Reply #45: ". . . Michael Jordan is ... a cheap, stingy, mean-spirited,

[99 Percent Sure]

cut-throat, greedy, uncaring, disloyal slave to his own bottom line."

Always was, always will be.
Because he brought in such high revenues and increased viewership for the NBA, not to mention Nike, Hanes, and other corporations, the NBA overlooked much poor behavioral characteristics, ie., gambling, that would have gotten the average player expelled from the league. Once his father was killed, Stern and the NBA gave him a total pass, IMO. He wasn't well-liked by Bulls teammates--"my supporting cast" as he liked to say, let alone the majority of NBA players, during his hey-day in the league, and his stint in the 'Ham with the Barons stank to high heaven. Glad I heckled him at the Hoover Met as much as I could.

To top it all off, he's one of the most inarticulate college grads I've ever heard. His speech is pretty much incoherent. Yet, he thinks very highly of himself. He really believes he's the greatest player ever, and doesn't mind saying so.

ITA with those who say it's union busting pure and simple.

Bird and Magic changed the game but the NBA and Stern created Jordan Rules.