Everyone would agree that the most talented basketball player of all time was Michael Jordan. Nevertheless, it was also known that when it came to carrying a grudge, he was great. It took an impressive amount of personal motivation to get to the top of the field and stay there, and one of the things that had fueled his desire to get there were his beefs and disagreements in the case of Michael Jordan. We compiled a list of all the biggest beef Michael Jordan had in his career to give His Airness honor, and he still carried some of those grudges until today. While the others were not quite so, some kinds of beef were simple. Some of them were perceived slights that pushed the basketball player crazy. It would help readers to understand more about Michael Jordan by reading through this list. This beef had molded him into the legend that he was today.
The 1985 NBA All-Stars
The idea of the hotshot rookie joining the All-Stars game did not please the old NBA guard. Isiah Thomas, Magic Johnson, and George Gervin were a rumor of working together against Michael Jordan and teaming up. The veterans had agreed that while they locked Jordan down whenever he had the ball, they would let each other rack up points. This strategy was proven to be successful because Jordan only scored seven points on nine shots. Michael Jordan had turned the tables around for the next round played by the Bulls with Pistons and had scored 49 points-15 rebounds, five assists, and four steals. This was what ignited Thomas and the Pistons’ rivalry.