Jerry Krause

Revisiting Pippen’s Bad Days

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Thanks to Scottie Pippen’s recent statements, we now to get to revisit the 1990s yet again.  Pippen, who apparently has a book and some other stuff to promo, told Dan Patrick and GQ that Phil Jackson’s decision to choose Toni Kukoc to take the final shot of Game 3 against the Knicks in the 1994 playoffs was “a racial move to give [Kukoc] a rise.”  At the time, Pippen refused to go back into the game and Kukoc did hit the shot for the win. Pippen and Kevin Durant also had an extended … [Read more...] about Revisiting Pippen’s Bad Days

Q&A With Ben Joravsky on Krause, MJ, and The Last Dance

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Since 1981, Ben Joravsky has been writing about Chicago politics primarily for the Chicago Reader.  In addition to his long history on the political beat, Ben is a huge Chicago sports fan and his favorite team is the Bulls.  Ben’s love of hoops allows him to get off politics for a bit and write about sports. Ben also has a regular podcast, The Ben Jorasky Show, where he reviews politics and hoops (he recently spoke to Craig Hodges about Michael Jordan’s documentary). Back in 1990, … [Read more...] about Q&A With Ben Joravsky on Krause, MJ, and The Last Dance

Wrapping Up MJ’s Last Dance

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Have we discussed Michael Jordan enough?  Subjectively, it certainly feels like a resounding “yes.”  So far, we’ve dug into a bunch of MJ issues over the years: -Sam Bowie v. MJ -The colorful, but bad, early MJ Bulls -The MJ and Isiah Feud -Doug Collins’ firing -Craig Hodges’ attempts to get MJ to be more socially active -Would MJ have won in 1993-94?  -Jordan’s time with the Wizards -MJ v. the LBJ Heat -MJ v. the Curry Warriors Still, there are a ton … [Read more...] about Wrapping Up MJ’s Last Dance

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