Jordan hadn't chatted with friends in the circle for a while; he either wouldn't pick up the phone or would unplug it when Gan Guoyang called previously.
Now that he had the chance to corner Gan Guoyang, he clung to the phone and wouldn't let go, venting bitterly to Jerry Krause—it was actually a good thing, showing that he wouldn't let bad feelings fester inside him but would vent them through various means instead.
Within the Bulls, Krause belonged to the "returnee group." He had served as the Bulls' general manager five years earlier but was fired after just a few months.
There was a disagreement with the Bulls' board over hiring a team coach, and on top of that, he leaked his decision before finalizing it, which led the board to disagree with his choice and conclude that he had overstepped his authority, resulting in his dismissal.
