Re: ON A ROLL

[Shawn Roth <ufpdev!shawnr@uunet.uu.net>]

Dorine,

   Jordan actually didn't want to go play baseball, if you remeber he had some
   big gambling troubles right before he went to play baseball.  I think a deal
   was struck between MJ and the league where he would go step away from the
   game for a bit instead of being suspended, because there is no way the
   league could afford to suspend its star, and Jordan couldn't afford the
   smudge on his image.

Shawn

P.S.  Of course this is all just rumors, but I've read some things on the
Internet about this in the past and it all seemed to make sense.

Originally from Dorine:
> 
>     That's what happens on vacation.  More time to write to the list, I
> guess.  I think it's wrong for a player to be dictating to owners what
> direction the team will take.  Not defending the owners of the Bulls, but I
> think they started out just thinking they should not wait until their stars
> were over the hill, as they said originally, not like the Celtics who kept
> their stars too long and didn't rebuild.  In Boston we have that kind of
> loyalty, I don't know what else the Celtics could have done.  I don't care
> what Jordan, Pippin and Co. do to influence the owners, I'm just tired of
> hearing about the posturing by Jordan.  We all know how good he is, but how
> many other stars have pulled this?  He leaves to play baseball, he comes
> back, then he's going to retire, then he isn't, yada yada yada.  I'm just
> sick of hearing about it.  Basketball will survive without him, if they ever
> get this lockout settled.
>     In Pippin's case, I think he signed a contract he shouldn't have signed,
> then bellyached when it wasn't what he saw others making.  That's the fault
> of his agent and Pippin, himself.  Pippin has always been a whiner and it's
> always someone else's fault.  That's why I'm so against his ever being a
> Celtic, not that I seriously think that will happen.  As for Jordan, he can
> retire or not, as he sees fit.  Why doesn't he just make up his mind and
> stick with it?  If he isn't sure, then just don't say anything.  When he
> makes a decision he's certain about, state it and stick with it.  I hate to
> think we'll have to go through another season or two of “will he or won't
> he?”.
>     Thanks.  Now I'll shut up and go accomplish something other than stating
> my opinions.
> Dorine
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