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Former teammate of Michael Jordan says he once bet $100,000 on Rock, Paper, Scissors game

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Published 15:58 23 Aug 2024 GMT+1

Former teammate of Michael Jordan says he once bet $100,000 on Rock, Paper, Scissors game

Basketball great Jordan has placed some crazy bets down the years.

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare

Basketball legend Michael Jordan once bet $100,000 on a simple game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, according to his former Chicago Bulls teammate.

As well as his supreme talent on the court, MJ was known to enjoy a spot of gambling throughout a trophy-laden career.

Jay Williams, who was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the second overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft, was all too familiar with Jordan's gambling habits.

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Speaking on The Brilliant Idiots podcast, he gave a fascinating insight into life on the Bulls team with a tale about gambling.

"When you see other guys on planes gambling money, you start living that life," he said.

"I used to have dudes on our team who were messing around with MJ. And MJ was like, ‘Bet it back, bet this back. And I’m like, ‘Why are you fucking with the big bank? Why are you f******g with Brand Jordan? He can’t lose. Last year he made $150 million, how are you messing with him?’"

Williams added: "Think about gambling to the next degree. Rock, paper, scissors you bet $20,000 all day long. Why wouldn’t you? You get bored.

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"And don’t get yourself down in the dice game. Don’t be in the corner and let some dude keep fading you out and all of a sudden you’re down $100,000 and he’s like, ‘Yo bet it back -- rock, paper, scissors for $100,000'."

When asked if he considered his gambling habit a problem, Jordan once replied: “No, I enjoy it. It’s a hobby."

He added: "If I had a problem, I’d be starving. I’d be hocking this watch, my championship rings, I would sell my house, I would do this. My wife left me, she’d be starving, my kids would be [starving].

"I do not have a problem. I enjoy gambling.”

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Image credit: Getty
Image credit: Getty

Earlier this year, stand-up comedian Cedric the Entertainer opened up on the eye-watering sums of money Jordan once proposed in a game of golf.

Speaking on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Cedric said: "Mike likes to play golf, and then he bets throughout the game and it gets pretty serious. It got out of my pay range very quickly.

"When you play with you Mike, it's always like him and (Derek) Jeter and other baseball players and athletes. The time I played, (Charles) Barkley was with us, and they were playing like ten thousand a hole, $10,000 a hole."

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"(Jordan) was like, 'You gotta play, Ced! You gotta play!' And I was like, 'I don't have it, Mike.' I would have to open a second line of credit just to play golf with you guys."

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Topics: Basketball, Michael Jordan, NBA, Chicago Bulls

Jack Kenmare
Jack Kenmare

Jack is a Senior Journalist who enjoys a long read. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of Football Manager wonderkids from 2005 to the present day, and has interviewed a handful of FM's finest, including Freddy Adu, Supat Rungratsamee and Mika Aaritalo.

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