Bulls opposed to All-Star Game at UC

February, 9, 2012
Feb 9
5:57
PM CT

While Houston celebrates its third NBA All-Star game bid with the league's announcement Wednesday that the city will host the 2013 festivities, Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and team president Michael Reinsdorf said they do not want the game to return to Chicago.

Chicago hosted its last NBA All-Star game in 1988, when Michael Jordan, still with a head of hair, won both the slam-dunk competition and the game's MVP honors. But 24 years later, the Reinsdorfs said the cons outweigh the pros in having the game in Chicago.

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Melissa Isaacson

Columnist, ESPNChicago.com
Melissa Isaacson is a sportwriter and author who has covered Chicago sports for the last 22 years of her 29-year career, most recently as an award-winning columnist and feature writer for the Chicago Tribune.

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