Tag: Michael Jordan

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist to be a Hornet

Michael Jordan announced today that the organization has submitted its application to change the team’s name to the Charlotte Hornets (2014-15 season).

Sam Bowie denies lying to Blazers about his health before the 1984 NBA Draft

Sam Bowie

Is Sam Bowie one of the most sympathetic figures in Trail Blazers history, a hard-luck player with frail legs who endured numerous injuries and surgeries that weren’t his fault? Is he a forgettable franchise footnote, a 7-foot-1 package of fool’s gold who’s mammoth size and potential convinced the Blazers to draft him ahead of Michael Jordan, who…

On this date in Kentucky basketball history…

Jim Master

In 1983, former Cat Jim Master scored 16 points to match the great Michael Jordan, who also had 16 points, to help the USA clinch the gold medal over Brazil, 87-79 at the Pan Am Games.  Featuring a roster filled with future professionals, the 1983 USA Pan American team, coached by Kansas State’s Jack Hartman, was as…