Ex-NBA player John Salley thinks commissioner David Stern was responsible for promoting Michael Jordan during the 1980s and 1990s
Many have questioned his impact on the NBA, with some saying it was exaggerated. Former Detroit Pistons "Bad Boy" John Salley added his name to the list when he said commissioner David Stern strongly pushed the Jordan agenda in the late 1980s and 1990s.. "He came in with a brilliant agent, a brilliant lawyer who realized he had a product to sell. And in developing that product, we had to now make this product the Messiah.
Salley felt Stern went above and beyond to promote Jordan even before his championship years in the `90s. He believed the Pistons were slighted in favor of the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and Bulls. "When we won the second championship, back to back, 1990, Chuck Daly talks about going to New York and doing a clinic," Salley said. "They have a Lakers jersey, a Bulls jersey and they had a Boston jersey. No Pistons jersey and we were two-time champions. The Bulls had lost but they had Michael's jersey."Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
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