Jordan to the Knicks?....12 years ago

[ajnapoleon]

How close was this?.....http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ba...-Jordan-to-the-Knicks-12-years?urn=nba,126484

 

[Ninjaz In Paris]

 

[Goatpoacher]

It was a done deal according to a certain Sohh Poster's sources.

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

Big name star to the Knicks is the ultimate Woof Ticket, word to 2001 Iverson to the Knicks

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

Kyrie Irving to the Knicks

 

[King P]

According to Jay-Z its true.

I read Jay's book and he talked about having dinner with Jordan. And how MJ admitted that he was headed to NY to sign with the Knicks. But Chicago called him at the last minute and made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

Take it for what its worth

 

[alpo]

Bum ass Knicks stay getting trolled

 

[Chris Broussard]

it wasnt a done deal, sources say if it was a done deal it would have been completed

 

[Lefty Gunz]

I remember somebody saying that, it might have been Spike Lee, not sure

 

[GreatestLaker]

96 was not 12 years ago.

 

[ThaBronxBully]

Back In The Day EVERY Big Name Was RUMORED To The Knicks So Much That It Damn Near Became A Running Joke

 

[Primetime21]

96 was not 12 years ago.

the article was written in 08

 

[god shamgod]

Summer 96 the knicks were about to sign reggie miller.Jordan was never gonna go there

Bulls just won their 4th title and went 72-10.Why da fukk would mike leave the bulls to go to the knicks.After Reggie used them they signed chris childs and allan houston

Anybody else remember when the heat signed juwan howard that summer then stern voided it cuz the heat calculated their cap space wrong?

 

[Nuke Dukem]

 

[Raw Lyrics]

Summer 96 the knicks were about to sign reggie miller.Jordan was never gonna go there

Bulls just won their 4th title and went 72-10.Why da fukk would mike leave the bulls to go to the knicks.After Reggie used them they signed chris childs and allan houston

Anybody else remember when the heat signed juwan howard that summer then stern voided it cuz the heat calculated their cap space wrong?

Actually, Jordan's people were in heavy discussions with the Knicks organization. Obviously he did not go to the Knicks, but by most credible sources, Jordan was seriously considering it.

I remember vividly reading how Jordan was very upset with Krause and Reinsdorf over their non-commital attitude towards Pippen and particularly Phil Jackson.

Every season during the last Three-peat, Jordan publicly held a gun to managements head and said "If Phil or Scottie don't come back, I'm gone". Which is why during the last Three-Peat the Bulls signed Jordan to 1-year deals his last three years. Could you imagine, Jordan winning your team ships, yet he can only get a 1 year deal?

Many insiders believed that ownership was hoping the Bulls would lose so that they could rebuild. Why, you ask? Cause Jordan constantly minimized ownerships hand in building a championship team, Jordan felt "Players win championships, owners just write the check". I've read that Krause wanted to prove MJ wrong by building another winner.

And for any of you who might not be familiar with the Bulls organization, know this - they told Jordan to go fukk himself at least three times a year since his rookie season. The "Go fukk yourself" was usually in reference to Jordan trying to do management's job and his failed veto attempts to not sign Pippen, not trade Oakley, etc, etc.

Reinsdorf never listened to him at a time when nearly every team in the league would have handed over the reigns to Jordan. That was always Reinsdorf's M.O. as an owner, he is not to be dictated to.

Case in point, throughout the entire tenure of Reinsdorf's ownership, the Bulls have only renegotiated a player's contract 1 time that was the 1988 season, where they agreed to amend Jordan's contract to an 8 year-25 million dollar deal. And they only did that cause Jordan just came off a year where he had just scored 3,000 points in a single season (37 ppg), to this day only Wilt Chamberlain has ever done that.

In conclusion, you want the Bulls to renegotiate your contract? Do something that only Wilt Chamberlain has ever done, first.