![]() Yet the buzz remained, including in Chicago. Myth: Drexler is as good as Chicago’s Michael Jordan. Writing in the Statesman-Journal in Salem, Oregon, Greg Jayne ran a column dedicated to presenting and then debunking a list of myths on that year’s Finals. New York Daily News gave Jordan the edge with this salute: “As if Jordan needed any motivation getting this close to his second straight NBA championship, playing against the person deemed by many to be the second-most talented player in the league is sure to fire up Air’s competitive juices.” That was the vibe: Drexler as the less bountiful surprise, Jordan as the dominant bore. Yet Jordan still won the scoring title, outscoring Drexler by five points per game. Drexler had finished with his highest scoring average in three years, while Jordan finished with his lowest in six years. Seven days later, Drexler finished 2nd in the MVP voting to Jordan. That was May 11, coincidentally also the date that Drexler and Jordan shared the cover of Sports Illustrated with a caption reading, “On a Collision Course.” In September, he’d been left out of the initial 10 players selected for the Dream Team, but in the midst of an MVP-level season he was given the final roster slot reserved for an NBA player. A season that was not a walk in the park for Jordan, despite his massive popularity and the season’s success.ĭrexler’s 1992 was as the steady underdog. Meanwhile, not known to the public, Jordan was in the thick of the Richard Esquinas buildup - first the alleged $1.252 million debt, which through a process ended up at $300,000, and then Esquinas’s pursuit of the money. The dual-tracked Slim Bouler - Eddie Dow investigation, with David Stern calling him to the league office to discuss One of his closest friends in the league, Magic Johnson, contracting HIV and retiring at age 32 Questions about why he was a no-show to the White House to meet President Bush and celebrate the 1991 championship Questions about whether he helped keep Isiah Thomas off the Dream Team In seven months, from September 1991 through March 1992, Jordan went through: The Trail Blazers, back in the Finals after getting upset in the 1991 playoffs, held a favorable matchup with the Bulls, in part because Clyde Drexler was juuuuuust about as good as Michael Jordan. In the first week of June, 1992, that was the chatter. Maybe it won’t matter that they have Michael Jordan. Maybe Glide does everything Mike does, not as spectacularly, but just as effectively, with just as much impact. But maybe they’re different merely by degree. But perhaps the euphoria of Jackson and the Bulls players answered that.Okay, okay, not just as good. No one was willing to tackle that one head-on Saturday. ![]() Armstrong have played with him – in time for a playoff run? With just 17 games left in the regular season, can Jordan mesh with his new teammates – only Scottie Pippen, Will Perdue and B.J. “As of now, I can’t tell you how long and when he’ll play.” “I don’t know anything about what I’m going to do coaching-wise,” Jackson said. Jordan once again slipped out a back door of the Berto Center and in his burgundy Corvette zoomed by the mass of television crews and photographers gathered in the parking lot, leaving several questions unanswered. ![]() ![]() I think that’s something he has to address.” He told me it’s going to be for several years. “I don’t know how long he’s going to play. “It’s indefinite, as far as I know,” Reinsdorf said. But it’s obvious his commitment to the Bulls is genuine and long-term. Whether or not Jordan – activated Saturday as rookie Dickey Simpkins was placed on the injured list – has made the right decision remains to be seen. ![]() “I told him, `Never say never.’ And he’s done that the last couple of years. ![]()
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