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

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did you run this post by kwame brown?

call all destroyer, Thursday, 14 May 2020 03:37 (three years ago) link

I'm sure some of their performances were negatively affected. but kobe was worse lol

fatuous salad (symsymsym), Thursday, 14 May 2020 04:29 (three years ago) link

Cause Kobe thought hey if MJ was a dick to his teammates and he was the greatest ever, I'm be an even bigger dick and therefore be even greatererer!

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 14 May 2020 06:02 (three years ago) link

VegemiteGrrl nice post, I mean I'm like your mom in this regard, though I rarely call my kids out on it in MJ ways when I think they're slacking, but I drive myself in the MJ way and sometimes *want* to hold others accountable when they're not putting in the same effort. I'd guess this is pretty common & is maybe what separates the "Mamba Mentality" from MJ's.

I got asked a few years to be on a panel discussion at my son's middle school, with other "successful" members of the school community, and there was a question from the moderator about who you model yourself after. the other people were like "my mom" etc & I said MJ, and explained basically what we've been talking about, about his insane drive & (kinda) his dickness & the students just went wild for the first time during the whole otherwise boring time. I looked at the other panel members like they were all Craig Ehlo and walked away.

Joey Corona (Euler), Thursday, 14 May 2020 08:57 (three years ago) link

quel balleur

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 14 May 2020 09:33 (three years ago) link

it's fun seeing fat jordan and reliving some of those games but mainly for me it's that footage. most of what any of us have ever seen of jordan is SD-quality video of games.. and here comes this HD, slo-mo, pinpoint sharp, perfectly exposed footage not only of the games but the locker rooms, hotel rooms, buses - it's extraordinary

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 14 May 2020 09:34 (three years ago) link

haha yeah it was in Paris! my kid's school was basically all students of African descent so I think they understand MJ in their own particular way, but my son said afterwards that they loved it.

Joey Corona (Euler), Thursday, 14 May 2020 09:49 (three years ago) link

Still have a couple of episodes to go--there's a bit of a delay in Canada.

Re Jordan's competitiveness...When that journeyman player had the great game, and Jordan made up that story where the guy said "nice game" to him so he could motivate himself via anger and revenge--which then broadened out to Jordan's habit of doing that as a matter of routine--it reminded me of a certain president whose name I won't infect this thread with, the need for a perceived enemy to function. Obviously there's a world of difference there as to the ultimate goal, but that did cross my mind.

clemenza, Thursday, 14 May 2020 13:50 (three years ago) link

I don't think it's that uncommon a thing--Dylan more or less operated the same way in 1965. The end result can be "Positively 4th Street," an NBA title, or making fun of a disabled reporter--depends how you use it.

clemenza, Thursday, 14 May 2020 13:55 (three years ago) link

I'm sure some of their performances were negatively affected. but kobe was worse lol


Yes Kobe is the other guy who comes to mind. Kobe and Kwame reminded me of KG and Rasho.

Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 14 May 2020 14:15 (three years ago) link

The footage of all the Eastern Conference All-Stars in the locker room before the All-Star game clowning on 19yo Kobe was hilarious.

Pissed Jeans Genie C. Riley (PBKR), Thursday, 14 May 2020 17:40 (three years ago) link

i was a lil surprised they left some of the kobe-baiting stuff in considering recent events

Clay, Friday, 15 May 2020 00:08 (three years ago) link

i think that's why they plunked in the "with love" at the start

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 15 May 2020 02:32 (three years ago) link

yeah it seemed appropriate

Spottie, Friday, 15 May 2020 02:37 (three years ago) link

my main man

methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Friday, 15 May 2020 19:54 (three years ago) link

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYGlBpxX0AE71NZ?format=jpg&name=small

lag∞n, Saturday, 16 May 2020 01:41 (three years ago) link

1 - super fucking excited to see the end of this
2 - a little bummed in how much this has been cooling my basketball jones and now it's leaving

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 17 May 2020 18:07 (three years ago) link

I’m kinda anticipating they skip the wizards years entirely but I really hope that’s not the case bc I find the Jordan aged and declining on a shit team thing fascinating

Clay, Sunday, 17 May 2020 21:30 (three years ago) link

they gotta have a least a lil wiz in there

lag∞n, Sunday, 17 May 2020 22:28 (three years ago) link

the spine is that film footage. might feel a little weird to go beyond it.

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 17 May 2020 22:34 (three years ago) link

the conceit is paper thin, paper thin!

lag∞n, Sunday, 17 May 2020 23:25 (three years ago) link

the people demand old jordan

lag∞n, Sunday, 17 May 2020 23:26 (three years ago) link

I’m kinda anticipating they skip the wizards years entirely but I really hope that’s not the case bc I find the Jordan aged and declining on a shit team thing fascinating

100%. It has a King Lear quality.

dinnerboat, Monday, 18 May 2020 02:42 (three years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aMsP1yBhVA

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 18 May 2020 04:15 (three years ago) link

ah, that's gonna almost certainly get pulled, so for posterity:
http://i.imgur.com/BLowpAv.png

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 18 May 2020 04:16 (three years ago) link

i had absolutely no idea about steve kerr's dad, how tragic

Clay, Monday, 18 May 2020 05:05 (three years ago) link

yeah jesus

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 May 2020 07:04 (three years ago) link

dumb-looking white guy in the mj doc: did i like it when michael jordan showed up in my driveway every night to throw rocks at my nuts? i mean, at the time, i was furious. (smiling) but in retrospect, that was his way of telling me "we are in this together"

— Rajat Suresh (@rajat_suresh) May 18, 2020

lag∞n, Monday, 18 May 2020 12:43 (three years ago) link

lmao

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 18 May 2020 12:50 (three years ago) link

Mark Pope, playing his rookie year for Bird

The first preseason game at home was one of the worst/greatest experiences of my entire life. Clearly in a million years I don't belong with this group, right? We're playing Cleveland. I'm playing pretty good. I haven't embarrassed myself and he doesn't check me out. Every timeout I'm thinking, "Surely he's going to put in a real player now." But he didn't.

On the last play, I inbound and clear out to the weakside. Reggie drives baseline, and as soon as he does, I'm thinking, This is not good. Reggie throws the pass and I catch the ball. Of all the people in this arena, I'm the one guy who should not be shooting this shot. I kind of peed my pants. I was wide open but I shot-faked. I shot-faked no one because there was nobody there. I actually shot-faked the air and drove middle and it rimmed out. And we lost the game.

The next day at practice I'm stretching in the corner and Coach Bird walks over to me. He's my hero, right? He says, "Hey what happened last night?" I gave him some baloney answer about thinking I could get into the lane and get a better shot. He said, "I don't blame you, I blame me. Because I should have known better than to have you in the game." It was the worst thing anybody has ever said to me.

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 18 May 2020 16:05 (three years ago) link

That shit is why I lost interest in playing sports around age 12.

DJI, Monday, 18 May 2020 16:12 (three years ago) link

Antonio Davis: When Rik came in with his head shaved, we were so fired up. He doesn't even realize what that did for us. It was crazy. We knew...nobody wanted to shave their heads, but are you willing to do that for your team?

Rik Smits: I've never been under so much peer pressure. There were a couple of us who held out as long as we could. But, of course, we wanted to be part of what the rest of the team was doing.

Chris Mullin: One of those games was on television recently and my daughter, who wasn't born then, was like, "What's wrong with you?" I said, "Hey, I was all in." I wasn't going to Hollywood anyway.
I think my wife shaved me. I shaved my two (five- and six-year-old) sons' heads then, too. We did it together.

Rik Smits: It never did grow back the same after that. It wasn't a good look for me, I'll tell you that.

Travis Best: My hair's never grown back the same after that. I had never shaved my head bald up to that point. After that, it started thinning a little bit. I have to shave it now. I'd be looking like Bozo the Clown.

Antonio Davis: We were crazy. Gosh, we were crazy.

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 18 May 2020 16:13 (three years ago) link

Rik right about it nagl for him

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 18 May 2020 16:56 (three years ago) link

I was watching a game from that season recently and it took me an embarrassing amount of time to realize they ALL had shaved heads

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 18 May 2020 16:56 (three years ago) link

Wish I could find the accurate Ron Harper clay figurine I made in fifth grade.

Andy K, Monday, 18 May 2020 17:31 (three years ago) link

i also wish you could find that since i want to see it

call all destroyer, Monday, 18 May 2020 17:39 (three years ago) link

like anatomically accurate or

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 18 May 2020 17:46 (three years ago) link

It's not as if my classmates were like, "Wow, this is an exact 1:9 clay replica of Ron Harper" (we were in Pistons territory anyway), but there was some likeness past jersey specifics. A casual NBA follower could probably tell by the shoulders that it wasn't Hot Rod Williams or Brad Daugherty.

Andy K, Monday, 18 May 2020 18:28 (three years ago) link

lol

lag∞n, Monday, 18 May 2020 20:01 (three years ago) link

“that’s the beauty of the game. 1.1 seconds to get off the last shot, everybody holding their breath. it’s kinda cute.”

lol so much in here. he’s right. it is silly, it is tense, it is beautiful. but if he’d hit it i doubt “cute” is the word he’d use. he didn’t hit it so he’s mocking us for caring so much.

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 18 May 2020 23:38 (three years ago) link

hahaha oh man

“... and the Bulls began to rebuild.”

what a dagger

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 00:07 (three years ago) link

#gutpunch

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 01:40 (three years ago) link

what do we do now guys ;_;

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 01:41 (three years ago) link

hold up🎶

wait a minute🎶


In case you needed even more 1990s Bulls content, ESPN will be airing a cinematic production of Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals on Wednesdayhttps://t.co/ntEjvHT0kF

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) May 18, 2020

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 01:52 (three years ago) link

nice!

Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 01:55 (three years ago) link

I just searched ESPN on demand for the Warriors-Cavs game and it turns out there is actually a World Cornhole Championship and it is pretty intense

thank you pandemic

Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 02:02 (three years ago) link

If I'm not mistaken one of the competitors is legit holding a weighted cylinder in his non-throwing hand in lieu of a beer can

Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 02:04 (three years ago) link

HISSNER/HENDERSON look unstoppable right now

Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 02:06 (three years ago) link


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