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Michael Jordan’s long-simmering feelings toward Isiah Thomas are made apparent in Episode 4 of “The Last Dance” docuseries, though the former Detroit Pistons guard said he was caught off-guard by Jordan’s vitriolic words. During the episode, Jordan is shown a clip of Thomas explaining the Pistons’ decision to walk off the court in Game 4 […]

Are we really doing this again? I guess we are. The Michael Jordan documentary The Last Dance has inspired Jordan-LeBron James comparisons for the umpteenth time, and on Tuesday morning, ESPN’s First Take debated over how James would have fared in Jordan’s era. So you know, it was just another variation of, “Who is better? […]

Steve Kerr knows his way around NBA dynasties. He was a role player on the Chicago Bulls from 1993-98, won two titles with the San Antonio Spurs (1999, 2003), and reached the NBA Finals in all five seasons as a head coach with the Golden State Warriors—winning three more rings. Of the many differences between […]

B.J. Armstrong chose a peculiar game as the most important in Chicago Bulls franchise history. It was a loss of all games, one that came at a pivotal point for him and his teammates. “If there was any moment in my career, in our career as a group, as a team, as an organization — […]

Sacramento Kings head coach Luke Walton has been intently watching ESPN’s docuseries “The Last Dance,” which has sparked plenty of uncanny similarities between Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Walton, who played with Bryant as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, noted how passages of each episode of the series reflect how similar the two […]

The Chicago Bulls just recently hired Marc Eversley as the team’s new general manager, which was preceded by their decision to appoint Arturas Karnisovas as their new executive vice president of basketball operations. Bulls star guard Zach LaVine has given his thoughts on these recent developments, and according to the 25-year-old, he is very much looking […]

One of the most hilarious bits coming out of Sunday’s episodes of The Last Dance was Michael Jordan absolutely roasting his former Chicago Bulls teammate Scott Burrell. As it turns out, Burrell’s wife was also tuned in (of course she was), and her reaction to his husband’s rather unwanted cameo is pretty epic. Jordan went on a […]

Chicago Bulls shooting guard Zach LaVine has been closely watching “The Last Dance,” like many other players and fans confined to their own devices. The 6-foot-5 skywalker actually holds the highest scoring average for a Bulls player since Michael Jordan, something he didn’t even come to realize until a recent interview with Alex Kennedy of […]

A lot of tales from the Chicago Bulls’ heyday are at times lost within detail. Dennis Rodman’s in-season vacation being one of them, as Jason Hehir, the executive director of ESPN docuseries “The Last Dance” cleared up a few parts of the story. “I think that’s a bit misconstrued that he got him out of […]

A number of basketball personalities have weighed in on the highly popular ESPN docuseries on the Chicago Bulls, “The Last Dance.” Michael Jordan’s oldest son, Jeffrey, just gave his own thoughts on the matter in an interview with Teddy Greenstein of the Chicago Tribune. An 8-year-old Jeffrey briefly appeared in the first episode of “The […]

Isiah Thomas has been making waves over the past couple of days due to the fact that he and the Detroit Pistons were heavily featured in Sunday’s “The Last Dance” episodes. There has been a lot of talk going around about how the Pistons’ feud with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls from more than […]

Detroit Pistons legend Joe Dumars has given his two cents worth on what has been the talk of the town of late: the intense rivalry between Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls and the Pistons during the late-1980’s and early-1990’s. This was brought about by Sunday’s episodes of The Last Dance docuseries, which centers around the same. Dumars […]

New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson is grateful for ESPN’s “The Last Dance” documentary since it gave him a chance to witness the excellence of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in the 90s. The 19-year-old, who was born in 2000, was simply in awe of Jordan’s transcendent talent on the hardwood. “When I started […]

Much like the rest of the basketball world, Houston Rockets forward Robert Covington is enjoying ESPN’s 10-part docu-series “The Last Dance”. In a Q&A session on Monday with NBA TV, the 29-year-old winger revealed that he idolized Scottie Pippen growing up and even patterned his game to the Chicago Bulls legend. “My favorite player growing […]

Derrick Rose visited Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan’s house while he was in high school. At the time, Rose and his family were living in Englewood, one of Chicago’s most dangerous neighborhoods. Rose was friends with Jordan’s two sons and got invited to MJ’s house. Once he got back to his house in Englewood, Rose […]

Phil Jackson has the most championships (11) and highest winning-percentage (.704) of any coach in NBA history (min. 500 games) and the most playoff victories (229) over 20 seasons as an NBA head coach. He inherited teams laden with young superstars, but extracting the utmost production from stars is a) hard and b) a good […]

Former Chicago Bulls guard and current NBC Sports Chicago analyst Kendall Gill told a fascinating Dennis Rodman story recently. Back when he was playing for the New Jersey Nets, Gill was hanging out with Rodman the night before a game. They went to a strip club, with Gill leaving around 12:30 in the morning. Rodman […]

The bad blood between Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls and Isiah Thomas’ Detroit Pistons is highlighted in Episodes 3 and 4 of “The Last Dance.” One of the key storylines is the Pistons’ infamous walk-off after getting swept by the Bulls in the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals. Jordan and other Bulls players are still upset to […]

The Last Dance has reminded us just how fierce the rivalry was between Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls and Isiah Thomas and the Detroit Pistons. To this day, Jordan still hates Thomas and anyone who played for those “Bad Boy” Pistons teams and vice versa. Former Pistons’ big man Bill Laimbeer despises Jordan so […]

Many coaches have flocked to the Yoda of NBA basketball, the wise seer Phil Jackson. Among them is Jim Boylen of the Chicago Bulls, who haven’t tasted ultimate victory since Jackson’s last days at the helm. Boylen knew Jackson would do his homework before offering to help, so he made it a point to do […]

As part of an appearance on VladTV, former NBA big man John Salley revealed what really started the feud between Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas. Salley played with both Jordan and Thomas, so he knows a bit about the two Hall of Famers. Through the late ’80s and into the early ’90s, Detroit was a […]

Dennis Rodman was a curious character, whether that was as a player or as a person off the court. So it wouldn’t surprise fans if his off-the-court affairs were just as irreverent and mind-blowing, including the time he and then-girlfriend Carmen Electra got busy on the Chicago Bulls’ practice court. Electra spared no detail about […]

Detroit Pistons legend Isiah Thomas has an endless list of accolades throughout his years in the NBA, but the Hall of Fame point guard still resents being snubbed from that 1992 Barcelona Olympics team, one known today as The Dream Team. The Pistons dime wizard admitted it hurts today, perhaps even more than before, knowing […]

Toni Kukoc had a tough welcome to the NBA with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen ready to rib him even before he made his debut in the league. The duo notably torched Kukoc and his native Croatia during the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, months prior to him suiting up in a Chicago Bulls uniform. Yet the […]

Michael Jordan added insult to injury once his Chicago Bulls had clearly overcome the Detroit Pistons, claiming they were the undeserving champions in back-to-back seasons. The “Bad Boys” had climbed to the top of NBA glory with a sound offense and a punishing style of defense, bouncing Jordan and the Bulls from the playoffs in […]

As part of his appearance on Monday morning’s airing of “Get Up” on ESPN, former Pistons point guard Isiah Thomas apologized to the Detroit community for the perception that was created when he and his teammates walked off the court following their loss to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in the 1991 Eastern Conference […]

Isiah Thomas gave his honest reaction at how the rivalry between his Detroit Pistons and the Chicago Bulls was portrayed in Episodes 3 and 4 of “The Last Dance.” Zeke made it a point to highlight how the Bulls overcame the Pistons, starting with Michael Jordan’s decision to weight train for the first time in […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is pretty in-demand these days for the role he played during the 1990s Chicago Bulls dynasty. After all, he is one of the main characters in ESPN’s “The Last Dance” docuseries. Recently, the eight-time NBA champion (five as a player and three as a coach) shared his recollection […]

Episodes 3 and 4 of “The Last Dance” showcased the arrival of Dennis Rodman, his backstory and the Chicago Bulls’ timing to trade for him. At the time, Rodman was coming off four straight seasons as the NBA’s rebounding leader, and general manager Jerry Krause was visibly conflicted about making a deal to acquire him. […]

Phil Jackson’s hire was indicative of the metamorphosis the Chicago Bulls would undergo with him at the helm of the ship. The now-famous championship coach was once a former NBA player known for his grit with two titles to his name with the New York Knicks. Yet his transition to coaching took many detours, first […]

In a recently published article on NBA.com, writer Steve Aschburner presented some of the best takeaways coming from Sunday’s episodes of the Chicago Bulls documentary, “The Last Dance.” One of the more interesting topics he discussed was not actually featured in the episodes, and was perhaps one of the many outtakes of this 10-hour long […]

Episodes 3 and 4 of “The Last Dance,” a 10-part docuseries detailing the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls on their quest for a second three-peat, brought home plenty of takeaways from this era of the sport. Here are three of the most significant moments of these two episodes. 1. Dennis The Menace Episode 3 gives a lot […]

There’s no denying that the Detroit Pistons proved to be Michael Jordan’s biggest adversaries during his early years with the Chicago Bulls. This was made abundantly clear in Sunday’s amazing episodes of The Last Dance. One of the more interesting aspects of the docuseries focused on how Jordan actually put so much effort into bulking up […]

Detroit Pistons legend Isiah Thomas was heavily featured in Sunday’s episodes of “The Last Dance,” as the docuseries focused on the Chicago Bulls’ intense rivalry against the Pistons in the late 1980s and early 1990s. However, one man mistakenly drew the ire of Michael Jordan supporters. This was Isaiah Thomas (notice the difference in the […]

Chicago Bulls legend Dennis Rodman was one of the main characters that were featured on episodes 3 and 4 of ESPN’s The Last Dance docu-series covering Michael Jordan and the dynasty’s last season prior to going their separate ways. The former two-time Defensive Player of the Year winner was described as a wild man, so […]

DJ Rodman, son of former Chicago Bulls rebounding titan Dennis Rodman, reacted to his dad’s antics during his three-year tenure with the franchise, including the short-lived “vacation” he took during the 1997-98 season, as seen on “The Last Dance.” Episode 3 of the 10-part docuseries showed how Rodman, reeling from the return of Scottie Pippen […]

Episode 3 of the 10-part ESPN docuseries “The Last Dance” detailed Dennis Rodman’s path to becoming the NBA’s leading rebounder for seven straight seasons. The former Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls board king explained just how he grew his penchant for ensnaring offensive rebounds and the techniques involved in anticipating where misses would land: “I’d […]

The Chicago Bulls have officially taken the next step in their rebuilding process, and it comes in the form of their hiring of new general manager in Marc Eversley. This update comes straight from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski: Sixers assistant GM Marc Eversley has agreed to a deal to become the Chicago Bulls new general manager, […]

Resident Chicago Bulls bad boy Dennis Rodman was heavily featured in episodes 3 and 4 of The Last Dance. At one point, the Hall of Famer even went on to claim that in his mind, the Bulls would not have gone on that second three-peat had he not been around. While this may have proven to […]