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“Rough, physical play was the one thing that could stop the Bulls. Jackson knew his team was too quick and athletic for anyone in the Eastern Conference as long as the game didn’t become a wrestling match”

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The Jordan Rules
Sam Smith
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“Sometimes, before games, he’d sit on the bench and attempt shots sitting for $5 each. And he’d always collect. “Sometimes he’ll come to me,” says Bach, “and he’ll say, ‘Coach, you know you still owe me two dollars.’ And it would be from some free throws he’d hit in practice a month ago.”

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The Jordan Rules
Sam Smith
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“A great, great player, maybe unstoppable,” Jackson said as he watched Barkley talking with Jordan. “But he’s got no discipline, none. You can’t win with a player like that.”

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Sam Smith
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“Paxson is a realist; he knows that you can have a long career in the NBA by accepting your limitations and finding a role. More important, he learned better than anyone else that the only way to remain a starting point guard with the Bulls is to satisfy Jordan”

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Sam Smith
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“Jordan’s reservations about Kukoc weren’t limited to marketing strategies. He would tell friends he didn’t expect Kukoc to be a star in the NBA anyway. “Wait until he gets an elbow in the face from Laimbeer. He won’t be going to the basket again. I know he looks good, but that’s against college players. He has no idea what the NBA is all about.”