“We Should’ve Manned Up”: Michael Jordan Compelled Pistons Legend to Defy His Own Teammates in Historic NBA Moment
The Bulls-Pistons rivalry was one of the most heated sports rivalries of all time, where the Pistons dominated for the most part. However, their domination came to an end when the Pistons got swept in the 1991 Playoffs. In Game 4 of the playoffs series, the ‘Bad Boys’ left the court in the waning seconds of the game without shaking hands with the Bulls players. However, three of the Pistons players did interact with the Bulls squad and one of them even shook hands with them. In light of this, recently, the Pistons legend, who shook his hands with the Bulls, unveiled how his relationship with Michael Jordan compelled him to defy his own teammates.
The Pistons legend, who shook his hand with the Bulls players, was none other than four-time NBA champion John Salley. Recently, he spilled the beans on how the six-time NBA champion compelled him to defy his teammates.
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John Salley on how Michael Jordan made him compel his teammates
In a recent interview, Salley opened up on why he was among the only three players to shake hands with the Bulls players following their embarrassing loss against Chicago in the 1991 playoffs. The four-time NBA champion said, “The reason I did is one because MJ is my frat brother and my friend.” Therefore, Salley implied that as he and Jordan were friends since college, which was part of the reason why he couldn’t just walk away.
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Apart from that, he also said that he felt the Pistons should have congratulated the Bulls just like how Kevin McHale of the Celtics gave a high five to Isiah Thomas after the Pistons defeated the Celtics. To support his statements he added, “So when we were handed it off the Bulls the same way it would have been different if we were in their gym, but we’re in our gym, we took the beating, we should have manned up.”
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Salley’s statements were pretty self-explanatory. He broke apart from his teammates’ decision to avoid being on the wrong side of history. Salley also risked his teammates’ anger to honor his friendship with Michael Jordan and stand up for what’s right.
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Satagni Sikder