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Michael Jordan took some pot shots at former Chicago Bulls teammate Horace Grant during the run of ESPN’s “The Last Dance” docuseries. Jordan suggested it was Grant who leaked information to sports writer Sam Smith, and that Grant’s jealousy contributed to Smith’s book, The Jordan Rules.  Smith made more headlines earlier this month, when he claimed […]

Memphis Grizzlies first-year point guard Ja Morant is in line to win Rookie of the Year no matter what happens with the remainder of this NBA season. The Grizzlies phenom is obviously nowhere close to Chicago Bulls Hall of Fame shooting guard Michael Jordan’s greatness, though, and ESPN’s recent 10-part docuseries airing of “The Last […]

Shaquille O’Neal says Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant belongs in the GOAT debate with Michael Jordan and LeBron James. After “The Last Dance” docuseries concluded, O’Neal spoke to ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith about the similarities between Bryant and Jordan and how the late Lakers icon was lucky to have developed a relationship with MJ, […]

Horace Grant continued to demolish the popular docuseries “The Last Dance,” this time taking umbrage on the depiction of his former teammate Scottie Pippen. Pippen was criticized for his tenuous contract dispute with Chicago Bulls management, his decision to stall a back injury in the summer, and sitting out during the last play of a […]

Bleacher Report’s animation NBA series came to a blazing finale on Thursday, as the final episode of Game of Zones went live at noon. The parody, based on the popular HBO show Game of Thrones, delivered one last dance before riding off into the sunset with a 12-minute finale — bringing the GOAT debate to […]

The Michael Jordan/Chicago Bulls docu-series “The Last Dance” has prompted several old feuds Jordan had in his past to resurface. Perhaps none more intriguing than that of MJ’s bitter rivalry against Isiah Thomas of the Detroit Pistons. Thomas has opened up again about his rather unsavory relationship with Jordan, and this time around, the Pistons […]

As initially expected, the recently-concluded “The Last Dance” docuseries has garnered some mixed reactions following its conclusion last Sunday. This includes some not-so-positive feedback from no less than a couple of Michael Jordan’s former teammates with the Chicago Bulls in Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant. For his part, former Bulls bad boy Dennis Rodman isn’t […]

It didn’t take long for Michael Jordan to have overwhelming power within the Chicago Bulls organization. Brad Sellers, who was drafted in 1986, was promised to be the first 7-foot small forward. He quickly saw that promise vanish with the arrival of Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant in the draft the following year. Irked by […]

The airing of “The Last Dance” docuseries has brought several executives out of the woodwork, reliving stories from the Michael Jordan era with the Chicago Bulls. Among them are how the Dallas Mavericks and Philadelphia 76ers were willing to trade for Jordan during the 1984 NBA Draft. According to The Athletic, Mavs general manager Rick […]

The hit docuseries The Last Dance concluded last Sunday night, punctuated by the Chicago Bulls capping off their three-peat in 1998 with a win over the Utah Jazz. As the team celebrated backstage, a familiar face to 90s pro-wrestling fans made a brief cameo as Extreme Championship Wrestling star The Sandman can be seen giving […]

Retired NBA forward Channing Frye caused quite a stir recently when he claimed the only thing Michael Jordan did well was score the basketball. After all, many regard Jordan as the greatest basketball player of all time. Frye clarified his comments on Wednesday during a segment with Chris Broussard and Rob Parker, claiming he never […]

New York Giants legend Lawrence Taylor is one of the most competitive players in NFL history. That competitiveness on the field, mixed with extraordinary talent and drive, allowed Taylor to become one of the greatest defensive players in league history. However, while Taylor is undoubtedly a competitor, the 10-time Pro Bowler for the Giants knows […]

Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen is reportedly upset at Michael Jordan for his portrayal in “The Last Dance,” per David Kaplan of ESPN 1000. Jackie MacMillan of ESPN also reported a similar story in early May: But Pippen has been notably silent since the documentary began its run last month, and those close to him […]

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 […]

Another funky wrinkle has surfaced in the wake of the last two episodes of “The Last Dance,” in which Michael Jordan claims “The Flu Game” was actually caused by food poisoning from eating an entire pizza before Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals. A Utah resident by the name of Otto told “The Rich […]

Chicago Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf is mostly pleased with how ESPN’s 10-part docuseries The Last Dance portrays Michael Jordan and the Bulls of the ’90s throughout the highly acclaimed series. Yet Reinsdorf does have a bone to pick with the ending of The Last Dance, when Jordan suggests the Bulls should have run it back […]

With an estimated net worth of $2.1 billion, Michael Jordan is by far the richest former professional athlete in all of sports. However, the Chicago Bulls legend actually never breached $100-million in salaries through his Hall of Fame career. In fact, majority of his career earnings came in his final two seasons with the Bulls, […]

Vince Carter is just the latest of many NBA players to chip in on the GOAT debate. The 42-year-old, who has now played in four different decades, put Michael Jordan atop the list, followed by Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. However, Carter argued it would be possible for James to leapfrog Bryant in those rankings […]

The stories about Michael Jordan pushing his teammates to points where it might have been considered sheer bullying were exposed in ESPN’s 10-part docuseries “The Last Dance.” Yet one man managed to make Jordan’s barbs backfire: Robert Parish. Parish played the last season of his 21-year career with the Chicago Bulls. Having won three rings […]

Gary Payton was fuming when he found out his 1996 NBA Finals rugged rival Michael Jordan had laughed at the notion of his defense being a problem back in the day. Jordan’s hearty laugh soon went viral and became the next meme sensation from many that stemmed from “The Last Dance” — one Payton is […]

Former NBA big man Channing Frye has been taking a lot of flak lately after coming out with a controversial statement. Earlier, Frye said that Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan’s primary job during his playing days was to “just score,” and as expected, it did not sit well with Jordan supporters everywhere. When we say […]

NBA icon Magic Johnson listed down five players who he thinks would’ve been superstars in the Michael Jordan era. Johnson recently spoke with Stephen A. Smith to discuss The Last Dance. Answering Smith’s query, Johnson believes that LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Anthony Davis, and Giannis Antetokounmpo could play in the era Jordan was in. Magic […]

Tamba Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady pulled out the newest Michael Jordan meme from “The Last Dance” to react to a tweet. ESPN tweeted their expectations for the 2020 NFL season and what might actually happen. It seems that ESPN thinks the Falcons have a good shot at the title. However, with Brady still around, […]

In December of 2019, Andre 3000, one half of the legendary rap group OutKast, sat down with super-producer Rick Rubin for a conversation on a podcast called Broken Record. The two all-time great musicians spoke on their career, creativity, and their happenings as of late. However, 3000’s comments about his absence from the music scene […]

Part of Michael Jordan’s image is his association with Nike, the athletic wear giant and basketball shoe brand that has established a sneaker empire bearing the likeness of the Chicago Bulls great and NBA icon for decades now. It almost went to shreds, however, before Jordan’s late father prevented the former Bulls All-Star from leaving […]

Former New York Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy had a firsthand look at the greatness of Hall of Fame shooting guard Michael Jordan, spending 12 years in the Eastern Conference with the Big Apple franchise and frequently playing in the regular season and playoffs against the Chicago Bulls. According to Van Gundy — now […]

Michael Jordan? LeBron James? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? Kobe Bryant? NBA fans have been debating who the GOAT (greatest of all time) is for decades and will likely be debating it for  decades to come as the league develops more superstars. The conversations have been heating up the last few weeks as ‘The Last Dance’ documentary on […]

The backlash from “The Last Dance,” a 10-part ESPN docuseries inspired by the Chicago Bulls’ three-peat in 1998, has started to set in. Horace Grant, who received blame for relinquishing private information that went into making the popular book “The Jordan Rules,” fired back at Michael Jordan for slapping the “snitch” label on him during […]

“The Last Dance” provided the internet with multiple meme-worthy moments. One of the latest viral images, from Episode 9, captures a particularly fired-up Indiana Pacers fan throwing colorful language at Chicago Bulls players during the 1998 Eastern Conference Finals, which the Bulls won in seven games. The woman who hurled a healthy “IN YOUR F***ING […]

It might be real estate — not basketball — that has dealt Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan the biggest L in his life as a Chicago resident. According to Darren Rovell of The Action Network, Jordan has been unsuccessfully trying to sell his Chicago-area mansion for eight years running. The mansion is now listed at […]

The Boston Celtics of the ’90s were still reeling from Larry Bird’s retirement and the end of an era in 1992. Following Michael Jordan retiring in 1994, then-general manager M.L. Carr saw a window of opportunity, hoping to lure the former MVP out of retirement and pair him with Dominique Wilkins, his former Slam Dunk […]

Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan had a larger-than-life persona and therefore an entourage — before the term (or the TV show) became widely used by today’s standards. ESPN’s docuseries “The Last Dance” gives viewers a glimpse of what a day in the life of Jordan was like, but there were many times when cameras weren’t […]

ESPN and Netflix just collaborated on what is one of the greatest documentaries of all time in “The Last Dance.” The excellence of the execution and delivery of the 10-part series is only fitting to the subject himself in the one and only Michael Jordan and his Chicago Bulls. Be that as it may, there […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James cleared up previous comments he made on being the perfect teammate for Michael Jordan, one he made on the heels of the end of “The Last Dance” docuseries on ESPN. The past five weeks have rekindled the conversation for the title of the greatest player of all-time, with Jordan […]

ESPN’s “The Last Dance” 10-part docuseries came to an end on Sunday with an image that is all too familiar to longtime Chicago Bulls fans: Michael Jordan vs. team owner Jerry Reinsdorf. The last few minutes of Episode 10 had Jordan being asked about the potential of going after a seventh ring and a fourth […]

B.J. Armstrong gave some high praise to a linchpin of the Golden State Warriors, claiming one among them would be well-suited to play in Michael Jordan’s era of basketball. Without stuttering, the former Chicago Bulls teammate of His Airness gave Klay Thompson the nod during a Monday guest appearance on ESPN’s “First Take.” Via Drew Shiller […]

Caron Butler started out his 14-year NBA career with the Miami Heat after being selected with the 10th overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft. The following season, the Heat drafted the guy they thought would be his backcourt mate for years to come in Dwyane Wade. That all changed, however, once the Los Angeles […]

Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf was a huge part of the recently concluded “The Last Dance” docuseries. The 84-year-old billionaire provided a ton of valuable insight with regards to the NBA journey of not only his team, but that of the great Michael Jordan as well. There’s no denying that Reinsdorf was and continues to […]

One of the most contentious bits of Sunday’s final episodes of “The Last Dance” was Michael Jordan’s tale about the infamous “Flu Game.” Jordan himself claims that he was actually suffering from food poisoning when the Chicago Bulls faced off against the Utah Jazz during Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals. The general belief […]