E Pluribus Unum

Mitch Albom in the Detroit Free Press:

You look at Phil Jackson, who has nine championship rings as a coach, who got Karl Malone and Gary Payton for a price nobody else could, who has never failed in an NBA Finals but has never been to one without Jordan or Shaq -- you look at him, and then you see [Larry] Brown on the other end, shuffling Elden Campbell for Ben Wallace and Lindsey Hunter for Chauncey Billups and Darvin Ham for Corliss Williamson, and you can't help but think, it's a nice story, isn't it?