OT: MJ the GOAT to join NBC as a special NBA contributor

Bulliever2020 · Post #21 » by **Bulliever2020** » Tue May 13, 2025 3:00 am

prolific passer wrote:Maybe Magic or even Isiah will join him as they worked for NBA on NBC back in the day.

Yeah I'm pretty sure Isiah and MJ will not be working together

prolific passer · Post #22 » by **prolific passer** » Tue May 13, 2025 3:18 am

Bulliever2020 wrote:
prolific passer wrote:Maybe Magic or even Isiah will join him as they worked for NBA on NBC back in the day.

Yeah I'm pretty sure Isiah and MJ will not be working together

dice · Post #23 » by **dice** » Tue May 13, 2025 3:31 am

as opposed to MJ the district attorney? MJ the pope?

Mr. Tibbs · Post #24 » by **Mr. Tibbs** » Tue May 13, 2025 9:49 pm

christ I hope it's not gambling picks.

But have to imagine this will give a nice ratings boost, I sure as hell am intrigued enough to want to see it.

The Box Office · Post #25 » by **The Box Office** » Tue May 13, 2025 10:28 pm

We have MJ in the house tonight. And..we have a special mystery guest..

30 minutes later...Welcome Scottie Pippen in the house tonight.

bledredwine · Post #26 » by **bledredwine** » Tue May 13, 2025 10:55 pm

I can't wait

prolific passer · Post #27 » by **prolific passer** » Thu May 15, 2025 3:10 am

The Box Office wrote:We have MJ in the house tonight. And..we have a special mystery guest..

30 minutes later...Welcome Scottie Pippen in the house tonight.

Or Barkley. Heard he's already fighting with ESPN and daring them to fire him.

BullChit · Post #28 » by **BullChit** » Thu May 15, 2025 12:39 pm

dice wrote:as opposed to MJ the district attorney? MJ the pope?

MJ the district attorney would be fun to watch. He would refuse to lose.

The Explorer · Post #29 » by **The Explorer** » Thu May 15, 2025 2:05 pm

bledredwine wrote:"Lebron better retire soon, because he's not going to like what I have to say" - MJ

I can't wait

He probably sees a lot of errors in Lebron's fundamentals.

And you know that he's going to call out flopping and any uncompetitive bull**** that he pulls off.

Where did you see this quote? It seems to be not real.

bledredwine · Post #30 » by **bledredwine** » Thu May 15, 2025 3:21 pm

The Explorer wrote:
bledredwine wrote:"Lebron better retire soon, because he's not going to like what I have to say" - MJ

I can't wait

He probably sees a lot of errors in Lebron's fundamentals.

And you know that he's going to call out flopping and any uncompetitive bull**** that he pulls off.

Where did you see this quote? It seems to be not real.

Yep, you're right. A good friend sent a GIF and since he's usually reliable, I believed it.
I checked and it's false.

Either way, it's hilarious.

LateNight · Post #31 » by **LateNight** » Thu May 15, 2025 4:18 pm

Jcool0 wrote:
BahamaBull wrote:WTF? Still dont know what it means...MJ hates the spotlight...Didn't see this coming...But I like it.

He hates the spotlight?

Yeah - He’s producing a 10-part miniseries on how he hates attention

Post #32 » by **Michael Jackson** » Thu May 15, 2025 4:38 pm

jnrjr79 wrote:
sco wrote:IMO MJ is the GOAT, but I never found him all that insightful. Amusing, sure!

I'll be interested to see him, but yeah, nothing from his days running an NBA team suggests he's actually a great evaluator.

Sorta interested I guess but his SNL apperance lets me know I don't need him on a live mic much.

SlimD235 · Post #33 » by **SlimD235** » Thu May 15, 2025 4:50 pm

Remember before any NBA on NBC broadcast....there was a video start up breaking down the matchup? Right before the Roundball Rock theme. Super intense...that guy with the amazing voice to set the stage?

I think MJ is going to be the voice to introduce all of that. Maybe just for marquee matchups.

prolific passer · Post #34 » by **prolific passer** » Thu May 15, 2025 5:51 pm

SlimD235 wrote:Remember before any NBA on NBC broadcast....there was a video start up breaking down the matchup? Right before the Roundball Rock theme. Super intense...that guy with the amazing voice to set the stage?

I think MJ is going to be the voice to introduce all of that. Maybe just for marquee matchups.

Bob Costas and Marv Albert used to do some of those voiceovers also.

Future Coach · Post #35 » by **Future Coach** » Fri May 16, 2025 4:52 am

jnrjr79 wrote:
DuckIII wrote:I can’t for the life of me imagine what this would look like. Is MJ going to sit at a pre-game and halftime desk? I absolutely do not see that.

My guess is it'll be some fairly limited pre-taped features.

I do hope he's as petty as I expect him to be.

Agreed. It will probably be some pre-taped interviews from the golf course or boat with Ahmad Rashad

NZB2323 · Post #36 » by **NZB2323** » Sat May 24, 2025 5:25 pm

prolific passer wrote:Don't know if he hates the spotlight but just gets annoyed with it at times and takes time off. This will probably be on a super part time basis.

For $40 million a year it can’t be that much of a part time gig.

prolific passer · Post #37 » by **prolific passer** » Sat May 24, 2025 9:52 pm

NZB2323 wrote:
prolific passer wrote:Don't know if he hates the spotlight but just gets annoyed with it at times and takes time off. This will probably be on a super part time basis.

For $40 million a year it can’t be that much of a part time gig.

For Jordan that isn't nothing compared to how much he gets off endorsements. Especially Nike.

dice · Post #38 » by **dice** » Sat May 24, 2025 10:27 pm

prolific passer wrote:
NZB2323 wrote:
prolific passer wrote:Don't know if he hates the spotlight but just gets annoyed with it at times and takes time off. This will probably be on a super part time basis.

For $40 million a year it can’t be that much of a part time gig.

For Jordan that isn't nothing compared to how much he gets off endorsements. Especially Nike.

but nike makes a ton of money off MJ. how much are TV ratings going to increase if he's not a consistent presence?

then again, this might just be a "loss leader" gimmick to get customers into the store

prolific passer · Post #39 » by **prolific passer** » Sat May 24, 2025 10:31 pm

dice wrote:
prolific passer wrote:
NZB2323 wrote:
For $40 million a year it can’t be that much of a part time gig.

For Jordan that isn't nothing compared to how much he gets off endorsements. Especially Nike.

but nike makes a ton of money off MJ. how much are TV ratings going to increase if he's not a consistent presence?

then again, this might just be a "loss leader" gimmick to get customers into the store

Nba on NBC will have a nostalgia effect. How long that will last though is the question.?

NZB2323 · Post #40 » by **NZB2323** » Sat May 24, 2025 11:05 pm

prolific passer wrote:
NZB2323 wrote:
prolific passer wrote:Don't know if he hates the spotlight but just gets annoyed with it at times and takes time off. This will probably be on a super part time basis.

For $40 million a year it can’t be that much of a part time gig.

For Jordan that isn't nothing compared to how much he gets off endorsements. Especially Nike.

Jordan makes $100 M a year off of Nike. If someone is making $100,000, don’t you think they would rather be making $140,000? If someone is making $100 M, they’d rather be making $140 M.

Also, NBC isn’t going to dish out that kind of money for Jordan to do a 10 minute interview once a week. The return on investment isn’t there.