He can lose, but he can't appear like a softie who can't handle tough battles!
He wished he could go up right now, grab number 23 by the collar and tell him to take off that jersey, because he doesn't deserve it!
But Michael Jordan held back. Why do LeBron James and Jordan, even after a complete training camp, feel Jordan is easy-going? Because Jordan has always tried to control his temper.
The former six-time champion Michael Jordan couldn't understand why Kwame Brown was so foolish, why he couldn't do anything right. But now this three-time champion Michael Jordan believes you have to give people some chances to fail.
Not everyone can win every time, including himself.
So he has more tolerance for rookies, which is why he never lost his temper at James.
Otherwise, on the first day of training camp, he would have told that Akron boy, "You better make your shots more consistent before the season starts or you'll never be allowed to have airplane meals on away games!"
