Michael Jordan has stunning revelation last time playing basketball in NBC debut

Michael Jordan made his NBC debut on Tuesday night as a special contributor and told an epic story about the last time he shot a basketball.

The legendary Chicago Bulls Hall of Famer who many consider the G.O.A.T retired in 2003 after 15 seasons in the NBA. He won six championships — going 6-0 in Finals series with six MVPs — but has since been enjoying retirement.

We’ve seen him flexing his insane $115M yacht with the perfect name, and his jet that has a $500k paint job, and hanging with his wife Yvette Prieto and his kids.

Former basketball player Michael Jordan watches during the four-balls on the first day of competition for the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. | Paul Childs-Reuters via Imagn Images

He sold his share of the Charlotte Hornets (Bobcats when he bought them) for $3 billion in 2023 and is the richest basketball player in history with that and his Jordan brand with Nike.

Now in his new role with the return of the NBA to NBC for the first time since 2002 along with John Tesh’s “Roundball Rock” song that was such a hit during Jordan’s 1990s playing days, Jordan sat down with Mike Tirico at halftime of the Houston Rockets vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder and had a shocking comment about not picking up a basketball in years.

Michael Jordan on his first NBC appearance:

“I haven’t picked up a basketball in years.”
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) October 22, 2025

He did say when he rented a house during the Ryder Cup, he was asked by a child to shoot a free throw and he was “nervous” because he didn’t want to disappoint the kid with his status as a basketball legend. He swished it, of course, as he told Tirico.

Michael Jordan on #NBAonNBC says he was at the Ryder Cup and he was asked by a child to shoot a free throw, even though he hasn't picked up a ball in years

Mike Tirico: "I hope you swished it."

Jordan: "Absolutely." pic.twitter.com/3copcHiUVM
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) October 22, 2025

As if the legend of Michael Jordan couldn’t grow any more.

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