Do you remember when Michael Jordan ‘almost’ joined the New York Knicks?

Michael Jordan 'almost' joined the New York Knicks?The Bulls dynasty of the 1990s came to an end ahead of the 1998-99 season. After winning a whopping six NBA Championships in the decade, Michael Jordan retired, Scottie Pippen was traded to the Houston Rockets and Phil Jackson stepped away from basketball altogether. But what if I told you the great run of championships almost ended at four rather than six because in the summer of 1996 this was almost a reality.

Michael Jordan was a free agent in the 1996 NBA offseason, looking to negotiate a new-one year “ballon” payment deal similar to that of his friend and New York Knicks center Patrick Ewing. For the 1995-96 season, the Knicks had Ewing…