I just finished reading the book “There Is No Next” by Sam Smith about Michael Jordan and how there is no next. I’ve always loved reading Sam Smith. He is a writer for Bulls.com and has written a couple Jordan/Bulls books in the past thirty years. He’s a bit unorthodox but writes with a purpose, to get a point across, more than most anymore. He doesn’t seem to be about getting the story as so many people do nowadays in the sporting world as much as he is about telling a story.
He has great views on sports writing and bringing in world views and outsiders views and getting a whole look at what is really happening. “The Jordan Rules” was written way back in 1991, before Jordan got over the Pistons hump and backed up everything he was becoming. I just read it a few years ago, though and it was interesting because, as such a young kid back in those days, I never saw how everything was really playing out. All I knew, all I saw, was that Jordan was amazing and I was lucky to be a Chicago fan and living in Chicago at the time.
“There Is No Next” just came about within the past year. It is a book that puts together everything Jordan accomplished, not just his scoring titles, and MVPs and awards, but what he meant to the game and what he meant to other people that both played against him, coached against him, grew up watching him or commentated his games.
It was such an interesting read because it explained who Jordan was to the game and as a whole from so many different perspectives and it was Sam Smith’s attempt to prove that it is impossible for their to be a next Jordan. He just meant to much to basketball and the NBA and Chicago and the world, really and changed the game and the possibilities for all the athletes that came after him that he just can never be touched.
I learned a lot from that book that I never really realized because I was 15 when Jordan retired for the 2nd time. And it just made me think he was even greater than I ever thought he was, which is saying a lot because I won’t even have the argument when people try to bring up Kobe or LeBron in the same breath anymore. I just say nice try and that’s the end of the conversation.
Anyways, I really enjoyed “There Is No Next” and I would definitely recommend reading it to anyone who really appreciates Jordan and what he did for the game, anyone who is a Bulls fan who wants to see how they actually became a relevant team or a basketball fan who wants a bit of history from the 80s and 90s from a lot of different perspectives.
And – for those interested in another read – my book about losing my mother after years of estrangement is out now – e-book at http://www.amazon.com/loss-MOTHERs-Jennifer-Shriver-ebook/dp/B00Y7I7L4O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433705382&sr=8-1&keywords=jennifer+shriver
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He has great views on sports writing and bringing in world views and outsiders views and getting a whole look at what is really happening. “The Jordan Rules” was written way back in 1991, before Jordan got over the Pistons hump and backed up everything he was becoming. I just read it a few years ago, though and it was interesting because, as such a young kid back in those days, I never saw how everything was really playing out. All I knew, all I saw, was that Jordan was amazing and I was lucky to be a Chicago fan and living in Chicago at the time.
“There Is No Next” just came about within the past year. It is a book that puts together everything Jordan accomplished, not just his scoring titles, and MVPs and awards, but what he meant to the game and what he meant to other people that both played against him, coached against him, grew up watching him or commentated his games.
It was such an interesting read because it explained who Jordan was to the game and as a whole from so many different perspectives and it was Sam Smith’s attempt to prove that it is impossible for their to be a next Jordan. He just meant to much to basketball and the NBA and Chicago and the world, really and changed the game and the possibilities for all the athletes that came after him that he just can never be touched.
I learned a lot from that book that I never really realized because I was 15 when Jordan retired for the 2nd time. And it just made me think he was even greater than I ever thought he was, which is saying a lot because I won’t even have the argument when people try to bring up Kobe or LeBron in the same breath anymore. I just say nice try and that’s the end of the conversation.
Anyways, I really enjoyed “There Is No Next” and I would definitely recommend reading it to anyone who really appreciates Jordan and what he did for the game, anyone who is a Bulls fan who wants to see how they actually became a relevant team or a basketball fan who wants a bit of history from the 80s and 90s from a lot of different perspectives.
And – for those interested in another read – my book about losing my mother after years of estrangement is out now – e-book at http://www.amazon.com/loss-MOTHERs-Jennifer-Shriver-ebook/dp/B00Y7I7L4O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433705382&sr=8-1&keywords=jennifer+shriver
Or print at https://www.createspace.com/5471243