Chapter 53 The Winning Talisman

Jordan didn't want to participate in the three-point contest, not because he was afraid of losing, but because he felt he lacked the ability and qualifications to stand on the competition stage—it just wasn't his track.

In the '85 All-Star Game, his brain overheated, and he promised Gan Guoyang that if he participated in the three-pointer, he would too, mainly because he hadn't anticipated that Gan Guoyang would actually be so crazy as to, being a center, participate in the three-point contest.

Jordan thought, since you're participating in the three-point contest, why not just do the dunk contest as well? You're pretty good at dunking too.

As a result, Gan Guoyang readily agreed and dragged Jordan to discuss it with David Stern.

David Stern was greeting officials from the Seattle area with the League's Vice President of Media, Rick Wiltz.

Wiltz, a Seattle native, worked for the Seattle SuperSonics throughout the '70s and was with them when they won the championship in 1979.