he was after Magic, Bird & MJ at that point
Jordan Did The Right Thing Omitting Zeke From His Dream Team…
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You don’t go to the media in game three and four and call the former champions bad for basketball on national TV and expect a handshake.
I’ve never understood these trash takes
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I think dude's name is Jack McCallum but he had a Dream Team podcast from when he interviewed all the players back in the day where MJ flat out admitted that he told them he's not playing if Isiah was there. From what I remember he didn't say his name outright but made it known who it was and the official assured him that Isiah won't be on the roster. Later on MJ tried cleaning it up by saying he didn't play as big of a role.
Ayoooooo
This is …..yooo!!
And Mike was geeked af that day givin love to everybody that’s the only vid of him agitated. How did I never see this
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They shook no one’s hand. What are you talking about?WeLL shake everybody’s hand but his
No need to sugarcoat it MJ called Zeke by name and lied when asked. Simple and plain.
“In the third episode of his podcast, "The Dream Team Tapes," author Jack McCallum released audio Monday evening of Jordan saying: "Rod Thorn called me. I said, 'Rod, I won't play if Isiah Thomas is on the team.' He assured me. He said, 'You know what? [Coach] Chuck [Daly] doesn't want Isiah. So, Isiah is not going to be part of the team.'"
It also implicates Chuck Daly which must be a gut punch for Isaiah.
At the time the DT was named zeke had the 3rd most rings after magic and bird. Jordan had 1. Theres no reason why he should not of been on that team.
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To be fair, Chuck Daly wasn’t his own spokesperson there.
No need to sugarcoat it MJ called Zeke by name and lied when asked. Simple and plain.
“In the third episode of his podcast, "The Dream Team Tapes," author Jack McCallum released audio Monday evening of Jordan saying: "Rod Thorn called me. I said, 'Rod, I won't play if Isiah Thomas is on the team.' He assured me. He said, 'You know what? [Coach] Chuck [Daly] doesn't want Isiah. So, Isiah is not going to be part of the team.'"
It also implicates Chuck Daly which must be a gut punch for Isaiah.
Jordan had 5 straight scoring titles, 2 MVPs, DPOY, 5 straight 1st team all pros, 5 straight 1st team defense and coming off his first first title
he passed Zeke by point
Stockton was a better player than Zeke at that point. Had they allowed pros in the '88 Olympics and they snubbed Zeke then, the outrage would be way more understandable.
The reason why they did this is because Jordan called the pistons “undeserving champions” and “bad for the league”. This led to the creation of the flagrant foul, and it’s obvious Stern created an environment that was Jordan friendly ensuring he would become the face of the NBA.
Keeping Isiah off the team was some real bum ass shyt. He was just as accomplished as his rivals and deserved to be recognized among them (the dream team was just a marketing deal and a coronation of the best players of that era).
Jordan sabotaging Zeke was a way to try to undermine his legacy. Could only imagine what folks would say if Bron pulled some sucker ass shyt like this:
https://fadeawayworld.net/nba-media...ing-champions-bad-boys-are-bad-for-basketball
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There were only like 11 players on the dream team
He was only behind Magic and Bird at the time