He Made A Million Dollar Shot And They Didn't Want To Pay Him 

right that whole shenanigans was some bs

Yeah it wouldn’t be right for me not to

bro speedran the video to fish for likes LMAO

Thats my fucking goat

@@blerp6675facts

Bro that’s good business by MJ.

@@vannseeley9015 Mutual benefits, no one is losing, certainly not the one who won the 1m because MJ had a "good business" plan 😂

Michael Jordan gone die just like everyone else. He is nobody to worship

Even more

Hell yeah!

They or the league eventually paid him, at Jordan's urging.

It's they're go to

I hate insurance companies as much as the next guy, but at the end of the day it's the leagues fault. The Insurance company wrote a contract and the league didn't follow it.

Insurance is a state sanctioned ponzi scheme.

Why do people think Every Insurance Company DENIES the First Claim that is filed, in 99.99% of all claims? Coincidence? Yeah, that's Prolly it

Game recognizes game haha

Thats why he is the GOAT 😅😂

@@marlowencnashut up bout that shit

😂😂

That's what surprised me the most, the fact he even saw him out of all the people in the stands and recognised him after a year from I'm assuming a decent bit away and his security all around him. Crazy 😂

Thanks for letting us know about this. I’m gona look that up!

That's dope

What an amazing story

damn, that shot helped him achieve generational wealth

This is actually true, I looked it up. His son is now a Dr. Awesome stuff!

Wishing much peace and love to you!!!

Honestly that's literally what's wrong with us today, any kind of set back we curl into a ball.

@@boosted333 This wasn't "any kind of set back" though. Going into a depression after this would have been perfectly normal. What a person would actually be afflicted with in the wake of this travesty would be grief, which can cause a depression. Feeling that way isn't wrong. The OP states he would never be right again. The truth is that the aftermath of this could affect a person for the rest of their life, such as extreme distrust. We have to start respecting the mental part of our health the way we do everything else.

@@Musicballstop it. Mental health issues because he possibly didn’t get paid for a contest he entered. Depression is working a whole year for your money and getting scammed by getting it all taken away. If he didn’t get the million, you move on and hopefully already know that life’s not fair sometimes

@@ryans2493 Hell no. If you don't get the million, you call a lawyer.

Crazy how life changing a million dollars is.

Yes and to think there are people who would crash and burn that money back to broke

In the end he got lucky by being given the million in smaller chunks, couldn't burn the whole million if he tried.

​@@abel6298don't the Freemasons believe that religion is one of the three things that divide men?

Please repent and find YHWH Elohim and keep the commandments in Exodus 20 and Leviticus 11 Please read Exodus 20 and pray for forgiveness 2nd Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” [37] Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. [38] This is the first and great commandment. [39] And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. [40] On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Matthew 22:37-40 The bible says everything in it is to guide us. And that God wants us to be happy. The story of Job explains how even though we can lose everything from our family health and friends if we have faith we are stronger and able to endure until the end for eternity. It's okay to be depressed or upset and worrying but don't harden your heart and let go and move on to be healthy. Please read the book of Jonah, Matthew, Exodus you'll have the information you need. 🌅😊

I wonder what Bron would've done.

@@djkroz Asked China if it was ok before doing anything.

@@djkrozBron would’ve flop and cry LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀💀

wildin XD @@zukazealanee

He's known for being a jerk

and knowing MJ, he made sure the company knows he took it personally

It's true, when I was 11 years old watching the bulls play the Lakers at the forum here in l.a. in 1992, I went into the tunnel/garage area after the game, and he was mobbed by us fans and he signed autographs. I remember he was so tall! He was In his post-game business suit. I was pressed up against him by the crowd. And this 50 year old lady screamed "michael!!" And bearhugged him it was funny. Yeah he and Michael jackson were probably the most famous people in the world at that time

Yeah, I don’t know how they could be off the hook legally after giving him the ball

@@TheRafark exactly, it would be one thing if he had lied, but he filled out the form with the truthful information and they selected him anyway. they breached the rules, not him.

@@myopinion69420 Unfortunately I don't think the insurance company broke the rules, the guys running the event did. So the insurer most likely would have won that case and not had to pay, and if the insurance company doesn't pay there would have been no money. There's a reason the bulls didn't sue when it made them start to get bad press. Their own lawyers would have said it was a waste of money.

Insurance companies are the most protected racketeers and thieves in the world.

This is crazy so he never got a single penny

Yes a true legend. Investing in private prison complexes all over the country. The same prisons that let inmates die of heatstroke whilst the pigs (the inmates "care for", work with) get airconditioning

An insurance company that refuses to pay is not that out of the ordinary unfortunately.

Wonder why he didn’t do the same for Scottie pippen 🤔

Calling him a "legend of humanity" is a bit too much, but he does have a kind heart.

ah insurance: profit comes when: you promise the moon and delivers nothing thank you for the premiums

Paying over 20 years not very cool though. Props to Jordan, because without him he wouldn't have got a cent, but 20 million in '93 is worth much more than paying it off over 20 because of inflation. That amount in today's dollars would be about $4,222,961 (according to an inflation calculator). That means if he got the $20 million in '93, and just put it in a bank or a non risk investment it would be worth, at minimum $4,222,961 but inflation is normally around 2% and a minimum risk investment maybe 4%..... so maybe much more.... cheers.

​@@titmusspaultpaul5It's not but tbf, a lot of lottery and sweepstakes winnings have stipulations that you can take a lump sum of a smaller percentage up front or the full amount in annual payments over time. I'm just happy he got the full amount at all, even if the value was reduced a bit by inflation basically. Idk about you but I'd take a guaranteed 50k per year lol.

@@SecretSauceyjuice Me too!! 👍

@SecretSauceyjuice yeah, true. And usually the lotto winnings they pay off are huge, like $150 million. But also glad he got the whole thing as its still a lot of money for most people.... cheers.

@@titmusspaultpaul5paid out over a long period of time also quells any impulse purchases, although those are mainly beneficial for lottery winners since the ones that win are commonly bad with their money.

It also appears that he also loved gambling, and suspect he thought if you lose a bet, you gotta pay up.

Well to be fair, there was no "lose"... if he missed the shot he'd just walk back to his seat and enjoy the 2nd half of the game... it's a no pressure situation, literally playing with house money. Now if he had to put up $10,000 of his own money for a chance to win $1,000,000... then maybe he'd have some pressure.

@@control_the_pet_population To make that shot, you need to know the game and keep your control. It would take some people millions of trys, thousands or hundreds for the very best. It took him one shot, in front of a full stadium and the Bulls' roster. Yeah, that guy definitely deserved his million. It's far from pure luck.

@@control_the_pet_populationto say changing your entire families trajectory isn’t any pressure is a dipsh!t statement

@Shalvus I never suggested the shot was luck... I'm just saying there isn't any pressure to make it. Getting in your own head isn't pressure... Pressure is "make this full court shot or Vito is going to throw your mom into a wood chipper"... That's pressure. Getting yanked out of the stands for a 0.001% chance to win some money is gravy.

That's what Jimmy does. He uses a specific instance to paint a bigger picture. His videos are beautifully choreographed and its why they are so captivating.

Jordan gets plenty credit

No he don’t people thought he built prisons for years lol

@@noillcallyou Exactly

MJ gets lots of Credit, dude is a legend

I'm in the other side of the world and he's a well known legend, not only for how he plays. There's no more credit that could be given to him.

FACTS.

He must’ve been a hooper

@@AllBetzOffthat’s a great assumption

In front of MJ too, that’s crazy

@@clutch4880lmaoooo

So again u point out one thing he's black. If white would they backed it. How long ago was it before after BLM . If after I can see that the reason. I hope not but it's a good question.

It was definetively the right thing to do. This guy answered all the questions honestly. If they let him onto the court anyway to try the shot.. well. ... and for the Bulls team. You can be 7' tall, it shows in situations like this whether you're a grown man.

​@@johnsmith1926😉😊

You do realize he is black right?

​@@brojakmate9872So?

"..and he took it personal" )))

A legendary man...not just a basketball player

the goat

Except Scottie; underpaid forever

He and everyone around.. except for anyone who works in any tipped profession.

If you don’t pay that kid you can kiss the championship goodbye 😂

lol pretty much how id imagine that meeting went between owner and MJ@@daltooinewestwood6380

I have no idea about basketball but how were their yearly earnings so low? Was this early times in their careers?

@@melonytoni9016 This was the 90s. Money could buy you very different things back then. $200k-$500k is a great payout nowadays. That was even more back then, remember to calculate inflation too. $200k back then is around $400k today.

@@melonytoni9016 im not sure, but i believe there is an earnings cap in the NBA regarding how much they can pay their rosters

@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist8based

thanks for spoiling the video my guy

Jordan was not raised with wealth either, thought. I expect he was standing up because he saw the injustice of the situation and knew what it would have meant to him at that stage of his life (Well..I mean at that age everyone knew Jordan would be a pro but the point is still valid)

​@@Cartier2Shiestymaybe you should stay out of the comments until after you've watched the video if you're worried about spoilers. That's on you, not him.

what if Don was white?

Ok bud

@@strongestnattyever-videos2247bro who pissed in your cereal

@@srr3097 someone pissed in your cereal? Yuck

Wonder where this guy is at now❤

​@@strongestnattyever-videos2247Try NoFap

upset him and the bulls would've been a lottery team lmao

​@@naimas8120facts 💯

I myself don’t like Lebron, but I’m 100% confident that Lebron would do the same thing. But yeah hella happy Mike and the Bulls forced management to pay the guy.

​@@omiedahomie1284but he would do it to boost his ego and influence. Not because it's the right thing to do

@@vectory674you dont know the donations he’s done for cleveland lol

They HAD to pay up. The Bulls were worth billions, this whole thing helped the Bulls and made the highlight of the game (they pull huge bucks for a game in seats and TV rights) so not paying would be realy evil

@@MikeBarbarossa not sure you watched the whole video. The organization did NOT pay him, the players did. They even invited the Bulls organization to join but they declined.

@@florious80 The organization pay him, not the owners. Listen to 13.39 "After hearing about what the insurance company was trying to pull, Michael Jordan along with other players on the Bulls told ownership they needed to pay up, , out of their own pockets."

@florious80 Formatting got lost. Here is the full quote. The organization DID pay him, not the owners. Listen to 13.39 "After hearing about what the insurance company was trying to pull, Michael Jordan along with other players on the Bulls told ownership they needed to pay up, and so they did, out of their own pockets."

Dang it. Not sure how I'm messing up formatting. Here is the exact sentence: "Michael Jordan along with other players on the Bulls told ownership they needed to pay up, and so the organization did, out of their own pockets."

Sorry for your loss

What a blessing that you have these memories with your dad. The absentee father rate in this country has a consequence that is so hard to quantify but I believe sons like you are becoming the exception to the rule. In an age where men are marginalized, real heroes like your father are fading into the backdrop of ungrateful and petty youth. Hold on to that memory, it is the true gold of our character, especially when we are privileged to become grandparents. Thank you for sharing.

We just watched it 🙄🙄🙄

That is so sweet. Our loved ones never really leave us ❤️

Do you think the energy would've been different if they offered him a lamer prize or about the same?

I ain't even think abt that part of it. He remembered the guy after seeing him in the stands. Clearly he thought it was some BS, props to the bulls organization 🫡

Whether whether whether whether

@@itskelvinn I used the word twice. Must suck to have nothing better to do with your life than be a troll on the internet...

I went to high school with Don Calhoun, but I hardly knew him. I never really saw him after 1988, but I was aware of the story of the shot when it unfolded. I believe there were other doctors in their family even before the shot. I myself was delivered by a Dr. Ken Calhoun. I assumed they're from the same family but I never actually checked.

God always has his plans!

The guy made a doctor out of the money those insurance scam artists managed to save for themselves

he didnt pay for his sons tuition he invested in his sons future good on him brotha man was smart

So the America Education system struck again?

Tbh it sounds like a perfect situation to bump up your legend.

Was No Tippin’ Pippen on that team? 😂

why so mad...relax

I'm sure he purchased his fair share of Jordan's through the years so he earned it twice! Jordan _SHOULD_ give back!

@@CorePathway Get your eyes checked.

the contract was the "word" and he was not eligible. It's no skin off of the players to demand that someone else makes it right.

​​@@jinov191the agreement was between the bulls to the kid. The contact between the bulls and the insurance company was a different thing. They shouldn't have let him take the shot. I don't think the kid ever knew he was ineligible, the bulls said he was and let him take the shot. The bulls are responsible to pay, not the instance company.

@@emostorm7esurance company NEVER was going to actually pay. They thought this is impossible. So they tried to use every hint to get rid of that payment. Cowards, simple.

@@ogposer Insurance is such an ugly business, but it has to be or they wouldn't be cash flow positive.

MJ prolly pressured his teammates lmao

A damn good one🥹💪🏽

A damn good one!

He is a basketball analyst

please stop repeating this, we know. You like storytime.. we got it

hes both

And at that time he was part of the team.

I wonder how the "team" would have treated him if he were white?????

"what"

Agreed

you commented this 1 minute after he released the video 😭

​@@khoahoang6567the glazing is insane

@@rabu99 😂

@@khoahoang6567 ik😂😂😂

*Really FUNNY!)*

pippen was chippin in ...

Seriously that’s worth the million as well. It’s like he got 2 million.

Duh

the owners never pay in contests like this Insurance companies do same for gameshows like who wants to be a millionaire

@@bigbromiki1 prize indemnity insurance

I bet the owners were happy too. A ton of publicity and they wouldn’t have to pay the prize money themselves (as far as they knew at that point).

Well obviously, the players don't have to pay.

Nope

@@egomaniac247 Nope?

@@egomaniac247 Joe mama

With all the back story and the detail there is no way this could ever be a 30 second video

make sure you clean it when you’re done

i cant belive this man watches jxmyhighroller

“Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand” Matthew 3:2 ❤

real

Wait wtf bro I’ve been subbed to you for YEARS

Here

Not to save a buck, but to screw someone out of it. Cheap rascals.

Right, only in the USA. If they had this here in Europe, the payment would have been transfered immediately. I so hate the games and scams played on US Americans.

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With corporations this big, a million bucks is pretty much the same as a buck. The prize money could have been half a penny and they still wouldn't pay up.

​@@THMILLERAmerica is now a giant web of scams. Look at the Pentagon if you need an example

Aside from bullying his teammates, fucking hoookers, neglecting his children and wife, and getting his dad murdered lol. But he's a legendary basketball player. And this was awesome of him to force the greedy ass bulls to pay up.

@@andrewhill4751 Wow... How to say "you know nothing about Michael Jordan's life" without actually saying that you know nothing about Michael Jordan's life. His father was shot by 2 18-year-old kids who wanted to rob him as he slept in his car.

glaze

@@mtlnascarfan his father was set up because of his gambling debts. His children have very clearly, on several occasions said he wasn't a very good dad. The dude who mj wouldn't have been shit without, clearly said that mj was a bad teammate, and he got special treatment because he produced a lot of money. He amd his first wife literally got divorced because of his gambling addiction and tendency to raw dog hookers. I'm not saying mj wasn't a great basketball player. I don't have him as best ever, but he's still all time great nonetheless. I'm saying mj was and is still a shitty person. You cant really debate that unless you're just trying to glaze him up for some weird reason. You should actually read more about mjs life. I lived through it. I've seen him play a couple times live. He's a garbage can of a human being. How awkward is it to say "I know nothing about mjs life" with these completely universally known facts. You kids get weird and emotional, instead of actually fact checking stuff. Its embarrassing.

He does it well. But then sometimes other RU-vidrs push it to the limit with repetitive bs. Like the autumn wallpaper windows xp location search.

You got to hit that 15 minute mark some how.

@@SindyinVietnam Baseball Doesn't Exist does this not only in his scripts, but his footage choice also. It's really sad because I like the topics he chooses and he's quite a decent storyteller, all he needs to do is trim the repetition and put himself on about 0.75x speed and he's nailed it. Jimmy is the peak of content like this though, absolute mastery.

@@dweebyllo8615 Best thing I ever did was install a RU-vid video speed controller extension because the default playback speed controller isn't precise enough. If I feel someone is talking a bit too slow I bump them up to 1.1x or 1.2x speed. Two minute sponsor segments, right up to 8x speed.

He made this video longer than it had to be

Sounds like you're still out $20 dollars.

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😂🤣😂

@@PhonyBologna Sadly yes. MJ said he was gonna make sure his people got it to me, but all I got was a letter from his insurance company saying they weren't paying me due to a technicality. I told MJ about it and he went over there and beat them up.

Hahaha.

JESUS AND GOD LOVES EVERYONE SO MUCH TURN TO THEM BEFORE ITS TO LATE

🧢

​@@ashrahman2198Why lie about that? You cap kids think everything is a lie. Cringe

​@@ashrahman2198🤡

Making connections.. 💀💀💀

Where is he from ?

and how cheap the Bulls’ Front Office was. I bet if MJ and the other players didn’t pressure them, the FO definitely won’t pay the man. I don’t get how such a great team who’s probably raking revenue in because of MJ can be so cheap. smh

Makes me sick how slimey this world can be and the guy was only a kid..not that it makes much difference but I guess being that young bad things from people leave an impression on you and it lasts so yeah maybe it is worse for a kid!!!

​@amrelarcher8990 they weren't being cheap. They just backed out of a bet and didn't appreciate the fact he made the shot. They basically bet against him for a million and he made them look stupid by just heaving up a prayer 😂😂😂. If this happened on the street those guys in the front office would be dead for backing out of a bet like that. People have been killed for far lesser amounts

​@@slabbinonspokezz2375that's why you don't back out of a bet you make

@@slabbinonspokezz2375l😢

Damn you beat me to it💀😭love that movie

Corndog night😂😂😂😂

@@jokerYG CORNDOGS JACKIE! CORNDOGS!

@@RD-zx6py 🤣🤣🤣

Damnit, I just commented the same thing about Will Ferrel gas lighting the hippie about the money in Semi Pro😂

I lost a lot of respect for him since he employs the most racist driver in the history of Nascar on his racing team and won't fire him. His openly racist driver has hurt the entire sport of Nascar. ("Bubba" Wallace)

​@@Tina-mt9clcry about it kid

I don't see why it mattered that the guy played on an amateur team anyways, that shot is almost impossible for anyone. I would bet a million dollars against the best NBA player making that shot.

NASCAR did enough to hurt NASCAR. They have blood on their hands.

​@@Tina-mt9cl oh please. The nascar sport has been hurt and in ruined prior to bubba! In fact, our whole world is hurt due to racism, division, discrimination, and a whole bunch of everything

Insurance companies will rent you an umbrella on a sunny day, but if it starts to rain, they want it back. Ghandi

heartless bastards, most of them - legal weasels

That’s their job

Did he for real day that lol. Did he live in an era when and an area where it existed? I feel dumb asking this question smh. I have seen photos of him and the furthest back year when cameras were vastly publicly available is probably 1850’s if I had to guess so then it would have to be that since surely insurance companies existed back then , that therefore it very well may have been Ghandi that did infact say that. It’s just funny I guess because it’s like he has taken ancient wisdom and paired it with modern society. Also the fact that it sounds like proverbs meets Jerry Seinfeld. Anyone who had read this far quick question: In what era did Confuscious live? He used to express things in proverb style bits like Solomon and Ghandi would. I wonder if the Buddha s spoke like this as well…It’s almost like it sounds like someone giving a prophecy describing style delivery yet something g held to already have been established as truth instead of having the quality of having to wait and see if it comes to pass or not. Basically what’s interesting here in addition to this how then they have effectively taken the vague/unknown and established it with specificity/certainty. Forgive my rant but my hands can’t help *thumbselves* Sorry but the pun just came to me and I had just thought I would share my dad joke it just had to be said. Anyways regardless of all that, good for MJ. This is integrity, character, compassion and love. He didn’t have to do any of that and not to mention on top of that he didn’t want any attention being brought to it it’s sad that attention ended up having to be brought up when they wouldn’t pay up so he was getting the scene where no good deed goes unpunished. Feels like evils of the world or otherwise and they are making you pay a tax or toll for choosing to travel the righteous way in persistence in order to dismantle an injustice. Sometimes I just start writing and I don’t stop. I’m not sure what I should do with my life entirely right now but I would appreciate if you have read this far to let me know whether or not you think I have any ability or aptitude for writing. This style by nature was completely analytical and self reflective like an internal monologue as well so kinda just free writing here. Thanks 🙏

They can only have an out if all of the conditions are not met, if he met all of the conditions and they refused to pay then they would be cheating him, they did nothing wrong.

The good ole days

Why wouldn't people, also nowdays, not want that? Has american society gone that much in the shitter that people would want them to miss the shot?

@@johancarlberg1530 no not really

​@@coreyhallman3134People literally do the same thing today lol

No, they just liked a stir up and wanted to be apart of drama to tell.

The guy broke one of the qualifying rules by having played pro ball within 5 years of the the throw. It's Pretty straight forward. I don't get the outrage over them not wanting to pay him.

@@Wolferal You don't get it? Well, he told them about his previous basketball experience and THEY still let him take the shot...that there was their screw up. He was 100% honest and the competition organisers were aware of this and let him play anyway. It's really not difficult.

@@Wolferal Let me put it another way. If I publically hold a competition, and my rules state that only people wearing red t-shirts can win my 200 dollar prize, YET I let someone with a blue t-shirt play anyway... you think s/he shouldn't get any prize that is owed to them?

@@Wolferal You do realize he wasn't playing pro ball right? he was on a community team, probably some kind of out reach bullshit with teenagers, which would have no affect on whether he hits the 80 foot shot. Insurance just wanted to be greedy as per usual

@@Vilcabamba_RE_Disclosures When Fans start to outrage, theres only one way to make things "normal" enough, Pay what you said

Bro even Jordan hugged him and he acted so calm lol

I've never seen a referee that ecstatic. He was like a kid 😂😂.

least they could do! 50k a year is a drop in the bucket.

@@MatthewSpencerKociol Im sure this guy considers 50k a bit more than a drop in the bucket, I sure would.

@@joshjje 50K barely buys you a coffee these days.

U so lucky cause u livin in Chicago !

Yeah, one more reason MJ is the goat. Lebron would help the company skip the payout.

Same here!

Well, I mean this in the most respectful way, that it makes sense that you haven’t heard anything bad about him because you mentioned you’re not a BB fan. Although I admire him in some aspects, there’s definitely some things out there about him. However, in this instance he was more than a stand up Guy.

@@MrsJones-oj3cp what bad things about him

Ask Scottie…

same here 😅

😂😂😂 I feel his pain

Those were the days.

That isnt what happened here tho....

Fook MJ this ain’t about him

Nah mj is still an asshole to most people

Lebron would’ve paid him 3 mil. Just saying

@@Oh_Richard shut up

@@Oh_RichardLebron would somehow spin the story to be about him

Ehhh, I cant hold a grudge against them for that one. It's not like they used an oversight, a grammar mistake, confusing formulation or whatever to get away with not paying, it was a clear, explicitely designed condition to the offer, dictating who was eligible and who was not. The one who fucked up was the employee who selected Don anyway. I understand it must have been incredibly frustrating for Don and even the fans in general, and still command MJ for his gesture, but the insurance company is not at fault here, nor even the team executives.

@@Bombur888 He got paid so it doesn’t matter.

@@Bombur888you think the insurance company didn't know that they chose a guy outside of the rules? They did it on purpose so even if he did it they would not pay. They never intended to give 1m away in the first place it's pretty obvious

@@TheLifeLaVita No it's not. It was not them that picked Don, and they would have no way of instantly knowing that when the employee picked him to come and prevent it. And even if they had one, asking the company to come and make it so that they would have to pay when another party made a mistake in their favor might be a bit too much, don't you think?

@@Bombur888 yes it was lmao you still living in the land of fairy tales and candy I envy you

The days when basketball was fun to watch instead of being a flopfest.

@@stoiccrane4259 Basketball still fun brodie.

@@obiezeo5230yuh unc trippin 😭

Dude is poor now

@@obiezeo5230 To play not to watch. Unless you were born or were an adult in the late 80s-90s era it'd be hard to understand.

Not Legendary at all. It's called Normal for good people.

@@bvnsevenLebron fan 🤔

Must be a LeBron fan boy then..

@@mikecomer2291 Bird.

Poser