The Jordan Rules

The Most Valuable Player in the history of the sport, Michael Jordan achieved a level of success no basketball player had ever reached before. What motivated Michael Jordan? The pursuit of team success... or his own personal glory? The pursuit of excellence... or his next multimillion-dollar endorsement? The flight of the man they call Air Jordan had been rocked by controversy. In the revealing chronicle The Jordan Rules, Sam Smith takes His Airness by the horns to reveal the team behind the man... and the man behind the Madison Avenue smile. Here is the inside game, both on and off the court, including Jordan's power struggles with management, from verbal attacks on the general manager to tantrums against his coach. Players who competed with His Airness for air time include those who are still playing today and others whose careers were cut short by injuries.