ballerblogger.com - 12/1/2008
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From Sam Smith of Bulls.com :
In the end, Jordan signed a one-year $30 million contract with the Bulls, and then in 1997-98, a one-year $33 million deal for his final Bulls contract. But there were some at the time who believed Jordan, like LeBron James now, wanted the Madison Square ...
sports.yahoo.com - 12/3/2008
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sports.yahoo.com —
It's a cute little story, one destined to
become a "remember, the Knicks once tried to sign
..." cautionary tale for general sports columnists and radio hacks, always ending with a haughty "... and that didn't quite work out, did ...
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Breaking news: Jordan to the Knicks ... 12 years ago
sports.yahoo.com - 12/2/2008
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sports.yahoo.com —
Leave it to the Knicks to turn Stephon
Marbury into a sympathetic figure . OK, maybe not
"sympathetic" or "understandable" or even "worth our time," but how the Knicks managed to botch the simplest of solutions to ...
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The Knicks and Stephon deserve each other
ballerblogger.com - 12/2/2008
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ballerblogger.com —
On January 21st, 1997, Michael Jordan scored 51
points against the New York Knicks after Knicks coach
Jeff Van Gundy claimed that Jordan befriended opponents to soften them up before battle. Infuriated, Jordan shot 18-of-30 from the field, 5-of-8 ...
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Ballin’: Jordan Gets the Last Laugh vs. Van Gundy’s Knicks
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Fun With Lore: Michael Jordan Once Flirted With New York, Too
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
... a power play on Falk’s part to drive up MJ’s price back here in Chicago. And really: I would venture to say that’s probably all it was. That Ewing-led Knicks team was the Bulls’ nemesis during the mid-90’s; I have a hard time believing Jordan would switch allegiance on a dime like that and have a whole city — a city that loved and embraced him — turn their backs.
But hey, who knows? Money does funny things to men.
(Gracias, Baller Blogger.)
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