{"id":147169,"date":"2017-07-20T07:38:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T14:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=147169"},"modified":"2023-06-12T14:55:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T21:55:11","slug":"goat-dance-battle-michael-jordan-vs-lavar-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/goat-dance-battle-michael-jordan-vs-lavar-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"GOAT Dance Battle: LaVar Ball vs Michael Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fxVosN8IYVA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>We all know LaVar Ball wouldn't stand a chance in a 1-on-1 contest with Michael Jordan at any stage of his life but I'll bet a pair of autographed Big Baller Brand shoes that LaVar would wipe the floor with Michael Jordan in a 1-on-1 dance battle, especially when Michael Jackson comes on.<\/p>\n<p>If you are thinking I'm taking shots at The GOAT then you obviously have never seen the King of Pop's music video for <em>Jam <\/em>(RIP the overweight lover Heavy D)...<\/p>\n<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KY0k3lkL020\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Or had a VHS copy of <em>Michael Jordan's Playground<\/em>&nbsp;(directed by a young Zach Snyder before he started making bad DC films) and watched MJ try to dance with Kid N' Play and the very underrated 80's group Full Force.<\/p>\n<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z0iTwaB0GDw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As little rhythm as MJ had, his 80s teammates -- Scottie Pippen, Charles Oakley, Horace Grant and Craig Hodges -- weren't exactly MC Hammer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w75mSwqeD_4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>But give MJ a few drinks, a cigar and couple of ladies and he'll show you some dance moves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/michael-jordan-dorm-room2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7048\" src=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/jordanpartying.jpg\" alt=\"jordanpartying\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or just some headphones and an umbrella...<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/michael-jordan-dorm-room2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26620\" src=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/michael-jordan-dorm-room2.jpg\" alt=\"michael-jordan-dorm-room(2)\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/michael-jordan-dorm-room.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26615\" src=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/michael-jordan-dorm-room.jpg\" alt=\"michael-jordan-dorm-room\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know LaVar Ball wouldn't stand a chance in a 1-on-1 contest with Michael Jordan at any&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":147172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8316,1444,3,74,23],"tags":[11285,7638,1599],"featured":[],"class_list":["post-147169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-all-blogs","category-nba","category-nba-videos","category-video","tag-lavar-ball","tag-michael-jackson","tag-michael-jordan"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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