The $500K Bounty to Break Michael Jordan’s Ribs | The Bad Boys Era Exposed#nba #foryou #usa
How dirty were the Pistons back then? They literally put a 500k bounty on breaking Jordan’s ribs. Starting in 1988, the Bulls got eliminated by the Detroit Pistons 3 years straight. Michael Jordan got beat down so bad he was lying on the locker room floor crying. The Pistons coach even said privately, “Whoever breaks Michael Jordan’s ribs, I’ll personally give you half a million dollars. Check out who was on that Pistons squad. Isaiah Thomas, the guy who’d been bullying Michael for years. Rick Mahorn, a former boxer who switched to basketball, Dale Lane Beer, the NBA’s original villain, and Dennis Rodman with his crazy temper, even though he was just a rookie. Dude was cocky as hell. Rodman straight up told Jordan, “Better have an ambulance waiting outside the arena. That way, you might survive the trip to the hospital. Don’t even think about dunking or you’ll hear your spine snap.” Michael just smirked and said, “Your team’s a bunch of clowns. You can’t intimidate me.” 1988 Eastern Conference semi-finals. The Bulls faced the toughest, most violent team in NBA history, the Detroit Pistons. Looking at Isaiah Thomas, Jordan wanted to destroy him. Thomas had bullied Michael before, and it had become his nightmare before the game. Michael swear to God he dropped 50 points that night, but the game didn’t go as planned. The Pistons won game one. Worse than that, Jordan got two ribs broken on his left side. Pippen took an elbow to the head from Rodman. Team doctor said severe concussion. Grant got put in a chokeold. got so mad he fought Rodman and both got ejected. The Bull’s locker room felt like a funeral. Pippen, holding his head, quietly asked Michael, “How do we play the next game?” After a long silence, Michael said, “We got to report these guys to David Stern.
How dirty were the Detroit Pistons back then?
Starting in 1988, rumors spread that the Pistons put a $500,000 bounty on breaking Michael Jordan’s ribs. For three straight years, they bullied the Bulls out of the playoffs — elbows, chokeholds, and cheap shots became part of the “Jordan Rules.”
Led by Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer, Rick Mahorn, and a young Dennis Rodman, the Pistons turned basketball into war.
Jordan got beaten down, Pippen concussed, and the Bulls nearly broken — until that pain forged the dynasty that would change basketball forever.
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15 comments
Did you say he's going to report them to David Stern😅
Bad boy❤❤❤😂😂
Lying on the floor crying is a lie,, because he loss to Pistons… That was him when he won his first chip.. …
Isaiah Thomas is after Jordan even to this day
Yeah the pistons played rough but this is bs. Don't believe everything you see on the internet
DALE LANE BEER???….WTF!!!😮😮
Dale Lambeer???? Who’s that?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Come on Isiah Thomas was one of the nicest guys in N.B.A. history ; I could see the rest of them, but not Thomas
How the could Mike play the next game in the series with two broken ribs?
The Pistons should have been shot.
The Detroit pistons were and still are bitches and I’m from SW.Detroit. Hated then and will never like them
That's why they get Rodman into bull MJ having a hard time to this bully
They just made MJ Better Facts ❤
Most of all of this is a complete lie. A complete lie. False truth!!! It's such bullshit!!!
Ya'll need to take down this ignorant video!!!!!! Right now!!!!