[m1000]

who are the 5-10 people you feel are most closely linked to michael jordan? be it, nba playres, other sports athletes, business/celebrity partners, etc... please state the relationship, if it isn't widely known. i'd like to custom make a bunch of silhouette cards around the 10 ppl most closely associated with MJ. thanks in advance for anyone who replies.



Here's my list.
1 scottie pippen - teammate for 6 rings
2 phil jackson - coach for 6 rings
3 tinker hatfield - nike designer. creator of many of the most famous jordan shoes
4 dean smith - college coach
5 dennis rodman - eccentric teammate for 3 rings
6 charles barkley - best friend
7 patrick ewing - 90s rival
8 kobe bryant - heir to The Throne
9 james worthy? - good friend and college teammate
10 phil knight - nike chairman

[bbills1999]

Charles Oakley is Jordans Best Friend actually.
Jordans Father.
Robert Johnson Former Owner of the Bobcats
Tiger Woods Nike Teammate.

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BTW i would remove Ewing, Worthy , Rodman and Kobe from your list

[jpleazme805]

I like those custom cards...!!

[quavis]

Fred whitfield

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Also i thought pippen and mj were on the outs.

[jchavestx]

Patrick Ewing was actually his rival in college too, so its 80s and 90s for him. Another name to consider is Larry Jordan, his older brother, a person MJ looked up to growing up and is the reason he picked #23 because it was half of his number 45 (rounded up).

[mmahoney]

If it is just a person linked to Jordan, I'd say a lesser known person would be Craig Ehlo. Forever liked for "The Shot".

[quavis]

David thompson

[kstjst]

clifton herring (high school coach who "cut him")
leroy smith (high school friend who got on the team which "cut him")
jerry krause (the bulls GM who pissed him off)
george gervin (who iced him from his first all star game)
isiah thomas (who also iced him from his first all star game)

because they are the guys that made MJ the player he was...for better or for worse...although i'm sure that he would have been pretty darned good without those incentives.

[odditycards]

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