James Worthy on Michael Jordan: I was better than him for about three weeks

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James Worthy on Michael Jordan: “I was better than him for about three weeks, and I enjoyed those three weeks because I saw something in that boy. He didn’t have it quite yet, but he was learning. I don’t know much about his high school coach, but Michael Jordan was actually a better baseball player back then. He would seek out the best in everything—chess, backgammon, you name it. If he lost, he’d get so mad, like he’d just lost a Game 7. We’d practice for two and a half hours, running sprints until we were exhausted. Afterward, you just wanted to leave, but here comes Michael, pushing me and saying, ‘Where you going, young fella? You scared?’ He always wanted to play a little one-on-one. So we’d play, and he was just a bad boy.
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