The Jordan Rules

[Carl Hooper]

Sweet, I'm ordering it now! Cheers for the heads up.

 

[nylexbandit]

On those Jordan put downs there was also one were Perdue or King (I think) walked into the lockerrooms holding a box and he shouted out 'I hope theres a jumpshot in that'- or something similar

 

[The Mongrel Punt]

'When Nothing Else Matters'

Agreed. One of the best bball books I've read, and paints a very honest picture of MJ.

Jordan Rules is also a great book.

You guys know your stuff. My three fave basketball books have been the two above, and "Second Coming".

Others I've read include Fab Five, which was interesting, and somewhat damning depcition of Webber's Michigan team of freshmen, Full Court Pressure which followed George Karl and the Sonics for twelve months, and I hate being the enemy by Reggie Miller, which was diary-format, and pretty disappointing... though he does bag the hell out of John Starks!

Looking forward to reading Phil Jackson's "The last season" which just arrived today. Apparently he is pretty critical of both Kobe and Shaq in it, as this was just after their bust up.

 

[kaysee]

I haven't read any of the above books but have heard plenty of the stories about the JRs etc.

Personally, I don't care/mind if MJ was a prick to play with. How many nice guys become "The Greatest" in their field? Greatness does funny things to a person's character.

At the end of the day... as a BBall and Chicago fan (due to MJ/Pippin)... as long as the on-court entertainment is there I don't care what happens behind the scenes.

I just like remembering MJ as poetry-in-motion on the court. Don't care about the people trying to cut the "tall poppy" down to size.

IMO if players had a problem with personal attacks then either: stand up for yourself (you're a MAN FFS) and/or lift your game to so you can rebut the attacks.

Just my 2 cents... but the books sound like interesting reads and I will keep an eye out for copies in the future.

 

[peternorth]

Looking forward to reading Phil Jackson's "The last season" which just arrived today. Apparently he is pretty critical of both Kobe and Shaq in it, as this was just after their bust up.

a very enjoyable and engrossing book. i really enjoyed reading it. would read again!

anyway, so just an update on my foray into "whatever it takes". jordans playing his first game which was weeks after the 11/9 attacks. easy to forget what else took place during that particular year.

the wiz are playing against the pistons. mj vs big nasty. great matchup!

hopefully mj and kwame brown can become the next great SG-PF combo. cant wait to see how this pans out!

 

[The Mongrel Punt]

I haven't read any of the above books but have heard plenty of the stories about the JRs etc.

Personally, I don't care/mind if MJ was a prick to play with. How many nice guys become "The Greatest" in their field? Greatness does funny things to a person's character.

At the end of the day... as a BBall and Chicago fan (due to MJ/Pippin)... as long as the on-court entertainment is there I don't care what happens behind the scenes.

I just like remembering MJ as poetry-in-motion on the court. Don't care about the people trying to cut the "tall poppy" down to size.

IMO if players had a problem with personal attacks then either: stand up for yourself (you're a MAN FFS) and/or lift your game to so you can rebut the attacks.

Just my 2 cents... but the books sound like interesting reads and I will keep an eye out for copies in the future.

And then they find themselves on the scrap heap with a reputation as being unable to handle criticism, not competitive enough, or so on. Basically in Chicago, if MJ didn't like you, you were ou the door, particularly when they were building a team. Later he learned to live with some things (read - Dennis Rodman) in order to achieve.

 

[CarnThePiesfor09]

What a dick. Kobe got killed in the media for calling out his team mates, yet no one ever gets on MJ's case about it because "he is ultra competitive". Its crap. Much like how Garnett gets away with a lot of his shit.

Difference is Jordan did it behind closed doors and used it as a tool to try and motivate his teammates (I'm not denying he was a **** though). In contrast Kobe acts like a girl and publicly throws his teammates under a bus and demands trades etc.

 

[The Mongrel Punt]

Halfways through Phil Jackson's The Last Season - what a ripping read. I love these diary-format texts.

Surprised, given the way he's talking about Kobe, that they were able to become a solid team again.

 

[XFactor1979]

its amazing seeing the jordan game vs the cavs in retrospect how well marketed the nba did make itself during the 90s. especially with the show nba action

the actual game itself is long and pretty drawn out, like every other basketball game, contrary to the nba action highlights packages back in the day, jordan actually did turn the ball over a few times and miss shots. Craig ehlo actually did have a reasonable game, along with mark price

mind you, for showmanship purposes, you can sort of understand why lebron games threw all the dust into the air when the cavs finally did win the east

 

[jerry springer]

anyone else preordered bill simmons new basketball book?

 

[DoubleA]

anyone else preordered bill simmons new basketball book?

3 months ago

 

[jerry springer]

3 months ago

yeah me too,hopefully turns up in a few weeks