Interview with JD in Blue Collar Blueprint and

Pistons remembered their Jordan Rules

CNNSI.com - SI Online - SI Flashback: Mission Impossible - Wednesday February 27, 2002 10:24 AM

Someone get Daddy Rich to admit he made it up, and I will believe it.

Wow !!!!!!!! Nice reply about the Jordan Rules. I was just reading the "Pistons remembered their Jordan Rules" Looks like they were in effect to me. Gotta TRUST JOE Dumars..............

First, I don't see anything in the Blue Collar Blueprint link from Joe D about this. I checked the individual sections on that page and saw nothing on it (unless you're telling me I just have to buy the book).

Second, if you'll notice the next two articles are written from the perspective of the journalist. In Foster's article, you never see one quote from Dumars or anyone on the team about the "Jordan Rules." Not from the team itself. The writer uses the term and then uses the teams play as a definition of their own writing. They throw in analysis of game tape to dissect exactly how they trapped and/or helped on D, and a comment or two from players about their experience, but there isn't anything there that is different from other teams trapping pick and rolls and/or double teaming. The "Jordan Rules" moniker only comes from the journalists. Which tells me they tossed it out there, and all the journalists jumped all over it and looked for ways to link it to our defense.

That's why I tend to side with Mahorn and Abs. They did NORMAL things that teams do to stop a scorer. Nothing particular that could only be attributed to Jordan. Saying they trapped and doubled at different points of the game are like saying we now have Lebron rules, or Wade rules, or Mello rules. They are all normal concepts used within the course of the game.

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A nice piece written "from the prospective of the journalist".
An article written to make Michael Jordan look good. A puff piece.

I will endeavour to scan and post it tonight or tomorrow. I have a copy, as does BillLaimbeer and MotownPride.

sweet...

Really, just one source, Drew Sharp, plus another guy that copied and pasted Drew's article to his blog. The Pistons certainly had a defensive scheme to slow down Jordan a little bit.

lol! That's a great retrospect by Foster. Can JoeD coax Daly out of retirement? The Joker probably still has a few tricks up his sleeve.

Yeah, you know me!