Metta World Peace Tells Awesome Michael Jordan Story: "When I Broke His Ribs, He Sat Out Three Months And Came Back Averaging 25"

Michael Jordan has been long retired from playing basketball for almost two decades now but stories about his legacy and his time in the NBA continues to unfold.

Former NBA All-Star and NBA champion Metta World Peace, formerly known as Ron Artest and now known as Metta Sandiford Artest shared a new Michael Jordan story.

In his appearance on "Club Shay Shay" episode hosted by Shannon Sharpe, he told the story of him breaking MJ's ribs in a play.




«When Jordan got the ball, he would always score,» Artest said to Yahoo! Sports in 2018. «So, the one time, I moved his arm out of the way so I could get in front. The referee blows the whistle, calls an offensive foul on Michael Jordan, and in the meantime, I hit him in the ribs, by mistake, and I accidentally broke his ribs. Something that I'm not happy about, but Michael, after he broke his ribs, came back down, hit the game-winning shot and then he left.»

Jordan went to missed a lot of time and sit out games to heal his injury


«What happened was, we was in a game, and MJ asked me to come back, because I was 19 years old, but really competitive. He was like guard me, guard me. I was still really strong. At that time, MJ was killing. When I broke his ribs, he sat out three months came back averaging 25. And I was telling people, if it wasn't for those three months off, he was 37. He was killin em. And you talkin about all-stars in the gym. That was one year after he retired. And he was cooking" Peace explained.

"So when I was guarding MJ, I was just like, I can't let him get the ball. He's so strong, he holds you, so I saw I'm like, I can't let him get the ball. Get yo arms out the f*in way. And my elbow hit him in the ribs.» he added.

«Damn MJ is nice," Peace would later say.

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