J so upset? He started repeating how many points that he had and how many Dr. J so badly that it led up to the infamous Celtics-Sixers fight where Charles Barkley held Larry in a choke hold while Dr. Larry Bird was a beast at trash talking one-on-one during a game too. Sure enough, he followed that up with a trophy in the 3-point contest that year. During the three-point contest of one All-Star game in the 1980's, Larry Bird pulls up in the locker room right before the competition and confidently states to all his competitors, "Which one of you guys is coming in second?". Larry Bird is another all-time great with an all-time great resume of trash talk. There are so many great Michael Jordan instances of trash talk. Magic and Larry shrugged, because they knew that in the end, Michael was right. Michael Jordan saunters up to them and gleefully says, "There's a new sheriff in town boys".
After the game, Magic and Larry were hunched down, exhausted in the locker room. Being the competitive forces that they were, the game got incredibly heated and Michael ultimately got the edge. They pitted their squads against each other in a friendly scrimmage. Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan were team captains for the 1992 US Olympic Dream team. There was also one notable time where Michael trash talked Magic Johnson and Larry Bird straight to their faces, and they had no response because they knew he was the superior one. MJ got the better of them most of the time both on the scoreboard and in the court of verbal exchanges. He would have constant verbal battles with the other great trash talking guards like Gary Payton and Reggie Miller. He would constantly berate the little guys to weed out the weak ones from his team, but he wasn't afraid of going against the big fish of the league at all. That frustrated the hell out of Michael, who ultimately killed his confidence and pushed him out out the team by berating him mercilessly every day in practice. Kwame came into the league straight out of high school, but other than being big, he didn't have a natural knack for the game. His exchanges with Rip were much friendlier than with his other Wizards teammate Kwame Brown. Rip actually used that as motivation to become an All-Star later on down the road. Michael bluntly retorted back to Rip, "My shoes are for All-Stars". When he was playing on the Washington Wizards, his teammate Rip Hamilton chided Jordan saying that he wanted to have his own shoe on the Jordan Brand. Michael would demolish his enemies with his words, but he'd also use them to test his teammates. Hitting that shot over him in the playoffs was just the icing on the cake.
He was basically calling his shot every time and hitting it in Ehlo's face! Poor Ehlo. First of all, he dropped his career-high 69-point game on him, but he would also state the exact move he was going to put on him before doing it. MJ also had a knack for terrorizing the Cleveland Cavalier's Craig Ehlo. After a while, it dawned on Steve that MJ was counting down from 40! Michael kept his promise and got it all the way down to zero by the time the game ended. One time Steve Smith was guarding him when all of the sudden, Michael started counting numbers backward to Steve, "38.36.34".
#BEST TRASH TALKER IN NBA PROFESSIONAL#
He had a brash confidence in every word and movement in his professional career, but he was arguably at his most lethal when he was trash talking the guy guarding him one-on-one. And if things ever escalated into a fight, they'd no doubt be the ones to step up to the occasion.Įven though he's the consensus greatest player ever in NBA history, Michael Jordan ranks with the best ever in terms of trash talk. These guys listed below are some of the greatest jaw-runners to ever do it. They're mostly anecdotes passed on through the years by other players, then bestowed onto the fans. When we hear legendary instances of NBA trash talk, they aren't usually recorded Mic'd up moments. Mic'ing up players for a whole game wasn't around during the golden eras of NBA toughness (70's-90's), which is an unfortunate thing for us fans who enjoy a little banter. The NFL still regularly provides some great Mic'd Up moments of heated trash talk, like this compilation that was put together on Richard Sherman.
SteemSports Presenter: Editor: love it when the NBA and NFL select a few worthy players to mic up during games in the playoffs or regular season.
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