European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 1, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 23 commentary bad boys big bully Bill air rotates Jordan a bad boys bad boys. What you Gonna do when they come for  that sinner circles reggae refrain at the beginning of the a a cops television show. It could have been the theme song As motown a bad boys arrested the attempts of Michael Jordan and the Chicago bulls to get into the Aba finals inner Circle the last two years. There is no a f it Tim Boivin love lost Between Jordan and Detroit a court toughs who have flaunted their vaunted Jordan rules in taking the air out of air Jordan a game. The Jordan rules Are simple. Use the same tactics the chinese used in the korean War. Throw wave after wave of assault troops on Jordan. Double triple team him. Throw All five players at him once he hits the paint. It does no to matter if your Guys foul out. Beat him bloody him Batter him just make sure he does no to beat you. Make the other bulls have to beat you. Some Bull fans think the Jordan rules Are just a fancy name for a zone. But Michael understands Why refs done to Chuck More technical at Chuck Dalys d. A a it a very Tough to determine what is zone and what is not zone a Jordan admitted this week during a Stop in Germany on a Nike promotional tour. But what is not so Tough to determine is what is a hard foul and what is not. And Jordan has taken his share of hits on hard fouls especially from the pistons. A what they define As hard fouls has totally changed since i came in the league. Right now its disguised a Jordan said. A a hard foul i understood was to prevent a Layup but at the same time to make sure the player fouled is not  but Jordan said the pistons go beyond just preventing a Layup. A what Detroit has done to change that is to give the hard foul and then stand Over the player and look and mock. They make the situation More of an intimidation Factor a Jordan said. While Jordan admires the defensive skills of Dennis Rodman and Joe Dumars there is one Guy on the pistons he can to stand a the biggest bully against the bulls Bill Laimbeer. Two years ago he mixed it up with Jordan in a scuffle. Jordan who has spent his career crafting the image of the All american sportsmen said the image he projects does no to mean he has to be a wimp when Laimbeer lays into him. A i missed with a punch two years ago a Jordan told soldiers at Frankfurt a Terrace club on tues Michael Jordan 23 admires Joe Dumars 4 and Dennis Rodman but despises Bill Laimbeer right. A 2 miss. What is it about the pistons big bad Bill that does no to fill the Bill in Jordan a Book a a he a a Good player but he tries to use dirty tac tics to enhance his position a Jordan said. A if you Knock someone Down you pick them up. Even if its a hard foul and you done to want them to score you still make sure they Are not Hurt. A when he knocks you Down he does All this he does a Funky Chicken Flap with his arms and walks around and drives me nuts. That a not clean  but Jordan and the bulls did no to exactly take the High Road against the pistons. De Nealy was brought off the Bench throughout the Eastern conference finals to take advantage of his biggest assets a his willingness to inflict some damage through hard fouls and Sharp elbows. Jordan sounds like one of West Points Best fire breathers when he said it was natural for the bulls to fight fire with fire Elbow for Elbow. A what we do is what any Normal american when they Are attacked does a Jordan said. A we have to defend ourselves. We try to stand our ground. We did no to try to initiate anything. We Only tried to make sure we were not intimidated by anybody. We did no to go out and look for fights or hard fouls. A you try to play clean basketball. But when you have a team that uses the tactics the pistons do you have to make a stand at some Point. That a what we did last  Jordan does credit the Aba with trying to Cut Down on the Basket brawling. A what the league has to do is try to control that As much As possible. They re trying to do that through fines and breakaway  but Jordan does no to see the pistons the bulls or any other team going Back to what he says was a the Way the game was meant to be  a the physical part is getting totally out of hand a Jordan said. A the reason is Detroit a Success. The last two years they be won the championship because of the physical play. Other teams Are starting to emulate those kinds of tactics to try to improve their teams because Detroit has won with  Jordan said he Only expects to play four or five More years. Asked if he wanted to play until he was 40, Ala Kareem he answered with a Long a  Noo oooo. I want to be sitting on a Beach when in a 40, relaxing. I certainly Don t want to be playing basketball  part of the reason Jordan expects to play Only four or five More years is the beating he has taken. A a in be been beat up quite a bit. Beat up enough to stay away from the game in the summer to try to let the body heal. A a that a one of the reasons i enjoy Golf so much a the 4-Handicap hot shot said. A it helps me relax and certainly its a non Contact  just done to expect him to ask Bill Laimbeer or any of the other bad boys to Caddy for him. The stars  barks for sir Charles As map by Tim Boivin staff writer Frankfurt West Germany a who was your map last year magic the round Mound of rebound air the writers picked magic Johnson the players picked Charles Barkley Home fans thought it should have been Michael Jordan. And who does air ? a i thought magic had an map Caliper thought Barkley was the map Jordan said this week during a promotional appearance for Nike in Frankfurt. Jordan who won the map award the year before said the problem is in defining an map. A right now i done to think anyone can a it a at map Means a Jordan said. W.�?~"ou8ht i knew. I thought it was the to f to your team. If you were not on that team How would that team do a Jordan said part of the problem is also the map process. He said Public relations campaigning sometimes Means More than a players performance. A i think anyone who lobbies for it at the beginning of the year and plays Well All year Long will be the front runner a he said. A Patrick Ewing was the front runner because he wanted to win it very bad and he let people know that at the begin Ning of the season. That was Okas Long As his team was winning but then his team started to  Barkley does no to exactly help his Case with his Tough Demeanour. A Barkley is like a brother to me a Jordan said. A but in a like the clean Side and he a the bad Side. Bark is his own person. He says what he wants to say. He does no to hold his Tongue. A that does t give him any favor with the Media Guys who pick the map. But i thought he should have won it and the players picked him the sporting news map. That Means a lot More than what magic  Jordan said if you want to see How valuable Barkley is imagine the 76ers without him. A a he a going through what i went through when i first got to Chicago where he does no to have the support that he needs a Jordan said. A the does a lot for his team and it wears him Down through the course of the year even More in the playoffs where you double and triple team. Jordan said that was what happened to Barkley when Jordan and the bulls eliminated the 76ers in the Eastern conference semifinals this year. One fan said it looked like Jordan went into Barkley a backyard started. Face and could do but a when it got to game six he was dead a Jordan said. It Wasny to because he did no to have desire. It was because he was physically and mentally too tired to carry the Loaa for one team anymore. I just caught him when he was  Charles Barkley. Bad Side to clean air