NBA Archives Debunked: The Jordan Saga
Chapter 14 Rookie (1)
Chapter 14 Rookie (1)
Before the start of his rookie season in the NBA, before officially signing with Nike, Jordan had a lofty mission to accomplish: representing the United States in the Olympics.
The 1984 Summer Olympics were held in Los Angeles.Because it is in the United States, Americans pay special attention.The Olympic games, as well as the practice games before the Olympics, are like Jordan's report performances before joining the NBA.People saw that even in the same arena with NBA players, Jordan is still a leader.
In addition to Jordan, the U.S. men's basketball team included Ewing, Sam Perkins, Chris Mullin, and Alvin Robertson, who later became famous in the NBA. , but also Steve Alford, Leon Wood, Jon Koncak, Jeff Turner, who were soon to be forgotten names.Head coach Bob Knight cut Charles Barkley, Karl Malone and John Stockton, and the final lineup was not necessarily the best talent, but he thought it was the best for him to train of.
Knight had reservations about Jordan at first. At the beginning of the Olympic training camp, he told Billy Parker: Jordan did have super talent, but he was a terrible shooter, especially as a shooting guard.But it didn't take long for Knight to like Jordan very much.Jordan's defense, Jordan's will, and Jordan's teachability all made Knight put it down.Obviously, Jordan is the best player in this national team and the leader of course. Knight accepted Jordan as the captain.
Knight greeted Jordan very early: I may be very strict with you, so that I can inspire others.Jordan said: Coach, don't worry, I'm fine.
On the day of the Olympic finals, the US team will compete with the Spanish team for the gold medal.Knight prepared his speech before the game. He planned to mobilize his staff impassionedly and said: The next 40 minutes will be the most important 40 minutes of your life. After your basketball career is over, you will not forget today's game.
Walking into the office, Knight found a piece of yellow paper on his chair, which read: "Coach, don't worry, we have endured too much shit, we won't lose now." The signature below, "The whole team".Knight knew at a glance that this was Jordan's masterpiece, and only he dared to write such a thing.
Player Alford later recalled: "We lost that game, the only possibility was that we were too nervous. So Michael did that and wrote that note to the coach. This is a good way to break the ice and remove the tension. .”
That note, Knight has since kept.After reading Jordan's note, Knight knew that his subordinates were ready, so he put away the tirade he had prepared and said only one sentence: "Go, go and get the gold medal!"
After the first half, the US team led by 23 points. Knight still decided to take Jordan to avoid any accidents in the second half. "Damn it, Michael," Knight yelled, "when did you start setting screens? You just rebound and score!"
Jordan laughed: "Coach, didn't I see you say somewhere, am I the fastest player you have ever brought?"
"Yeah," said Knight, "but what has that got to do with it?"
Jordan replied: "Coach, I set a screen, but it was too fast for you to see."
It's Jordan's inspired humor.Later, the reporters wanted Jordan to compare the coaching styles of Bob Knight and Dean Smith, so they asked Jordan: What is the difference between playing under these two coaches?Jordan said: They are very similar, except that Coach Smith used to use four-corner offense (the delaying tactic used when North Carolina was leading), while Coach Knight used four-character words (a word that starts with an F).
In that final, the U.S. team beat Spain 96-65 and won the Olympic men's basketball gold medal. Jordan scored a game-high 20 points.After the game, a reporter asked the Spanish player Fernando Martin (Fernando Martin) about Jordan. Martin replied in the simplest and most direct English: "Michael Jordan? Jump, jump, very fierce, very fast, very, very good, jump jump .”
The experience of the Los Angeles Olympics gave Jordan a bargaining chip in contract negotiations.Jordan is a talented young player with potential, and the Chicago Bulls are a relatively weak team in the NBA. It is obvious that the Bulls need Jordan to reverse their fortunes.
Donald Dell finalized the first contract for Jordan, and the Bulls paid a total value of 630 million US dollars for a seven-year long-term contract, which was the third largest rookie contract in NBA history at the time, second only to the two centers of the Rockets. Rajuwon and Ralph Sampson.Such a player salary, plus Nike's endorsement fee, made Jordan a very rich young man before he played his first professional game.He was very satisfied, and the Bulls were also very pleased. The first slogan they played for him was: "Mr. Jordan is here!"
When Mr. Jordan actually arrived in Chicago, the Bulls didn't send someone to pick him up from the airport, inadvertently changing the trajectory of another man's life, George Koehler.
One day at the end of September 1984, Kohler went to O'Hare Airport to pick up someone.This is his job. He provides limousine transfer service to those who need it, and the place he often goes to is the airport.On this day, he held a sign and waited for a long time at the exit, until the entire flight was gone, but still no customer who booked his car came to him.Kohler was furious. "It took me 9 minutes to park, let alone pay for it," he later recalled. "Finally, when the pilots got off the plane, I asked one of them if anyone else was on the plane. He said, 'There's one more guy, he'll be down in a minute'. I waited a few more minutes and I saw Michael coming out of the tunnel."
The 29-year-old Kohler is a Bulls fan. He immediately recognized Jordan and knew that Jordan was the Bulls' rookie this year.Jordan came last for signing autographs for the entire crew.
In fact, Kohler just "recognized" Jordan. "I was so excited because I knew who he was," Khloe said. "I was like, 'Oh my God, it's Larry Jordan!' When I was in high school, I was with a guy named Larry Jordan. Guy played four years, so that name stuck in my head."
When Jordan came to him, Kohler yelled, "Larry Jordan!"
Jordan turned around and said to Kohler, "How do you know my brother?" In fact, Kohler didn't know how many brothers and sisters Jordan had, let alone that his closest brother was named Larry Jordan.
After chatting for a few minutes, Jordan told Kohler that he was looking for a taxi.And Kohler just wanted someone to pay for his parking, so he told Jordan: "I have a limousine, you only need to pay 25 yuan, you can go anywhere you want."
In the car, Khloe noticed that Jordan seemed uneasy. "I don't know if he's ever been in a stretch limousine before," Kohler said, "He doesn't know anyone in Chicago, I'm just a stranger, and he's obviously nervous that I'll throw him in some alley. "
Of course, Kohler did not harm Jordan. He sent Jordan safely to his destination, the purple Lincolnwood Hyatt Suites Hotel, not far from the Bulls training facility.Jordan gave Kohler $50 so he didn't have to look for it, and Kohler handed Jordan his business card and said, "If you want to know where to go, which restaurant to eat, or want to go out for a beer, you're already in Chicago. Got a friend. Oh, yes, by the way, congratulations on your Olympic gold medal."
Two weeks later, Kohler's phone rang.He picked it up and heard the person on the other end say, "George, buddy."
Kohler was taken aback: "Who is it?"
"I'm MJ."
"I don't know any MJ."
"No, you know him."
Kohler replied angrily: "I don't want to quarrel, I don't know who you are."
"Idiot, I'm Michael Jordan." Jordan smiled on the phone.
This time, Jordan wanted Khloe to pick up his parents at the airport the next day.It didn't take long for the two to agree that Kohler would pick up and drop off Jordan when he went out to play away games throughout the season and between his residence and the airport.
After going back and forth in this way, the two became acquainted, and often sat down and chatted for hours, and gradually became good friends.For the next two decades, throughout Jordan's entire NBA career, Kohler was Jordan's confidant."George was the first guy I met in Chicago. He drove me, and he's been driving me ever since," Jordan said.
Kohler later told everyone: You pick up a book about Jordan and see what Jordan's life is like, and you will know what my life is like, but Jordan's name is written on the cover of the book. "I don't know if you believe in fate," Khloe said, "I obviously do. My whole life would have been different if my guest had shown up that day."
In his first press conference in Chicago, Jordan performed very well.Falk wrote Jordan a few tips in advance, but it turned out that Jordan didn't need help at all. He had a natural ability to deal with the media.Someone asked Jordan what he thinks of his new teammates who are about to work together. Jordan replied: I don't think the Bulls will be invincible.This not only states the fact that the team is weak, but also won't embarrass new teammates.Since then, Falk has never worried about Jordan's confrontation with the media.
Bulls general manager Rod Thorn and head coach Kevin Loughery were convinced early on that they made the right pick, and watching the Olympics confirmed that judgment.On the court, Jordan can always use his excellent speed, bounce and strength to actively create scoring opportunities. This is an important quality that distinguishes professional players from college players.The defensive intensity of professional games far exceeds that of college games. Therefore, many players who shoot well in college have a sharp decline in stability in professional games.These players lack sufficient strength and explosive power to actively create shooting opportunities for themselves in this level of game, and can only rely on the cover of their teammates to find open shots.As for Jordan, he can actively create scoring opportunities as soon as he enters the league. This ability may even be stronger than any player in the NBA.
On the first day of preseason training camp, Jordan took over the team.No one can guard the rookie one-on-one.Soon, other players started standing around, staring at him.In an internal group confrontation, Jordan grabbed the rebound in the backcourt, dribbled the ball to the free throw line in the frontcourt, soared into the air, dunked flying, and dunked the basket buzzing.Lochry turned to his assistant and said: "I don't think we need to fight in groups anymore." Later, Lochry said to Thorne: "I think we hit the jackpot."
Jordan looked skinny, so few people realized how strong he was.Bob Knight had figured this out, and he told everyone that a lot of Jordan's skills, in fact, came from that invisible force. "You don't see his strength because he doesn't look that strong on the outside, he doesn't have that beastly body," Knight said. "But, he has power. When he hits you on the back, you are the defender. , and he puts his hand on your knee, seemingly limp, and you're stuck in a pincer." By this time, Jordan hadn't done any strength work.
There was one other thing about Jordan that Lohry admired so much, and that was his hands.Jordan's hands are very large, which helps a lot in controlling the ball.Lohry was an excellent pitcher in his youth, but he didn't have particularly large hands.And all the great players he's ever touched, except for Moses Malone, have big hands — "Dr. J" Irving has big hands, Larry Bird has big hands, "Magic" Johnson has big hands , Jordan's hands are also big.Lochry thought to himself: This is simply not fair. Basketball is like softball in the hands of these people. They can hold the ball firmly and move in the air much easier than ordinary people.
From the start, Jordan was better than anyone expected.Everyone knew he was great, but no one thought he was going to be this good, this fast, an instant superstar.Many people said that Jordan's jump shot was not good, and the scouts said the same, but Lochry believed that Jordan's jump shot level when he first entered the league, according to NBA standards, could reach B-, and it was not as bad as people said.His shooting shape is very good, but the arc is a bit flat, if it is bad, it is because of his A's in other aspects.Moreover, Jordan eagerly improved his shooting, practicing with Lochry every day, refining his technique and arc, sometimes for an hour before practice, and sometimes for an hour after practice.
Even when practicing shooting, Jordan is very good and strong.He and the coach often bet that Lochry would win more in the previous rounds. After all, the foundation of the player's era lay there, but Jordan would drag him to keep competing. Later, when Lochry's physical fitness declined, Jordan would have a chance to win. .Before he wins, Jordan will not easily end any game.
During the training of the Bulls, Jordan is always the first to come and the last to leave. He is recognized as the hardest training NBA player.The only problem was, in training, he kept tearing everyone else down.Once Thorne called Lochry in the training hall, but learned that everyone had gone home. The next day Thorne asked Lochry: "Why did the training end so early?" Lochry replied: "I Had to put them to rest early, Michael was exhausting them."
Lochry has a habit. Before the end of each training session, he will let the players play five-on-five. The side with 11 goals first wins, and the loser has to run 15 more laps.Jordan doesn't like to run laps, so he always plays hard in this kind of practice.Once his red team led 7-2, Lochry called a stop and ordered Jordan to wear the vest backwards and switch to the white team.Jordan was angry and quarreled with Lochry for the first time.Lochry was unmoved, and still announced: "The score remains the same, Michael, your team is going to lose." Jordan had no choice but to spread his fire on the field.Of course, just as Lochry expected, when he switched to this side, Jordan immediately led the white team to turn the defeat into victory, 11 to 8.At the end of the game, Jordan stared angrily at Lochry and said, "I understand what you said about 'losing'. That's it." After speaking, he strode back to the locker room.
A few years later, Lochry was already coaching the Washington Bullets.Once the Bulls played against the Bullets. At the end of the fourth quarter, the Bullets led by 8 points, and then Jordan led the team to counterattack.When he made a shot and finally let the Bulls lead the score, Jordan deliberately ran past Lochry and said, "It's like being guarded by angels, isn't it, coach?" Angel guard, it was Lochry The name of the Bulls training facility during the coaching period.
Lohry believes that Jordan will become a great player, not only because of his talent and physical fitness, but also because he truly loves basketball.This love cannot be taught or faked.He loves to train, he loves to compete, and he can't wait to be a part of it.Not too many players have that kind of love.Lochry believes that too many modern players love money more than they love the game.
(End of this chapter)
Before the start of his rookie season in the NBA, before officially signing with Nike, Jordan had a lofty mission to accomplish: representing the United States in the Olympics.
The 1984 Summer Olympics were held in Los Angeles.Because it is in the United States, Americans pay special attention.The Olympic games, as well as the practice games before the Olympics, are like Jordan's report performances before joining the NBA.People saw that even in the same arena with NBA players, Jordan is still a leader.
In addition to Jordan, the U.S. men's basketball team included Ewing, Sam Perkins, Chris Mullin, and Alvin Robertson, who later became famous in the NBA. , but also Steve Alford, Leon Wood, Jon Koncak, Jeff Turner, who were soon to be forgotten names.Head coach Bob Knight cut Charles Barkley, Karl Malone and John Stockton, and the final lineup was not necessarily the best talent, but he thought it was the best for him to train of.
Knight had reservations about Jordan at first. At the beginning of the Olympic training camp, he told Billy Parker: Jordan did have super talent, but he was a terrible shooter, especially as a shooting guard.But it didn't take long for Knight to like Jordan very much.Jordan's defense, Jordan's will, and Jordan's teachability all made Knight put it down.Obviously, Jordan is the best player in this national team and the leader of course. Knight accepted Jordan as the captain.
Knight greeted Jordan very early: I may be very strict with you, so that I can inspire others.Jordan said: Coach, don't worry, I'm fine.
On the day of the Olympic finals, the US team will compete with the Spanish team for the gold medal.Knight prepared his speech before the game. He planned to mobilize his staff impassionedly and said: The next 40 minutes will be the most important 40 minutes of your life. After your basketball career is over, you will not forget today's game.
Walking into the office, Knight found a piece of yellow paper on his chair, which read: "Coach, don't worry, we have endured too much shit, we won't lose now." The signature below, "The whole team".Knight knew at a glance that this was Jordan's masterpiece, and only he dared to write such a thing.
Player Alford later recalled: "We lost that game, the only possibility was that we were too nervous. So Michael did that and wrote that note to the coach. This is a good way to break the ice and remove the tension. .”
That note, Knight has since kept.After reading Jordan's note, Knight knew that his subordinates were ready, so he put away the tirade he had prepared and said only one sentence: "Go, go and get the gold medal!"
After the first half, the US team led by 23 points. Knight still decided to take Jordan to avoid any accidents in the second half. "Damn it, Michael," Knight yelled, "when did you start setting screens? You just rebound and score!"
Jordan laughed: "Coach, didn't I see you say somewhere, am I the fastest player you have ever brought?"
"Yeah," said Knight, "but what has that got to do with it?"
Jordan replied: "Coach, I set a screen, but it was too fast for you to see."
It's Jordan's inspired humor.Later, the reporters wanted Jordan to compare the coaching styles of Bob Knight and Dean Smith, so they asked Jordan: What is the difference between playing under these two coaches?Jordan said: They are very similar, except that Coach Smith used to use four-corner offense (the delaying tactic used when North Carolina was leading), while Coach Knight used four-character words (a word that starts with an F).
In that final, the U.S. team beat Spain 96-65 and won the Olympic men's basketball gold medal. Jordan scored a game-high 20 points.After the game, a reporter asked the Spanish player Fernando Martin (Fernando Martin) about Jordan. Martin replied in the simplest and most direct English: "Michael Jordan? Jump, jump, very fierce, very fast, very, very good, jump jump .”
The experience of the Los Angeles Olympics gave Jordan a bargaining chip in contract negotiations.Jordan is a talented young player with potential, and the Chicago Bulls are a relatively weak team in the NBA. It is obvious that the Bulls need Jordan to reverse their fortunes.
Donald Dell finalized the first contract for Jordan, and the Bulls paid a total value of 630 million US dollars for a seven-year long-term contract, which was the third largest rookie contract in NBA history at the time, second only to the two centers of the Rockets. Rajuwon and Ralph Sampson.Such a player salary, plus Nike's endorsement fee, made Jordan a very rich young man before he played his first professional game.He was very satisfied, and the Bulls were also very pleased. The first slogan they played for him was: "Mr. Jordan is here!"
When Mr. Jordan actually arrived in Chicago, the Bulls didn't send someone to pick him up from the airport, inadvertently changing the trajectory of another man's life, George Koehler.
One day at the end of September 1984, Kohler went to O'Hare Airport to pick up someone.This is his job. He provides limousine transfer service to those who need it, and the place he often goes to is the airport.On this day, he held a sign and waited for a long time at the exit, until the entire flight was gone, but still no customer who booked his car came to him.Kohler was furious. "It took me 9 minutes to park, let alone pay for it," he later recalled. "Finally, when the pilots got off the plane, I asked one of them if anyone else was on the plane. He said, 'There's one more guy, he'll be down in a minute'. I waited a few more minutes and I saw Michael coming out of the tunnel."
The 29-year-old Kohler is a Bulls fan. He immediately recognized Jordan and knew that Jordan was the Bulls' rookie this year.Jordan came last for signing autographs for the entire crew.
In fact, Kohler just "recognized" Jordan. "I was so excited because I knew who he was," Khloe said. "I was like, 'Oh my God, it's Larry Jordan!' When I was in high school, I was with a guy named Larry Jordan. Guy played four years, so that name stuck in my head."
When Jordan came to him, Kohler yelled, "Larry Jordan!"
Jordan turned around and said to Kohler, "How do you know my brother?" In fact, Kohler didn't know how many brothers and sisters Jordan had, let alone that his closest brother was named Larry Jordan.
After chatting for a few minutes, Jordan told Kohler that he was looking for a taxi.And Kohler just wanted someone to pay for his parking, so he told Jordan: "I have a limousine, you only need to pay 25 yuan, you can go anywhere you want."
In the car, Khloe noticed that Jordan seemed uneasy. "I don't know if he's ever been in a stretch limousine before," Kohler said, "He doesn't know anyone in Chicago, I'm just a stranger, and he's obviously nervous that I'll throw him in some alley. "
Of course, Kohler did not harm Jordan. He sent Jordan safely to his destination, the purple Lincolnwood Hyatt Suites Hotel, not far from the Bulls training facility.Jordan gave Kohler $50 so he didn't have to look for it, and Kohler handed Jordan his business card and said, "If you want to know where to go, which restaurant to eat, or want to go out for a beer, you're already in Chicago. Got a friend. Oh, yes, by the way, congratulations on your Olympic gold medal."
Two weeks later, Kohler's phone rang.He picked it up and heard the person on the other end say, "George, buddy."
Kohler was taken aback: "Who is it?"
"I'm MJ."
"I don't know any MJ."
"No, you know him."
Kohler replied angrily: "I don't want to quarrel, I don't know who you are."
"Idiot, I'm Michael Jordan." Jordan smiled on the phone.
This time, Jordan wanted Khloe to pick up his parents at the airport the next day.It didn't take long for the two to agree that Kohler would pick up and drop off Jordan when he went out to play away games throughout the season and between his residence and the airport.
After going back and forth in this way, the two became acquainted, and often sat down and chatted for hours, and gradually became good friends.For the next two decades, throughout Jordan's entire NBA career, Kohler was Jordan's confidant."George was the first guy I met in Chicago. He drove me, and he's been driving me ever since," Jordan said.
Kohler later told everyone: You pick up a book about Jordan and see what Jordan's life is like, and you will know what my life is like, but Jordan's name is written on the cover of the book. "I don't know if you believe in fate," Khloe said, "I obviously do. My whole life would have been different if my guest had shown up that day."
In his first press conference in Chicago, Jordan performed very well.Falk wrote Jordan a few tips in advance, but it turned out that Jordan didn't need help at all. He had a natural ability to deal with the media.Someone asked Jordan what he thinks of his new teammates who are about to work together. Jordan replied: I don't think the Bulls will be invincible.This not only states the fact that the team is weak, but also won't embarrass new teammates.Since then, Falk has never worried about Jordan's confrontation with the media.
Bulls general manager Rod Thorn and head coach Kevin Loughery were convinced early on that they made the right pick, and watching the Olympics confirmed that judgment.On the court, Jordan can always use his excellent speed, bounce and strength to actively create scoring opportunities. This is an important quality that distinguishes professional players from college players.The defensive intensity of professional games far exceeds that of college games. Therefore, many players who shoot well in college have a sharp decline in stability in professional games.These players lack sufficient strength and explosive power to actively create shooting opportunities for themselves in this level of game, and can only rely on the cover of their teammates to find open shots.As for Jordan, he can actively create scoring opportunities as soon as he enters the league. This ability may even be stronger than any player in the NBA.
On the first day of preseason training camp, Jordan took over the team.No one can guard the rookie one-on-one.Soon, other players started standing around, staring at him.In an internal group confrontation, Jordan grabbed the rebound in the backcourt, dribbled the ball to the free throw line in the frontcourt, soared into the air, dunked flying, and dunked the basket buzzing.Lochry turned to his assistant and said: "I don't think we need to fight in groups anymore." Later, Lochry said to Thorne: "I think we hit the jackpot."
Jordan looked skinny, so few people realized how strong he was.Bob Knight had figured this out, and he told everyone that a lot of Jordan's skills, in fact, came from that invisible force. "You don't see his strength because he doesn't look that strong on the outside, he doesn't have that beastly body," Knight said. "But, he has power. When he hits you on the back, you are the defender. , and he puts his hand on your knee, seemingly limp, and you're stuck in a pincer." By this time, Jordan hadn't done any strength work.
There was one other thing about Jordan that Lohry admired so much, and that was his hands.Jordan's hands are very large, which helps a lot in controlling the ball.Lohry was an excellent pitcher in his youth, but he didn't have particularly large hands.And all the great players he's ever touched, except for Moses Malone, have big hands — "Dr. J" Irving has big hands, Larry Bird has big hands, "Magic" Johnson has big hands , Jordan's hands are also big.Lochry thought to himself: This is simply not fair. Basketball is like softball in the hands of these people. They can hold the ball firmly and move in the air much easier than ordinary people.
From the start, Jordan was better than anyone expected.Everyone knew he was great, but no one thought he was going to be this good, this fast, an instant superstar.Many people said that Jordan's jump shot was not good, and the scouts said the same, but Lochry believed that Jordan's jump shot level when he first entered the league, according to NBA standards, could reach B-, and it was not as bad as people said.His shooting shape is very good, but the arc is a bit flat, if it is bad, it is because of his A's in other aspects.Moreover, Jordan eagerly improved his shooting, practicing with Lochry every day, refining his technique and arc, sometimes for an hour before practice, and sometimes for an hour after practice.
Even when practicing shooting, Jordan is very good and strong.He and the coach often bet that Lochry would win more in the previous rounds. After all, the foundation of the player's era lay there, but Jordan would drag him to keep competing. Later, when Lochry's physical fitness declined, Jordan would have a chance to win. .Before he wins, Jordan will not easily end any game.
During the training of the Bulls, Jordan is always the first to come and the last to leave. He is recognized as the hardest training NBA player.The only problem was, in training, he kept tearing everyone else down.Once Thorne called Lochry in the training hall, but learned that everyone had gone home. The next day Thorne asked Lochry: "Why did the training end so early?" Lochry replied: "I Had to put them to rest early, Michael was exhausting them."
Lochry has a habit. Before the end of each training session, he will let the players play five-on-five. The side with 11 goals first wins, and the loser has to run 15 more laps.Jordan doesn't like to run laps, so he always plays hard in this kind of practice.Once his red team led 7-2, Lochry called a stop and ordered Jordan to wear the vest backwards and switch to the white team.Jordan was angry and quarreled with Lochry for the first time.Lochry was unmoved, and still announced: "The score remains the same, Michael, your team is going to lose." Jordan had no choice but to spread his fire on the field.Of course, just as Lochry expected, when he switched to this side, Jordan immediately led the white team to turn the defeat into victory, 11 to 8.At the end of the game, Jordan stared angrily at Lochry and said, "I understand what you said about 'losing'. That's it." After speaking, he strode back to the locker room.
A few years later, Lochry was already coaching the Washington Bullets.Once the Bulls played against the Bullets. At the end of the fourth quarter, the Bullets led by 8 points, and then Jordan led the team to counterattack.When he made a shot and finally let the Bulls lead the score, Jordan deliberately ran past Lochry and said, "It's like being guarded by angels, isn't it, coach?" Angel guard, it was Lochry The name of the Bulls training facility during the coaching period.
Lohry believes that Jordan will become a great player, not only because of his talent and physical fitness, but also because he truly loves basketball.This love cannot be taught or faked.He loves to train, he loves to compete, and he can't wait to be a part of it.Not too many players have that kind of love.Lochry believes that too many modern players love money more than they love the game.
(End of this chapter)
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