20 Years Later: Nick Anderson stole the ball

I mean, seriously:

Phil Jackson famously said the Bulls were going to let Horace Grant beat them because they believed he could not. Grant beat them time and time again throughout the series.

Jonathan Abrams of Grantland wrote this on Grant’s relationship with the Bulls for his oral history:

"Horace Grant was a reliable two-way power forward who had already won three championships with the Bulls. Chicago believed it had a deal to re-sign Grant, but Grant bristled over not being signed earlier. In July 1994, he bolted to Orlando for $17 million over five years. “I left on a clear conscience,” Grant told the Orlando Sentinel. “The [Bulls] organization had the problems, not me. When we were winning, they kept everything under the rug, but now that they’re struggling, you see all these things coming out. Obviously Jerry [Krause] is a liar.”"

What I found interesting or did not remember was that Michael Jordan had some really choice words for Grant too. It was some really bad blood that went deeper than just bad contract negotiations.

Next: Jordan is rearing to go