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Loyola Marymount asked Los Angeles residents to name their favorite athlete and favorite team. Who finished just behind LeBron James and the Lakers?Jordan’s story includes gambling, $57,000 checks to golf hustlers and Atlantic City trips. It includes the murder of his father, multiple retirements and a maniacal desire to win at all costs, regardless of the fallout.
Burrell played one season with the Bulls — the one captured on film by NBA Entertainment camera crews. He was often the subject of Jordan’s barbs. On the court, Jordan ridiculed his game. On the team planes, he teased him about his partying, even comparing him toJordan’s treatment of Burrell gets an examination in the film, and Jordan even reportedly worried about how that footage would make him look.
“I texted [Jordan] yesterday, I said, thanks for making my life miserable right now,” Burrell said. “Three million things I have to do.”A lot of people are going to be in similar positions, the people who Jordan talks about, the people he criticizes, the people he praises all again caught in the cultural tide that comes in when Jordan speaks.
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