To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don’t isolate. ~ MJ
35. Not to mention that Jordan and Spike Lee, er, Mars Blackmon, released the Jordan III’s and a commercial that helped to change the sneaker advertising game forever. Not such a bad year:
34. “Through the window, off the wall and through the hoop,” called Jordan as he took on Bird for some McDonalds:
33. Doug Collins was fired after the Bulls failed to make it out of the conference finals in 1989 and Phil Jackson was hired shortly thereafter.
In Jackson’s book Sacred Hoops, as told by Hugh Delehanty, during a Labor Day meeting in Jackson’s office, the coach and Jordan had the following exchange:
PJ: “You have to share the spotlight with your teammates because if you don’t, they won’t grow.”
MJ: “Does that mean we’re going to use Tex’s equal opportunity offense?”
PJ: “Yes, I think so.”
MJ: “Well, I think we’re going to have trouble when the ball gets to certain people because they can’t pass and they can’t make decisions with the ball.”
PJ: “I understand that, but I think if you give the system a chance, they’ll learn to be playmakers. The important thing is to let everybody touch the ball, so they won’t feel like spectators. You can’t beat a good defensive team with one man. It’s got to be a team effort.”
MJ: “Okay, you know me. I’ve always been a coachable player. Whatever you want to do, I’m behind you.”
32. Sorry Cleveland, it’s getting to that time, and it’s only the beginning of Jordan’s days of torching the Cavs.
“The Shot,” which has it’s own Wikipedia page:
31. On February 14, 1990, Jordan wore No. 12 because his jersey was stolen before the game:
30. His Airness dropped a career-high 69 against the Cavaliers on March 28, 1990.
“The fans usually don’t like me here, but I have full confidence when I walk in the building at Cleveland,” explained Jordan:
29. MJ made Danny Ferry consider the front office a little sooner than he may have liked.
“Where did he get the energy from on that play,” exclaimed the commentator:
28. MJ exploded past John Starks to his left and met Charles Oakley’s help defense near the baseline. He spun back toward the wing and saw Starks still trailing him, so he decided to drive baseline.
The rest, as they say, is history:
27. MJ did the unthinkable: He switched hands in mid-air and finished a layup – in the 1991 NBA Finals.
Steve Aschburner of NBA.com wrote about that spectacular moment:
It was stunning. It was beautiful. Arrogant and elegant, all in one. When Michael Jordan switched hands on the Lakers in Game 2 of the 1991 Finals, he might as well have had a “Genius At Work” sign hanging from his neck. Defying gravity and conventional wisdom in the same instant, the Chicago Bulls’ superstar was like young Mozart on the piano keys, something marvelous — impulsive, creative, explosive — welling up inside him.
“It was just instincts to change it so I could get it off,” MJ explained:
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