After the broadcast of "The Last Dance", there were two voices that caused discussion in a short time.
One was sent by MJ's former teammate Horace Grant, who believed that the documentary had overstated the portrayal of Jordan's greatness. Many of Jordan's negative images were deliberately hidden behind his bright side, such as Jordan. Addicted to gambling, Jordan was too harsh and mean to his teammates, as well as some accusations against Grant himself. Therefore, he believes that Jordan's achievements are exaggerated.
The other is that American netizens believe that this documentary was broadcast because Jordan felt that James behind him might shake his status as the first person in history.
I want to say that both views are actually nonsense.
First of all, with regard to the first statement, we have plenty of reasons to believe that this documentary is about Michael Jordan and not Horace Grant, even though he played a very important role in Jordan's career, the former triple crown One of the meritorious members of , and has given Jordan a lot of help, but this does not mean that he is qualified to fight against customers. The documentary itself, true or not, is all about Michael Jordan. Because we can't find an absolutely true image to record MJ's own life. The purpose of people watching such a documentary is to have a clearer understanding of Jordan's career, not to capture a certain detail and make a lot of criticism of Jordan's character. Just as Jordan made up the story about La Bradford Smith to inspire himself in the documentary, he treated himself like that, let alone others. So the documentary allows us to see a Jordan that is not known to the public, we know why he treated Pippen so hard, why he fought and reconciled with Kerr, and most importantly - how he sees himself. The documentary has narrowed the distance between us and the basketball god, so that we can also see that he is a real person with flesh and blood, and in him, the freshness of human nature is more than we imagined - he faced The struggles of strong opponents, the grief of winning the championship on Father's Day, the tenacity that still yearns for victory today, the regret and self-blame after missing the opportunity... These are all Michael Jordans we rarely see on weekdays. But these parts are so real and passionate, so much beyond our ordinary lives, that we involuntarily endow this rare quality with divinity in order to keep the man Michael Jordan out of our comprehension, To console our mediocre life.
Second, the distance between Jordan and James is not just as simple as James' unmatched. When discussing the status of the two, many Zhan Hei repeatedly emphasized one sentence: "God will not score eight points in the finals." Seriously, in this era, James is also very great, but unfortunately there will always be in front of him. An insurmountable mountain. Objectively speaking, basketball, as a team sport, competes not only on individual skills, but also on team spirit. Jordan's legendary great life was supported by his equally legendary teammates and opponents. What happened, true or not, made the perfect footnote to his career. Pippen's troubles over his salary and team status contrasted with the support he continued to give to Jordan, and the constant rumors off the court of Hua Dawu contrasted with his positive attitude on the court. Zen master's unique coaching strategy and skills reconciled the whole. Team, these are what I've known before; Glove's direct back-and-forth with Jordan, Reggie Miller's injustice over Jordan's two losses, Malone's appearance on the Bulls bus after Jordan's lore. Jordan expressed his respect, the friendly exchange of trash talk between Bird and Jordan in the tunnel, the magician generously acknowledged the change of times, the pain of bereavement both Kerr and Jordan had experienced, and the rare assassin also expressed his own views on Jordan. And these are all obtained by Jordan himself during his thirteen years in the Bulls through his own efforts and constant encouragement of the team. Yes, James is great, but his story is nowhere near as legendary as Jordan. And James himself said that he even believed that Michael Jordan was not real at one point, I think, this can explain the gap between the two. The huge influence Jordan has contributed on and off the basketball court is unmatched by James. For those who have not experienced that era, this is Xia Zongyubing, but now, this documentary gives us another window to see Jordan is the eternal basketball god of reasons.
As Jordan's agent David Falk said, anyone who, after watching this documentary, can't realize why Jordan is a GOAT, you can go to the rollerblading.
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