The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls
The New York Times bestseller about the legendary basketball star's impact on the sport during his team's championship seminal season. With a new introduction by Sam Smith, NBA Hall of Fame columnist
A highly competitive force of nature, Michael Jordan's ambition and endurance drove him—and his Chicago Bulls teammates—to victory. After three years of consecutive losses to the "Bad Boys" Detroit Pistons in the playoffs, the Bulls defeated them in the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals, paving the road to their first NBA championship.
In The Jordan Rules, award-winning sportswriter Sam Smith chronicles the season that gave birth to the legend, revealing how Jordan's personal drive for success caused conflict between him and his team, both players and management. Coach Phil Jackson and general manager Jerry Krause found themselves targets of Jordan's temperament and assertiveness on and off the court. Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant, and Bill Cartwright share their experiences with a teammate who didn't engage in teamwork, keeping the ball to himself during important games to ensure he would become the Bulls' top scorer. It would fall to Coach Jackson to motivate and inspire Jordan and the Bulls to play together and earn their first title.
This is the essential behind the scenes story of how Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls made basketball history and became pop culture phenomenons.
"Smith takes us into the locker room, aboard the team plane and team bus, and seats us on the bench during games. Sometimes, books reflecting on a team's success don't reach the personal level with the people who made it happen: The Jordan Rules does." —Associated Press
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The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls
The New York Times bestseller about the legendary basketball star's impact on the sport during his team's championship seminal season. With a new introduction by Sam Smith, NBA Hall of Fame columnist
A highly competitive force of nature, Michael Jordan's ambition and endurance drove him—and his Chicago Bulls teammates—to victory. After three years of consecutive losses to the "Bad Boys" Detroit Pistons in the playoffs, the Bulls defeated them in the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals, paving the road to their first NBA championship.
In The Jordan Rules, award-winning sportswriter Sam Smith chronicles the season that gave birth to the legend, revealing how Jordan's personal drive for success caused conflict between him and his team, both players and management. Coach Phil Jackson and general manager Jerry Krause found themselves targets of Jordan's temperament and assertiveness on and off the court. Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant, and Bill Cartwright share their experiences with a teammate who didn't engage in teamwork, keeping the ball to himself during important games to ensure he would become the Bulls' top scorer. It would fall to Coach Jackson to motivate and inspire Jordan and the Bulls to play together and earn their first title.
This is the essential behind the scenes story of how Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls made basketball history and became pop culture phenomenons.
"Smith takes us into the locker room, aboard the team plane and team bus, and seats us on the bench during games. Sometimes, books reflecting on a team's success don't reach the personal level with the people who made it happen: The Jordan Rules does." —Associated Press
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The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls

The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls

by Sam Smith
The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls

The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls

by Sam Smith

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The New York Times bestseller about the legendary basketball star's impact on the sport during his team's championship seminal season. With a new introduction by Sam Smith, NBA Hall of Fame columnist
A highly competitive force of nature, Michael Jordan's ambition and endurance drove him—and his Chicago Bulls teammates—to victory. After three years of consecutive losses to the "Bad Boys" Detroit Pistons in the playoffs, the Bulls defeated them in the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals, paving the road to their first NBA championship.
In The Jordan Rules, award-winning sportswriter Sam Smith chronicles the season that gave birth to the legend, revealing how Jordan's personal drive for success caused conflict between him and his team, both players and management. Coach Phil Jackson and general manager Jerry Krause found themselves targets of Jordan's temperament and assertiveness on and off the court. Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant, and Bill Cartwright share their experiences with a teammate who didn't engage in teamwork, keeping the ball to himself during important games to ensure he would become the Bulls' top scorer. It would fall to Coach Jackson to motivate and inspire Jordan and the Bulls to play together and earn their first title.
This is the essential behind the scenes story of how Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls made basketball history and became pop culture phenomenons.
"Smith takes us into the locker room, aboard the team plane and team bus, and seats us on the bench during games. Sometimes, books reflecting on a team's success don't reach the personal level with the people who made it happen: The Jordan Rules does." —Associated Press

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781938120534
Publisher: Diversion Publishing
Publication date: 05/23/2025
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 300
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Sam Smith has been covering the Chicago Bulls and the NBA for more than three decades, as reporter and columnist for The Chicago Tribune for 28 years, and currently for Bulls.com. Recipient of the prestigious Curt Gowdy Media Award from the NBA Hall of Fame, he also received the Professional Basketball Writers Association Lifetime Achievement award in 2011.  He is the author of the classic bestselling book The Jordan Rules, for which he had unparalleled access to Michael Jordan and 1991-92 Chicago Bulls.  He has written extensively for media outlets around the world, including ESPN.com, ESPN magazine, NBC SportsBasketball DigestThe Sporting News, and for major publications in Japan and China.
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