Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, December 02, 1991, Page 12, Image 12

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Book reveals ‘inside story’
of Bulls’ winning season
The Jordan Rules
by
Sam Smith
Simon & Schuster. 1991
333 pages
Hardcover prce S22
★ ★ ★
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Perhaps tl was loo good to be
trio Mu hael Jordan. «■!«• v*»li*ci
h\ the .ninrmg media ami many
basketball fans to demigod slat
defies all odd's bv hefnit «iIi\
fak ,ia \ < mg. sti uggimg < hi
t Buiis Iimiii to NBA i ham
piunship glorv
At < ording to ! hr Ionian
Nu it *» .t ! i;: i! i ; v<! r ^ i *11 I »*’ vs i>1 *. >k
ijUail tin Bulls < hamplonship
•. .rv, ! , ("hit ./>:• • Tniiunr n
porter Sam Smith, I hr* trip to
the finals was neither glorious
nor bright.•mil bv Jordan and
h-s u inning vn aV s
!; i ! k t V.u Ii i t i iordrlJ: n jar
from being the horn of this "in
talented but egotistic al hall hog
who refused to pass to eerlain
str ateg\ and .niv n e of a long
ism- oi {oat hos Then thorn's
the i liargn that Jordan's ego got
in the wav of winning, that he
n-fuMsI to sh(mit .it !h«■ end of
important games, lotting the
i*>,i !(>m- ti! ijcn.. ri^triitt- his
important •
l hr fordiitx Kith's leaves no
doubt that Iordan rna\ not he
th, pr ii,■; e ’.lie m< dia m.i* him
oat to tn Hi-, treatment and
disrespo* t for bos teammates is
.it ! lines sh.oi King
But Smith apparently omits
some vital parts of the story II
the M .iMiti was really as turnuh
iuems as he ( bums, how did the
Mu! • ever manage tii win M
games lost \ ear ' Or the 11C i * *
Smith doesn't elatw'niii1
Hus is yvbers / hr httti&n
Ku/cs hills shnrt l! claims io he
!!ir tnsiiir story n! .1 turbulent
si .!■ ■ ,11. hat 1! is i.n km>> W
tying learns .it' made of win
hr!- and this book portrays the
Bulls as anything but
Thev whine about their saia
ricv they complain about pla\
mg time. and. al the center ol it
all, they gripe about Ionian
; In- bunk does not adequately
explain how the Hulls managed
lo fit Winning basketball m the
pic tore
Despite any flaws, the hook
should In required reading lor
any NBA fan. or for that, matter,
anyone who follows profession
al sports .Smith buys us a
(ourtside seat at MBA games,
and what we see is both aimi/
mg and disillusioning
We see adjusted runs and
uyerinflated basketballs that
give a home team an advantage
We hear players on the court
1 hallengmg each other to fights
alter games and get a good look
at the Bulls 1 rummy lix ker
room atmosphere And it's im
portant to realize that infighting
could be happening anywhere
in Detroit San Antonio or
e\ r n m ln-loved Portland
A soi iety that idolizes men
who throw leather balls
;g.! In rips needs .1 book
s' !’ s n iw and Ifien. Smith,
in his 1 losing ; omments. says it
best
I rankh he writes, it s
unnatural to lake 1.’ young men
united only fry their athletic
ability, put them together for
about eight months, pay them
carving fortunes of money give
them one hall to play with, and
!lien expect them to maintain
some sort (it storybook, harino
moils relationship
That says it all. not just about
:'.r ( he.:.,, Bulls or the NBA
hut ,tlimit all uf the sporting
not Id as well
By Christopher Blair
Runners honored for academics
Three Oregon women am)
two men were named to the 1 'a
(tin it) Conferences first-team
all academic cross country
squad last week
Heading the list was Oregon's
i.isa harnopp. who captured
the individual I’m 10 women's
title heftire finishing third in
the N< \.\ championships a
week, ago 1 lie Bend senior has
already lompleted require
ments tor an undergraduate de
gree m urban planning vsith a
t ;i*a of i r>*.
Mso named to tile lirst learn
were the Ducks' Lucy Nusrulu
and ( arol Holmen \usrala
who finished eighth at the na
tional meet, has a I 00 in scl
era e. and Holmen. a junior in
chemistry . has a -1 01
Orison junior Frika Klein
m.uit the honor.able mention
list h itti ,i I J ?> in psyr hulogv
Named to the men’s first
team Here juniors .Man foster
and I've V an Si hotai k Faster
has a I Jti 111 physical e<iu< a
turn and Van Si hoiai k holds a
t i 1 m bullish
S o |p humo r e A ml t Maris
made the second team with his
l (ill, and sophomores Colev
Candaele and John Ditnoff
made the honorable mention
list Candaele has a I lr> and
Uimulf has a t lit) in ei onom
l( s
To he eligible, runners must
he a st.irter or prominent re
serve with an overall CPA ol
t 00 or heller
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Continued from Page 8
Patterson ss as inelte< tivo in
Ihi1 lirst half .uni wall bed most
o! ii from ilic bcni h Munson
put m the originul five to start
tlie sci ond half, ami Patterson
responded In dumping in 12
and grabbing four rntxiunds in
the last 20 minutes
Pattersons inside p I a s
o|c ned up Iordan and Johnnie
Knur who both nulled three
pointers to lead Oregon on u
'!-() run that closed it to fiti-fiti
But again, the Ducks could get
no closer, and Komar hit two
long jumpers to extend the
lead
Despite losing Monsor, said
he liked what he saw
"We hung in there defensive
ly. he said "Andre made bet
ter dec isions. and we shot bet
ter "