“Victory is sweet but it doesn’t make life any easier the next season or the next day.”
-Phil Jackson
Last night was episodes 9 and 10 of the “Last Dance,” the final two episodes of the docuseries.
WOW! Kudos to director Jason Hehir, fabulous job.
Hands down the best documentary I have ever seen, not even close.
ESPN’s most watched documentary ever. 5.6 million viewers average per episode.
“The Flu Game.” 1997 Game 5 NBA finals vs the Utah Jazz. Michael Jordan was sick. But he still went out and played 44 minutes where he scored 38 points.
“We better take Michael out, he needs a rest.”
LOL – I don’t think so. Players wanna play!
I was unaware Dennis Rodman DID NOT play high school basketball.
Steve Kerr was a heck of a player. Entering the NBA Kerr was not a high draft pick (2nd round, 50th pick by the Phoenix Suns). Over his 15-year NBA career, he scored 6 points per game. Kerr won 5 titles, 3 with the Bulls and 2 with the San Antonio Spurs. In four seasons in Chicago, Kerr never started a single game. A couple of seasons in Cleveland he scored 8 PPG. Other than that, Kerr never scored more than 6 PPG in any one season. Be coachable, and learn to shoot the ball!
Bulls beat the Jazz in game 3 of the 1998 finals, 96-54. They held Utah to 54 points! “This is actually the score?” Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan asked in the post-game press conference.
Fantastic information on “Mindfulness” especially with Jordan. “Most people struggle to be present. Do yoga, mediate, trying to get here, now. Most people live in fear because we project the past, into the future. Michael’s a mystic, he was never anywhere else,” said Mark Vancil, a writer. “His gift was not that he could jump high, run fast, shoot a basketball. His gift was he was completely present, that was the separator.”
The Chicago Bulls won six championships in 8 years. I honestly believe Chicago would have won two more when Jordan took a hiatus from hoops. And, I wish they would have had the chance to come back after their 6th title and tried for a seventh. It’s a shame Chicago was never able to defend their title.
“Big downfall with a lot of players or otherwise gifted is thinking about failure. Michael didn’t allow what he couldn’t control to get inside his head. He would say, ‘why would I think about missing a shot I haven’t taken yet’?” added Vancil.
Highly recommend you check out the series if you haven’t already.
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