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

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.

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