Since March Madness is nearly upon us, how about a fun basketball story?

I was lucky enough to be a hoops fan during the golden age of basketball: Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, the Bad Boy Detroit Pistons, Michael Jordan, and the perennially-on-the-verge-of-winning-it-all New York Knicks during the Patrick Ewing, John Starks, Charles Oakley, Anthony Mason era.

The most frustrating aspect of being a Knicks fan was the terrible officiating. Jordan got away with murder, and not long after, Shaquille O’Neal became the refs’ favorite. Countless bad calls against the Knicks at the worst possible moments made fans feel like the league was colluding to favor the Bulls and undermine the Knicks. It never felt fair or just. “Jordan Rules” were real, and I was absolutely convinced – convinced! – that something foul was afoot.1

Fast-forward to the 2000s. Over that decade plus of doing CNBC, I had become friendly

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