At times, he looked kind of like garbage.'' These are the relayed words of one of the players participating in the 'Michael Jordan's invite only comeback camp', as described by Lacy Banks of the Chicago Sun-Times.  Apparently they were relayed by a friend allowed inside, but now MJ has sworn everyone inside to secrecy.

''[Jordan] called us all together before we started scrimmaging,'' one player said. Then he said, I'm happy to get you all here, and I'm grateful that you have come to help me try to see whether I'm ready. But I wish that you wouldn't say anything to anybody, especially to the media. Just keep it confidential as to how I'm playing and what we are doing here. This is just between you and me.' And everybody said, Cool.' ''

In the Chicago Daily Herald Jerry Krause denied that he ever told his players that they were not allowed to go against Jordan at Hoops the Gym.  "I certainly have never, in any way, told anybody not to go down there," Krause said.  Ron Artest, Marcus Fizer, A.J. Guyton and Tyson Chandler all participating over recent days supports Krause's claim.