SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — In the hours before his enshrinement here at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, a humbled Jerry Reinsdorf has the face of a reluctant inductee.
He believes that players and coaches belong in the Hall, not executives.
But that didn’t stop the letters from coming in — from Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Phil Jackson — urging the Hall of Fame to induct the owner who presided over six NBA championships in the 1990s.
“There’s still some people who think (Jordan and I) didn’t have a good relationship, so I think that puts that to rest,” Reinsdorf said of the Jordan letter.