The Jordan Rules
by Smith, Sam · first published 1992
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A SUPER TEAM...A SUPERSTAR...A SUPER EGO The most gifted athlete ever to play the game, Michael Jordan rose to heights no basketball player had ever reached before. What drove Michael Jordan? The pursuit of team success...or of his own personal glory? The pursuit of excellence...or of his next multimillion-dollar endorsement? The flight of the man they call Air Jordan had been rocked by controversy. In The Jordan Rules, which chronicles the Chicago Bulls' first championship season, Sam Smith takes the #1 Bull by the horns to reveal the team behind the man...and the man behind the Madison Avenu
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Anyone else read Sam Smith's "The Jordan Rules"? Jordan is without doubt one of the greatest, if not the greatest, basketball player the world has seen. He is also known to be egotistical, as many competitive athletes/alpha males are (it's probably…
on “Think different about Jobs” ↗If you haven’t read it already, I highly suggest Sam Smith’s “The Jordan Rules”. It’s really fascinating to see the tension that’s present behind-the-scenes even on a team that is super successful on the court.
on “Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020?” ↗…studies in team management: - Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain (the breakout memoir that made his career) - Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam (about the 79-80 Portland Trailblazers) - The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith (about the Bulls first NBA championship with Michael Jordan and Phil Jackson) [0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33313.Kitchen_Confidenti... [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75406.The_Breaks_of_the_...…
on “Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018?” ↗…basketball, especially the NBA, is an interesting correlate for thinking about team dynamics, especially programming teams which in my experience have often been about the size of a basketball team. I read The Jordan Rules last year about the Bulls' first championship season and before the season begins, Phil Jackson says something like, "If Michael Jordan wins the scoring title again this year, we won't win a championship."…
on “Amazon has forced attrition rates (someone has to go every year)” ↗