Why is David Thompson inducting Michael Jordan into the National Basketball Association Hall of Fame?
David Thompson, the former NBA high-flyer who starred at North Carolina State, will present Michael Jordan into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday. Michael Jordan chose David Thompson to usher him into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer, which came as a surprise to many, including Thompson himself: “I got a call from the Hall of Fame and they asked me if I was willing to be a presenter for someone,” Thompson recently told Yahoo! Sports. “I said, ‘Yeah.’ I didn’t know who it was. … They said Michael Jordan. I was like, ‘Wow.’ He told them that he was a big fan of mine and I was the one that really inspired him. Being that there was so many North Carolina people he could’ve chose, I was honored. Source: sports.yahoo.com Photos Michael Jordan did not choose his former coach Dean Smith, who was his legendary coach in North Carolina, or Phil Jackson, who guided him to 6 NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls. J
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The choice of David Thompson came as a surprise to most Michael Jordan fans, because Jordan had enjoyed a close relationship with former NBA coach Phil Jackson and former college coach Dean Smith, who were both front-runners in the list of potential hosts to his induction. But despite these strong relationships that influenced his career, Michael Jordan said that he wouldn’t have become who he was without David Thompson, having seen him as a athletic role model in Jordan’s local area. Sources: http://www.theepochtimes.
