Another Loser Comes Out of the Cracks (Jordan Article)

[QC Thundercats]

I guess its the national pastime to hate on Jordan:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/04/27/3202966/michael-jordan-is-a-disgrace-as.html

This article is the worst out of all of them - no research, no depth, no analysis, just continuing the same trite talking points that other ignorant writers have been repeating all year. Jordan must've slept with his wife and/or daughter (grown of course) while he was in Chicago.

There are too many things to counter, I'll just let you guys take a look. But I know if I see that writer's name again, I won't waste my time with a click.

[SWedd523]

if it's that bad, I just won't click the link and give him the views

[Scottley Crue]

if it's that bad, I just won't click the link and give him the views

I'm with you, sounds like something to avoid.

Though I can see that the link calls Jordan a disgrace. I've seen that word used to describe the team several times, which makes me wonder....if the Bobcats are a disgrace to the city and the NBA for their actions, what in the world should we call the New Orleans Saints for their actions?

[QC Thundercats]

Yeah, true, but the writer is actually from the Chicago Sun-Times, and this is a link to the Charlotte Observer instead of his site.

But just to be safe, in case he gets credit for secondary clicks:

Michael Jordan is a disgrace as NBA owner

Rick Telander is a columnist with the Chicago Sun-Times. He wrote this on Monday, before the Bobcats set the record for the worst season in NBA history:

CHICAGO - There was Michael Jordan on Monday at the United Center, wearing a Blackhawks jersey, watching a team (the Hawks) he has no financial interest in perform a sport he knows nothing about, while his own franchise (the Charlotte Bobcats) was being humiliated 800 miles away.

The man has pride, right?

Yet he stood with Hawks legends Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull in a city he has disowned, in a stadium he once owned, and smiled to the cameras while his Bobcats were being annihilated 101-73 in Washington by the lowly Wizards.

Jordan is the principal owner of the Bobcats.

It’s not fair to say the Bobcats are terrible. They are legendarily pitiable — to the point of embarrassment for the NBA, to the point that commissioner David Stern should step in and take them away from Jordan the way a government service will remove a child from an absent, uninterested parent.

It was shocking to see Jordan at the United Center. It was mind-boggling. Why, for heaven’s sake, wasn’t he with his team — a basketball team, remember, playing a sport Jordan gets — at least pretending to be concerned?

And, dear God, there he was again Tuesday, this time at Wrigley Field, watching the Cubs’ game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Chicago hockey, then baseball. What’s next, 16-inch softball?

Jordan supposedly is all about winning. Isn’t that his image? Isn’t that how he collects his $50 million a year in endorsement earnings?

The killer who is so vicious that he can’t let a single slight from his playing days go without retribution in speech or act has overseen some of the biggest messes in basketball. Start with his ugly management roles with the Wizards, his draft selections of losers such as Kwame Brown and his bad coaching choices. And now his neglect of an entire franchise likely has become the bottom of the abyss.

Back in 1972-73, the Philadelphia 76ers finished 9-73 for a record-worst .110 winning percentage. The Bobcats are 7-57 in this lockout-shortened season. If they lose their last two games and go 7-59, they’ll finish with a .106 winning percentage. Worst ever.

So, we must ask, who is Michael Jordan?

We know he’s a gambler, so is he tanking to guarantee a lottery ball?

Research shows the Bobcats have had nine lottery picks in eight years, including the No. 2, No. 3, No. 5, No. 7, No. 8, No. 9, No. 9, No. 12 and No. 13 picks.

After all that, they have Derrick Brown at small forward, D.J. White at power forward and Gerald Henderson at shooting guard.

We know Jordan is a hedonist.

He golfs, skis, goes to resorts, smokes cigars and looks beautiful. But he seems to stand for nothing. No charities, no statements about world issues, no cares beyond himself, no strength of character, no using the astounding public platform he has.

Is his image bulletproof? Is the public so shallow that it will gawk at His Airness forever, even as his feet of clay turn to mud?

Remember when he was the star of the team with the greatest record ever, the 1995-96 Bulls, who finished the regular season 72-10 and blew through the playoffs with a 15-3 record? An 87-13 record in one year!

At their current rate, MJ’s Bobcats would need almost 13 years to win that many games.

It’s possible Jordan is a lost soul, uncertain about what to do in a world where his court skills don’t matter except for what they evoke. That’s a tough spot to be in, money be damned. Because how, unless you shed that old skin and pursue a new passion, do you find fulfillment and become anything other than what you once were?

It’s also possible Jordan just doesn’t care. His good times on the links and in the restaurants, skyboxes and gambling dens might be all he needs.

But owners own. And Jordan is a terrible owner.

Back in 1996, Jordan told me: ‘‘Look, I know I could score as many points as I want to score. If I decided to average 37 points a game, 40 points a game, and didn’t give a damn about wins or what this team does, I could do it. But I want to win. I want everybody to have that same feeling.’’

What happened?

[bobcatsflow]

why so much hate!

[Sik Infant]

The guy is obviously a Hack.

[NanuqoftheNorth]

MJ stepped up and took control of a team that was already in trouble.

It is not easy to turn around a franchise in just a season or two especially a small market team with limited resources. Any sports writer worth reading knows that. Even if you have deep pockets like NY it takes time.

What this comes down to is if you are a high profile public figure there are people out there that will kick you when you are down just because it is easy to do and sells papers or generates clicks.