Michael Jordan's Role as NBA Mediator

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🗓️ 31 August 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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NBA players wanted team owners to listen. That's what they told the GOAT. Following the Milwaukee Bucks' boycott over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, and the further postponement of more NBA playoff games last week, next steps were unclear. LeBron James, a go-to leader on activism, reportedly walked out of a players meeting. Then, a surprising ally reached out from the ownership side: Michael Jordan. With the playoffs now resumed, Jackie MacMullan breaks down why MJ was suited to work as a mediator, and how leadership and activism play into Jordan and James' legacies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Michael Jordan did play a role with the owners, really is a liaison between the owners and the players,
0:07.5	and getting the league through this week and reminding the owners about making sure that the owners
0:12.7	are in a place where they're listening right now to players. He's the only one who knows
0:16.7	what it means to be on both sides.
0:23.5	Last week's playoff stoppage over the police shooting of Jacob Blake set off the most intense
0:29.7	conversations between players and owners in NBA history.
0:33.6	And a familiar yet unexpected figure stepped into that fray, Michael Jordan.
0:41.5	Today, Jackie McMullen reports on Michael Jordan's role as league mediator and how that fits with the activism of the only other man who can challenge Jordan's legacy, LeBron James.
0:54.3	So does this mean we have to discuss the NBA's one true goat?
0:59.0	I mean, of course.
1:01.0	I'm Pablo Torre.
1:02.7	It's Monday, August 31st.
1:05.3	This is ESPN Daily.
1:13.8	Jackie McMullen, it's so good to have a Hall of Famer on ESPN Daily.
1:18.1	Thank you for joining us.
1:19.7	You're silly.
1:20.7	How are you, Pablo?
1:21.9	I missed you.
1:23.0	Jackie McMullen is arguably the goat of NBA writers.
1:27.2	You've been covering the NBA for decades as well
1:31.2	as anybody. And last week, we witnessed one of the biggest moments in sports history, play out in
1:37.3	real time as NBA players decided not to play on Wednesday and then on Thursday as well to protest
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