David Stern is trying to get Michael Jordan back into the NBA as an owner, but it doesn't look as if Jordan will be buying the Nets, even though he has been approached about doing so. "It's something that I'm involved in," Stern said yesterday on a conference call when asked about Jordan's future. "I continue to think that he will be back in the league. It's fair to say that it's something that's being worked on and thought about on a continuing basis."

According to a league source familiar with the sale of the Nets, Jordan and his business manager were contacted several days ago about buying the team when the "book" laying out the team's complete financial picture went out to prospective buyers.

"If Jordan was interested, he would have been all over this," the source said. "But it's not very probable that he's going to get involved. There's a lot of heavy lifting involved here."

Via New York Daily News

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