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Michael Jordan is 'worst NBA owner ever,' Bayless says

Published Jun. 10, 2022 7:40 p.m. ET

When Michael Jordan took over as majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats in 2010, the expectations were that the best player to ever suit up in the NBA would build a team that would reflect him.

That has yet to happen.

And according to Skip Bayless, Jordan could possibly be the worst owner in NBA history.

"Michael Jordan has clearly proven to be the worst owner and operator of an NBA franchise ever," Bayless said on his "The Skip Bayless Show." "The worst GM, the worst team builder ever. I guess we will have to call this Jordan the W.O.A.T. — worst of all time."

Skip calls Michael Jordan the worst owner in NBA history I The Skip Bayless Show

Skip Bayless reviews Michael Jordan's tenure as owner of the Charlotte Hornets and analyzes his various failures.

The now-Hornets have an overall record of 396-545 (.421) under Jordan and only the Knicks, Pistons, Timberwolves, Magic and Kings have been worse since 2010.

In addition, Charlotte just hired its sixth head coach under Jordan.

The Hornets have never won their division, finishing second once back in 2018-19. They have finished fourth or fifth (last) in the division in six of Jordan's 12 seasons as owner.

This past regular season, they finished third, putting together their first winning season (43-39) since 2015-16.

Charlotte's minus-2,653 point differential during Jordan's ownership ranks 28th in the league, and in 2012, the franchise finished with a record 7-59, the worst regular season record in league history.

Then, there were the draft decisions.

"Michael Jordan is the man who took Adam Morrison over Brandon Roy. He took Kemba (Walker) over Klay (Thompson) and Kawhi (Leonard). Michael took Michael Kidd-Gilchrist over Bradley Beal, Cody Zeller over Giannis (Anteokounmpo), Noah Vonleh over Zach LaVine, Frank Kaminsky over Devin Booker. He even took Malik Monk over Donovan Mitchell.

"Wrong, wrong, wronger."

The question is why? Why has Jordan’s career in the front office been such a failure to date?

Bayless gave a simple answer.

"It’s because the greater the player is, the worse he usually is at knowing which draftable players can and can’t play."