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Originally Posted by ScottMay
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.
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I'm curious as to how the Knicks could sign Jordan to an even higher salary, since the cap that season was only $24.3 million and the Bulls paid MJ $30 million? I admit I'm not real familiar with what the cap rules were back then, but I'm pretty sure that with a $24.3 million cap the Knicks ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM offer to MJ was only 81% of what Jerry gave him.
And I'm sure that MJ was ready to go to NY to play with 11 minimum salary guys, because certainly All-Stars would have flocked to NY for the chance to play with MJ, even if they had to play for the minimum salary.
JR paid MJ 23.5% MORE than the salary cap for an entire team, I guess he should have been all $hits and grins?
MJ could have left after his rookie contract was up if Reinsdorf was so bad... he had been here for only 6 years and left after the 1990 season, Phil's first (MJ hated the Triangle then) and MJ's 6th in Chicago without even one trip to the NBA Finals.
I'm assuming JR was involved in the negotiations back then as well?