Pearl Jam in “The Last Dance”?

BloodMeridian80

Thought I’d mention, apologies if already brought up. I was listening to the latest Bill Simmons podcast, which had an interview with the producer of the new Bulls/MJ documentary. Towards the end of the interview, the producer said one of Bill’s favorite bands makes a surprise appearance at the very end of episode 10. 
I would guess this is Pearl Jam performing Black, Red, and Yellow.

cp3iverson

Maybe Ed in the lockerroom?  

I know Ed sang the national anthem at the Finals two years earlier. 

MedozK

Can anyone guess which name Rodman used. For his hotel room,

Ledbetterman10

Eddie will show up in the locker room following the finals win. 

on2legs

Eddie will show up in Game 6 of the finals to lead the Bulls to victory with 33 points and 11 assists.

igotid88

You would think they would show up in the Dennis Rodman episode 

RobbyD462

Dennis with a PJ shirt for the win!

pledgeagrievance

MedozK said:

Can anyone guess which name Rodman used. For his hotel room,

I’ll go with Neil Funk!

LastStopOnTheWestCoastLine

MedozK said:

Can anyone guess which name Rodman used. For his hotel room,

Curious - where is this picture from?

cp3iverson

James Edwards has to be like 70 yrs old today.  The 96 Bulls had NBA players from the damn mid 70s on them.  Hilarious.  

igotid88

Hope they play BRY

bootlegger10

Ha.  He liked Pearl Jam.  That is probably the 70th most interesting thing they could talk about Dennis on this program.

igotid88

bootlegger10 said:

Ha.  He liked Pearl Jam.  That is probably the 70th most interesting thing they could talk about Dennis on this program.

They talked about when his suicide attempt but didn't mention Pearl Jam saving his life

cp3iverson

Showed him rocking the PJ Choices shirt

igotid88

igotid88

https://twitter.com/brookswheelan/status/1254591082710446083?s=19

darthvedder

https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/chris-mullin-knows-real-dennis-rodman-regular-guy-sensitive-side

Mullin recalls the night in the early 1990s, when he was with the Warriors and Rodman was with the Spurs, that resulted in a brief but memorable car ride.

Hanging around the home locker room at the Oakland Arena, Rodman asked Mullin if he could hitch a ride to the team hotel, the Oakland Airport Hilton. No problem, according to Mullin, who lived in Alameda at the time.

One more thing. Rodman wondered if it was OK for a couple of his “buddies” to ride along. Just hang on, Mullin until I’m ready to leave.

“I had young kids then, so I had to move a couple car seats,” Mullin recalls. “No big deal. So, all these little white guys pile into my car. I’m like, whatever. It’s a five-minute ride. I was going to Alameda, so it was a short ride.

"Later, on, I find out it was Pearl Jam. At the time, they were called Mookie Blaylock. It was that group. They were (Rodman’s) boys back then.

Some years later, shortly after Mullin retired, he got a call from Brent Barry, who was playing for the SuperSonics. Barry had become friends with Pearl Jam, which originated in Seattle as Mookie Blaylock, with 5-foot-7 Eddie Vedder as the lead singer.

“Brent says he with Eddie Vedder,” Mullin says. “I said, ‘Dude, ask him if I ever gave him a ride back to the hotel' [Vedder] said, ‘Yeah, that was us.’

“But that’s Dennis. That’s how he is. He was just a regular dude. And still is.”

tdawe

Petition to make Dallas 7/5/98 the next Vault release. 

mfc2006

darthvedder said:

https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/chris-mullin-knows-real-dennis-rodman-regular-guy-sensitive-side

Mullin recalls the night in the early 1990s, when he was with the Warriors and Rodman was with the Spurs, that resulted in a brief but memorable car ride.

Hanging around the home locker room at the Oakland Arena, Rodman asked Mullin if he could hitch a ride to the team hotel, the Oakland Airport Hilton. No problem, according to Mullin, who lived in Alameda at the time.

One more thing. Rodman wondered if it was OK for a couple of his “buddies” to ride along. Just hang on, Mullin until I’m ready to leave.

“I had young kids then, so I had to move a couple car seats,” Mullin recalls. “No big deal. So, all these little white guys pile into my car. I’m like, whatever. It’s a five-minute ride. I was going to Alameda, so it was a short ride.

"Later, on, I find out it was Pearl Jam. At the time, they were called Mookie Blaylock. It was that group. They were (Rodman’s) boys back then.

Some years later, shortly after Mullin retired, he got a call from Brent Barry, who was playing for the SuperSonics. Barry had become friends with Pearl Jam, which originated in Seattle as Mookie Blaylock, with 5-foot-7 Eddie Vedder as the lead singer.

“Brent says he with Eddie Vedder,” Mullin says. “I said, ‘Dude, ask him if I ever gave him a ride back to the hotel' [Vedder] said, ‘Yeah, that was us.’

“But that’s Dennis. That’s how he is. He was just a regular dude. And still is.”

cool story

on2legs

darthvedder said:

https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/chris-mullin-knows-real-dennis-rodman-regular-guy-sensitive-side

Mullin recalls the night in the early 1990s, when he was with the Warriors and Rodman was with the Spurs, that resulted in a brief but memorable car ride.

Hanging around the home locker room at the Oakland Arena, Rodman asked Mullin if he could hitch a ride to the team hotel, the Oakland Airport Hilton. No problem, according to Mullin, who lived in Alameda at the time.

One more thing. Rodman wondered if it was OK for a couple of his “buddies” to ride along. Just hang on, Mullin until I’m ready to leave.

“I had young kids then, so I had to move a couple car seats,” Mullin recalls. “No big deal. So, all these little white guys pile into my car. I’m like, whatever. It’s a five-minute ride. I was going to Alameda, so it was a short ride.

"Later, on, I find out it was Pearl Jam. At the time, they were called Mookie Blaylock. It was that group. They were (Rodman’s) boys back then.

Some years later, shortly after Mullin retired, he got a call from Brent Barry, who was playing for the SuperSonics. Barry had become friends with Pearl Jam, which originated in Seattle as Mookie Blaylock, with 5-foot-7 Eddie Vedder as the lead singer.

“Brent says he with Eddie Vedder,” Mullin says. “I said, ‘Dude, ask him if I ever gave him a ride back to the hotel' [Vedder] said, ‘Yeah, that was us.’

“But that’s Dennis. That’s how he is. He was just a regular dude. And still is.”

Cool story, but I think Mullin is a little confused on the timing.  Rodman wasn't on the Spurs until 1993 and they didn't play at Golden State until January 1994... so he wasn't in the car with Mookie Blaylock.  But still cool.

Gern Blansten

Could Rodman have been in Oakland with the Pistons?

on2legs

Gern Blansten said:

Could Rodman have been in Oakland with the Pistons?

He definitely played in Oakland with the Pistons.  But I don't recall any connection between Rodman and Pearl Jam at the very beginning when they were Mookie Blaylock.  Seems unlikely.

Gern Blansten

on2legs said:

Gern Blansten said:

Could Rodman have been in Oakland with the Pistons?

He definitely played in Oakland with the Pistons.  But I don't recall any connection between Rodman and Pearl Jam at the very beginning when they were Mookie Blaylock.  Seems unlikely.

Just curious....I thought maybe Mullins just got the team wrong. 

on2legs

Gern Blansten said:

on2legs said:

Gern Blansten said:

Could Rodman have been in Oakland with the Pistons?

He definitely played in Oakland with the Pistons.  But I don't recall any connection between Rodman and Pearl Jam at the very beginning when they were Mookie Blaylock.  Seems unlikely.

Just curious....I thought maybe Mullins just got the team wrong. 

Jeff confirmed in print (https://www.slamonline.com/nba/one-on-one/) that he didn't meet Rodman until he was playing with the Spurs: "I first met him in early January before a Nuggets game in Denver. Perhaps my biggest surprise was his love of Pearl Jam."   That would have been the game on January 7, 1994 - https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199401070DEN.html

I guess its possible Jeff wasn't in on the car ride with Mullin way back when they were known as Mookie Blaylock, but it seems unlikely.  I'm just guessing Mullin is fuzzy on the details.  Still a cool story.

Gern Blansten

on2legs said:

Gern Blansten said:

on2legs said:

Gern Blansten said:

Could Rodman have been in Oakland with the Pistons?

He definitely played in Oakland with the Pistons.  But I don't recall any connection between Rodman and Pearl Jam at the very beginning when they were Mookie Blaylock.  Seems unlikely.

Just curious....I thought maybe Mullins just got the team wrong. 

Jeff confirmed in print (https://www.slamonline.com/nba/one-on-one/) that he didn't meet Rodman until he was playing with the Spurs: "I first met him in early January before a Nuggets game in Denver. Perhaps my biggest surprise was his love of Pearl Jam."   That would have been the game on January 7, 1994 - https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199401070DEN.html

I guess its possible Jeff wasn't in on the car ride with Mullin way back when they were known as Mookie Blaylock, but it seems unlikely.  I'm just guessing Mullin is fuzzy on the details.  Still a cool story.

yeah but you are right that the details don't match....I saw that article pop up on NBC news and a quick fact check blows it out of the water as written.

darthvedder

Yeah, once I posted the article, it made me look up when Rodman played with the Spurs. When I found out, I knew there was no way he gave a ride to "Mookie Blaylock".

bootlegger10

I would doubt that Dennis was hanging with the band before their first record was ever released.  Hence, the mookie blaylock part of the story doesn’t make sense.

bedybedy

Yeah, nice story but the timing didn't make sense. I was already a deeply entrenched PJ fan when Rodman came along. I'm not much of a hoops fan so I always wished he would stop interrupting when he showed up but I have to respect his respect for their music because they pulled me out of an abyss as well. 

unforgiven

on2legs said:

Gern Blansten said:

on2legs said:

Gern Blansten said:

Could Rodman have been in Oakland with the Pistons?

He definitely played in Oakland with the Pistons.  But I don't recall any connection between Rodman and Pearl Jam at the very beginning when they were Mookie Blaylock.  Seems unlikely.

Just curious....I thought maybe Mullins just got the team wrong. 

Jeff confirmed in print (https://www.slamonline.com/nba/one-on-one/) that he didn't meet Rodman until he was playing with the Spurs: "I first met him in early January before a Nuggets game in Denver. Perhaps my biggest surprise was his love of Pearl Jam."   That would have been the game on January 7, 1994 - https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199401070DEN.html

I guess its possible Jeff wasn't in on the car ride with Mullin way back when they were known as Mookie Blaylock, but it seems unlikely.  I'm just guessing Mullin is fuzzy on the details.  Still a cool story.

Are they sharing the same outfit?

on2legs

unforgiven said:

on2legs said:

Gern Blansten said:

on2legs said:

Gern Blansten said:

Could Rodman have been in Oakland with the Pistons?

He definitely played in Oakland with the Pistons.  But I don't recall any connection between Rodman and Pearl Jam at the very beginning when they were Mookie Blaylock.  Seems unlikely.

Just curious....I thought maybe Mullins just got the team wrong. 

Jeff confirmed in print (https://www.slamonline.com/nba/one-on-one/) that he didn't meet Rodman until he was playing with the Spurs: "I first met him in early January before a Nuggets game in Denver. Perhaps my biggest surprise was his love of Pearl Jam."   That would have been the game on January 7, 1994 - https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199401070DEN.html

I guess its possible Jeff wasn't in on the car ride with Mullin way back when they were known as Mookie Blaylock, but it seems unlikely.  I'm just guessing Mullin is fuzzy on the details.  Still a cool story.

Are they sharing the same outfit?

Lol

eeriepadave

Newsletter suggests there might be tonight.