Mexico City
The race of Michael Jordan was one of the most outstanding in the history of world sport, but the taste of the NBA legend was not limited to what was done in court, for too he liked to gamble, namely that he could play cards for 36 hours, regardless of how this affected other commitments.
Former Celtics player Antoine Walker revealed during an interview on a CBS Sports radio show Jordan’s anecdote that he had postponed a press conference to announce his first return to basketball, due to a card game that supposedly lasted 36 hours
“When Michael called the ante, it always went up a bit. It’s a number that everyone has to bring to the table. In this case, it was $ 20,000 to enter the game. If you didn’t have that money, you could. not playing it What made it even more interesting was the day I had to do it he had to make his announcement that he would officially returnHe’s canceled the press conference, everything. We played 36 hours, man. We played against two other players and Jordan and I were a couple. And we ended up losing $ 900,000, ”he said.
Despite losing all the money he had brought with him at the time, Walker explained that in an effort to get on with the game, Jordan sent his cousin to collect half a million to his house, amount he had put in a golf case.
“I went to Boston in a few days, so I had $ 100,000 with me. I always had money with me. Jordan had $ 200,000, but at one point party sent his nephew for 500 thousand moreThe other couple also had money. We ended up losing $ 180,000 because Michael was too tired. He literally fell asleep on the table, ”he concluded.