In theory, maybe James Dolan was simply being a contrarian; that would not be a shock. Or, maybe there is a business-related reason for his recent NBA board of governors vote on the sale of the Charlotte Hornets.
But a new report insists that Dolan did indeed vote "no'' on Michael Jordan's sale of the franchise two a pair of New York-based money men in Rick Schnall and Gabe Plotkin.
Again ... why? Was the sales price of $3 billion displeasing to Dolan? All of the other NBA owners expressed no issue there, as Dolan cast the only "against'' vote. A "New York thing,'' maybe? Was it somehow tied to that old "beef'' with Charles Oakley? Or - as many have half-joked - was it because of all those years of Jordan, performing for the Chicago Bulls and "owning'' the Knicks?
In any event, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the approved Hornets sale to Schnall and Plotkin had just the one speed bump, so outside of the fact that the legendary Jordan will keep a minority stake in the Hornets, his 13-year tenure as the majority owner is over - with MJ having turned his inititial investment of $275 million into a neat profit.
There is the other joke, too, that has the 5-8 Dolan registering on the stat sheet as having "blocked'' Michael Jordan, a nice fantasy trick indeed for any of us wannabes who watched and admired arguably the greatest performer in the history of the NBA.
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