Michael Jordan Walked Away From Game As Hornets Nearly Blew Huge Lead And Instantly Became A Meme
After years and years of mediocrity, if even that, the Charlotte Hornets have been on cloud nine ever since drafting LaMelo Ball.
Ball entered the league with a lot of doubts hanging over him as the #3 overall pick, but he hasn’t been messing around and has been silencing all his doubters ever since.
The Charlotte Hornets aren’t contending anytime soon, but they can look forward to their future as they got a promising future with players like Ball, Bridges and Rozier. Their young core paired with some more experienced talent in Gordon Hayward and Kelly Oubre Jr. also helped the team to become one of the most balanced scoring threats in the league.
So after years, and years of agony, Hornets owner Michael Jordan can be happy and excited about his team and its future.
But last night? Well, while the Hornets eventually won the game against the Anthony Davis and LeBron James-less Los Angeles Lakers, Jordan wasn’t too pleased to watch his team nearly blow a 20-point lead in the closing seconds.
It even got to a point that Jordan, with about 16 seconds left on the game clock and Charlotte up by one point, had to walk away from his suite.
“Michael Jordan needs to walk off what he’s seeing down the stretch from his Hornets.” pic.twitter.com/HExMCOubzr
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 29, 2022
This obviously led to Jordan becoming an instant meme, with plenty of NBA fans having the exact same joke for the situation:
not going to lie, there was a split second i thought he might be going to suit up. https://t.co/jn8ccY8lQn
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) January 29, 2022
He’s suiting up to come in https://t.co/KoYfFAg1OC
— . (@Yoma2k_) January 29, 2022
Almost had to suit up himself https://t.co/zCn6d89Geq pic.twitter.com/HzkYHS0wxO
— Reborn ♠️ (@goReborn) January 29, 2022
The amount of memes MJ would’ve had if he came up in the social media era would’ve been ridiculous https://t.co/GE2Jw4Pnhb
— Darrius (@D_whit98) January 29, 2022
he’s checking in to close the game https://t.co/8KCuWuuTS4
— Dark Order’s Bulls Fan (@ChiTownEnuff) January 29, 2022
And that’s when he took it personal. … https://t.co/C9EgjvNZyu
— Councilman Dei (@deijaumarclarke) January 29, 2022
Michael Jordan’s mind right now: pic.twitter.com/JTxmL6aFpK
— Suede Cunningham ⏹️ Misty.mp4 (@MillyBeamen) January 29, 2022
Don’t care, Westbrook made Michael Jordan dip. Cry pic.twitter.com/rBcx0dhxg5
— Russ’ TD ⚡ (@RussFcb) January 29, 2022
Why does Michael Jordan continue to be the easiest person to meme? pic.twitter.com/MDHEY2bGPb
— Dez, You Crazy Dawg (@DezWeNeedMoore) January 29, 2022
