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Reprinted from my website Secure Immaturity:A good sports book is one that, even if the ending is known, still builds suspense and doubt in the reader. In that regard, The Jordan Rules, by then-first time author Sam Smith is a failure. The book follows the exploits of the 1990-1991 Chicago Bulls. . .probably the least impressive of the six champion Bulls teams. The title comes from a phrase the Detroit Pistons used during their reign as an Eastern Conference power: the Jordan Rules were rules they used to shut the man down (hence their success in 1990 against the scrappy but inferior Bulls). The book’s thesis appears to be an all-access look at an NBA team who wins a title and how, even with victory on the doorstep, human nature plays its course in the locker room. The ending is never in doubt if you know sports history but the lack of suspense is dissapointing.The book also exists to disrupt the immaculate image of Michael Jordan. I don’t think the book was made to destroy Jordan on purpose though the main thought going through my head was ‘um, did Jordan bang Sam Smith’s wife or something’? The 1991 Bulls were a pretty disruptive, selfish group and while many of the odd eccentricities of some players comes out, all of them, save Jordan, seem to get realistic, honest approaches that end up evening out. Pippen might be kind of a baby and questionable in his work ethic (at least in 1991) but his rags-to-riches story and family life earn him major points, for example. Here is how The Jordan Rules read to me:“Horace Grant, a man who found God during his early playing days, finds discomfort in the locker room, especially amongst such selfishness. Grant’s gracious nature and need to excel at all costs makes him the perfect team player. . .but Jordan doesn’t let that happen. He’s playing golf and shooting 40 shots a game.”“Scott Williams was a UNC alumni like Jordan. He was having a rough time of things as late and his lack of playing time further exacerbated his awful personal problems. His father had killed his mother before killing himself and Williams, despite a decent paycheck and a good living, was finding that happiness was hard. . .especially in the locker room since Jordan shot 708 shots a game, punched Will Perdue and plays golf.”“Bill Cartwright is an aging philosopher. Despite his goofy elbows that knock out giants like Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing, the man thinks about everything and can do no wrong. He is the antithesis of Jordan who never ever passes the ball, fucked John Paxson’s wife and sister and endlessly plays golf. . .and even cheats at it.“BJ Armstrong is a young kid who really wants to succeed. His toothy grin, boyish looks and immature but expected behavior make him an on again, off again player for the Bulls but one that is truly needed. Michael Jordan punches old ladies in the mouth.”The book, for the first 280 pages or so, endlessly drones on like this. The common theme is that Michael Jordan doesn’t pass the ball and everyone in the locker room hates everyone even though, deep down, they are all good people. Except Jordan. . .who is a selfish mad man. The story is set up brilliantly by its defeat to the Pistons in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals in 1990 and goes all the way to the 1991 NBA Finals where the Bulls won handily against the Lakers. The story about redemption against the Pistons plays well (they beat the Pistons 4-0 in 1991 in the ECF). . .but the story is so backward in its characterizations that you often wonder how the Bulls won 61 games and went 15-3 in the playoffs, ending the Pistons dynasty and the Showtime Lakers in the process. I’m sure Smith wanted to get this point across (that winning can come even with a lot of soul-crushing adversity) but he does it the wrong way: by telling a good story in a bad way and accidentally coming to the point by explaining facts from only one perspective.This is most apparent in the NBA Finals chapter where, it seems, Michael Jordan stops being the anti-christ and starts passing the ball to John Paxson. See. . .dear reader. . .if he passed earlier they would have gone 82-0 and never lost in the playoffs. . .get it! The problem is is that Smith is creating a fake story arc to show the decline and rise of Michael Jordan as a team player. The point, it seems, is to show that team work wins over all and Michael just didn’t realize it until the five game series against the Lakers. I don’t buy this for one minute. No team can win 61 games and 15 playoff games being as self destructive as the book indicates with its early set up. I imagine there were problems but I feel the problems were exacerbated for the book and the good things like, oh, I dunno, WINNING are put in the background.This brings me back to my point about suspense: though most people know Jordan’s Bulls won in 1991 (the first of three straight and six in eight years), the story tries to build tension first with the ECF loss to the Pistons in 1990 to early season troubles (starting out 3-3) and the inability to beat the Pistons during the regular season. This is all great stuff: it makes the ECF rematch have emotional resonance (as does its stunning finale when Isiah Thomas beat LeBron James to the punch 18 years early and walked off the court like a baby after getting swept) and makes you lick your chops to see how the Bulls will win. The problem: Smith keeps saying things like ‘later that year, when the Bulls would win the title’ or ’six months later when Jordan would win NBA Finals MVP’. This is fine if you are in the final chapter but Smith references these things in the middle of the season. Instantly you go from telling a gripping story to realizing its all going to end the right way (with the ‘heroes’ winning). A lot of times we know how stories end (like sports movies, for example) but its the journey, not the destination, that makes it fun. Smith always undermines the journey by sabotaging the story.I don’t doubt the author’s credentials. The book does have a lot of wondrous things to say about an NBA locker room, storytelling choices aside, but the characterization of Jordan is highly suspect and tarnishes the trust in the narrator. I realize now that Michael Jordan isn’t the poster child for human beings but despite my worship of his Airness I do separate the art from the artist. I think Jordan was a great team player who needed to feel confident in his players to proceed at a team level. Though this appears selfish, it actually makes sense. Why pass to guys who you know aren’t going to make it? Jordan had to build his trust with his team in 1991 and eventually did, winning a championship. Smith seems to not understand basketball is played on both ends of the court. He sows discontent into his story about the Bulls offense and how everyone hates it but he often references the Bulls stifling defense which was the best in the league: you have to play together to have a strong defense too. Something is missing here.The book isn’t bad though. The late-90s Bulls always overshadow those early Bulls teams and it was nice to go back in time to see a team that is almost forgotten by history compared to five other Bulls teams that performed better. The real insider stuff is with Phil Jackson, who is a joy to read about, and Jerry Krause, the hated Bulls GM who gets a worse wrap then Jordan in the book. Something tells me though that the hatred towards him is deserved. He’s annoying in text form.I’d like to do some studying on Smith and see where he was coming from with this book. There is an awkward afterword added to the latest edition of the book that hails Jordan as a person Smith wasn’t ‘unattracted’ to. But he also talks about how much he loves and respects good friend Horace Grant. . .a common foe of Jordan’s during the 1991 and 1992 season. I sense there is a bias and the writer’s prose and anti-human take on Jordan seems to indicate this. There will be some fantastic stuff to read about in The Jordan Rules so I recommend it for those looking for an insider’s glance on a winning locker room. But if you want a take on Jordan just check your sources. . .as I will.
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