Michael Wilbon on Michael Jordan and "The Last Dance"

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🗓️ 17 April 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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ESPN's Michael Wilbon covered Michael Jordan for much of the legendary player's career. As a Chicago fan and native, Wilbon is anticipating this Sunday's premiere of the 10-part Jordan documentary, "The Last Dance," more than just about anybody. The series zooms in on the iconic 1997-98 Chicago Bulls and the quest for another championship, even as key relationships falter. It also chronicles Jordan's rise to greatness and unassailable legacy. Wilbon shares his personal memories of MJ, what the docuseries means to him, and how he sees Jordan's career in its totality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Michael, that's the biggest bottle of champagne you've had so far in all the other finals.
0:06.7	I mean, does that also reflect the fact that maybe this final's accomplishment,
0:11.0	maybe your greatest, all things considered?
0:14.3	No, when we get six, it's going to be bigger.
0:20.4	That was Michael Jordan, showing off his supreme confidence right after winning his fifth NBA
0:25.8	title in 1997.
0:28.0	But the following season, Jordan's final one with the Bulls, would prove to be more turbulent
0:32.8	and difficult than anyone could have imagined.
0:35.6	Today, ahead of Sunday's premiere of The Last Dance,
0:38.6	our 10-part series on Jordan's final season,
0:41.5	we talked to a man who covered MJ up close,
0:44.7	Michael Wilbon, about that championship run
0:47.5	and why he thinks Jordan's career will never be matched.
0:52.1	I'm Minikheims. It's Friday, April 17th. This is ESPN Daily.
1:01.3	Have you watched any of these yet? The last dance? No, I have not purposely. I have them on my
1:07.2	computer. I'm not going to watch them until I'm going to consume them like everybody else.
1:15.5	So you're going to live tweet for the people? I doubt it. I want to watch it.
1:22.1	And this is the old man thing. People who are tweeting aren't watching. I mean, I know you all think you're watching, but you're not watching. I learned this from accounts of basketball games
1:26.9	with all my younger sports writer friends
1:29.4	who are tweeting instead of watching the damn game.
1:33.5	Michael Wilbon is the host of Pardon the Interruption.
1:37.6	So Michael, the long-awaited release of the 10-hour ESPN Films documentary on the 1997-1998 Chicago Bulls.
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