“47-year-old Michael Jordan Dunked On Us”: When Stephen Jackson’s Charlotte Was Destroyed By MJ & a Second Unit

Michael Jordan is such an extraordinarily terrific man that most of the things he did sound like made-up stories when coming from him or even other witnesses.

You must have heard of a 50-year-old MJ annihilating Stephen Jackson one-on-one, while the latter was playing for His Airness’ Charlotte Bobcats (now Charlotte Hornets).

However, this story of him torching his own team’s first unit while playing with the second unit when was retired from the sport for more than 7 years, is one of the several otherworldly things he did in his time on the hardwood.

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When 47-year-old Michael Jordan ripped through Stephen Jackson and Co

Stephen Jackson recently revealed a story about the time he was playing with the Charlotte Bobcats, the MJ-owned team, while he was literally in the prime of his 14-year NBA career.

Jackson was averaging a career-high that season and was a leader in the Charlotte team, and after a loss, he had talked back to an angry MJ who was giving them a speech in the locker room.

What came next would have never been forgotten by anybody in the practice session. The very next day in practice, the 5x MVP, at 47 years of age, suited up and with the second unit by his side beat the first unit of his own team.

Stephen Jackson tells a story about how a 47-year-old Michael Jordan went off on him and his Charlotte Bobcat teammates after a loss and came into practice the next day and beat the startling lineup with backups:

“I told myself, “That’s why he’s the GOAT.” pic.twitter.com/kblKU1RUDJ

— Hornets Coverage (@hornetscoverage) December 12, 2022

After beating them, he talked a lot of smack, if talking trash throughout the game wasn’t enough, and finished them up with a dunk. Yikes!

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Stephen Jackson was good at basketball

Jackson was a hustler who made it to the league through all the hardships and after playing in the G-league for the first three years since his draft, he finally became an NBA player in 2000.

He was an efficient role player during his time with the Spurs, where he helped them win the 2003 championship, averaging close to 12 points off the bench.

Since then, he never averaged less than 16 points per game until his second year in Charlotte (2010-11) and was one of the most underrated 2-way players in the league.

So, beating a team led him was no cakewalk. That 2009-10 Charlotte team had a 44-38 record. Meaning, an old MJ defeated a team that had beaten the world’s top basketball teams 44 times. Unbelievable.

Also read: When a 21-year-old Michael Jordan Declared Going After Every Team Leader in the NBA, Knowing he had no ‘Voice or Status’

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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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