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Jordan still wants to own club
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-05-20 14:48
Michael Jordan, widely described as the greatest basketball player of all
time, has no desire to move into coaching and would rather own an NBA
franchise.
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Chinese attendants
guide NBA superstar Michael Jordan as he arrives at a news conference in
Beijing May 20, 2004. Jordan arrived in China's capital for the first time
ever as part of his 2004 Asian tour sponsored by a U.S. sportswear maker.
The star will also travel to several Asian cities during the footwear
promotional tour. [Reuters]
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"My next goal is to own a basketball team, buy a basketball team, not coach,"
the five-times NBA most valuable player told a news conference Thursday. "I
don't have the patience for coaching."
Last year, Jordan negotiated to buy the Milwaukee Bucks and to take a
minority stake in the expansion Charlotte Bobcats, but both times came away
empty-handed.
Asked if he would make another comeback as a player, the 41-year-old, who has
retired from the sport three times, grinned and said: "No."
Jordan was in Beijing to promote his line of clothing after staying largely
out of the limelight since his final game with the Washington Wizards in 2003.
He is idolized in China, where the so-called "flying man" was instrumental in
basketball's rise in popularity in the 1990s.
The hero-worship got out of hand Wednesday, when police canceled an outdoor
ceremony Jordan was supposed to attend after some of 1,000 crowd tore down
advertising banners, trampled flowerbeds and climbed on to a car to get a better
view.
In response to the cancellation, the fans, blocked a sidewalk and cursed
police.
Beijing newspapers devoted several pages to the incident on Thursday but
neither Jordan nor Nike officials commented on the cancellation.
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