A member of the infamous Detroit Pistons “Bad Boys” squad reveals why he wouldn't watch Michael Jordan and ESPN's “The Last Dance.”
Michael Jordan had to endure a physically exhausting series against the Pistons‘ Bad Boys in 1991 before he finally cop his first NBA title with the Chicago Bulls. The rivalry between the two dominant Eastern Conference teams was highlighted in the 10-part ESPN docuseries “The Last Dance.” However, former Pistons big man Rick Mahorn doesn't think it deserves “10 hours” of his life.
According to Mahorn, who won the NBA championship in 1989 with the Pistons, he thought he'd rather spend his leisure time watching classic comedy shows such “The Flintstones” than see Jordan being glorified.
“Well, you know I didn’t watch any of The Last Dance because you know when I look at it that’s 10 hours I can’t get back,” Mahorn said via The Universe Galaxy YouTube channel. “So I was watching the Rifle Man, WII TV, me TV watching all the old, watching The Flintstones making sure that I get a good laugh because it’s Groundhog Day.”
“The Last Dance, I wasn’t watching that I mean it’s just something to glorify a little bit of Michael Jordan,” he continued.
It can be recalled that Pistons legend and Mahorn's former teammate Isiah Thomas had a simple explanation as to why they were extremely physical with Jordan and the Bulls–because MJ was “the greatest player” at the time.
“We knew Michael Jordan is the greatest player, and we tried to use it as a rallying cry to come together,” Thomas said in Episode 3 of “The Last Dance” via ESPN. “We had to do everything from a physicality standpoint to stop him.”
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