after three episodes, my main takeaway is that michael jordan is boring as hell. pippen and especially rodman seem like interesting people, but jordan is just mr. basketball man.
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That's why he's the goat. Nothing but basketball on his mind.
You're right. I think that's a price many all-time greats pay.
Jordan does have many business interests, though. That's his other obsession and we clearly see his success there with the Jordan Brand.
He also loves Cigars and Golf. In his prime and while on the playoff runs, sure Jordan was about basketball. The doc is about their last champion runs after all.
But to say he's only interested in basketball is a mischaracterization.
Looks like the leaks cant even stop this train:
https://deadline.com/tag/espn/
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https://deadline.com/tag/espn/
‘The Last Dance’ Remains A Ratings Slam Dunk For ESPN In Week 2 – Update
ESPN's second night of The Last Dance drew a total of 5.9 million viewers across its third and fourth episodes.
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In a way it was a perfect leak: unfinished and rough around the edges, stock footage in places, bad audio, etc. So you want to watch the finished version. AND it's missing the last two episodes since they're not yet finished.Looks like the leaks cant even stop this train:
https://deadline.com/tag/espn/
‘The Last Dance’ Remains A Ratings Slam Dunk For ESPN In Week 2 – Update
ESPN's second night of The Last Dance drew a total of 5.9 million viewers across its third and fourth episodes.
I was listening to Will Perdue guest co-host for The Score 670 AM in Chicago. The doc made it seem like MJ came to get Dennis in Vegas, but Dennis came back to his apartment accross the street from the Berto Center, the Bulls practice facility. There were many times that someone had to come pick up Dennis. It was usually the assistant trainer. The assistant trainer once came to pick up Dennis and Carmen Electra answered the door buck naked and continued to have a conversation with the assistant trailer in the buff lmao.
No, social media would be eating that shit up. Dennis's Snaps would be everywhere.
Lol everyone gives kawhi shit for missing games... because his body is actually fucked up and he doesn't want to get hurt. He makes up for it by transforming into the second coming of Jordan in the playoffs and wins championships, yet still gets shit.
Imagine if he just... fucked off for a few days cause he wanted to party. Lmao
Imagine if he just... fucked off for a few days cause he wanted to party. Lmao
Sounds like Jr Henny Smith during his knicks days. But he showed up at the garden hungover
Thanks for bringing this doc to my attention, as it's from a time where I did follow basketball. Still the only NBA game I ever went to, was when the Bulls were @ the Hawks in the omni, to see Jordan, Pippen and Rodman. Got to be within feet of them as I was near the visitor room ramp/tunnel side. Game had to have been between 1995 and 1998 (kids, the memory starts to go away faster than you think). Putting me around 14-17 years old then.
This series is bringing back my memory, with both the excellence of the Bulls, but also the music, how people dressed, and the SD-ness of all video formats back then.
This series is bringing back my memory, with both the excellence of the Bulls, but also the music, how people dressed, and the SD-ness of all video formats back then.
My sister who's favourite show is Big brother and doesn't watch any sports, says this doc is better than tiger king.
I hope Netflix sees these numbers and starts releasing more shows weekly.
Netflix supposedly invested $20 million in this doc and they don't even get premier rights in N America. Supposedly that money is what finally got Jordan on board after this thing had been languishing for decades. MJ must have gotten a mint.
The weekly release is an ESPN thing. They are content starved at the moment. If this were 100% Netflix production they'd have released it all at once.
The weekly release is an ESPN thing. They are content starved at the moment. If this were 100% Netflix production they'd have released it all at once.
And have you seen netflix numbers? Now why would they do that?
But Jordan is a billionaire. Even earning all 20 million would be a modest dent in his wealth.
I have not. But everytime I look at the netflix canada daily top 10 theyve been top 3, and we got 3 more weeks. Looking at ESPNs numbers it would have been the same or better if Netflix got an exclusive deal.
Totally worth it IMO. It's doing great outside of N. America as far as I can tell.
Apparently what got Jordan to finally go ahead and give the green light to this doc was lebron winning in 2016 and he felt threatened by lebrons rise in the pantheon
Man, I'm waiting for weak screener watchers to put shit in spoiler tags.
In a sense this was a "Hey remember me?" The history of MJ is very poetic in a sense. So many things just aligned themselves perfectly from the explosion of Television, innovation in footwear, the right antagonists, the turmoil, tragedy and resurgence. He peaked just when media had reached its highest point before it could no longer be controlled. What I mean by that is, that his image for sure wouldn't have been what it was had it not been for lack of social media.
But above all else, no one has ever been so successful while also having such a competitive attitude. I mean no one has been as competitive and determined as this man was. Drove him to be the very best every single night.
If you have ESPN+, they have 4 of the games that were talked about on in the documentary so far. They seem to be adding more games as each episode is aired.
- Chicago vs. Boston (1986)
- Chicago vs. Cleveland - "The Shot" (1989)
- Chicago vs. Cleveland (1990)
- Bulls vs. Lakers (1991)
The Last Dance and more | Videos | Watch ESPN
Watch videos from the The Last Dance and more collection on Watch ESPN
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If you have ESPN+, they have 4 of the games that were talked about on in the documentary so far. They seem to be adding more games as each episode is aired.
- Chicago vs. Boston (1986)
- Chicago vs. Cleveland - "The Shot" (1989)
- Chicago vs. Cleveland (1990)
- Bulls vs. Lakers (1991)
The Last Dance and more | Videos | Watch ESPN
Watch videos from the The Last Dance and more collection on Watch ESPN
that 86 game is a must watch. Michael vs 4 HOF'ers and drops still holding the playoff record for points without a single 3 attempted. 54% from the field.............just fucking insane to watch that
I was expecting more on the actual season but these last episodes just feel like retrospectives on each player's career.
Yeah there has been like what, 5-10 minutes of the fabled vaulted footage so far? I'm still enjoying it for nostalgic reasons but most of it has been a really familiar potted history.
Love seeing Michael get strung through fuck out with just the mention of Isaiah Thomas name. It's fucking hilarious how much he hates him
according to Bill Simmons the footage really ramps up over the rest of the episodes. The first four were more to establish MJ, Pippen, Phil, Krause and Rodman.
The only thing close to it I can remember happening is Derrick Rose disappearing for a day while on the Knicks.
Does Stockton have Laimbeer, Dumars, Rodman and co ? If so yes.
How many HOFs did the Celtics and Pistons have ? Context is key.
LMAO. The disrespect Stockton gets. Put Isiah on that Jazz team in the 90s. They ain't winning a chip either.
Stockton is just as good as Isiah. Wether you think Isiah is better or not I mean both are exceptional PGs I won't knock anyone for picking one over the other.
But saying Isiah is that much better ? smh.