Applesauce on Grahams crackers, the snack of an NBA champion. It is also, incredibly, the spark to ignite one of the stranger stories in basketball folklore that has caused a row over millions of dollars.The applesauce was an essential part of 's pregame routine during his all-conquering years with the Bulls. And as Jazz ballboy and Bulls fan Preston Truman found out, it was the shortcut to getting in the good books of the man that all of America wanted five minutes with.In November 1996, before a regular season game between the Jazz and the Bulls, Truman heard Jordan call out to his trainer for his crackers and applesauce. The crackers were there, the applesauce was not.
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