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American basketball superstar Michael Jordan, owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets, listens at a press conference for the 2015 NBA Basketball Herren USA China Games in Shenzhen city, south China s Guangdong province, 11 October 2015. The Charlotte Hornets made several key acquisitions this offseason, including trading for Nic Batum and drafting Frank Kaminsky. But if Michael Jordan, the team s principal owner, is asked the biggest move they made this offseason was Jeremy Lin. From the Xinhua News Agency, quoting MJ during his time in China for the NBA Global Games 2015 recently: Jordan made specific mention of Jeremy Lin, who joined in the Hornets from the LA Lakers this summer. Jordan saw it a successful deal, We just got Jeremy Lin, who I think is going to be our biggest acquisition. His penetration, his shooting capability, his point guard savvy, he can really pass the basketball, his energy about the game of basketball something, Jordan said. Michael Jordan calls Jeremy Lin Charlotte s biggest acquisition.
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American basketball superstar Michael Jordan, owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets, listens at a press conference for the 2015 NBA Basketball Herren USA China Games in Shenzhen city, south China s Guangdong province, 11 October 2015. The Charlotte Hornets made several key acquisitions this offseason, including trading for Nic Batum and drafting Frank Kaminsky. But if Michael Jordan, the team s principal owner, is asked the biggest move they made this offseason was Jeremy Lin. From the Xinhua News Agency, quoting MJ during his time in China for the NBA Global Games 2015 recently: Jordan made specific mention of Jeremy Lin, who joined in the Hornets from the LA Lakers this summer. Jordan saw it a successful deal, We just got Jeremy Lin, who I think is going to be our biggest acquisition. His penetration, his shooting capability, his point guard savvy, he can really pass the basketball, his energy about the game of basketball something, Jordan said. Michael Jordan calls Jeremy Lin Charlotte s biggest acquisition.
Michael Jordan‘s enduring legacy in basketball has rarely been contested by posterity. But His Airness is not very interested in taking it to the next level. The Chicago Bulls no. 23 is the owner of the Charlotte Hornets. As things stand, the legendary Bulls player is content with being the chairperson of an NBA team. Michael Jordan once revealed in an interview that he is not willing to enhance his legacy in the NBA for a very specific reason.
A few years ago Jordan was asked if he’d like to be an NBA coach sometime in the future. The Bulls legend was not particularly interested in the suggestion as he pointed out his reasons for the dismissal.
Michael Jordan refused to be an NBA head coach for a very specific reason
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Michael Jordan has nothing else to prove in his life, but once there was intrigue about whether he’d become an NBA head coach. Back in 2017, Jordan appeared on Cigar Aficionado, where Marvin R. Shanken asked him whether the Chicago Bulls legend would want to coach a team someday.
“I have no patience for coaching.” replied Jordan bluntly. Then he laid out his reasons to decline such an offer. His Airness added, “My biggest problem from a competitive standpoint is the focus of today’s athlete. And the focus of where I saw the game, how I pursued the game. It changes and it’s totally different. So for me to ask an individual to focus on the game, that way I played the game, in some ways would be, you know, unfair for that kid to have to do that.”
His Airness outlined his impatient attitude to be unfit to navigate the complex terrains of coaching. Additionally, he said how it’ll be extremely unfair to a young player if he imposed his unmatched competitive expectations on him.
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The six-time NBA champion has seen his fair share of tough coaches. The legend once described how he wasn’t appreciative of the way he was coached in the 1984 Olympics, despite winning a gold medal.
Jordan’s tenacity was all that was important to guide him through 19 years of professional basketball. The focus that he was talking about can be understood if we look at his achievements throughout his career.
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