My favorite part of last night's episodes was MJ talking about Kobe in the 1998 All Star game. "That Laker kid gonna try and take us all 1 on 1. He don't let the game come to him, he takes the game. Shit, you want the ball you better grab a rebound!"

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At some point they probably should cover the 97-98 Pacers as you could argue the toughest opponent the Bulls ever had to go through..only team to take them 7 games in the Dynasty era.

Wrong.

The Knicks did it also in 1992, and the episodes last night completely skipped over that series.

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I thought that was odd too but it'd be tough to try to make that game 7 sound dramatic, whereas the Pacers game 7 doesn't have that problem.

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I loved the behind the scenes footage of Jordan pitching quarters with the staff and rushing Pippen out of the gym and honking the orn at them so he can get to his tee time.

The Kobe stuff was good too

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When he said "I wouldn't have passed him the ball after the fourth shot," was be referring to the airball game against Utah? Didn't see the episode yet but I've seen this clip.

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Just watched the first 3 episodes so Im catching up. Doesnt really matter how many other bombs he had, he hit on this one , the most important of all.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

The most important component was Jordan. Krause had nothing to with that. If nothing else the doc illustrates just how incapable of really "building" the franchise that Krause happened to be.

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what does this even mean?

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This is why he is and always will be THE GOAT

#CancelJordan

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NExt weeks episodes sound really good

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I thought the Bulls deserved to lose that one. At the time, I remember thinking that the league and the refs gave them that series. I have always been a huge Bulls fan, but a lot of shit calls went down at the end of the last 2 or 3 games of that series. It was kinda BS, but I was glad the Bulls got the chance to repeat the Threepeat.

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This reminds me of two things, CBS really blew it with the tv contract, and how one of the Warriors' owners can weasel his way into cash. Guber is one of the principal producers of the series.

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That's the Mamba mentality Jordan grew to love like an annoying little brother.

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I think the air ball game came in the playoffs the following season or that season.

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Throughout this there is a sense that MJ doesn’t want to walk away from the game again yet but is 100% going to because of the Krause/Phil shit. So those scenes kind of had the sense that Jordan really wanted to take Kobe on before he was retiring but knew he wasn’t going to get the chance.

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He prepared them for the playoffs in practice

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I agree. That hunger and ability was gone when he came back the 3rd and final time.

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From stories I’ve read the hunger was there the 3rd time. His skills had eroded tho, the surrounding talent was awful, and breaking his ribs against Artest fucked up his chance to really come back full strength for that period.

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Interesting story. I don't think I have heard that before. It is too bad we didn't get to see Krauses book finished

https://uproxx.com/dimemag/jerry-krause ... er-injury/

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KC Johnson has been publishing parts of Krause's unfinished memoirs.

https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/bulls ... -meets-eye

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Yeah. That was cool.

Kind of ironic. Because that's what the vets said about Jordan in the 1984/1985 all star game. His rookie year. When they froze him out. Cuz he was the cocky punk ass kid.

Funny.

OF all of the stupid things that you have said on this board, this really is the worst. They do not win six championships without Pippin, Grant, Rodman and the cast of other players like Harper, Cartwright, Kerr, and Paxson. I'd say his acquisition of Rodman was the key in the last three championships. Clearly Krause built a team of excellent role players around Jordan, Pippin, and Rodman. Those three men were absolutely the best all around 1,2,3 combo in basketball all around. Arguably the best over-all player in the game. Arguably the best defender at his position in the game. And clearly the best rebounder in the game and one of the top five defensive big men in the game.

I have a lot of criticism of Krause for his failures to rebuild the Bulls but he certainly deserves a lot of credit for what he did in those six championships. It really should have been another 2 or 3 if Jordan hadn't gone on his baseball lark and Jackson hadn't pulled his pissy fit.

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There was a moment where I felt bad for Jordan. That part where he's laying down on the couch in his hotel sweet before a game.

Saying...

"This is pretty much what I do on the road. Sit in my hotel room and watch TV all day. Cuz I can't go out. I'll get mobbed by fans."

That was a real moment from Jordan. I know he's rich and famous. We should all have that problem. Still, he couldn't do normal things like going out to dinner or seeing a movie. So I felt for him when he said that.

I like seeing MJ be real in this Doc. He's open and honest. I like that.

What did Jackson do?

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If you remove Jordan then what do they win you damn idiot? It's also stupid to say that they couldn't win 6 CHAMPIONSHIPS without Cartwright, Grant, Rodman and Paxson Harper since THEY PROVED THAT THEY COULD WITHOUT EACH OF THEM at various times.
Somehow this fact slips by that addled mind of yours

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Is it possible that Krause was fuel for the fire? Jordan thrived off of adversity. What's to say that Krause being the bad guy didn't give Jordan more motivation.

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This was the Krause that I remember. Couldn't get out of his own way most of the time. He'd find a way to place pockmarks on the Mona Lisa if left to his own devices. His eye test stunk. That's why there was no way that the rebuild was going to be successful.

He didn't even want Horace Grant. He wanted Joe Wolf and basically had to be placed in a straight jacket by Doug Collins and the guys in order not to draft him.

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The most important component was Jordan. Krause had nothing to with that. If nothing else the doc illustrates just how incapable of really "building" the franchise that Krause happened to be.[/quote]

OF all of the stupid things that you have said on this board, this really is the worst. They do not win six championships without Pippin, Grant, Rodman and the cast of other players like Harper, Cartwright, Kerr, and Paxson. I'd say his acquisition of Rodman was the key in the last three championships. Clearly Krause built a team of excellent role players around Jordan, Pippin, and Rodman. Those three men were absolutely the best all around 1,2,3 combo in basketball all around. Arguably the best over-all player in the game. Arguably the best defender at his position in the game. And clearly the best rebounder in the game and one of the top five defensive big men in the game.

I have a lot of criticism of Krause for his failures to rebuild the Bulls but he certainly deserves a lot of credit for what he did in those six championships. It really should have been another 2 or 3 if Jordan hadn't gone on his baseball lark and Jackson hadn't pulled his pissy fit.[/quote]


If you remove Jordan then what do they win you damn idiot? It's also stupid to say that they couldn't win 6 CHAMPIONSHIPS without Cartwright, Grant, Rodman and Paxson Harper since THEY PROVED THAT THEY COULD WITHOUT EACH OF THEM at various times.
Somehow this fact slips by that addled mind of yours[/quote]

What a dopey thing to say. I was talking about the job Krause did which was a good one. Krause went out and got Pippin and Rodman, two legitimate HOFers and in Paxson and Kerr obtained two of the best spot up three point shooters ever in the game. BJ, Grant and Harper were good NBA players in their own right. Who brought them in?

So yeah, take Rodman and Pippin away, Jordan doesn't win six championships. In fact it is likely that he'd maybe win one or two with a different GM. Its all speculation but there have been cases of the best player(s) in basketball not winning multiple championships and sometimes not even one. I think about Karl Malone, Barkley, Wilt, Iverson, Moses, etc. All at least 1-3 as the best players in the game at their best. If a good GM doesn't put the right players and coach with him, he doesn't win multiple championships.

But as always you say stupid shit about someone for some stupid reason. Krause deserves a lot of credit for building the best team in the history of the NBA around arguably the best player in the history of the game. Many GMs failed with Wilt and other of the top players ever in the game while Krause succeeded.

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