A Tiny Chink in MJ’s Mythology Armor

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• AB_40 Posted: Sep.10 at 9:35 am
  Leroy Smith is REAL hahahaha whoever get’s an interview with the REAL Leroy smith about Charlie Murphy playing him deserves an award haha

• MeloMan15 Posted: Sep.10 at 9:40 am
  FRAUD!!!

• Hursty Posted: Sep.10 at 9:41 am
  Leroy Smith is INSANE AB. Insane haha.
  If you don’t “make” a team that you try out for – then you are “cut”. It’s in the interpretation of words. Regardless of what the norm was, if you don’t make a team you try to make, you are cut.
  That’s all, that’s it.

• JE Posted: Sep.10 at 9:49 am
  This has been reiterated thousands upon thousands of times. 20 years later, it’s still a non-story.

• mike Posted: Sep.10 at 10:00 am
  i guess this means kobe’s better HAHAHA no f*cking way

• Eboy Posted: Sep.10 at 10:40 am
  Wouldn’t the team’s coaches testimony hold more weight? And he’s said time and again that he was “cut”?

• niQ Posted: Sep.10 at 10:55 am
  Wow Leroy Smith is quoted in the article. Is the actual REALLY real? I thought it was just Charlie Murphy playing around..

• Z Posted: Sep.10 at 11:09 am
  Most, not all. Meaning that some made it. Meaning that he was cut. If you try to be a walk-on at UNC and don’t make the team after the 1st scrimmage, you still got cut.

• Allenp Posted: Sep.10 at 11:17 am
  Headline doesn’t make sense.

• Allenp Posted: Sep.10 at 11:19 am
  The woman doesn’t deny that he was cut from varsity.. She just says that’s what happened to everybody. That is not the same thing.
  And how the thell does she know what truly motivated Jordan? Was she in his mind?

• John D Posted: Sep.10 at 11:32 am
  Was Leroy Smith a 10th grader too or was he older?

• Czar Ruke Posted: Sep.10 at 1:30 pm
  Leroy is not quoted in this article.

• J-King Posted: Sep.10 at 1:38 pm
  This really isn’t news. I read a book about MJ about a year ago…not sure of the title, but it basically explained the same thing. Doesn’t seem too controversial to me.

• a_whiteman Posted: Sep.10 at 2:54 pm
  who cares lol

• Jukai Posted: Sep.10 at 2:54 pm
  OH F*CK THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING KOBE REALLY IS BETTER

• Moose Posted: Sep.10 at 3:51 pm
  Every time that I hear about Jordan getting “cut” from his high school team I point that out. How many sophomores play varsity?? And for once, I have to give an LMAO to Jukai. Props, my man.

• KD Posted: Sep.10 at 4:39 pm
  TAGLINE:ZERO rings,INFINITE hype!

• tealish Posted: Sep.10 at 5:37 pm
  Meh. You can try for something, even if it is against the odds, and still get cut.
  I’m sure if they thought Jordan could help their varsity team (yes, as a sophomore) they’d let him play. There’s no rule in place that excludes him from playing with the big boys. So really, there is no point to this teacher speaking out.

• Jake Posted: Sep.10 at 5:50 pm
  We had 6 sophomores on my Varsity team the first year at my new high school,and 3 of us were starters….and we made it to the state playoffs.It’s not that uncommon really.

• luv2ball Posted: Sep.10 at 7:13 pm
  Back in Jordan’s day when you were young you had to wait your turn. Hell, Kareem didn’t play in UCLA’s Varsity as a freshmen because at the time Frshmen were not allowed. They all had to be stuffed in lockers and then report to the pool on the roof.

• Dacre Posted: Sep.10 at 9:15 pm
  Jukai = golden child of slamonline.

• Enigmatic Posted: Sep.10 at 10:11 pm
  Who. Really. Cares. MJ’s still the GOAT

• Ramon D Posted: Sep.10 at 10:54 pm
  Im the Michael Jordan of motivating Michael Jordan

• Teddy-the-Bear Posted: Sep.11 at 12:19 am
  You know what really motivated Michael Jordan? Isiah Thomas.
  What else, you ask?
  The New York Knicks.

• Mavus Posted: Sep.11 at 2:40 am
  Was she the COACH? NO… If he tried out for Varsity (and someone had to let him tryout), and he didn’t make it, then he was CUT!!! And is the G.O.A.T… This is like asking a guy that worked for Motown how Jackson 5 got signed!! LMAO!!

• chintao Posted: Sep.11 at 4:34 am
  This story merely proves that Jordan has been a complete pr!ck since at least sophomore year of high school.

• Tim Posted: Sep.11 at 10:06 am
  What about that guy in the old tapes (Mike’s friend) that made it cuz he was tall? Or was he older….(circa, come fly with me, best jordan tape ever)

• Rob Posted: Sep.14 at 3:53 am
  On Wikipedia says that at the time, Leroy and MJ were both 9th graders, trying to get on a team of 10th graders. Competing for the lone spot for a 9th grader on the team, Leroy got the edge because of his height. He was 6’7 at the time, while MJ was 5’11. So here we go…
  See the Article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_Smith