Agent Reveals the Biggest Addiction and Problem in the Life of Michael Jordan

If you’re Michael Jordan, you know that you are rich because of what you went through. The struggles and the sacrifices you made put you at the peak of the world. Michael Jordan’s agent David Falk, made him a significant amount of money. Falk knows the inside and out of the marketing and the advertising sectors.

He understood the value of Jordan and perfectly picked up the endorsement deals that benefitted either parties. Falk took the responsibility of brokering the multi-dollar deals outside the court.

Falk recently joined ‘WFAN’s Boomer and Gio’ podcast, where he spent his time talking about the greatest basketball player ever. He spoke about his client’s experience of receiving million-dollar offers to just make an appearance. 

Michael Jordan is a big fan of golf, and he plays the sport often. Falk briefed on how Jordan was once offered $7 million to take part in a one-day gold tournament in Asia. He also detailed on a mammoth offer Jordan received, about three years, ago.

“I brought him a deal three years ago for $100 million. All he had to do was, other than giving his name and likeness, make a one two-hour appearance to announce the deal and he turned it down. God bless him. He’s been so successful, it gives him an opportunity to do whatever the hell he wants or not to do things he doesn’t want. I really admire that. He’s very, very selective in the things he wants to be involved in.”

From his statement, it is evident that MJ never liked doing things just for the money. He agreed to the deals only if he found interest in it. If he had agreed to make appearances and do things just for the sake of the dollar, his worth might have doubled when he was in his marketing prime. 

Michael Jordan loves to gamble

It is not something new to us knowing that Michael Jordan loves to gamble. His agent has also revealed that it was the one significant problem in MJ’s life. Jordan loves to raise the stake, no matter the result. 

“There’s very few things people criticized him for. The gambling thing was it. He loves to gamble. He’s an extremely competitive guy.” He further added to his comments by saying, “If he loses $150,000 playing golf, big freaking deal. If I told him tomorrow, Hey, I’ve got an appearance for you for five minutes for $150,000,”

There were many theories about the NBA‘s intervention that pushed him to retire in 1993. This came on the back of the news that Jordan went gambling the night before a crucial playoff game against the New York Knicks. The six-time champion’s betting frenzy had no limits. It can range from betting for golf matches, to spending $100,000 on a bet predicting the winner of a rock, paper, scissors game. 

“So yes, he lost money in gambling and it sort of had a little bit of a black eye for five minutes. He apologized and the thing went away. But any of these Oliver Stone conspiracy theories that somehow it pushed him out of basketball were ridiculous,” Falk explained.