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We could have won 7: Bulls legend Jordan

Michael Jordan believes the Chicago Bulls’ 1990s National Basketball Association dynasty would have stayed together for at least one more season if team chiefs had backed coach Phil Jackson.

How Much Credit and Blame Does Jerry Krause Really Deserve?

The hero of The Last Dance is obvious: It’s Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player of all time. The series also has an obvious villain, and it’s not any of the teams Jordan played against: It’s Jerry Krause, the general manager who intentionally dismantled the 1990s Bulls in a foolish attempt to prove his own worth.

L.A. Clippers owner Steve Ballmer wants to save sports by reinventing the way we watch them

Steve Ballmer pressed the heels of his hands against his thighs and leaned forward. He was sitting in his customary spot at Staples Center, along the baseline in the arena’s north end. Most NBA owners sit at midcourt and dress like the corporate executives with billion-dollar fortunes that they are. Ballmer was wearing a plaid shirt and casual pants. “I can’t wear a sport coat to a basketball game,” he’d said a few minutes earlier.

Inside Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan’s private friendship

FOR YEARS, MICHAEL JORDAN and Kobe Bryant had been protective of their relationship.

Jordan would call Bryant his “little brother,” Bryant would call Jordan his “big brother,” and they’d praise each other’s work ethic and accomplishments. But rarely would either volunteer much more, each man knowing all too well that any glimpse would invite the kind of comparisons and debate they loathed.