CHICAGO ¨C This is the ninth installment from Hall of Fame writer Sam Smith¡¯s new book ¡°There Is No Next: NBA Legends on the Legacy of Michael Jordan.¡±
This had to be the season. Everyone knew it. The Bulls weren¡¯t going to ride this team forever.
It was Michael Jordan¡¯s seventh season in the NBA, and just about every one of his personnel suggestions had been rejected. He wanted Walter Davis. He wanted Buck Williams. By now he¡¯d had enough with the kids, two playoffs of Scottie Pippen disappearing, of Horace Grant going way too fast and out of control.
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