Michael Jordan is still a PRICK

[chopchop20]

[QUOTE]The owners

[WillyJakk]

And this makes him a PRICK and disgusting how????

He's trying to get the best deal for himself and his vested interest as the owner of an NBA franchise now.

Nothing wrong w/ that.

Besides it's not like if he's the lone holdout that negotiations won't go any further w/ out his vote.

He'll just be the one unhappy owner, nothing more, nothing less.

[rodman91]

He is an owner,not a player. Being prick better than a fool.

[DuMa]

i got nothing against an owner who wants a guarantee that a business model will make money. but why single out mj for this? other owners are in the same boat and yet there aren't articles about them?

[B]

i got nothing against an owner who wants a guarantee that a business model will make money. but why single out mj for this? other owners are in the same boat and yet there aren't articles about them?

Because 13 years he ago he led the fight when the owners wouldn't give the players 63% of the BRI

BY MITCH LAWRENCE
Thursday, October 29, 1998
You don't want to be a Washington player if Michael Jordan plays against the Wizards this season. During the mass owner-player meeting yesterday, Jordan engaged in a heated exchange with Wizards owner Abe Pollin.

Jordan's showdown with Pollin and fellow Bull Steve Kerr's verbal battle with David Stern were the highlights of the 11/2-hour meeting, according to several players.

According to players, Pollin said about his fellow owners, "You just have to trust us."

Jordan fired back, saying, "You've got to trust our negotiators." Jordan also blasted owners for not bargaining in good faith in the offseason and said to Pollin, "If you can't make a profit, you should sell your team."

[bedmon]

Jordan told Abe Pollian to get out of the NBA if he can not afford in back in 1999. Maybe he needs to follow his own advice.

[Sarcastic]

Dude always wants to win.

[DuMa]

[QUOTE=B

[Duncan21formvp]

This guy is disgusting: http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/11/...ut-2011-quotes

Considering how much money players get these days vs when he played for most of his career, why the hell would he wont players to get as much as they are getting now especially scrubs?

Hell someone like Kenyon Dooling make this over the last 6 years

2005-06 Orlando Magic NBA $3,100,000
2006-07 Orlando Magic NBA $3,348,000
2007-08 Orlando Magic NBA $3,596,000
2008-09 New Jersey Nets NBA $3,300,000
2009-10 New Jersey Nets NBA $3,564,000
2010-11 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $2,000,000


MJ made this over

1990-91 Chicago Bulls NBA $2,500,000
1991-92 Chicago Bulls NBA $3,250,000
1992-93 Chicago Bulls NBA $4,000,000
1993-94 Chicago Bulls NBA $4,000,000
1994-95 Chicago Bulls NBA $3,850,000
1995-96 Chicago Bulls NBA $3,850,000


Magic Johnson made this:

1985-86 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $2,500,000
1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $2,500,000
1988-89 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $3,142,860
1990-91 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $2,400,000
1991-92 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $2,500,000
1992-93 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $2,500,000
1993-94 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $2,500,000

[B]

i did read that and it doesnt really apply. different time and different economics. his opinion as a player and as an owner is obviously gonna differ.

there is no sense of fairness in the negotiations... thats what people fail to see. each side are all trying to look out for themselves and try to guarantee themselves a best deal for their own situation. But not everyone knows the complex situation with each owner and their franchise, so its hard to get a sense of what is right or wrong for each owner of what they are demanding in the negotiations. none of us can tell them theyre wrong for demanding such. thats the ****ed up part. so you can call MJ a prick or other owners for being greedy, the trouble is that you have nothing to base that upon.

Neat. But all your bla bla has nothing to do with my post. You asked why he was being singled out and that's why. 180 degree about face from 1998 to now is why he is being singled out by the author. None of the other owners played ball back then, none of the spoke out against the owners back then. Only Jordan and now he leads the pack to not only strike a deal but to crush the union in the act, that's why he is being singled out.

[WillyJakk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAOUbr2HEpo

[chopchop20]

Also Jordan has several current players signed to his show division. He's profiting on players that he's trying to rip-off!

[Duncan21formvp]

Also Jordan has several current players signed to his show division. He's profiting on players that he's trying to rip-off!

Can you explain how he is ripping off players when Kenyon Dooling pretty much gets the same salary that MJ or Magic was getting?

[chopchop20]

Can you explain how he is ripping off players when Kenyon Dooling pretty much gets the same salary that MJ or Magic was getting?

Dude, it aint 1985 or 1995. Revenues have increased since MJ and Magic played.

[chopchop20]

i did read that and it doesnt really apply. different time and different economics. his opinion as a player and as an owner is obviously gonna differ.

there is no sense of fairness in the negotiations... thats what people fail to see. each side are all trying to look out for themselves and try to guarantee themselves a best deal for their own situation. But not everyone knows the complex situation with each owner and their franchise, so its hard to get a sense of what is right or wrong for each owner of what they are demanding in the negotiations. none of us can tell them theyre wrong for demanding such. thats the ****ed up part. so you can call MJ a prick or other owners for being greedy, the trouble is that you have nothing to base that upon.

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