Fun article on Geno's take on Michael Jordon and the Bulls Imprint

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As ‘Last Dance’ captivates the nation, Geno Auriemma reflects back on his visit to the Chicago Bulls, adopting the triangle offense and what made Michael Jordan so great

Each of the three days that Geno Auriemma observed the Chicago Bulls’ training camp back in 1996, Michael Jordan — already with multiple NBA titles and MVP trophies in tow — was t…

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Guessing the 'Last Dance' documentary may be part of his IG Live material.

 

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“[Jordan looked] like the picture of ‘draw the greatest basketball player,’ what you think it would look like. It was unbelievable,” Auriemma said.

“At the time, you’re not quite sure what it is, but you know, this is pretty spectacular," Auriemma said. "You kind of know that you’re watching the guy that may be the greatest player to ever live.”

 

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Back in the early summer of 1984, MJ's agent had him in Las Vegas at a Sports facility that he was a partial owner of. One of the owners was a good friend of Jerry Tarkanian and they decided to play a joke on him. They called the Tark and said that he needed to get down there right away because that had a Top recruit practicing in the facility. Tark went over to the facility and MJ was shooting some hoops, he looked at him and stated he knew the kid from somewhere and thought that he just might be someone that he could use on the team. When he got a closer look at him he realized who it was and everyone just started laughing.