... , until the end of the '80s, the overall NBA attendance rose forty-seven percent; thus, the Chicago Bulls became the most popular road team in the league (Attendance). In addition, during this time, the NBA's gross revenues nearly doubled to $300 million dollars,! and the average ... an eighteen month period from 1987-1988 than they had in their twenty-two year history. Almost single-handedly, Michael Jordan's fame had brought the league from being mocked as the National Buffoon Association in the beginning of the decade, to one of the most popular sports ... to Forbes, which states tha...

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