Michael Jordan's former teammate, Craig Hodges, has slammed the NBA legend for revealing in a documentary that his team in the 80s, referred to by interviewers in the show as the 'cocaine traveling circus,’ would do drugs in their hotel rooms.
Hodges, who was not part of the Chicago Bulls at the time, was concerned about the wives and children of Jordan's teammates who were called out. He expressed his frustration towards Jordan in an interview on Tuesday on Fox Sports Radio
"So I’m watching the first episode and I was upset about the 'cocaine circus,' he said. "That bothered me because I was thinking about the brothers who are on that picture with you who have to explain to their families who are getting ready to watch this Michael Jordan great documentary event and they know you’re on the team, and now you’ve got to explain that to a 12-year-old boy."
Jordon detailed his teammates' escapades in the 10-part docuseries, "The Last Dance." At the time he was in his rookie year with the Chicago Bulls.
"I get to this one door, I knock on the door, and I could hear someone say, 'Shhh, someone's outside,'" Jordan said, according to Insider. "This deep voice says, 'Who is it?' I say, it's MJ, and they say, 'Ah, he's just a rookie. Don't worry about it.'"
Jordan recalled how "practically the whole team" was inside the room, partying up a storm.
"It was things I had never seen in my life as a young kid. You got your lines over here. You got your weed smokers over here. You got your women over here," he said. "First thing I said, 'Look, man, I'm out.' Because all I could think about is, if they come raid this place right now, I am just as guilty as everyone else in this room."
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