Tim Hardaway blasts Chris Bosh over Michael Jordan ring chase claim
Tim Hardaway pushed back after Chris Bosh called Michael Jordan a ring chaser, with Basketball Network quoting him as saying Jordan "never recruited nobody." The blunt line landed as Michael Jordan also made fresh headlines for a different reason: his custom Ferrari, missing for more than two decades, was traced through an old forum post and is now headed to auction.
Key Takeaways
- Tim Hardaway blasted Chris Bosh for saying Michael Jordan was ring chasing, citing that Jordan "never recruited nobody."
- Hardaway's quote is the headline response reported by Basketball Network.
- Jordan's 1997 Ferrari 550 Maranello vanished from public view after he sold it in December 2002.
- A partial chassis number in an old forum post helped Curated locate the car with a private California owner.
- The Ferrari and a 1998 Finals Jordan jersey both go to auction September 15–30 through Joopiter.
What did Tim Hardaway say about Chris Bosh's Michael Jordan comments?
Basketball Network reports that Tim Hardaway "blasted" Chris Bosh after Bosh said Michael Jordan was ring chasing. Hardaway's reply, quoted in the outlet's headline, was direct: "He never recruited nobody."
The framing puts recruiting at the center of the dispute. Hardaway's argument, as reported, is that Jordan should not be grouped with players who build titles by chasing other stars. Basketball Network did not publish additional quotes or detail the setting of Hardaway's remarks in its headline coverage.
What is on the record from the primary source is the clash itself: Bosh applied the ring-chaser label to Jordan, and Hardaway rejected it with a recruiting-focused rebuttal.
Why is Michael Jordan back in the news this week?
Michael Jordan is having a busy news cycle. Beyond the Hardaway-Bosh exchange reported by Basketball Network, collectors solved a long-running mystery involving one of his most famous possessions.
Jordan's 1997 Ferrari 550 Maranello disappeared from public view after he sold it in December 2002. For years, Ferrari collectors traded rumors about where the car had gone. That cold-trail story aligns with the kind of cases we cover in True Crime & Unsolved Mysteries.
This month, the car is scheduled to cross an auction block with a seven-figure estimate—proof that Jordan stories still move markets as well as debates.
How was Michael Jordan's missing Ferrari finally found?
Jordan bought the Ferrari in 1997. The 550 Maranello was customized with extended seat rails and thinner padding so the 6-foot-6 star could fit behind the wheel, according to The Athletic.
He drove it away from the United Center after Game 6 of the 1997 NBA Finals, when the 1990s Chicago Bulls dynasty secured its fifth championship. The car wore an Illinois vanity plate reading MJ 5 and logged roughly 6,400 miles before Jordan sold it in December 2002, Yahoo Autos reported.
Curated co-founder John Temerian spent about a decade searching. The break came from a partial chassis number posted on an old internet forum. Cross-referencing that fragment against Ferrari dealer records pointed his team to a long-term owner in California. Temerian bought the Ferrari sight unseen and returned it to Chicago on May 29, 2026—29 years after Jordan first took delivery.
When will Michael Jordan's Ferrari go to auction?
The rediscovered Ferrari heads to sale through Joopiter and Curated's Driven to Greatness auction, with online bidding running September 15 through September 30. The pre-sale estimate sits at $700,000 to $1.3 million, according to The Athletic and Yahoo Autos.
Original paperwork survived in the trunk, including Jordan's 1997 Illinois title certificate. Nike designer Tinker Hatfield used this car as inspiration for the Air Jordan XIV—the shoe Jordan wore in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals.
Joopiter will also auction the jersey Jordan wore in Game 3 of the 1998 NBA Finals, estimated at $10 million to $15 million. Between the Hardaway pushback and the Ferrari sale, Michael Jordan remains a name that still stops the scroll.