For me it’s Derrick Rose’s career if he hadn’t been injured. The youngest mvp in history with some of the most electric basketball we’ve ever seen, it feels a little like robbery to have not been able to see that unfold.

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    That’s why you don’t suspend him. There was enough hype that it kept the NBA front of mind, and MJ didn’t lose face.

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      I don’t buy it at all either but it’s quite funny to see how much traction it caught in some circles. Stern would have just buried any kind of wrong doing Jordan was doing short of major crime given how big a star he was for the league.

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      There is no actual evidence to support this myth, and it’s sillier the more you actually look into it. There is no way Stern would tell MJ to walk away from the NBA for 2 years.

      Even if you believe MJ got into trouble with the league, less popular big-name stars have done worse and weren’t told to leave the game for as long as MJ did.