Michael Jordan took a break from playing golf and generally just being an asshole to interact with some of the Bobcats.

A trash-talking Jordan attended the Bobcats’ shootaround Monday morning before their game against Dallas, challenging the rookie Henderson to a shooting competition after the workout.

It may be a sign of a more hands-on approach for Jordan, who agreed late Friday to buy the Bobcats from owner Bob Johnson. Jordan has been a part-owner with the final say on basketball decisions since 2006, but has rarely attended practices.

Jordan’s gotten a free pass from the media his entire career, both as a player and as an executive.  He neglects his responsibilities and can’t be bothered to actually, you know, scout players for the draft or anything else that might take time away from playing golf.  His teams and draft picks (Kwame Brown?  Sean May?) suck every single year, but since he’s Michael Jordan, he hasn’t been tarred and feathered like, say, Isiah Thomas.

So now the great Michael Jordan has finally decided – since he’s going to be owner and all – to take a break from golf and giving classless Hall of Fame speeches to play H-O-R-S-E with Gerald Henderson.  During the game, Jordan was talking shit the whole time.  The media will turn that into his being a competitor and write about how admirable it is, when in actuality it’s just Jordan being a cocksucker for a change.  Ooooh, he’s so competitive, he wants to win at everything, even checkers.  Why is this celebrated?  He sounds like a real asshole to me.

Oh, I guess now is a good time to bring back an old joke I heard when Jordan was embarrassing himself playing baseball.  How do you get Michael Jordan to quit playing baseball?  Kill his mother.

Too mean?  Probably, but it still makes me laugh a bit.  I don’t know if you can tell, but I don’t really like Michael Jordan.

[ESPN.com]