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MJ Makes (Divorce) History

Those $160 Million Settlements Will Get You Everytime

by Marcel Mutoni

We all know that Michael Jordan has more money than God (he has an estimated fortune of $400 million), but even this has to smart: Black Cat’s divorce settlement is reportedly for a cool $168 Million, making it the largest celebrity divorce settlement in history by far.

From the Times of London:

As a basketball superstar, Michael Jordan was always in a league of his own. Now he is setting a record with his divorce as he prepares to pay his former wife an unprecedented settlement of more than $168m (£80m).

The settlement eclipses the most expensive celebrity divorce on public record, in which Neil Diamond paid his ex-wife Marcia Murphey £75m.

Looks like it’s time to hit the blackjack tables hard again, Mike.

In all seriousness though, Mike, we love you, but for the love of all that is holy, please don’t use this as an excuse to make yet another comeback. You can live on $200 million; it’ll be tough, but you can do it.

(Via: The strikingly handsome fella at Deuce of Davenport)

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190 Responses to “MJ Makes (Divorce) History”

Nov.12 at 2:48 pm

Ryan Jones says:
Maybe when he patted Lang belly, he was actually making a play for his wallet.

Nov.12 at 2:50 pm

Russ Bengtson says:
Dear Michael. Whatever you do, do NOT start dating Heather Mills. Love, Paul.

Nov.12 at 2:54 pm

Tommy Patron says:
This could’ve happened waaaaay sooner. Smart move by Juanita to wait it out to maximize the settlement. She is in the golden pantheon on all-time groupies.

Nov.12 at 2:55 pm

Nadav says:
Money CAN fly

Nov.12 at 2:55 pm

JAMS says:
Lang’s belly: Pot of Gold…..I might be talking about the chocolates though..sorry Lang

Nov.12 at 2:57 pm

white hot eboy says:
I’m sure 24 is good for a loan. He’s been borrowing from Mike for 10 years now.

Nov.12 at 3:01 pm

H to the izzo says:
Like a broken record Eboy

Nov.12 at 3:05 pm

Myles Brown says:
C’mon. Half? That’s a ridiculous amount of money. Did Juanita drive him to practice and spot him during weightlifting sessions?

Nov.12 at 3:07 pm

Myles Brown says:
But maybe Michael and Jason Caffey can catch up on old times since they have more in common these days…

Nov.12 at 3:08 pm

Nadav says:
she got a 1/3

Nov.12 at 3:09 pm

H to the izzo says:
Why on earth do I feel sorry for a man with 160mil?

Nov.12 at 3:10 pm

Candice says:
She birth his three kids. ALso she didn’t just sit at home and do nothing. She is a real estate agent making a nice peeny for herself. All MJ had to do was not cheat and this could have been avioded altogether.

Nov.12 at 3:12 pm

Myles Brown says:
But does that mean that she’s legally entitled to half of the money accumulated during their relationship when she wasn’t responsible for earning half of it? I don’t get it.

Nov.12 at 3:16 pm

Ryan Jones says:
Myles, man, quit looking for justice in this. You marry a groupie, make her “respectable” and then run around on her, this is exactly what the f*ck you get.

Nov.12 at 3:16 pm

Bryan says:
I think its bull and it’s this reason exactly why I will never get married.I know people say that but I mean it from the depths of my soul marriage is not in my future.

Nov.12 at 3:17 pm

Candice says:
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn.

Nov.12 at 3:18 pm

white hot eboy says:
Ryan, I think you’re lucky there are only a handful of female posters. The turning her repectable comment is way crazy.

Nov.12 at 3:19 pm

Candice says:
Amen Ryan. Amen.

Nov.12 at 3:21 pm

Myles Brown says:
It’s not that I feel any empathy for Money, like you said, he had it coming. But just the whole “I want half of a fortune that would’ve existed had I married this man or not” sh*t is outta control. Before you know it, LeBron’s future ex-wife will be richer than Bill Gates.

Nov.12 at 3:25 pm

RV says:
I think MJ has been holding out, i can easily see him having a fortune closer to 600 million

Nov.12 at 3:26 pm

Russ Bengtson says:
Somewhere–probably in Sacramento–Reggie Theus is laughing his ass off.

Nov.12 at 3:27 pm

Myles Brown says:
He got her at a discount.

Nov.12 at 3:32 pm

Co Co says:
She probably deserves every penny of it. Who knows how much ish she had to put up with being married to the best basketball player ever! She probably had to fend whores off as part of her daily routine.

Nov.12 at 3:33 pm

Ryan Jones says:
Notice LBJ hasn’t gotten married…
Anyway, eboy’s the lawyer here, not me, but what I know of divorce law, there are a lot of factors involved, including how long they’re married, how much money is earned while they’re married (no matter which of them is earning it) and that whole “standard of living” thing. If you marry someone, stay married to them 20 years and earn a billion dollars in that period, there is a reasonable legal understanding that, in the case of divorce, the money is going to be split, or close to it. It’s a partnership, theoretically, and when one person’s making all the money, that means/implies the other one is primarily raising the kids, doing the shopping, washing the dishes, etc. You can’t put a dollar value on those responsibilities, but they have a worth.
Put it another way: The guy doesn’t carry or give birth to the children, and it figures that, in this case, he probably spent a lot less time involved in hands-on childrearing. Does he have any less right to see his kids now?

Nov.12 at 3:35 pm

white hot eboy says:
Ryan, I won’t even venture the question.

Nov.12 at 3:35 pm

Ryan Jones says:
And the Kings are in Utah tonight, Russ. Just so you know.

Nov.12 at 3:36 pm

Ryan Jones says:
Co Co: Are you aware of the Missus’ alleged background? Let’s just say, as the story goes, she’d know them when she saw them.

Nov.12 at 3:36 pm

Ryan Jones says:
I don’t follow, eboy…

Nov.12 at 3:38 pm

Cheryl says:
Listen, I’m not gonna dish about what went on (or didn’t) in that marriage, but fellas not all women who find themselves at the end of a relationship with you guys’ heroes are sluts who got paid. You come of as salty. Demeaning these women because you mad they got a hefty settlement is sexist and insulting. What would you say about Steadman if he got a third of Oprah’s cash if they broke up? You’d probably call him shrewd. You wouldn’t insult his humanity, I bet.

Nov.12 at 3:41 pm

Ryan Jones says:
Cheryl, I think I speak for all the Jordan fans (even though I’m not one) when I say Steadman is not universally respected by most straight men.

Nov.12 at 3:41 pm

Candice says:
Ryan enlightem me about her so called backgound? I haven’t heard anything bad about her at all, past and present? I heard she was an accountant or something and wouldn’t even give him the time of day at first. The only thing I heard was him not being albe to stay faithful.

Nov.12 at 3:42 pm

Myles Brown says:
Those responsibilities do have a dollar amount attached to them. For the the nannies, maids, drivers, security etc. that come with them. And the ’standard of living’ thing is definitely understandable, but often used to justify outlandish requests. These procedings always wreak of greed and revenge for both parties, but this one seems silly to me.

Nov.12 at 3:43 pm

white hot eboy says:
Ryan, basically, how you have so much divorce knowledge? I don’t want to venture any further.

Nov.12 at 3:43 pm

Co Co says:
Ryan, her background can’t be any more questionable than his and that’s just the things we get to hear about. I’m sure being who he is he had access to whomever whenever. And aside from all that, if she just wanted money she didn’t have to stay with him for as long as she did. Hell she has 3 kids child support alone would have kept her from having to work again.

Nov.12 at 3:44 pm

Ryan Jones says:
Word, Myles. Stories like these always make me glad I don’t have a lot of money.

Nov.12 at 3:46 pm

Ryan Jones says:
Just my parents, eboy. Nothing that intriguing. My own marriage is fine, thanks.

Nov.12 at 3:47 pm

white hot eboy says:
Just trying to be respectful Ryan. And divorce from state to state varies as well so Juanita would have chocked the horse regardless of state provisions.

Nov.12 at 3:48 pm

Nadav says:
I think MJ’s kids look a lot like Reggie Theus

Nov.12 at 3:49 pm

Myles Brown says:
I’m never glad I don’t have a ton of money, but I can live without it. And there are certainly times when I’m glad I’m single.

Nov.12 at 3:49 pm

Ryan Jones says:
Candice: Russ hinted at it at 3:26 today (stupid slamonline clock). Just rumors, like I said, but they’ve been around for a long time.
Co Co: I am not now or do I ever defend this guy. That should be pretty obvious.

Nov.12 at 3:49 pm

Russ Bengtson says:
“Standard of living” should never be guaranteed. That’s ludicrous. Mike could lose all of his money tomorrow (although it’s unlikely)–is HIS standard of living guaranteed? I don’t think she should be forced to live in a sixth-floor walkup and eat ramen three times a day or anything, but $160 million seems like an awful lot. And I’d say the same if it was Stedman or Martha Stewart’s ex or whomever getting that kind of loot, too.

Nov.12 at 3:50 pm

Ryan Jones says:
Respectful doesn’t suit you, eboy. But thanks.
And Nadav does more than hint at it, Candice.

Nov.12 at 3:51 pm

Myles Brown says:
If the same rumor is passed around in enough locations in enough different social circles for a long enough period of time, then gossip rules declare it absolute truthiness. Kinda like Richard Gere and that gerbil.

Nov.12 at 3:52 pm

Ryan Jones says:
Or Rod Stewart and the stomach pump.
F*ck, I’m old.

Nov.12 at 3:52 pm

Nadav says:
Ryan, much like Screamin A, I didn’t just tell you, I SHOWED YOU!

Nov.12 at 3:53 pm

Myles Brown says:
I don’t know that one. To the Google machine!

Nov.12 at 3:54 pm

John E. Sanford says:
As Eddie Murphy said on Raw, “HALF his SH*T!!!”

Nov.12 at 3:55 pm

Myles Brown says:
Gross!

Nov.12 at 3:56 pm

Ryan Jones says:
Yessir.

Nov.12 at 3:56 pm

white hot eboy says:
The Rod Stewart stomach pump story was EVERYWHERE when I was in grade school. Glad to know it wasn’t just Jersey idiots telling that story.

Nov.12 at 3:56 pm

Nadav says:
Lang should remember the context, I forgot where that came from

Nov.12 at 3:56 pm

Tommy Patron says:
Not ALL are sluts that got paid.

Nov.12 at 3:57 pm

Ryan Jones says:
Yeah, scary to think that 15 or 20 years before the internets, that sh*t could still go coast to coast. I have a very random, specific memory of playing in the front yard of my grandma’s house in Yorba Linda, CA, and hearing a DJ tell that story on my older cousin’s car radio — right after they played “Young Turks,” I believe.
Seriously, f*ck, I’m old.

Nov.12 at 3:58 pm

Co Co says:
I guess the settlement is a bit much depending on how you look at it. I say no one would be outraged if she got standard of living pay from an average Joe, so no one should be outraged now. Just because he’s worth over a gazillion bucks doesnt mean he should be exempt from paying the same percentages some other guy would have to pay.

Nov.12 at 3:59 pm

Tommy Patron says:
But THIS one….

Nov.12 at 3:59 pm

Nadav says:
Wait, so when does Jasmine turn 18?

Nov.12 at 4:00 pm

white hot eboy says:
“Young hearts, be free, tonight, time is on your side”

Nov.12 at 4:02 pm

white hot eboy says:
Michael will make that amount back in 3 years with Jordan Brand residuals. Once the kids are all 18+ he’s off that “legal” hook to them monthly, not that htey need it.

Nov.12 at 4:06 pm

Cheryl says:
My beef is not about the settlement (which I really could care less one way or the other), I just take issue with notion that women who marry athletes are somehow less than honorable. Besides, when I woman “gets around” she’s a slut, when a man does it, he’s a stud. What’s wrong with that picture? I tried to get you guys to debate the sex issue a few weeks ago, but only Bodie bit. You should know by now that you got a feminist on this board… –ASPOV (and Ryan, are you suggesting that Steadman is gay?)

Nov.12 at 4:07 pm

Myles Brown says:
2Pac got around.

Nov.12 at 4:07 pm

niQ says:
just in. mj is http://youtube.com/watch?v=IL5WnqWqkrY never left .LOL

Nov.12 at 4:09 pm

white hot eboy says:
Did Ryan really have to cement it, Cheryl?

Nov.12 at 4:09 pm

Russ Bengtson says:
SUPPOSEDLY, Michael was not the first Bull that Juanita got involved with. She’s older than he is, and was in Chicago before he got there. ALLEGEDLY she enjoyed some hang time. I’m not suggesting that this excuses Michael’s dalliances, but he did do the right thing with her when their first came along.

Nov.12 at 4:10 pm

Ryan Jones says:
I’m talking about THIS PARTICULAR WOMAN, Cheryl, and that’s only based on long-standing, well-known rumors. And I’m suggesting that, other than Khalid, straight men don’t watch Oprah.

Nov.12 at 4:10 pm

H to the izzo says:
“I just take issue with notion that women who marry athletes are somehow less than honorable” Cheryl,you really will have to explain that one to me

Nov.12 at 4:11 pm

Ryan Jones says:
And for the RECORD, I didn’t know RUSS was going to use those ALL CAPS right before I DID.

Nov.12 at 4:11 pm

Myles Brown says:
“she enjoyed some Hang Time…” R. O. F. L!

Nov.12 at 4:12 pm

Russ Bengtson says:
Obviously not all women who marry athletes are less than honorable. But it’s equally foolish to think that none of them are. This thread is in reference to ONE such woman, and should not be seen as a referendum on all athlete’s wives (or husbands, for that matter).

Nov.12 at 4:12 pm

H to the izzo says:
MJ+Happily Married family man=Great PR MJ-Great PR=Kobe

Nov.12 at 4:13 pm

Russ Bengtson says:
ALL CAPS when you spell the man name. Bryan is hereby excused from that reference.

Nov.12 at 4:13 pm

H to the izzo says:
That’s MJ MINUS Great PR btw

Nov.12 at 4:14 pm

Russ Bengtson says:
I can think of several players’s wives who would deserve roughly 253 percent if they were ever divorced. (Also, I apologize for making the same post as Ryan, minus the needless dig at Khalid. Hater.)

Nov.12 at 4:15 pm

Nadav says:
Yeah, I would never marry Sharapova.

Nov.12 at 4:15 pm

Myles Brown says:
“Don’t talk about my moms, yo.”

Nov.12 at 4:16 pm

H to the izzo says:
If the Christies ever divorced,would Jackie just get everything?

Nov.12 at 4:17 pm

white hot eboy says:
If I married Venus Williams, I’d be afraid to try and divorce her. She might forehand smash me to the white meat.

Nov.12 at 4:18 pm

Co Co says:
Damn my post disappeared. Once again. Ryan, I can’t have you taking shots at Khalid. And I said something along the lines of even if she was a whore she’s the whore he married so she’s entitled to some of his earnings.

Nov.12 at 4:19 pm

Nadav says:
define “whore”

Nov.12 at 4:20 pm

Ryan Jones says:
I don’t think the Christies can get divorced. Legally, I mean — I think she put it in the prenup.

Nov.12 at 4:20 pm

Russ Bengtson says:
define “some”

Nov.12 at 4:21 pm

Candice says:
So just because she was rumoured to go out with reggie Thesus in the past, mean’s what exactly? He wasn’t on the Bulls no more so so what? Did Michael even know Reggie? If I heard right he pursured her more than she did him. Why do we care so much it’s not like Michael is hurting for money and probably won’t tell it’s missing when he pay’s it.

Nov.12 at 4:21 pm

Nadav says:
Co Co, Be ware.

Nov.12 at 4:23 pm

H to the izzo says:
COCO:But does she deserve almost HALF?I mean she earns a pretty decent living for herself and when did she decide after years of marriage that these “Differences” that were apparently going on for year were irreconsilable(sp?)?

Nov.12 at 4:23 pm

H to the izzo says:
Oh and Ryan:LOL-I hate myself now

Nov.12 at 4:24 pm

Myles Brown says:
Even the Sultan of Brunei would notice if $168 mil went missing.

Nov.12 at 4:24 pm

vmcb says:
anyone else think that the women beside MJ in the picture looks like Prince?

Nov.12 at 4:26 pm

Cheryl says:
Well, someone lumped her in with “groupies”. And I’m certainly not naive to to think that there aren’t women out there trying to latch on with rich guys so they can be taken care of. But when news comes out about about Shaunie O’Neal, Siovahnn Wade, and now Juanita, there’s these remarks about how they pulled one over on dude and manipulated their way to a payday, as if they are not destroyed emotionally by an ending relationship, and all they care about is whether on not they’re gonna get paid.

Nov.12 at 4:26 pm

Co Co says:
Um, I don’t know if she was a whore or not, but it has been intimated on this post a time or two and “some” of his earnings is apparently $160+ million, as defined by a judge not me.

Nov.12 at 4:28 pm

Co Co says:
And Izzo, I guess she just got fed up or maybe they decided to stay together for the kids and now that they’re older the want to be happily away from each other. I don’t know what led to the divorce, it doesn’t matter. The law said she gets close to half so that’s what it is.

Nov.12 at 4:29 pm

Co Co says:
they

Nov.12 at 4:29 pm

white hot eboy says:
You know, it’s not wise to fu*k with Co Co AND Cheryl in the same post. This is a rarity that is dangerous. Like Pip and Jordan patrolling the lanes. Sorry Co Co, I had no other Hawk to link to Dominique.

Nov.12 at 4:29 pm

Russ Bengtson says:
No one ever compared Siovaughn to Juanita. Siovaughn deserves whatever she gets. Hell, I guess Juanita does too–it ain’t my money, I don’t give a f*ck. But if Air Jordans suddenly start retailing for $400 a pair, I’m blaming her. OK?

Nov.12 at 4:31 pm

H to the izzo says:
Russ,aren’t they pretty close to that already?

Nov.12 at 4:32 pm

Co Co says:
Its okay Eboy, I don’t have a link either. Good point about the shoes Izzo.

Nov.12 at 4:33 pm

Russ Bengtson says:
They’re like $200 at the moment. So, HALF, appropriately enough. Close, though.

Nov.12 at 4:33 pm

Candice says:
She filed before and they worked thing’s out and I think they finally went through with it because the kid’s are older now.

Nov.12 at 4:34 pm

Myles Brown says:
I can’t remember the last pair of Jordans I even wanted. Except those Aquas.

Nov.12 at 4:35 pm

Nadav says:
im blaming Juanita if the xx3 arent amazing.

Nov.12 at 4:38 pm

H to the izzo says:
The last pair I owned were the Dub Zero’s.I’m not a big shoe guy so I don’t really know where they stand in terms of Jordan’s best

Nov.12 at 4:38 pm

white hot eboy says:
Would this be a Defining Moment for the Jordan’s. Cause I spent $400 for the first package and the “Court House” edition XXIII’s could be hot in the legal field if they produce them.

Nov.12 at 4:40 pm

Co Co says:
I’ve never owned a pair of Jordans. If I pay over $100 for a shoe it better have a stiletto heel on it.

Nov.12 at 4:40 pm

Captain America says:
MJ was a great player, admired him. But the ex-wife always wins. Perhaps something on the side, MJ?

Nov.12 at 4:42 pm

white hot eboy says:
Is that an invitation to MJ, Captain? Hard to tell.

Nov.12 at 4:42 pm

Russ Bengtson says:
I can’t wait until A-Rod gets divorced.

Nov.12 at 4:42 pm

Ryan Jones says:
Worth noting: Russ doesn’t pay for his Jordans.

Nov.12 at 4:44 pm

Russ Bengtson says:
I’m just looking out for the next man.

Nov.12 at 4:44 pm

H to the izzo says:
Worth noting:Neither did I.

Nov.12 at 4:44 pm

Nadav says:
Turn out MJ paid for his, big time.

Nov.12 at 4:44 pm

Myles Brown says:
I guess I’m just a sucker then.

Nov.12 at 4:45 pm

white hot eboy says:
Envious of Russ, sure Izzo robbed his.

Nov.12 at 4:46 pm

Ryan Jones says:
He’s Irish. Of course he did.

Nov.12 at 4:47 pm

Nadav says:
Getting free shoes is like paying for sex.

Nov.12 at 4:48 pm

H to the izzo says:
*Couldn’t see that one coming*

Nov.12 at 4:48 pm

white hot eboy says:
Nadaz just confused me.

Nov.12 at 4:49 pm

Ryan Jones says:
Getting free shoes is illegal?

Nov.12 at 4:49 pm

Ryan Jones says:
Sorry izzo. Gotta throw one out there every now and again.

Nov.12 at 4:50 pm

H to the izzo says:
Getting free shoes makes you Eboy?

Nov.12 at 4:50 pm

Nadav says:
It’s more fun to by them, no?

Nov.12 at 4:51 pm

Myles Brown says:
Huh?

Nov.12 at 4:51 pm

Nadav says:
whatever. Jasmine’s D.O.B. is not being found, damnit.

Nov.12 at 4:51 pm

H to the izzo says:
Ryan:You’re forgiven.What’s SLAMonline without mild stereotypical racism?

Nov.12 at 4:51 pm

Ryan Jones says:
NO. Not even a little bit. I promise.

Nov.12 at 4:52 pm

Ryan Jones says:
Like an Irishman without a Guinness in one hand and a potato in the other!
Ah, jeez…

Nov.12 at 4:53 pm

Nadav says:
damnit.
anyway, paying for sex is legal here, so i guess i meant that getting them for free is legal.

Nov.12 at 4:53 pm

white hot eboy says:
Please refer to each other by name. What the hell did the last 10 comments mean?

Nov.12 at 4:53 pm

Cheryl says:
I hear you, Co Co. Jordan should do stilettos, he’d make back his 160 mil.

Nov.12 at 4:54 pm

white hot eboy says:
Ryan, very nice. Nadav, that’s still confusing but thanks for trying to clarify.

Nov.12 at 4:55 pm

Dutch Rich says:
K-fed

Nov.12 at 4:55 pm

Nadav says:
yeah, i dug myself into a hole there.

Nov.12 at 4:56 pm

Ryan Jones says:
I’ll tell you what sucks, though: Getting spoiled with an increasingly steady flow of free sneakers for 7 1/2 years, then having that flow abruptly shut off. I expect no sympathy, I’m just saying.

Nov.12 at 4:56 pm

H to the izzo says:
Eboy:There was some Irish bashing and you weren’t involved.For Shame

Nov.12 at 4:56 pm

Co Co says:
Yeah, in real life I prolly still wouldn’t pay $100 for a Jordan Brand anything. Even if they were thigh high boots with a 4 inch heel which I’m desperately searching for……….. Not for streetwalking puposes by the way.

Nov.12 at 4:56 pm

white hot eboy says:
Cheryl, would you wear a pair of Jordan stilletos with a holgram Jumpman on the side or invisible writing that only showed up in blacklight at a club?

Nov.12 at 4:56 pm

Ryan Jones says:
Good point, Dutch Rich. Could Reggie Theus have fathered Britney’s kids, too?

Nov.12 at 4:57 pm

H to the izzo says:
Ryan:On behalf of all the people who care very little about shoes I say “HA!”

Nov.12 at 4:57 pm

Russ Bengtson says:
SLAM doesn’t run enough thigh-high boots with four-inch heels in the Kicks section anymore.

Nov.12 at 4:57 pm

white hot eboy says:
Thank you for the clarification, Co Co. And Izzo, there’s only so many roads a man can go down, you know?

Nov.12 at 5:01 pm

H to the izzo says:
I’m still getting over that whole thigh high four inch heel boots thing

Nov.12 at 5:01 pm

Co Co says:
Slam really could do better Russ.

Nov.12 at 5:02 pm

white hot eboy says:
Funny, I never pictured Co Co or Cheryl as thigh high boot woman.

Nov.12 at 5:02 pm

white hot eboy says:
Women, sorry.

Nov.12 at 5:05 pm

Co Co says:
Damn Eboy, you are in the dark. I only own 2 pairs of tennis shoes and I didn’t buy either of them. I REFUSE to wear tennis shoes for fashion. I can’t pull it off. I think I may be the only person who doesn’t refer to them as sneakers, but……

Nov.12 at 5:07 pm

H to the izzo says:
I don’t CoCo,although I am living at least 2,000 miles away from you,still,it must count for something

Nov.12 at 5:07 pm

Myles Brown says:
I love thigh high boots. On women. Preferably attractive ones.

Nov.12 at 5:07 pm

Cheryl says:
Funny, Eboy. No, that would be tacky with the black light thingy, but I would like to see that in the club. I’d sit back and crack up.

Nov.12 at 5:08 pm

white hot eboy says:
I just figured you to be more of an around the way girl, know what I mean? But high fashion is tight. I’m not criticizing. No LL jokes, please.

Nov.12 at 5:09 pm

Nadav says:
did money ever copyright “the game of baaasketball”?

Nov.12 at 5:09 pm

Dutch Rich says:
Well Ryan, let’s put some order to this comparison
Michael=Britney
Juanita=K-fed
Reggie=K-Fed-Ex aka What’s her name aka So and So.

Nov.12 at 5:09 pm

white hot eboy says:
Co-sign, Mr. Brown.

Nov.12 at 5:09 pm

Cheryl says:
I’m tall enough without the 4 inches, besides. I’d look like RuPaul or some sh!t. :-)

Nov.12 at 5:09 pm

H to the izzo says:
*Wonders if somehow,we strayed off topic*

Nov.12 at 5:10 pm

white hot eboy says:
Shar Jackson!!!!!!!!!

Nov.12 at 5:10 pm

white hot eboy says:
LOL @ Cheryl.

Nov.12 at 5:11 pm

H to the izzo says:
Shar’s lookin a lot better than Britney these days.Myles,how’s the Britney suicide watch going?

Nov.12 at 5:14 pm

Co Co says:
I’m 5″8 without heels, but I always wanted to be taller so I wear heels regularly. I am an around the way girl. Sorta.

Nov.12 at 5:14 pm

white hot eboy says:
Izzo, figuratively & literally.

Nov.12 at 5:15 pm

H to the izzo says:
Define Around the Way girl please for the ignorant foreigner

Nov.12 at 5:17 pm

Co Co says:
Youtube it Izzo. I’m gone guys!

Nov.12 at 5:17 pm

white hot eboy says:
No LL Cool songs have made it your country circa the mid 90’s, Izzo?

Nov.12 at 5:21 pm

H to the izzo says:
None since the 80’s have made their way into my ears anyway

Nov.12 at 5:21 pm

white hot eboy says:
Whoa.

Nov.12 at 5:22 pm

white hot eboy says:
No classic’s like My Head Is Like A Sharkfin or Backseat Of My Jeep? Terrible.

Nov.12 at 5:25 pm

H to the izzo says:
I’m not much of an LL fan anyway

Nov.12 at 5:26 pm

Dutch Rich says:
Dang Izz you saying u never heard Ole Dirt McGirt spit.

Nov.12 at 5:26 pm

Myles Brown says:
Britney will be dead by the end of the year. Hopefully she’ll take Perez Hilton with her.

Nov.12 at 5:27 pm

white hot eboy says:
I liked Big Baby Jesus slighly more, Dutch.

Nov.12 at 5:29 pm

Russ Bengtson says:
Ain’t no father to his style.

Nov.12 at 5:30 pm

H to the izzo says:
I’ll say it again,I just don’t like LL that much

Nov.12 at 5:32 pm

Russ Bengtson says:
I don’t have much use for LL after “Radio” and “Bigger and Deffer.” Except for “Mama Said Knock You Out” (the song, not the album).

Nov.12 at 5:33 pm

Dutch Rich says:
F*ck around get sprayed with Lysol
In your face like a can of mace, baby
Is it burnin? Well f*ck it, now you’re learnin

Nov.12 at 5:35 pm

white hot eboy says:
Hey Lover may be one of the greatest songs of the 90’s. Not just a rap oriented work. Song.

Nov.12 at 5:51 pm

The Best Yet says:
will Juanita also receive half the future earnings from sales of Jordan’s I-XXII plus the Jumpman’s and all other apparel? Kinda like how Harrison Ford got screwed, that giy’s still paying his ex from the 80s.

Nov.12 at 5:52 pm

Candice says:
LL broke my heart with the trash he’s been putting out since that “battle” with Canibus…”quitting while you’re ahead is not the same as quitting.” I’d like to shoot whoever okay’d Control Myself in the ass.

Nov.12 at 6:46 pm

Bryan says:
172 for this ? Damn. I missed a lot.More hip hop references though I would have been out at that point.

Nov.12 at 8:45 pm

its just alex says:
I got here far too late for the Jordan talk, damn. I feel like you have to be rather cynical dating a ballplayer. You have to know you’re gonna get cheated on, right? So why not have your own fun. I still think 50% is ridiculous. No man is getting 50% of my money, there are WAY too many fresh kicks I could buy with that money.

Nov.12 at 10:36 pm

Ben Osborne says:
Needless to say, Juanita and divorce were not topics at the Jordan XX3 event Lang wrote about the other day (though it wouldve been amusing if they were).

Nov.12 at 11:12 pm

white hot eboy says:
With Michael’s record shattering divorce settlement, Michael proves he’s not just the greatest at basketball.

Nov.12 at 11:29 pm

Holly MacKenzie says:
There is something wrong with with me when I see LL and immediately am confused as to why we could possibly be talking about Lindsay Lohan if Deshawn Stevenson isn’t around. As for MJ, thats a whole lotta cash.

Nov.13 at 1:18 am

Ben Payne says:
explains why he’s selling his house to kobe haha

Nov.13 at 1:31 am

jbn74sb says:
You guys sure got a lot of mileage out of this one today.
My two cents: If you get married, get a prenup. Unless you like being an idiot.
Side note: Most of the laws concerning prenups (at least in CA) arose from when Bonds handed his swedish nannny a 734,000 page doc and made her sign it before they got married.

Nov.13 at 2:16 am

Uncontainable Spirit says:
Men… listen to me and trust me on this. Michael will make that money back twice over within the next 5 years. He paid an excellent price to get rid of her and I know he’s glad about it. He significantly reduced his overhead in the process while retaining his name and his existing businesses and marketability. Trust me…. Mike is chillin’. It’s only us middle class dudes that’s trippin’ about the money. Also… if she’s out of his pockets completely… and I’d think that she is because of the large amount, I know he’s got other things in the works. One thing I found out after I got my divorce: YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE MORE MONEY. And I’m happier now than I was married. Mike still has his endorsement money rolling in and his partial ownership stake in the Charlotte Bobcats. And that’s not counting what he squirreled away in Belize, the Maldives or Schelleyes all these years if he had a lick of sense. Don’t worry about Mike… that was the best 168 million he could have spent.

Nov.13 at 2:20 am

Matty says:
He should have mad her sign a prenup lol

Nov.13 at 6:46 am

Mr. Tubbs says:
The best part of the article: “Juanita is involved with a banker 20 years younger than herself.” That man belongs in the pantheon of great golddiggers.

Nov.13 at 7:15 am

Son of Shawn says:
Juanita just has become “the most beautiful girl in the world” (Sorry Prince)

Nov.13 at 9:17 am

ab_40 says:
168 mil is much for rich folks too. pre nupt anyone? But hey he’s keeping it out of the media and that’s a good thing unlike another michael:(

Nov.13 at 1:32 pm

Celts Fan says:
RIDICULOUS. Juanita hit no J’s and had no endorsements. How this woman deserves $160 mil is beyond me. They need to cap this at $10M so guys don’t keep getting screwed for being super successful. This “I’m used to this kind of lifestyle” excuse is bullcrap unless you’re still spreading your legs for him, which he’s used to too. Like Chris Rock said, “I go to a restaurant and I’m used to eating, but when I leave, that doesn’t mean they owe me a steak!”

Nov.13 at 1:34 pm

Celts Fan says:
Things like this make me admire that tool Kevin Federline more and more. Score one for the guys…

Nov.13 at 2:02 pm

tike says:
All i can say is WOW MIKE!!!….WOW snoop told us in “94 we dont love them hoes

Nov.13 at 2:46 pm

JohnnyRebel says:
Wow, I would of made sure an accident happened years ago to avoid losing $168. Sure the media would be up in arms saying he’s a murderer but we would of been understanding.

Nov.14 at 11:25 pm

sportsfan says:
Guys she didn’t get half. she is geting one third. Read the story!

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