Michael Jordan Made Sure Bulls Didn’t Lose ’96 Finals To SuperSonics After George Karl Didn’t Say Hi To Him At Dinner: ‘He Walked Right Past Me, That’s All I Needed’

Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls faced the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA Finals. The SuperSonics were coached by George Karl, who went to UNC, the same school as Jordan. MJ and Karl knew each other pretty well and occasionally played golf together in the summers. That’s why Jordan was furious when Karl didn’t say hello to him when the two were at the same spot for dinner. “He walked right past me,” Jordan said in The Last Dance documentary. “I say, ‘Really? So that’s how he’s gonna play it.’ It’s a crock of sh-t. We went to Carolina,...