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

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Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 13:33 (four years ago) link

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


The knee injury really set him back

Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 28 April 2020 14:56 (four years ago) link

It really sucks that he didnā€™t pick Pau, Pau and ancient Jordan would have been so fucking cool

Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 28 April 2020 14:58 (four years ago) link

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


He was 6ā€™6ā€ in shoes! Even a corvette is a tight fit

Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 28 April 2020 15:00 (four years ago) link

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

there are two different versions of each episode with different age ratings (M and 14-L)

let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 15:19 (four years ago) link

i didn't realize that phil jackson was such a cool guy! at least, he seems like a cool guy to me

let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 15:20 (four years ago) link

lol c'mon KARL MALONE. that was phil's whole USP. mr zen. mr goatee. the sensei.

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 15:43 (four years ago) link

espn2 runs the tv-14 version concurrently with no F or S words but ass-holes and sons of bitches etc.green light. espn airing the regular unedited version.

Spottie, Tuesday, 28 April 2020 16:31 (four years ago) link

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.

ā€• A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, April 27, 2020 bookmarkflaglink

oh nice thx. i only really remember the 2nd three peat really well. I got way more into the nba around 93-94

Spottie, Tuesday, 28 April 2020 16:36 (four years ago) link

haha wait a minute i just realised KARL MALONE was pulling our legs. sorry for humour fail - that's what i get for ilx0ring and "working" at the same time

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 16:37 (four years ago) link

sadly, i wasn't! i don't actually know much about basketball. the little i know came from watching nba on nbc all the time in the 90s (which is why i'm watching this doc series), and although i think i understood back then that phil jackson was a relatively free spirit compared to like, pat riley, i didn't understand the extent of it.

let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 16:45 (four years ago) link

not mr zen the ZEN MASTAH

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 16:51 (four years ago) link

If you wanted to watch some of the 1st 3peat on youtube I'd go with the '93 series vs PHX. MJ and Barkley were phenomenal, and there were some good games. I was down in FL for my cousin's wedding, and game 6 was on the night of the wedding. I figured the newlyweds wouldn't want to watch it, but they invited a bunch of us over to watch in their hotel's lobby. Good lil memory, everyone went nuts when Pax hit shot that sealed it.

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 16:55 (four years ago) link

what was the playoff game where they basically doubled the jazz's score?

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 17:34 (four years ago) link

i think it was this one. 54 points in a playoff game!
https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/pbp/199806070CHI.html

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 17:37 (four years ago) link

Jazz avg'd over 100ppg in conf finals sweep vs Lakers and then didn't crack 90 in a game vs Bulls

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 18:15 (four years ago) link

Competitive series tho

Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 28 April 2020 18:27 (four years ago) link

that last game will of course be the centerpiece of the end of the series. poor jacques vaughn.

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 18:31 (four years ago) link

I think a lot about how the Jazz got shellacked in that game and just went back to business in the next game. Theyā€™d been around so long that they knew one game is one game.

Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 28 April 2020 22:44 (four years ago) link

Jerry Sloan was a great coach, feel like ppl have forgotten about him

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 01:28 (four years ago) link

most wins without a ring right?

methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 01:49 (four years ago) link

don nelson, I think

fatuous salad (symsymsym), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 01:54 (four years ago) link

i desperately hope they got to get contemporary interviews with stockton and malone; i've never heard them talk about that series

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 02:02 (four years ago) link

oh man that would be excellent

call all destroyer, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 02:05 (four years ago) link

Hey hoopers! I am super into this series. After ep 2 i caught myself like ā€œoh man i hope they donā€™t trade Pippenā€

MJā€™s red eyes creep me out
I want to go on a vision quest w Phil Jackson
Carmen Electra is alive and well

I never wanted to see Laimbeerā€™s psychotic phantom of the opera facemask ever again but welp here I am, drinking the nightmare fuel

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3a/64/15/3a6415a91bc168b7544758ea950bd464.jpg

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 02:19 (four years ago) link

WELCOME TO THE HOOPS

methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 02:21 (four years ago) link

:D

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 02:22 (four years ago) link

have literally not watched basketball *since* the 98 Bulls lol

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 02:22 (four years ago) link

we are excited to have u back as the prodigal hoops child

methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 02:30 (four years ago) link

i enjoyed this tweet/gif


Bill Laimbeer and Rick Mahorn any time Jordan tried to drive pic.twitter.com/ndyld0Bv7B

— #MambaForever (@QUA150) April 27, 2020

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 02:31 (four years ago) link

yeah what is up with MJ's eyes. a li'l Visine for my man

frogbs, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 02:32 (four years ago) link

anecdotally it's amazing the amount of casual and non fans that are into this doc, quarantine or no

call all destroyer, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 02:32 (four years ago) link

star power, baby

methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 02:36 (four years ago) link

michael jordan was such a phenomenon no one has come close since

lagāˆžn, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 02:49 (four years ago) link

it's true. and watching the doc reminds you that it made sense. he can be an asshole and we can make fun of his jeans and whatnot but he's completely magnetic at all times. just one of those people.

call all destroyer, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 02:55 (four years ago) link

for real

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 02:56 (four years ago) link

He was 6ā€™6ā€ in shoes! Even a corvette is a tight fit
ā€• Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, April 28, 2020 11:00 AM (twelve hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

hes driving a fararri in ep 4 gdamn it! lol

lagāˆžn, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 03:31 (four years ago) link

glad you're enjoying it, VG!

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 03:58 (four years ago) link

heard Ryen Rusillo say something I always bring up when fawning over MJ: dude never for 1 second looked awkward or out of control, and by comparison he made all of the most gifted basketball athletes of his and previous generations look stiff and clumsy (maybe some small guards a la Isiah were somewhat on his level of smoothness). Every generation after him has had that "MJ Starter Pack" of smooth physicality from a young age and so there's verrrry few stiff/awkward players at any level. Obv today's players have taken it to new levels, esp ball handling.

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 04:05 (four years ago) link

yeah he looked like a different species of human out there

lagāˆžn, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 04:11 (four years ago) link

glad to see the chosen one is spreading the gospel of hoops in these times

Clay, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 05:54 (four years ago) link

praise ugly leather jackets

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 05:57 (four years ago) link

couple notes here 1 its interesting to watch mikes style just get worse and worse over time 2 both him and salley are wearing lil beaded necklaces in their present day interviews is it a thing will gary payton show up with one too

lagāˆžn, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 13:49 (four years ago) link

3 mike calling isaiahs bs re pistons walking off the court was a perfect cinema moment

lagāˆžn, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 13:59 (four years ago) link

highlight for me so far has been Pippen's gigantic suits

frogbs, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 14:14 (four years ago) link

heard Ryen Rusillo say something I always bring up when fawning over MJ: dude never for 1 second looked awkward or out of control, and by comparison he made all of the most gifted basketball athletes of his and previous generations look stiff and clumsy (maybe some small guards a la Isiah were somewhat on his level of smoothness). Every generation after him has had that "MJ Starter Pack" of smooth physicality from a young age and so there's verrrry few stiff/awkward players at any level. Obv today's players have taken it to new levels, esp ball handling.

ā€• A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, April 29, 2020 12:05 AM (ten hours ago)

yeah I was watching eps 3/4 with my hoops-indifferent gf, who is from LA and knows who magic is, and when the 91 finals footage came on the contrast between MJ's smoothness and magic's relative stiffness was apparent enough that she was all "he moved like that??"

k3vin k., Wednesday, 29 April 2020 14:51 (four years ago) link

watch mikes style just get worse and worse over time

are we sure there was ever a stylish MJ?
https://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/michael-jordan-college-dorm-room-1983-umbrella_unc.jpg?w=640

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 15:00 (four years ago) link

I kid, I kid. Growing up you'd hear a lot about him being a "fashion icon". And on the court, he did bring about the baggy shorts.

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 15:01 (four years ago) link

man those are some big hands btw

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 15:02 (four years ago) link

when lebron moves to the basket, he has a lot of the same grace but he's just so much bigger that there's a degree of him using his muscle to get in there. with michael in his prime, his fluidity of motion often looked like a special effect.

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 15:02 (four years ago) link


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