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Michael Jordan Will Gladly Take Full Ownership

by Jared Wade on November 8, 2008 at 6:10 pm

Congratulations, Bobcat Fans. You can now sleep soundly with knowledge of the fact that the guy who drafted Kwame first overall, Adam Morrison third overall and DJ Augustin ninth overall is ready to step up and purchase the whole franchise if BET owner Robert Johnson ever decides to sell the team.

“When Bob wants to step aside, I have no problem stepping in and saying, ‘Hey, look, I’d love to take control of this franchise,’ ” Jordan said in a story on the newspaper’s web site. “But Bob, he’s not at that point now.”

The fifth-year franchise has never made the playoffs and Johnson has acknowledged losing millions on the team, which has struggled to draw fans. Jordan bought a minority stake in the Bobcats in 2006 and Johnson gave him total control over the team’s basketball operations.

Champ-ion-ship.

MJ preparing for the draft. (Boston Globe)

MJ preparing for the draft. (Photo: Boston Globe)

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The Cornrows Era Is Over

by Jared Wade on November 2, 2008 at 12:16 pm

JO shaved his last season. So did Rip. Even Kwame got shorn.

Now Carmelo has chopped his locks, leaving The Answer as virtually the only iconic player still committed to the braids. (Eddy Curry is more “prominent” than “iconic.” Udonis and Josh Boone are the only two others I can even come up with.)

UPDATE: Ben Wallace, Turiaf and Nene still rock em as well.

Since it was essentially Allen and Spree that started the cornrow pandemic back in the day, it seems fitting that he is its last notable proponent of a cultural style that once seemed near-ubiquitous in this League.

Brad Miller cries a single tear for the end of the cornrow era.

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