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Originally Posted by Frankensteiner
Yes, Michael Jordan's record setting salary was paid for by some other owner. 
But my point was that even the Mavericks let money play a part in their personnel decisions, something you said doesn't happen in Dallas. |
Reinsdorf paid Jordan his record-setting salary only after lots of bitter *****ing and moaning, and only because the CEO of the Knicks was ready to sign Jordan to an even higher salary, and only because not doing so would have essentially destroyed the franchise.
When Reinsdorf was presented with an out to NOT sign Jordan -- the advanced age of the key members of the dynasty, Phil Jackson's insistence on Krause being removed, the lockout, etc. -- he dropped MJ like a bag of dirt.
As John Hollinger exhaustively pointed out, Dallas's decision not to re-sign Nash worked out pretty well for both Phoenix AND Dallas. I have no problem with sensible financial decisions that translate into success on the court. Most of Jerry's decisions don't seem to even take on-the-court success into account. Breaking up the dynasty, e.g., was a great financial decision, but it was also the worst basketball decision in the history of the league, or at least since Milwaukee gave away Kareem.
After six-years of garbage ball, the Bulls have temporarily regained respectability and appear to have a solid future, Curry's status notwithstanding. Reinsdorf's first major financial decision with this group once again doesn't seem to take on-the-court success into account. Hell, I don't think Phil Jackson could have coached *this team* as well as Skiles has.