61. Joe Kleine & The Last Dance

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Few former Razorbacks have had as fascinating a pro career as Joe Kleine. After all, how did a kid from Slater, Mo., end up playing alongside guys like Larry Bird, Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan over the course of a 15-year NBA career? As it turns out, his journey would intersect with Jordan’s multiple times—in the NBA, in the Olympics, and at Arkansas. How he got to Arkansas is a story in and of itself, but once he transferred in, he established himself as one of the best big men in Razorback history. He would go on to win a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, and was the No. 6 pick in the 1985 NBA Draft. He would play for seven different teams, but most memorably, he had a front-row seat to “The Last Dance” as a member of the 1998 Chicago Bulls. So what was it like to play with Michael Jordan? How was Scottie Pippen? And what about the always-colorful Dennis Rodman? This is the story of one hell of a ride that led Joe Kleine to the last dance.

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0:42.0	When you look back on it, it's, I mean from Slight or Missouri.
0:45.0	I mean, it's like, it's like, it's like, what the hell happen?
0:49.0	I mean, it's just, you know,
0:50.0	Michael Jordan, knocked down by Klein. Bird got the shot over the top of Ellison and Joe Klein just came storming in.
0:57.0	Now Charles Blockett, behind the back to Klein, Joe did Joe Klein. Just lucky and blessed, hell of a ride coming from site of Missouri. Hell of a ride.
1:07.0	Hell of a ride. Welcome into the hog pot. I'm Bo Manningley and this episode is made possible by our friends at Core Brewing Company,
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1:32.4	Few former razorbacks have enjoyed the kind of pro career of Joe Klein.
1:37.0	From Slater, Missouri, he spent 15 years in the NBA,
1:41.0	ended up playing with Larry Bird, Charles Berkeley, Shaquille, Kobe, and of course,
1:50.0	MJ.
1:51.0	Jordan, open Chicago with the lead.
1:56.8	As it turns out, his journey would intersect with Jordan's multiple times.
2:01.7	They played on the 1984 Olympic team together. As college opponents, they had
2:06.3	a showdown in Pine Bluff. You remember what you had in the game? Of course I don't.
2:11.1	And how Klein got to Arkansas is a story in and of itself, which ultimately led to
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