Here's What Happened When Reggie Miller Trash-Talked Michael Jordan
Have you ever heard Jordan refer to himself as "Black Jesus"?
Reggie Miller stopped by Jimmy Kimmel last night and told hilarious stories about Spike Lee, Mike Tyson, and Michael Jordan. During his 18 seasons in the NBA, Miller was known for his on-court trash talk. But when he tried to psych out M.J. during his rookie season, it backfired. (Transcription courtesy of Uproxx).
My rookie year, we were playing the Chicago Bulls, and this is Michael Jordan's third or fourth year in. We're playing an exhibition game in some obscure place. Most veterans do not like to play in exhibition games. They want to get to the real thing. I'm a wide-eyed, energetic rookie, and we're playing this exhibition game, and Michael is going through the motions. Chuck Person, who's on my team and is a trash talker, as well, was like, "Can you believe Michael Jordan? The guy everyone's talking about? Who's supposed to be able to walk on water? You're out here killing him, Reg." This is in the first half. He's like, "You should be talking to him."
I was like, "You know what? You're right. Michael, who do you think you are? The great Michael Jordan? That's right, there's a new kid in town."
He kind of looks at me and starts shaking his head. So, at half, I have 10 (points), and he has four points, right? I'm doing all this talking, he's like, "Okay."
End of the game, in the second half, he ended up with 44, and I end up with 12.
So, he outscored me 40 to two. And as he's walking off he's like, "Be sure, and be careful that you never talk to Black Jesus like that. Okay?"
Okay. I'm so sorry, Black Jesus. I'm so sorry.
(Did you ever do it again?)
Never to Michael Jordan.
