The concept of ESPN's hihgly-successful miniseries The Last Dance was born because of the fact that Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls gave a film crew unprecedented access during the historic 1997-98 season. It can be argued that since the Bulls of the 90's, the only other dynasty we've witnessed since is that of the Golden State Warriors.
Peter Guber, a high-ranking executive for the Dubs, has shared his thoughts on a potential Last Dance-style documentary for his Warriors. In his mind, this just isn't a smart move.
“Once you do that, you actually affect the outcome of other things,” Guber said, via Mark Medina of USA Today. “Turning the camera on with an expectation that you’re going to get to a particular point with a sports team or career or something like that? It’s a dangerous business. It’s hubris.”
That's a fair point from Guber here. Although, Jordan and the Bulls did it in 97-98, and they still ended up winning the title. Then again, that's the great Michael Jordan we're talking about, so perhaps they would have won that championship regardless of the circumstances.
For Guber, this is not a risk he is willing to take. Instead, should there be an epic Warriors documentary in the future, he would prefer that it comes to being organically.
“You have to let [coach] Steve Kerr, [general manager] Bob Myers and the players build their culture and their organization, and hope that it will emerge into a really unique enterprise and success,” Guber said. “Then you go back and try to paint the painting of it with a film or documentary afterwards, rather than say, ‘Let’s capture it now because we’re going to win nine championships in a row or something like that.’ I don’t think you can do that. I don’t think that's a good undertaking. It will affect what you are doing.”
The good news for Guber and the Warriors is that it seems that their window has not closed. With Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson back next season, Golden State has a very good chance of building on their success from a couple of years ago.
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