Magic Johnson Recalls The Time He Tried Talking Trash To Michael Jordan

Talking trash to MJ is something that nobody should ever do

BYKyle Rooney
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Talking trash to Michael Jordan has to be one of the dumbest things a human can do, right up there with running in front of oncoming traffic and challenging JJ Watt to a tire flipping contest. 

But when you're an immortal like Magic F'N Johnson, you might be able to get away with it. Although, as Magic told Jimmy Kimmel last night, he was never a big trash talker and the one time he tried to get in MJ's head it turned into a complete and utter disaster.

At one of those legendary Dream Team scrimmages, after Magic's squad had built a comfortable lead, he went up to Mike and said, "Hey man, if you don't turn into Air Jordan we gon' blow you out today."

You can guess what happened next.


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