ruddyduck said:

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aTmAg said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Well since we're thumping our chests about our team's titles, y'all Houston fans enjoy your 2 trophies while I enjoy the Spurs' 5.

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T&P for living in SA.

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says someone living in houston?

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Not anymore.. I got the hell out of there.

i've lived in both (actually every major texas city). they're all just different shades of suck.

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If you haven't, you should watch or re-watch that game. Being a sappy, nostalgic sports lover, I can't watch it without tearing up. I can't wait to hear MJ talk about this game in the Last Dance. Here he was, obviously should be in bed, absolutely nothing to prove, and he basically wins the game for his team.

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It's hard to take anything you say seriously when you admit to crying over a replay. You're a little too much of a fanboy to give an objective opinion.

MuckRaker96 said:

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aTmAg said:

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One thing this show don't even address was the NBA all stars vs USA games prior to 1984 Olympics. That USA team was a bunch of college players and a few recently drafted (yet to play) NBA players like Jordan and Ewing. The NBA all stars included Magic, Bird, Thomas, McHale, Walton, Ainge, Parrish, Worthy, and Drexler in their prime. The NBA team should have destroyed the Olympic team, but lost all 8. And it wasn't like the NBA players didn't care. They may have gone through the motions in the first game or two, but my the end they were hungry.

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They mentioned that he became a superstar during the Olympics and that if the Olympics had taken place before the draft, he would have been the #1 pick. Hilariously, Charles Barkley was cut from the team because he and Knight didn't get along, and then Knight cut John Stockton in the final round of cuts to put his own guy Steve Alford on the team.

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Barkley and Knight had an understanding, Barkley was using the Team USA tryouts to improve his draft stock, and Knight let him do that. Alford was kept on the team because he was a pure shooter, and Knight needed one of those to operate his motion offense, just like Phil Jackson needed John Paxson and Steve Kerr to make the triangle offense work. It is the same reason Knight kept Chris Mullin while cutting Stockton.

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In the Rodman episode, I really enjoyed the on-the-bench defensive strategy talk between MJ and Rodman. Really cool to see 2 of the best defenders of all time talking strategy in game. I could watch Rodman defensive highlights all day long.

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I agree. The work he did on shaq is fun

Paxson was 9-12 in gam 5. Scored 10 of the last 15. Crazy.

ruddyduck said:

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i've lived in both (actually every major texas city). they're all just different shades of suck.

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This is the correct answer.

Episode 6 was fantastic.

One of the unsung heroes of this is the midrange jumper. If it was good enough for the GOAT, it's good enough for me.

Poor Isaiah Thomas (who played got OU)

Every episode has been so so good.
They showed the clip I referenced earlier of MJ walking in Barcelona early in the morning during 92 Olympics, walks past a building and sees a 20 story mural of himself.
MJ vs Drexler. MJ vs Majerle. MJ vs Kukoc. Great stuff!
Micheal getting mobbed the second he walks out of an elevator from the hotel to the bus to the arena - it never stopped.
Skinny Charles Barkley was pretty good.
Ahmad Rashad was everywhere in the 90's - especially wherever Michael was.
The gambling - some serious shady characters then the interview in sunglasses.
The highlights - is there anyone in any sport that has more highlights? GOAT and it's not really close.

FYI, The last Dance soundtrack is exclusively available as a playlist on Spotify.

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I forgot how much I hated John Starks.

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I didn't. As Horace said bunch of *****es.

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Hated John Starks but his dunk on Jordan was one of the all time bests. Not only a tough dunk in traffic but in the face of the best player of all time.

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JCA1 said:

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I forgot how much I hated John Starks.

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I didn't. As Horace said bunch of *****es.

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Hated John Starks but his dunk on Jordan was one of the all time bests. Not only a tough dunk in traffic but in the face of the best player of all time.

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i agree, but this isn't thread for it.

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JCA1 said:

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FYI, The last Dance soundtrack is exclusively available as a playlist on Spotify.

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX45xYefy6tIi?si=s4mDN-eSTKuvPAGhrqC4HA

Some absolute bangers on there.

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Stereo MC's had me hyped last night

At what point will this end up on Espn+ or Netflix?

Yeah, this headline has me even more jacked for the next two episodes.

https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/bulls/last-dance-director-jason-hehir-shocked-michael-jordan-approved-episodes-7-8

His dad gets murdered any day now (in documentary time). Perhaps they are talking about that?

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The Starks dunk was amazing, no doubt, but for anyone to say that it was "on Jordan" is a stretch.

First Starks shook off Armstrong, who was guarding him, then Grant came over to play help D and tried to block it and got dunked on for sure. Jordan was coming down from the key with Grant between him and Starks. He was trailing, and was close enough to have almost had a chance to block it, but he wasn't ever between Starks and the basket. Just watch it again from multiple angles.

Wishful thinking from Knicks fans and/or Jordan haters, but it's easily verifiable in replays.

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100% agree! Starks dunked on Grant, not Jordan.

The Kevin Johnson dunk on Hakeem was way more impressive and rarely mentioned.