![]() ![]() ![]() I had wondered about it when they were first advertising it they were saying it would be about The Last Dance – the 1997-98 season. It’s been a great view of Michael with the subtext of basically his career. I’m fine with myself and that’s all that really matters.” He has this feeling like, “You know what, you don’t like me? Fine. I think people are seeing a lot of that in his interviews. He’s somebody who’s fun to be around, entertaining and aggressively competitive, but with a great nature. An awful lot of our population has really never seen Michael Jordan like this – like we knew him in Chicago comfortable and we embraced him as one of our own. This is the most unguarded he’s been since basically the ’80s when he was on the way up, trying to succeed. After the first couple of championships, his celebrity had grown to such astonishing proportions and then there were controversies with the gambling and my book (to some extent), so he grew so guarded. Even though you sort of know a story, you don’t really know it until you see it at the granular level. I probably don’t appreciate it nearly as much as others because it’s such a fresh view for so many people. We’re six episodes into “The Last Dance.” What do you think of the documentary series so far? Check out a transcribed version of the conversation below. He discussed his experience covering Michael Jordan, his terrific book “The Jordan Rules,” the drama that the book caused, his thoughts on “The Last Dance,” behind-the-scenes stories from those Chicago Bulls teams and more. Legendary sportswriter Sam Smith was a guest on The HoopsHype Podcast. ![]()
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