Popular Post El Presidente Posted October 15, 2017 Popular Post Posted October 15, 2017 By Daniel Rapaport October 12, 2017 https://www.si.com/nba/2017/10/12/michael-jordan-smokes-cigars-six-day Michael Jordan has joined Winston Churchill as perhaps the most iconic cigar smokers in history. Jordan's post-playing aesthetic is chilling on a golf course, with that one hoop earring in, and puffing on a stogie. The guy's earned the right to do basically whatever he wants. Jordan did an interview with...wait for it...Cigar Aficionado for the magazine's upcoming 25th anniversary issue that hits newstands on Oct. 31, and he was asked how often he smokes. "I smoke six cigars a day," Jordan said. Yooooooooo! That's a lot of cigars! I'm not here to judge, but six cigars a day seems a bit indulgent, if not harmfully hedonistic. Jordan spoke on a number of other interesting topics, including who he thinks is the greatest basketball player of all time "I never played against Wilt Chamberlain, Jordan said. "I never played against Jerry West. To now say that one’s greater than the other is being a little bit unfair…I won six championships. Bill Russell won 11. Does that make Bill Russell better than me or make me better than him? No, because we played in different eras." He also nixed the idea of his ever coaching an NBA team: "I have no patience for coaching. My biggest problem from a competitive standpoint is the focus of today’s athlete. For me to ask an individual to focus on the game the way I played would, in some ways, be unfair. And if he didn’t do it, there’s no telling where my emotions would be." That's some first class passive aggression right there. He's basically saying that he can't coach because mamby-pamby millennial athletes today simply can't focus like MJ could. Never change, MJ. 5
dshapiro Posted October 15, 2017 Posted October 15, 2017 A couple takeaways from the cigar related videos. Marvin Shanken burns the shit out of his pre Castro H Upmann. This drives me absolutely bonkers when people light their cigars and burn half the wrapper. Second, MJ is an idiot for not visiting Cuba. The best time to visit have been last few years. His comment about buying one of the classic cars and shipping it back is stupid. With all the money he has, he can buy an 1950's American classic in states that is 100% restored and running. Does he know that the junk in Havana are all car shells with wood on inside and diesel boat motors under the hood? ok. I'm done for the day. 2
dshapiro Posted October 15, 2017 Posted October 15, 2017 Sorry. I thought this was the cigar aficionado magazine article. Link here for videos. http://video.cigaraficionado.com/
mgcrunch Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 1 hour ago, dshapiro said: A couple takeaways from the cigar related videos. Marvin Shanken burns the shit out of his pre Castro H Upmann. This drives me absolutely bonkers when people light their cigars and burn half the wrapper. Second, MJ is an idiot for not visiting Cuba. The best time to visit have been last few years. His comment about buying one of the classic cars and shipping it back is stupid. With all the money he has, he can buy an 1950's American classic in states that is 100% restored and running. Does he know that the junk in Havana are all car shells with wood on inside and diesel boat motors under the hood? ok. I'm done for the day. http://video.cigaraficionado.com/play/id/5581210016001/name/Michael_Jordan_on_His_Favorite_Smokes_+_Visiting_Cuba Holy moley. You weren't kidding. Shanken absolutely TORCHES a half inch of the wrapper.
PapaDisco Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 Ah, there was a time when 6 a day was no big deal. He's probably smoking robustos. Remember the Surgeon General's report of 1968 categorized anything at 5 or under per day as moderate. 1
rcarlson Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 1 hour ago, mgcrunch said: http://video.cigaraficionado.com/play/id/5581210016001/name/Michael_Jordan_on_His_Favorite_Smokes_+_Visiting_Cuba Holy moley. You weren't kidding. Shanken absolutely TORCHES a half inch of the wrapper. Great Googly-Moogly!!!!! Truly cringeworthy.
OB1 Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 I like how the non-Michael Jordon guy burns most of the wrapper right off the bat, and then keeps torching it more and more as the video plays on. Sheesh.
retrofail Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 I like how Jordan didn’t even react. Well played. Then again, anybody gifting me a box of pre-Castro Cubans can light their ONE stick any damn well they please. ? 1
busdriver Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 The social media aspect of todays athlete drives me crazy, cant imagine how a man like MJ must feel!
busdriver Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 Just have to add that MJ looks like he is still in NBA shape and If I smoked 6 sticks a day, I would look a lot more like the guy on the left in the video than the guy on the right! 1
Fuzz Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 There's toasting the foot, and then there's torching the living daylights out of it until it becomes pure carbon. 1
Wilzc Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 What grinds my gears lol Torchers Equivalent of a man drinking good single malt scotch with coca cola 1
Fuzz Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 5 hours ago, Wilzc said: What grinds my gears lol Torchers Equivalent of a man drinking good single malt scotch with coca cola Quite true. Should be Pepsi....
PigFish Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 21 hours ago, El Presidente said: Yooooooooo! That's a lot of cigars! I'm not here to judge, but six cigars a day seems a bit indulgent, if not harmfully hedonistic. You want to know what fries me??? How about some pastie faced noob at a sports rag, fresh off a SI internship (4 months on the job) bringing is college edumication quasi-political propaganda to writing. Can we not get a writer that has actually tried a cigar, managed to hold a job long enough to be called good at it; perhaps a guy that does not have 'milk toast' for a middle name to write about topics that they might know better than the chant line in a protest rally??? Maybe he might try the 'virtual cigar' app for iPhone before he steps to the plate to talk cigars next time. If there is a next time... Back to school mate. I am no sports fan, but I cannot imagine that most NBA players 'relate' to the term passive aggressive. They relate to 'aggressive.' Wanna know why people call you snowflakes and MJ does to want to coach mamby-pambies? Read your own writing... -Piggy 2
westg Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 Good for him ....I usually get in 2 a day....if I had the time, I would do six as well...
Dimmers Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 The GOAT!! Living large and spitting fire at the youn'uns. Thanks for sharing! 1
Stogieninja Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 Quite true. Should be Pepsi....You... ...you mean to further the ridiculousness of the action, which in turn enhances the analogy. That's what you mean, right? Right?!
JamesKPolkEsq Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 4 hours ago, PigFish said: You want to know what fries me??? How about some pastie faced noob at a sports rag, fresh off a SI internship (4 months on the job) bringing is college edumication quasi-political propaganda to writing. Can we not get a writer that has actually tried a cigar, managed to hold a job long enough to be called good at it; perhaps a guy that does not have 'milk toast' for a middle name to write about topics that they might know better than the chant line in a protest rally??? Maybe he might try the 'virtual cigar' app for iPhone before he steps to the plate to talk cigars next time. If there is a next time... Back to school mate. I am no sports fan, but I cannot imagine that most NBA players 'relate' to the term passive aggressive. They relate to 'aggressive.' Wanna know why people call you snowflakes and MJ does to want to coach mamby-pambies? Read your own writing... -Piggy LOL - The PC Police strikes again
NSXCIGAR Posted November 6, 2017 Posted November 6, 2017 Easy for MJ to smoke 6 cigars a day--you think anyone's going to tell him to put one out? Not that if I wasn't living the MJ life I wouldn't also smoke constantly, but 6 cigars is a lot of smoke time at 45 mins+ per stick and who admittedly prefers larger cigars. Also, regarding the Cuban classic cars comment, I could maybe give MJ a pass in that he may understand that those cars are frankensteins but that owning a genuine Cuban frankenstein classic might be quite novel. No one anywhere else has anything like them. I also find it refreshing that a man who can buy and smoke anything's favorite cigar is the Lusitania. He does have good taste! 1
suggs Posted November 6, 2017 Posted November 6, 2017 On 10/16/2017 at 5:24 PM, PigFish said: You want to know what fries me??? How about some pastie faced noob at a sports rag, fresh off a SI internship (4 months on the job) bringing is college edumication quasi-political propaganda to writing. Can we not get a writer that has actually tried a cigar, managed to hold a job long enough to be called good at it; perhaps a guy that does not have 'milk toast' for a middle name to write about topics that they might know better than the chant line in a protest rally??? Maybe he might try the 'virtual cigar' app for iPhone before he steps to the plate to talk cigars next time. If there is a next time... Back to school mate. I am no sports fan, but I cannot imagine that most NBA players 'relate' to the term passive aggressive. They relate to 'aggressive.' Wanna know why people call you snowflakes and MJ does to want to coach mamby-pambies? Read your own writing... -Piggy Someone sounds triggered...
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