Michael Jordan's father asked him to forget sports for getting suspended from school

latest episodes of Michael Jordan's Last Dance focus on Jordan's NBA retirement in 1993 and his baseball stint after that. Jordan even discussed his far's influence on him, which was why he chose to play baseball. However, Michael Jordan also revealed an incident where his far threatened to t let him play sports again at all.

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Michael Jordan far threatened to stop him from playing sports if he did t stop getting into trouble?

In Last Dance's latest episodes, Michael Jordan recalled time when he was getting suspended a lot. As per Jordan, his far pulled him aside when he was in ninth gre and was suspended three times in one year. James Jordan told him that he feels he is t 'heed in right direction' and will have to forget about sports if he wants to continue getting into trouble. Jordan revealed that threat was all he needed and never got into trouble after that. 

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Did James Jordan death make Michael Jordan start playing baseball?

This week's Last Dance also focuses on Jordan and his sudden decision to play baseball. Jordan revealed that before his far's tragic death, y h been discussing him playing baseball. Jordan wanted a break from NBA and was considering baseball. His far told him to 'go for it'.

When Jordan h retired in 1993, re were many speculations about his reason to do so, including his gambling diction. Later, Jordan h revealed that his far's murder h caused him to retire and play baseball. His far h gotten him into baseball and wanted to see him as an Major League Baseball (MLB) player one day. Jordan's bror, Larry, also ded that he thought both of m would eventually become MLB players. 

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