The Last Dance: In Praise of One Lone Gold Hoop Earring

I'm writing my Senator!

In college he never stopped moving; catches a pass on the move and either continues his momentum or immediately changes directions and makes a move to the hoop. 1st few years in NBA, he has the ball more at start of possessions, games are longer, pro style is different so he slows down sliiiightly. Then comes Fade Away Jordan, and he hardly ever seems to run apart from transition game.
There's almost no high school footage that I've seen, but I assume he's just a blur out there.

yeah i think the rest will be 90s only. loved the first 4 eps so far, there's been a few nuggets of stuff I havent heard. really fun watching with my wife who knows next to nothing nothing about any of it. the footage is awesome tho, love that quirky peak behind the curtain stuff like that little "the Sniffs" snippet. would be cool if the nba was pushing out the full games/series that are being referenced like the week following the episode release. would love to watch some of these games that they're just glossing over. really tho this is making me itch for more deep dives like this on old teams or bigtime players.

the bad boys 30 for 30 covered a lot of the pistons stuff

for all the very reasonable worries that michael was going to sanitize this, he comes off as a flaming asshole then and now! Lots of gambling references too! Let's see how they handle the first retirement.

jordan is proud of being an asshole dont think he minds it just as long as ppl think hes cool and a winner

in fact he obvs likes it true alpha shit lol

did they cover the conspiracy to ice him out of the allstar game yet ppl on twitter were worried that was getting left out

i don't think they're going to cover that.

outrageous! its such a good subplot

isaiah was a villain lol

the other story they shd include is the businessman who beat him at one on one at his basketball camp for rich people

would love to watch some of these games that they're just glossing over.

everything is on youtube, it's great. I watched game 2 of '92 Finals last night. Lil interview with MJ about his 3pt shooting in game 1, him saying he doesn't like to shoot many 3s cause it "hurts his all around game". Such a different game back then.

yeah thats why its funny to speculate if he would be as great in today game, like yes if he was born in 1993, no if he got in a time machine in 1993

ha exactly

I'm totally ok with any athlete choosing to play until no team will offer than playing time, I think it's some Sports Fan bs to say they should hang it up for any other reason. However, it's crazy that MJ's career scoring avg would be 1.4 ppg higher if he never suited up for the Wizards (all of his other career avgs would be better too).

why did he retire three times such weird decisions

i remember those wizard games as not being embarrassing exactly, just lacking

1st retirement: dad murdered, burnt out on the hoops
2nd retirement: Phil Jackson wasn't gonna be coach, burnt out on the hoopla

he still avg'd over 20ppg but his FG% nose-dived as a Wizard. He def had his moments tho.

had 3 games of 40+ in his final season

when they talked about 1st title, was it mentioned that MJ had more assists than Magic in the Finals?

the narrative is more about how MJ focuses on team rather than personal achievements to get a chip so it's sorta implied. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Magic doesn't get too much playing era screen time in this.

i am now watching episode 1 of the last dance

i'm just a year or two too young to remember v much about pre-title jordan other than he was the best in the world and the pistons kept beating him down so this is going to be fun!

lmao at the lingering shots on the lit cigar in the opening my man okay i will stop liveblogging this

no go for it! it's very joyous

the needledrops in this thing are absolutely perfect

ha im watching too clay, jordan shows up in a corvette, thats not a sports car for the most famous man in the world get a fararri or smth ffs

i was happy they did not linger on the sam bowie thing bc if they had i would have been very angry!!!!!!

lol

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/UO4AAOSw7fhbhyxt/s-l300.jpg

these jerseys were very good why did they ever change it

ha that was in the one of the first shots and i thought oh great this is starting out w me mad about a jersey

and now im agreeing completely w everything jordan is saying about the team/management feud, fucked up movie

jordan's kids shooting hoops with looney toons branded jean jackets tied around the waist is hardcore 90's adolesence shit

when corona is over i'm gonna get a taz tat with the letters MJ in copperplate gothic right above it you guys can hold me to this

its a good idea you cant argue with it

bulls management breaking up that team is one of the craziest things in human history

its transcendently crazy i believe even if they didnt themselves realize it they were seeking a higher plane of consciousness

krause's arrogance and the reinsdorf deference to management was a bad combination

rodman gets all the hype for being a madman but some of the ties mike was wearing in the second run reveal the truly twisted mind here

lmao bill clinton checking on pippen in college is a nice footnote

hah i loved that

https://tribthegame.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/john_paxson.jpg

john paxson has aged into full supervillain form

Lol MJ did have a Ferrari but he signed endorsement deal early on with Chevrolet. I have a signed photo of him in a tux posing by a corvette.

these jerseys were very good why did they ever change it

Agreed! Think I mentioned in ILH that I bought one online to wear to Bulls game when I was in town in Feb. $48, I thought it was a steal.

That iconic shot of him in that jersey doing the cradle rock jam was taken during his very 1st game at MSG. Lemme find the highlights of that game, it's ridic

https://youtu.be/GnAFWxtT5W8

is this show okay for kids? my 11 yo is getting super into basketball

it just has a bunch of cussing, but i think that may only be left in during the initial broadcast. my wife was getting into the doc so we rewatched ep 4 last night on the espn app and it was all bleeped out.