Jordan addressed the topic of NBA players missing games in the second installment of a series that NBC is calling „MJ: Insights to Excellence,“ which aired Tuesday night between games of a doubleheader on the network.
Michael Jordan didn’t believe in load management, even when he was violently ill.
Jordan addressed the topic of NBA players missing games in the second installment of a series that NBC is calling “MJ: Insights to Excellence,” which aired Tuesday night between games of a doubleheader on the network.
Asked by interviewer Mike Tirico what he thought of the notion of “load management” — the phrase typically used to describe when players are held out of a game for rest, not injury — Jordan didn’t hold back.
“Well, it shouldn’t be needed, first and foremost,” Jordan said. “You know, I never wanted to miss a game because it was an opportunity to prove. It was something that I felt like the fans are there that watch me play.
