you are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio.

So, uh, just you, you're starting to see Mike, I think not getting nervous, but it feels

like he wants to let people know, hey, I'm a decent guy here.

He was on with Robin Roberts earlier this morning and good morning America.

And he told a story about when the GM of the bulls told Phil Jackson, Phil Jackson wasn't

coming back after that season, no matter what he did.

At the beginning of the season, it basically started when Jerry Kraus told Phil that, you

know, he can go 82 and on.

He would never get the chance to come back.

And knowing that I was, I married myself to him, you know, obviously.

And if he wasn't going to be a coach, then, you know, obviously I wasn't going to play.

So Phil started off the year by saying this is the last dance.

And we played it that way.

You know, so mentally it just kind of tugged that you throughout the course of the year,

you know, but that this had to come to an end, but it also centered our focus to making

sure we end it right.

Part one will be this Sunday on ESPN.

Do you know how old Jordan was that year?

The last dance when he hit the shot against the Utah Jazz.

He was 34.

You could have gotten at least two more seasons out of him.

And I just think he goes, played a large role in this.

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