Michael Jordan and former U.S. President Barack Obama. Photo Credit: McClatchy DC
Former Chicago Bulls three-point specialist and NBA Champion Craig Hodges chatted with Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson about Colin Kaepernick, Ray Lewis, Michael Vick and Michael Jordan on Scoop B Radio. Press Play Below To Listen
The Golden State Warriors’ Steph Curry and Kevin Durant are not the first athletes to elect not to visit the White House after winning a championship.
Michael Jordan once did too!
A six-time NBA Champion and current owner of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets, Jordan skipped the ritual in 1991 when George H.W. Bush was U.S. President.
It’s been said that after the Chicago Bulls won their first championship, Jordan said: ‘F*** Bush I didn’t vote for him.’
“See that’s the part that MJ understood,” Craig Hodges, Jordan’s former Chicago Bulls teammate told me on Scoop B Radio.
“You know, MJ is not publicly political but he can handle his affairs where he can make a political statement. When he didn’t come to the White House, it was a statement.”
Added Hodges:
“But once again, there was no push back from any of his sponsors or any of that because he is who he is and he is the golden goose for a lot of marketers and endorsement companies.”
Craig Hodges was blackballed by the NBA after he handed a letter to President George H.W. Bush during the Bulls’ championship visit to the White House. The contents of the letter, according to Hodges made President Bush aware of the mistreatment of poor people and people of color in the United States.
“It’s not a surprise that it didn’t come back,” said Hodges. “But I understood where he was coming from and that Bush wasn’t his homie.”
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan playing golf. Photo Credit: Wall Street Journal
Hodges said things changed when former U.S. President Bill Clinton got into office. “He hung out with Clinton and golfed with him,” he said. “So that let them know.”
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