whoopThereItIs@lemmy.world to NBA@lemmy.world · 2 years ago[Woj] Michael Jordan’s sale of a majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets to a group led by Rick Schnall and Gabe Plotkin is completed, team says.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down10
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minus-squareHolomew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoWhat is the sentiment among hornets fans about this? MJ didn’t bring much success but the bar for being a sports team owner is apparently “not actively destroying people’s lives” which he seemed to clear just fine.
minus-squaresilverbax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-22 years agoHe was just sitting on an asset, keeping expenses down, waiting for it to appreciate and sell. Most of the NBA owners are doing this. The one thing Jordan did prove once and for all is that he has no business making draft picks. But overall, his entire ownership era was a giant nothing.
minus-square100_kg_90_de_belinlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoDo you mean by that? That “white, unathletic players” aren’t the way to go?
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What is the sentiment among hornets fans about this? MJ didn’t bring much success but the bar for being a sports team owner is apparently “not actively destroying people’s lives” which he seemed to clear just fine.
He was just sitting on an asset, keeping expenses down, waiting for it to appreciate and sell. Most of the NBA owners are doing this.
The one thing Jordan did prove once and for all is that he has no business making draft picks.
But overall, his entire ownership era was a giant nothing.
Do you mean by that? That “white, unathletic players” aren’t the way to go?