Michael Jordan's preseason obsession

As a Bull, MJ played in 94 of 98 preseason games.

MJ defending Miami’s Willie Burton during the 1991-92 preseason in the Hall of Fame Game in Springfield, MA. (AP photo)

“You can do all the running you want, but practice is practice. … A game situation is different.”

— Michael Jordan telling Melissa Isaacson in October 1991 why he wants to keep the preseason, in a story in which every other Bull who Isaa…