Chicago Sun-Times · May 5, 2020
Former Bull Will Perdue talks Michael Jordan and sucker punches
Will Perdue doesn’t need to watch snippets and teasers of Michael Jordan throwing a punch at a teammate.
No, the former Bulls big man is good in that department, especially because he lived it.
ESPN’s “The Last Dance’’ has already made it very known that this Sunday’s Episodes 7 and 8 include Jordan punching former teammate Steve Kerr in the face.
But years before the former outside shooting specialist tasted Jordan knuckles in a Bulls practice, it’s been well known that Perdue feasted on them in similar fashion.
As Perdue tells it, the big man was just following orders from former assistant/defensive coach Johnny Bach and head coach Phil Jackson.
