<![CDATA[Michael Jordan showed no mercy playing sons in basketball: ‘Earn everything’]]> https://usagag.com/2020/05/02/michael-jordan-showed-no-mercy-playing-sons-in-basketball-earn-everything/ Sat, 02 May 2020 23:51:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://usagag.com Michael Jordan showed no mercy playing sons in basketball: ‘Earn everything’ Michael Jordan was a notorious competitor on the court, always looking for an edge, no matter how minute. The six-time NBA champion was the same way at home, pushing his kids to be their best. He didn’t take it easy on them in basketball, either.

“He would treat us exactly the same as any other basketball player he was playing,” one of Jordan’s sons, Marcus, said on NBC’s “Today” show to discuss the documentary, “The Last Dance,” that chronicles his legendary father’s final season with the Bulls.

Jordan and his two sons, Marcus and Jeffrey, would often play a game of one-on-one-on-one against each other. Whoever scored got to keep the ball.

“The game got so competitive [one time], to the point I literally had to call my mom, [and tell her], ‘Dad’s picking on me,’ ” Marcus said. “I was a freshman in high school. There was nothing given. You had to earn everything.”

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Marcus played three of college basketball at Central Florida from 2009-11, averaging 12.3 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. Jeffrey also played in college, for Illinois and Central Florida from 2007-12, averaging 1.6 points per game between the two programs.

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