I Wouldn't Recommend Other NBA Owners Go The Route Of Michael Jordan In Scolding Their Players12/13/2018
Ah, the gift and the curse of playing under the ownership of a myth of a man whose legend is beyond reproach. The gift, of course, being able to work alongside 'Basketball Jesus', and the curse (other than being at the mercy of organizational decisions that no one else in the building feels comfortable questioning) being that no one's going to blink twice if he lightly slaps you upside the head a couple of times. Obviously that was just a harmless little teaching moment between two guys that look to have a peer-like relationship, but I promise you the optics of almost any other owner taking two swipes at the back of a player's head wouldn't be anywhere near as endearing. Malik Monk's reaction made that interaction as playful as it seemed, and Malik Monk's reaction was what it was because he was staring greatness in the face. Probably wouldn't have been quite the same if those five fingers belonged to Dan Gilbert, James Dolan, or Jerry Reinsdorf. To be honest, I'm not sure what type of discipline Michael Jordan would have to administer before we came to a consensus that he overstepped his bounds, but I think it would probably have to involve one of those paddles that get used to abuse for frat hazing during rush week. As evidenced by how little we discuss the most notable point of his franchise's history being their name change, Michael Jordan can do no wrong. That's not an indictment as much as it's a credit to 'His Airness' soaring so far above impeachability.
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