The “Last Dance” docuseries on Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls was legendary for a lot of reasons.
Sports fans mostly enjoyed it, though, because of the memes it gave NBA Twitter users to use during the sports hiatus.
Michael Jordan first became a meme after his Hall of Fame speech in 2009. He was very emotional on stage while delivering his speech and an image of him crying has become arguably the most used meme in sports history.
Thanks to “The Last Dance,” we now have more Michael Jordan memes to laugh at and use.
For this piece, we'll be taking a look at some of the best memes His Airness gave us during “The Last Dance.”
5. Michael Jordan listening to music on team bus
Players are usually nervous and super focused before an NBA Finals game.
However, when you're the greatest like Jordan, you're able to be free and relaxed.
This clip of MJ jamming out to music has since been turned into a number of different videos.
Jumpman – Future & Drake pic.twitter.com/WrTkCTcyU2
— Jamming Out 🕺 (@JordanJamming) May 18, 2020
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAYCT9ZpwmL/?utm_source=ig_embed
4. Legendary security guard beats Michael Jordan in coin game, does “The Shrug”
The security guard who defeated MJ in a coin game was the star of the docuseries early on.
He did “The Shrug” after beating Jordan and it was quite the pose.
Nike when they got MJ over Adidas pic.twitter.com/p6iCp7x6od
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) May 4, 2020
This how I’m walking out the barbershop after my first post #Covid cut. pic.twitter.com/EAycdBp72l
— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) May 4, 2020
3. Michael Jordan reacts to Jerry Reinsdorf's comments
Jordan and Reinsdorf had a good relationship throughout the glory years.
However, the two have disagreed on plenty of things. The Bulls owner doesn't think MJ would have been able to convince Scottie Pippen to come back for the 1998-99 season after getting a massive contract offer from the Houston Rockets.
Nevertheless, Jordan wanted a chance to win No. 7 and he was disappointed he didn't get the opportunity.
The best 24 seconds viewing of Michael Jordan watching Jerry Reinsdorf spit BS pic.twitter.com/nF4x3HzSAL
— GΞOFF SONG (@GeoffSong) May 18, 2020
2. Michael Jordan watching Isiah Thomas talk about walking off the floor
Jordan hated Zeke back in the day and that hate still exists today.
While MJ has said Thomas is the second-best point guard in NBA history after Magic Johnson, he didn't respect the Detroit Pistons legend for walking off the floor without shaking the Bulls' players' hands after Chicago swept Detroit in the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals.
Jordan reacting to Thomas talking turned out to be great for fans since it gave us this all-time meme.
Me reading my drunk texts the next morning #TheLastDance pic.twitter.com/YP3Jo21Ij4
— meg (@meghan_cullen) April 27, 2020
1. Michael Jordan laughs off Gary Payton's statement
Payton said he was starting to bother Jordan in Games 4 and 5 of the 1996 Finals.
MJ clearly didn't think so and we are all glad he did, as his reaction was by far the best moment of “The Last Dance.”
Steph Curry's Warriors were better than the Bulls#thelastdance pic.twitter.com/9jjJCqNpjt
— FanDuel (@FanDuel) May 11, 2020