News Flash: Michael Jordan Was Good at Basketball

August 26th, 2011 by Joshua Worrell Leave a reply »

Chuck Klosterman, when writing about his skepticisms toward the inevitable battle between humans and their unwelcomed computer overlords, dubbed himself the “Michael Jordan of his Apartment” to his toaster’s “Labradford Smith.”

Upon first reading this comparison, I laughed, but I had no idea who Labradford Smith was. Google has since informed me that Smith was an anonymous guard for the Washington Bullets in 1993 who scored 37 points against Jordan in the first of two Bulls/Wizards games taking place on consecutive nights.

MJ accused Smith of talking trash throughout the performance, saying such offensive barbs as, “Nice game, Mike” instead of the more appropriate, “Thank you for allowing me to play professional basketball for a living, Mr. Jordan.” Mike insisted to teammates that he would make Smith pay the following night, and, of course, he did. Jordan scored 47 on the helpless guard, in what has since been referred to as “The Labradford Smith Game.”

Beyond that little anecdote, there isn’t really much to that ...

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