MICHAEL JORDAN IS 'WORST NBA OWNER EVER
When Michael Jordan took over as majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats in 2010, the expectations were that the best player to ever suit up in the NBA would build a team that would reflect him.
That has yet to happen.
And according to
Skip Bayless, Jordan could possibly be the worst owner in NBA history.
"Michael Jordan has clearly proven to be the worst owner and operator of an NBA franchise ever," Bayless said on his
"The Skip Bayless Show." "The worst GM, the worst team builder ever. I guess we will have to call this Jordan the W.O.A.T. — worst of all time."
The now-Hornets have an overall record of 396-545 (.421) under Jordan and only the
Knicks,
Pistons,
Timberwolves, Magic and
Kings have been worse since 2010.
In addition, Charlotte just hired its sixth head coach under Jordan.
The Hornets have never won their division, finishing second once back in 2018-19. They have finished fourth or fifth (last) in the division in six of Jordan's 12 seasons as owner.
This past regular season, they finished third, putting together their first winning season (43-39) since 2015-16.
Charlotte's minus-2,653 point differential during Jordan's ownership ranks 28th in the league, and in 2012, the franchise finished with a record 7-59, the worst regular season record in league history.
Then, there were the draft decisions.
"Michael Jordan is the man who took Adam Morrison over Brandon Roy. He took
Kemba (Walker) over
Klay (Thompson) and
Kawhi (Leonard). Michael took Michael Kidd-Gilchrist over
Bradley Beal, Cody Zeller over
Giannis (Anteokounmpo), Noah Vonleh over
Zach LaVine, Frank Kaminsky over
Devin Booker. He even took
Malik Monk over
Donovan Mitchell.
"Wrong, wrong, wronger."
The question is why? Why has Jordan’s career in the front office been such a failure to date?
Bayless gave a simple answer.
"It’s because the greater the player is, the worse he usually is at knowing which draftable players can and can’t play."
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