So, he MUST have a trick up his sleeve.
Jordan, author of the most iconic and critically acclaimed pro basketball career in history is obsessed with competition, excelling and flat out getting his way. This has been fact for almost 30 years, so him wanting to own an NBA team fits right into his personality. But the Bobcats have been perennial losers since they joined the league six years ago and in spite of a few talented players, are still boring and unprofitable.
So Jordan MUST have a plan.
Bob Johnson, the founder of BET and the man who has owned the Bobcats so far, wanted to unload the team largely because it has proven to be unpopular and unsuccessful and is costing him tens of millions of dollars. They are seemingly light years from being truly competitive and no one really cares about them. It makes me wonder what MJ sees in this team that made him so desperately want to own it. Is it just a toy to him? Is it his ego that's driving him? Given his history of front office decision making, it seems like he will hurt the team with poor choices. On the other hand, winning is always his top mantra so this may be just what the team needs to ascend to respectability.
Of course, MJ will need to be more hands on than he has been in Charlotte and several years ago when he was VP of basketball operations in Washington. But if anyone can defy the odds or conventional wisdom, it is certainly Michael Jordan.
Never count him out.
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