‘The Last Dance', ESPN's long-awaited, multi-part documentary about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls premiered on Sunday after weeks of building hype. And while the documentary has already received rave reviews from critics nearly across the board, Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell has one problem: commercials.
The 23-year-old shooting guard jokingly voiced his frustrations on Twitter and even got a reply from the NBA on ESPN Twitter account.
Timeout… nobody said commercials😂😂😂
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) April 20, 2020
Commercials are a regular part of the vast majority of TV programming these days so it's not really a surprise that ESPN is airing commercials throughout the premiere. However, seeing as ‘The Last Dance' is one of, if not the biggest sports documentaries of all time, you can understand why Mitchell would be upset about it being interrupted multiple times with advertisements.
Jordan has reportedly been sitting on most of the footage for the documentary since the late 90s and only recently gave the go-ahead for the series to be produced. The documentary is scheduled to be released in 10 different episodes with only episodes one and two being shown on Sunday. The remaining episodes will be available via the ESPN app as well as on Netflix.
As for Mitchell, the third-year pro was in the midst of a career-best season prior to the season being postponed in March. In 63 games, the 6-foot-1 guard was averaging 24.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game while shooting 45.3 percent from the field and 46.4 percent from beyond the arc.
Mitchell's contributions helped allow the Jazz to secure a 41-23 record which was good for the fourth seed in the Western Conference.
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