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Michael Jordan’s longtime agent, David Falk, is one of the select few who have been able to see all 10 episodes of ESPN’s Chicago Bulls docuseries “The Last Dance.” Watching them in full has rendered Falk aware that some of the things he’s suspected for years will come to light, including Scottie Pippen’s alleged jealousy. […]

“The Last Dance” director Jason Hehir himself has just confirmed that former Chicago Bulls big man Luc Longley will not be part of the famed ESPN docuseries based on Michael Jordan and the final year of their dynasty. According to Hehir, it was budgetary constraints that led to Longley being omitted as part of the […]

With the NBA still on hiatus due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, old (seemingly endless) debates are bubbling back up among NBA fans and media pundits alike. With The Last Dance Chicago Bulls documentary making waves in the GOAT debate, one NBA legend has his own thoughts on the LeBron James vs. Michael Jordan debate […]

Michael Jordan was one of the most ruthless competitors in the history of basketball during his playing days. Naturally, the same can be said of his days as an NBA owner. Jordan, the majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets, has presided over a franchise whose valuation has grown by nearly a billion dollars in the […]

Last week, Chicago Bulls shooting guard Zach LaVine named his all-time Bulls starting lineup. The high-flyer went with Derrick Rose, himself, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Pau Gasol. Now, LaVine is listing his top five Bulls of all time. He’s going with Rose, Jordan, Pippen, Ben Gordon, and Jamal Crawford: .@ZachLaVine named his top 5 […]

Michael Jordan is the greatest of all-time. The GOAT. The best. You can argue the point as much as you want, but it doesn’t change the fact (yes, fact) that Jordan is the best basketball player who has ever lived. Jordan entered the NBA with the Chicago Bulls in 1984 and won six championships during […]

Though he was clearly one of the best point guards of the time, Isiah Thomas was left off of the Dream Team in 1992. Some thought Bulls legend Michael Jordan may have played a role in Thomas’ omission from the roster, but the team’s architect, Rod Thorn, says that wasn’t the case. As part of […]

Six-time champion Michael Jordan is calling BS on Isiah Thomas’ explanation for the Pistons’ shady walk-off after being swept in the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals. In 1991, the Pistons were attempting to defend back-to-back championships. With great players like Thomas, Bill Laimbeer, Joe Dumars and Dennis Rodman, Detroit was a force to be reckoned with. […]

If there’s one thing we’ve learned from The Last Dance, it’s that Michael Jordan is one overly competitive dude. There’s simply no denying that. Former Chicago Bulls teammate Bill Wennington recently looked back on his own personal experience in the same. The 7-foot big man once swatted away a shot by MJ, and true enough, it […]

We’re nearly halfway through the epic ESPN docuseries “The Last Dance,” and there are still so many more incredible stories to tell. Below we highlight five Michael Jordan-related storylines that we feel deserve their own place in one of the six remaining episodes of this documentary. James R. Jordan Sr. We all know how pivotal […]

Zion Williamson’s mother, Sharonda Sampson, certainly knows best — as she instructed the New Orleans Pelicans rookie to study the All-Time greats to reach his full potential. At the top of that list, of course, is the NBA’s GOAT Michael Jordan. Per ESPN, the matriarch of the Williamson household asked Zion to closely monitor tapes […]

The mid-range shot is frowned upon by analytics experts these days, who instead preach the value of pace and space in the modern NBA. However, after seeing how Michael Jordan’s perimeter-oriented game led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles in the 90s, free agent Jamal Crawford is questioning if these experts do know what […]

Prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics, the Dream Team played in a qualifying tournament against Olympic hopefuls. They blew out most of the teams as expected. According to NBA legend Charles Barkley, before one of these games, Michael Jordan played 36 holes in golf but was still able to lock down a player. Barkley appeared […]

The NBA’s GOAT and Bulls legend Michael Jordan is so phenomenal during his playing days that fans can’t help but marvel at his every move. Even media men, who are supposed to keep it neutral during games, are not spared from being in awe of Jordan. ESPN commentator Michael Wilbon shared an interesting story on […]

The long-simmering feud between NBA retired greats Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas continued to overflow into the public last Sunday during the latest episode of the 10-part ESPN Films docu-series “The Last Dance” when the former Chicago Bulls six-time champion called out the perceived disrespectful move by Thomas of the Detroit Pistons not shaking hands […]

With ESPN airing the 10-part docu-series The Last Dance, chronicling the final season of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls’ quest for two three-peats and six championships in eight years, Oklahoma City Thunder star point guard Chris Paul decided to share another story of Jordan’s infamous competitive spirit. Paul, 34, once challenged Jordan to a […]

WNBA superstar Diana Taurasi once had a chance at free Jordans when she was challenged by NBA legend Michael Jordan himself back in high school. The Phoenix Mercury three-time champion guard recalled the story with Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe on Instagram, via ESPN. In 1999, Taurasi attended Jordan’s summer camp in Santa Barbara, California, […]

Michael Jordan is the deadliest midrange shooter in NBA history. His prowess would influence and inspire the next generation of All Star shooting guards, including Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and Richard Hamilton. Hamilton wasn’t just impacted by Jordan from afar, though. The three-time All Star got to pick Jordan’s brain up-close as his Washington Wizards […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Last Dance documentary has certainly been a treat for NBA fans craving for some action. Through bits and pieces, the documentary has revealed another side of Michael Jordan — regarded as the Greatest of All Time. Ahead of Episodes 3 and 4 of the docu-series on Sunday though, five-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky […]

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 […]

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 […]

With the sports world still in stasis due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis around the world, NBA fans have been engrossed in the long-requested documentary about the Michael Jordan-era Chicago Bulls “The Last Dance.” NBA players and journalists of all stripes have been tuning in weekly to enjoy the archival footage from one of the […]

Michael Jordan had to get past the “Bad Boys” Detroit Pistons to get to his first NBA Finals. His Airness then had to defeat Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers to capture his first title. Jordan accomplished both feats during the 1991 playoffs. The Chicago Bulls swept Isiah Thomas and the Pistons in the […]

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 […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James got emotional while watching Episode 4 of The Last Dance.  The Lakers small forward apparently almost teared up when he saw Michael Jordan win his first NBA championship and cry with the trophy in his hands. It reminded The King how happy he was when he won his first […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]