Daniel Negreanu took a small break from his frankly outrageous schedule to stir up a heated debate on Twitter. The six-time bracelet winner recently confirmed a crazily packed out WSOP on the site- easily upwards of 50 events . It is pretty safe to assume Negreanu has been grinding as hard as ever . He nearly bagged his seventh WSOP bracelet with a third-place finish, back in July. Still, it seems he is in good spirits and managing to find time for some light-hearted fun.
He posted a poll on his Twitter in which he asked followers how a now 58-year-old Michael Jordan would fare in today’s NBA . Now, if you are not hugely into the NBA (or perhaps a Brit like myself, who hasn’t the faintest clue whether or not 20 or 40 points in a basketball game would be considered impressive), you could quite understandably believe this was a genuine inquiry from the online poker legend.
However, greater basketball minds than I (that is, anyone who has ever watched a game of basketball), have concluded that this was indeed a ploy by Negreanu to get a rise out of some of his more opinionated followers.
The first hint that the post could be a troll was the additional condition he added to the question, that Jordan would be allowed to train for two weeks . It has been speculated that Negreanu was humorously referencing the time he stated he could beat $25/$50 online poker with two weeks of training .
The next “clue” was the fact the lowest option on the list was 20 points . Anyone seriously wondering how many points a retired 58-year-old would average in a season would probably give some options quite a bit lower than this.
A pretty significant portion of his fan-base took the post at face value- and were quick to point out the anomalies in the question Negreanu posed. Negreanu replied: “Yeah. 20 is the floor but with the game being so soft today 40 is more reasonable even at age 58.” Clearly, he was enjoying the joke and quite intent on stoking […]
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