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...OTHER MICHAEL JORDAN U. Penn b-baller keeps hearing that the NBA will never see another Michael Jordan...
MONDAY, JAN. 11: The Bulls' second draft pick, Corey Carr, takes his first practice in the Berto Center with 15 other NBA players, including ex-Bull, now Charlotte Hornet, B.J. Armstrong. Luc Longley practices, but sits out the scrimmages. "I'm a free agent," he shrugs. "I don't want to get hurt...
FRIDAY, JAN. 8: At 5 p.m. the NBA allows owners to call agents. There are many busy signals. NBA security officials are sent to every team's practice facilities to prevent management from talking directly to players before Jan. 18, the first official practice day. The Bulls' war room, a large conference space with six phones and a fax machine overlooking the practice court, is empty. From his house, outside Chicago, Krause calls Pippen's agent, Kyle Rote--because he's not yet allowed to talk to Pippen directly and also because Pippen despises Krause and hardly speaks...
THURSDAY, JAN. 14: The four Bulls work out with other NBA players. Longley no longer comes to practice. Kerr is at a speaking engagement. Krause is trying to sign Pippen, who under the new rules can be paid more by the Bulls than by a different team. Reinsdorf would then probably trade Pippen to another team, like Los Angeles, for some young talent, like Eddie Jones. Good luck. Krause is in more promising negotiations with free agent Brent Barry of the Miami Heat. Barry is a 6-ft. 6-in. white guy who can dunk. Kids in Chicago will probably...
Meanwhile, the four lonely Bulls, Ron Harper, Toni Kukoc, Keith Booth and Randy Brown, are facing a surreal adjustment to playing for a team unlikely to make the playoffs. The Bulls have suddenly become the NBA equivalent of the Florida Marlins: world champions who the following season have a second-rate crew that finish last. Steven Julius, the Bulls psychologist, says the four remaining Bulls will cope with their new status by continuing to think of themselves as defending champions. "Ron Harper can step up under adversity and even other pain," he says. "Toni Kukoc is a tough...