The All-Star Weekend in New Orleans was a spectacle, a showcase for the NBA to demonstrate its humanitarian concerns. Though they couldn't bring any substantial help to the locals, just conveying the message that "the NBA stands with New Orleans" was enough.
Yu Fei heard that Jordan had come to New Orleans and had said some strange things about himself.
But Yu Fei didn't care what Jordan said, because it was useless. When a person no longer plays the game, their words carry no weight, unless they are willing to lower themselves like Magic Johnson did, adding the attribute of a media personality to themselves.
Yet just by looking at what Jordan had done since retiring, one could tell he wouldn't do that.
His class had risen. He was now a businessman, an owner; everything he did was for the sake of his business.
Therefore, when such a person made a few odd comments about the recent internal strife of the SuperSonics, people sensitively remembered the feud between him and Yu Fei.