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

oak was for real lol

https://nypost.com/2017/01/10/charles-oakleys-legendary-slap-of-charles-barkley-confirmed/

i can't make out who the color guy is in the clip at the bottom of that article but lol at him claiming oak was going for the ball as he did a full wrestling move on barkley

pals

Must see TV tonight — my friend THE #GOAT!!!! #TheLastDance — 9pm EDT on @espn. #jordan #michaeljordan pic.twitter.com/eat4IUtyi4

— Charles Oakley (@CharlesOakley34) April 20, 2020

They did end the minutes restriction as soon as the playoffs started, which is evidence they cared more about the draft pick than protecting MJ's health.

If the 97-98 Bulls were happening today there would be a large segment of NBA Twitter saying Krause was right to want to blow it up and trade Pippen for future assets and let Jordan walk for cap space.
— Sean Highkin (@highkin) April 20, 2020
i do think this is true and i bet there were even ppl at the time defending it on these grounds. it's not wrong to say that if the phil/MJ/pippen core had continued after they beat the jazz the second time they had max... 2 more years? that would have been pushing into beyond unprecedented territory basically. the end was definitely near one way or another and i agree in hindsight it's easy for there to be more uproar when the fatigue has long since dissipated

― J0rdan S., Monday, April 20, 2020 1:47 PM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

you dont break up a championship team nothin more to say about that

― lag∞n, Monday, April 20, 2020 2:59 PM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah agree with this. there would be some people defending krause (think about that in hindsight...) but I think history teaches us that it's really hard to climb that ladder from contender to champ, and if you're within sniffing distance you push your chips in.

this is really good btw and it's a legitimate crime against humanity that they're making me wait another week to watch 2 more episodes

this discussion is reminding me that the cavs wouldnt trade kevin love and the draft pick that became collin sexton for paul george lol

iirc at the time the headline was just "jordan retiring" like the behind the scenes stuff wasnt widely known

A painful irony that I think people forget is that Krause and MJ both passed on Pau Gasol and essentially doomed their careers as GMs.

really thought this would have more swearing but perhaps they're saving it for later episodes

yeah it ramps up with each episode. here's a sneak peak of the final episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBqdNhY3pf0

one can dream tbh

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWN6oZ8WoAE80FX?format=jpg&name=900x900

sexi bois

so, uh, eps 3 to 8 leaked

oh???

finally caught up with 1 and 2
soooo good wow

that's cool but i'm perfectly happy to have a plan for sunday night for the next 3 weeks

where can I find it?

T0rr3ntz my friend

damn what is this 2006?

I won't see it til it comes to Netflix in July so please, no spoilers.

Turns out Dennis was the friends we met along the way

the bulls won the title man. congrats

First episode was great. There are all sorts of good Jordan stories coming out with this documentary.

I think the best two I heard that were new to me was John Calipari talking about a game early in his run with the Nets when Kerry Kittles as a rookie went for 15 in the first quarter against the championship Bulls. Jordan kept staring down Coach Cal in the break between quarters holding up a "o" with his hand over his eye. Pretty much they switched off with Jordan on Kittles for the rest of the game and he did not score a point for the remainder of the game.

The other one was that the Portland GM called Bobby Knight for his feelings on Michael Jordan stating they really need a center, Knight said draft Jordan and just play him at center as it did not matter, he was that good.

according to the latest issue of Time, episodes 9 and 10 are still being finished remotely.

yooooo this is great! and the music choices! Partyman for 1989 Jordan! Maestro for 98 Rodman! Jerry Krause doing the running man to Kool Moe Dee!

Contemporary Horace Grant calling the 91 Pistons "straight bitches" had me applauding in my living room.

FYI: if 1 is Jordan and 2 is Pip, 3 is Dennis and 4 is Phil. I expect episode 7 to be jud buechler's time to shine

my takeaway from this is that it takes 30 years before guys are willing to talk shit about each other on the record

jordan's derision for isiah is just awesome

Y’all be tweeting me mad at me like I was tryna hurt Jordan lol

— Isaiah Thomas (@isaiahthomas) April 27, 2020

Horace looks bigger than Malone

Ron Harper's "Fuck this bullshit" about putting Ehlo on MJ for the last shot was hysterical.

ehlo did "force" (i mean its only 3 seconds) him to hit a tuff shot & basically double clutch to get it up

ehlo was a perfectly reasonable choice to defend jordan he was long athletic moved well made jordan make a sick shot etc, harper wldve prob been a fine choice too, trapping him mightve been better all things considered, btw i remember where i was when "the shot" happened, it was at applebees

Bill Simmons: Dennis Rodman is NOT an interesting person. Never has been, never will be.

Also Bill Simmons: Please read my 12,000 world column about the one time me, J-Bug and Sully played the Addams Family slot machine at Vegas and talked about The White Shadow.

— CogginToboggan (@CogginToboggan) April 27, 2020

still made at rodman for saying bird has white privilege lol

*was a silly thing for rodman to say abt someone who just beat his ass but still

Ehlo is fine choice to defend MJ but not if you also have Ron Harper on your roster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0dllCe-D80

Bird looks...athletic? Quicker than I ever remember him being.

q: how is it that in 1987 Dave Corzine was 22 yrs older than me, I've aged 33 yrs since then, and his 1987 self still looks 22 yrs older than me??

bird was really slowed down by a bad back at the end of his career, he was never a high flyer but he cld move around the basketball court before the injuries set in

was really too bad what shouldve been the second half of his prime became his serious decline

I'm hoping this doc delves into 80s MJ. 90s Bulls in general has been covered to death, & his style of play was a lot more fun to watch when he was young. Feel like ppl who weren't around at the time think of him as post-up fadeaway guy, end of story.

yeah I felt so bad when Larry was having to lie down instead of sit on the bench. Basketball fans were robbed of some good years from him and Magic. Then you got MJ missing 1.75 seasons in his prime...

young jordan was so much better than fade away jordan

granny, we're basically already out of the 80's in the timeline; that's covered in the first two episodes. Episode 4 is the first championship.

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US7VFL9cXTk

thanks. whoa @ scottie pippen going full walter white?!

that video is well worth the watch btw; Luc seems like a really decent guy

plus an unedited half hour with Michael talking about Longley!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q27fAO1emHM

a rare nice story
https://www.nba.com/news/a-brother-his-family-and-michael-jordan-reflecting-on-9-11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE04vlw90_s

He’s amazingly charismatic and sharp, just a natural.