The Last “Dance” ESPN Documentary

Glorified KC
Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
edited April 2020 in All Encompassing Trip
Are you watching the documentary and what do you think so far?  I grew up watching the Bulls and Michael Jordan, but am realizing how much I did not know.
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  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    I put this in the Last Dance thread on the porch.. but I’ll add it here too.

    Guess which of the names on the hotel room list is Dennis Rodman’s alias.


  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    edited April 2020
    Shit I tried to make sure there wasn’t already a thread on this.  My bad.
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  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    I guess I will say, I forgot about Pippen’s feud against Krause.  Also the team that rolled into the 1986 Celtics, where Jordan scored 63 in game 2 was only 30-52!
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,301
    cdthomas1981 said:
    Are you watching the documentary and what do you think so far?  I grew up watching the Bulls and Michael Jordan, but am realizing how much I did not know.
    I was 10 years old when the Bulls won their first championship. Lived about 30 minutes from the loop in Chicago on Indiana side.  Listened to games on the radio when not on tv or past my bedtime and I was supposed to be sleeping.  Listened only to sports radio until I was 16 and discovered Pearl Jam.  

    Like you I am surprised how much I forgot.  I am sure we knew all of this stuff at the time but yeah I totally forgot about how they were broken up, Pippen’s injury and trade request, etc...
  • Attaway77
    Attaway77 Posts: 3,946
    I'll be watching this... Been waiting awhile for this to finally see some light. That was my era of growing up, Jordan took over the world and the Bulls were just beast on the court. Looking forward to it......
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    I don't follow basketball at all, but c'mon...that doc looks like a must-watch for me.

    Hopefully ESPN will be rerunning or on-demanding it.
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,017
    Loving every minute of this. 
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,968
    Watched the first episode and half of the second.... interesting to see the early stuff.  As many have shared, this was a peak time for NBA and we paid close attention, but I watched sporadically the first few years in the league so that is the stuff I found the most interesting this far.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    Superb. This is exactly what we need right now. Ratings will be through the roof.
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  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    I was really interested in Pippen's story.  Like I said earlier, I didn't know things were so contentious between him and Krause.  I vaguely remember him wanting a trade in 1997, but honestly did not remember why.  Cannot believe he was the 122nd highest paid player, for someone I think had been named to the NBA's top-50 all time team before this.
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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,017
    The biggest winner of this doc will be Carol Baskin, as Jerry Krause will take her spot as most loathsome documentary subject of 2020. 
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,968
    Pretty messed up how much footage they already showed of him being openly mocked.

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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,926
    It still blows my mind that they went into that season knowing it would be their last.  You have one of the best coaches of all time and you announce that it's his last year just because the GM had a big ego and craved praise....crazy.  
  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    edited April 2020
    A lot of why Pippen was making as "little" as he getting was his own fault.  Reinsdorf even advised him against signing the contract in 1991.  I thought it was unprofessional the way he treated Krause (Jordan too).  Both sides looked petty on this.
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  • crookedcross
    crookedcross Posts: 1,550
    So far, it's good. I don't know if it's because there's nothing else to watch. One thing negative for me.. I don't like the way it jumps around. It was like listening to that one friend who tells you something and backfills you after every sentence. Like Michael Peña in Ant Man. We all have one.
  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,965
    Indifference71 said:
    It still blows my mind that they went into that season knowing it would be their last.  You have one of the best coaches of all time and you announce that it's his last year just because the GM had a big ego and craved praise....crazy.  
    Not to mention the team knew there was a chance of being dismantled in addition to the coaching change.  They had some aging players, but they were still head and shoulders above every other team in the league.  What a great time to be a Bulls fan (and sports fan in general).  This doc is so well done.

  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    edited April 2020
    bbiggs said:
    Indifference71 said:
    It still blows my mind that they went into that season knowing it would be their last.  You have one of the best coaches of all time and you announce that it's his last year just because the GM had a big ego and craved praise....crazy.  
    Not to mention the team knew there was a chance of being dismantled in addition to the coaching change.  They had some aging players, but they were still head and shoulders above every other team in the league.  What a great time to be a Bulls fan (and sports fan in general).  This doc is so well done.

    The late 90's were kind of a blur to me in general as I was mostly blacked out in college during this time, so this is a great refresher. I had forgotten a lot this as well. Total forgot Pippen missed the first couple months actually. 
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    I've been playing that Alan Parson's song whenever I've entered a room so far today. The wife is none too pleased. 

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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,968
    :lol:
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  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,597
    And now to think....what if? What if he didn't retire for those 2 seasons? What if they wouldn't have been dismantled? Surely they would have won more rings, but how many more? 
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