Michael Jordan and Steph Curry's influence being used in a campaign to change an underdog program's history

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When Michael Jordan came to the Chicago Bulls in 1984, he joined a franchise that only knew defeat, having never reached an NBA Finals. 

When Steph Curry came to the Golden State Warriors in 2009, he joined a franchise that was among the worst in the league for the better part of the last 15 years. 

However, each of them redefined those franchises as winners. Now, both players have lent their guidance to a pair of top college recruits looking to pull off a similar story at the NCAA level. 

"On the phone and stuff like that, at the Jordan Brand classic when I was younger, I've met him a couple times," five-star recruit Dylan Harper said at Rutgers men's basketball media day on Tuesday. 

When asked what Jordan told young Harper, the incoming freshman said, "Just stay in the gym and work hard, because he said he wasn't great to have vitality, but he stayed in the gym and worked hard, and you know, that's where he's at now, look where he's at." 

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Michael Jordan, #23, and Ron Harper, #9 of the Chicago Bulls, look on during game six of the 1998 NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz on June 14, 1998 in Salt Lake City. (Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)

Harper, the No. 2 ranked recruit in the nation this year, only took in the positive examples from Jordan, however. 

When asked if the NBA legend ever offered advice on ways Harper should try to avoid being like Jordan, the freshman said, "I didn’t get that deep with him, but he just told me the basic stuff everyday to be who I want to be."

With that wisdom in hand, Harper, the son of