still ain't out. And outside he had a yellow Florida match. So he just was, his whole thinking was just on a whole different plateau. And, you know, for me, when I got the opportunity, they didn't let me play for like the first hour. You know, I'm like, I'm 16. Yeah, younger, I'm sitting there just waiting my turn. And to be honest, I didn't even think I would even get the opportunity to play. And the only reason I played is because the guys that was in the league, you know, after a few, you know, after hours, some of them they get tired. They like, you know what I'm done with this shit. I'm done with this shit. Hey, young fella, hey, we need a fifth. You want to play? And a young LeBron was in there. He was killing LeBron. He was 15 years old, just like killing. He was 15? Yeah, he was 15. He was just like, this kid was killing. He was playing very well. So, that's why he was big. I gave him a forearm on a fast break. He was coming, he was cooking. He couldn't, nobody can guard him, LeBron James. At all. They couldn't guard him. I'm like, I'm getting him out. He's embarrasing us. So he's coming out at full speed, LeBron James. Boom, I lay him on the floor. He'd get up and start cooking more. He's just tough. He was about 225 at that time. But I remember him just being tough. So for me to be on the court, at 16 years old, sophomore in high school, with my favorite player of all time, man, it was like, this can't be real, man. If you pinch me, man, I was like, please, I hope I don't wake up. Yeah, I remember that, it was that point in that game. And with you elbow, Jordan, the ribs. What happened? Real easy, what happened? All right, so I remember you broke his ribs. Yeah, we was in Chicago in the summertime playing pickup basketball. At that age, when I sensed that somebody's better than me, I go into my street mode. I'm only 19, see what I'm saying? Michael Jordan's there, so it's just crazy, all right? So, but I'm playing real hard. And I don't think he expected that. So he will always say, yo, come back, come back. At the 19, I just had a lot of energy and he liked the bump, but you know, it's MJ. MJ would have referees come down. So MJ, when you get, when he gets the boy scores, he was very good at 38 years old. So I tried to, yeah, he's still amazing. And I was 19 or 20. So I was trying to deny him. Michael posted me up. You can't let Michael get the ball. At this point, he's the best player in the league. Immediately, I'm like, I don't give up. Rats ass, he's just as crazy as I am. He scored every single time. And I got tired of him scoring. So he was holding me and I knew if I let him touch the ball, he's going to score. So I cannot let him touch it. And then as I tried to move his arm, because he had, he held me. He wanted this position. I'm like, nah, you can't have this position. You know what I'm saying? So when I was trying to deny him and get his arm out the way, I just, my elbow hit him in the ribs. Then his ribs cracked. So it wasn't, it wasn't like, it cracked. You cracked it. It just, you know. And that was like one of the worst days of my life as a basketball player. He went down and they didn't go down. Jordan was crazy. I hit him in the ribs. He holds his ribs. He was like this, ah, he got the ball. But the crazy thing was after he went, ah, after he did that, he came down. He takes about five seconds. Then it's his ball. Cross over free throw. Free throw line. He ends the game with a jumper. Bang, right game over. And then he walked off. Mike hit a game winner in the game, just like Brian said, with the same Utah follow through to pick up. Same thing. It was like, game over, MJ. And was like, yeah, that's why they pay me 33 million to do this. That's why they pay me 33 million. I'll never forget that. He going to talk trash. That's in it. Message is DNA. He can't help that. And went off like this. And I'm like, damn, MJ is nice. And then the next day, I found out he broke his ribs. And then I got the call the next day. Actually, in the media, it said, Ronald Tess punched Michael Jordan. That's what it said the next day. Said Ronald Tess punched Michael Jordan and broke his ribs. I broke his ribs. He had it in 25. He had it in 35. He's out three months. So he was cooking everybody. And it was something that I was very, I regret to this day because he averaged 25 points that year. And he had to take off three months. When I seen him play that summer, I'm like, wow, MJ is going to average 35 points because he was killing everyone. At that time, MJ was killing. When I broke his ribs, he sat out three months, came back average in 25. And I was telling people, if it wasn't for those three months off, he would average 35. He was killing them. Right. And you talking about all stars is in the gym. Because that was the year after he retired, correct? That was one year after he retired. Right. And he was cooking. And when he came back in average 25, I wanted to see MJ average 30. And I felt like, you know, when I did that, I felt like I stunted his progress of conditioning, training, and I remember just regret. That's one of the things I regret the most in my career. And Tim was pissed. DG was pissed. Tim Grover. Oh, really? I was going out. It was like waves went around Jordan brand, like going crazy. Like, Mike hurt because you broke his ribs. Wow. How was he after it happened? Was he a man? Sure was he pissed off at? Well, I was upset for a couple of days. You know, I didn't go back to play the next day. I was just, I was kind of upset. I was sad for two days, right? I was in my house. I lived in downtown Chicago. And I couldn't get up out of bed thinking about Mike, right? Mike, and he heard about this. I was talking about Asia. And then Mike called me, yo. And MJ called me. Who's this? Mike? Who? Mike with Jordan? Oh, shit. He says, hey, man, it's all right, man. Don't worry about it. It happens. It happens. He's like, it's OK. It happens. I'm like, oh, wow. Thanks, MJ. You know, and I said, oh, all right, cool. And I went back to play. I went back to play in the summertime, man. First time I met Mike, yo. It's crazy. That's crazy. I didn't know that. I didn't know it was the first initial time. Yeah. He's inspired everybody. At those runs, Jay-Z and Beyonce were coming to watch Pick-Up. He's inspired everybody from every walk of life, you know? And that's what he's just, I think God just put him here and said, you're going to be the one. And let me know what you thought about this crazy story in the comment section down below. If you did enjoy it, please hit that like button. Let's aim for 23,000 likes. Subscribe if you are new. Here are two new videos that I think you may enjoy. And I will catch you guys in the next one.