Provoking Michael Jordan is tantamount to humiliating himself, and even when Jordan reaches the age of 42, it is definitely not something that some players can shake. O.J. Mayo, who was hailed as the nation's no. 1 high school student in 2005, spewed garbage at Jordan during a training camp and was quickly beaten by the 42-year-old Jordan. The "flying man" also pricked Up Mayo, claiming to hit Mayo to call out to his mother.
It was at a training camp in 2005, when Jordan and Mayo met for the first time. Mayo has made a name for himself as the only high school player in the camp. Jordan and Mayo's head-to-head was picked up by Mayo.
Jordan talked about the reason for the incident in an interview: "He started to say to me in front of my cadets, 'You can't stop me, you don't have a rut', because my cadets were present, so I couldn't respond directly to him. I also had to take my bootcamp, so I suspended my training and told my cadets to go back to sleep and I went back to the pitch to play. He continued to spew trash, you can't stop me, you can't score. ”
Jordan was furious to teach this arrogant boy a lesson, and he let the other players on the court go to the side, and he played Mayo back again and again.
"I said, listen boy, you may be the strongest high school student, but I'm the strongest basketball player in the world. From this moment on I will help you to teach a good lesson. Jordan said.
There is a video of Jordan single-handedly picking out Mayo on the Internet, which is completely one-sided, Jordan showed his signature stunt, back-to-back singles back jumper, throwing the ball again and again, leaving Mayo helpless. "Since then, I've taught him a lesson. He didn't win a game. I singled him with my back low and I did everything. Jordan said with a smile.
Mayo was beaten to the point where he really couldn't limit Jordan's offense, even though the Flyers were long past their peak and had really retired.
Jordan also hit Back at Mayo with trash talk on the pitch. As a party, Mayo was interviewed by Sports Illustrated in 2013 about the situation at the time: "Jordan is Jordan. He kept nagging, facing my defense, and he said, 'Better call Mom.' In front of me, he hit a shot with a back-up jumper. Jordan defended his dignity, and Mayo was beaten to death.