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Kobe, Hill deal with being the next Michael

By Marc Stein
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, October 29, 2001

He'd be a lock for Comeback Player of the Year, if the NBA had such a thing, and just as big a cinch for the Irony Award. If the NBA had such a thing. And the league should have both, really, with Michael Jordan coming back to the sport he left three seasons ago. With His Floorness -- if that's how we're supposed to address him now -- headed feet first into a very thick batch of irony. How else to describe everyone, everywhere, expecting the 38-year-old Michael Jordan to be the next Michael ...

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