Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success (33 page)

Birth of a rivalry:
Even as a player, I liked to dog Pat Riley.

One for all:
Celebrating with (
from left
) Jerry Lucas, Walt Frazier, Willis Reed, and Bill Bradley after beating the Celtics in game 7 of the 1973 Eastern Conference finals in Boston.

Master class:
Studying game film with (
from left
) Walt, Dick Barnett, Jerry, Dean Meminger, Willis, and Coach Red Holzman.

Down home in midtown:
Dropping by the Knicks office with my favorite ride in 1974.

The Whopper:
With sons Ben (
left
) and Charley (
right
) at Flathead Lake in Montana, after hauling in a Lake Mackinaw trout that was almost as big as they were.

All my children:
(
from left
) Ben, Brooke, Elizabeth, Charley, and Chelsea at Avalanche Lake in Glacier National Park.

The family that plays together:
A boys versus girls game with (
from left
) Charley, June, Chelsea, Brooke, and Ben at a schoolyard in Bannockburn, Illinois.

The architect:
Not everyone loved Jerry Krause, but he was a master at building teams that won rings.

Here comes the future:
A young Kobe Bryant (
center
) tries to break through Scottie Pippen (
left
) and Michael Jordan in 1998.

Mr. T:
In the early days I often had to remind the Bulls not to stray from the triangle offense.

Elvis is in the building:
Michael Jordan arrives on court with John Paxson (
left
) and Horace Grant with his trademark glasses in 1991.

The way of the Worm:
The fans were fascinated by Rodman’s hair, but I admired his impeccable timing on the boards.

The Chicago brain trust:
Jim Cleamons (
left
), Johnny Bach, and Tex Winter, who wrote the play-by-play for each game in his own version of hieroglyphics, in 1990.