After experiencing the darkest darkness, there's the brightest morning.
Michael Jordan muttered this phrase in the dark, a saying he had been repeating in his heart since he left the Chicago Bulls, for a long period in the past.
Joining New York, signing so many endorsements that his hand ached, leading the team to the terrorizing record of 22 wins and 2 losses, the best in the league...
Michael Jordan's 96-97 season seemed to shine brilliantly.
But in reality, he had yet to step out of the darkness.
He had not escaped the cycle of decline.
Roger had just stated the truth; it was he who had thoroughly ruined Jordan's team.
If the Bulls had won the championship last season, Jordan believed that management would have definitely satisfied his $30 million contract and would have kept the core of last season's team.
The Bulls fell apart because they lost to Roger. And most importantly, Reinsdorf had no confidence in winning it all back.
