Hopefully you guys are back and ready to talk about my take on the first couple of episodes of “The Last Dance”. If you’re all caught up you should know that tomorrow episodes 7&8 will air at 8pm CT on ESPN and ESPN2. If you are not, ESPN+ has episodes 1-6.
Okay let’s begin, my first thought on the documentary is, AMAZING!! ESPN did an amazing job not only releasing a documentary at a perfect time but showing us fans how great Michael was. As I mentioned in my last post, I wanted to go in with an open view on Michael. I wanted to see what this “hype” that he created was about. So far he has not disappointed.
The documentary starts off with Michael’s last year as a Chicago Bull. It goes in detail about how this is the last year for this team and after the season the GM plans on “blowing” the team up and starting from fresh. Now the only thing that I do not like about the documentary is how it jumps back and forth. It goes from the “current dates” to Michael’s younger days in the NBA. It does correlate but it just keeps jumping back and forth.
I learned a lot about Michael and the Bulls. I learned that Michael only had love for one thing and that was basketball. He dedicated his life and passion to the game. All he dreamed and thought about was basketball. In order to achieve greatness, you have to be dedicated and persistent which is what Michael was. He went through a lot of downs earlier in his career but who does not. You learn from your mistakes and you use those to fuel you and mold you into the type of person you choose to become. Michael used everything against him and became what he is now.
Everybody wants to “Be like Mike.”
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