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  • KiwiMurphK Online
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    #329

    Very interesting quotes by Michael Jordan here with the parts 1 and 2 of the documentary released next week.

    Jun 9  /  04:07

    Michael Jordan says upcoming documentary 'The Last Dance' will make people think he's a 'horrible guy' - CBSSports.com

    Michael Jordan says upcoming documentary 'The Last Dance' will make people think he's a 'horrible guy' - CBSSports.com

    Jordan's notorious competitive side is highlighted in the 10-part series

    "When people see this footage I'm not sure they're going to be able to understand why I was so intense, why I did the things I did, why I acted the way I acted, and why I said the things I said," Jordan said, via director Jason Hehir in an interview with Richard Deitsch of The Athletic. 
    
    "When you see the footage of [me riding with Scott Burrell], you're going to think that I'm a horrible guy. But you have to realize that the reason why I was treating him like that is because I needed him to be tough in the playoffs and we're facing the Indiana's and Miami's and New York's in the Eastern Conference. He needed to be tough and I needed to know that I could count on him. And those are the kind of things where people see me acting the way I acted in practice, they're not going to understand it."  
    
    "Look, winning has a price," Jordan said in the documentary. "And leadership has a price. So I pulled people along when they didn't want to be pulled. I challenged people when they didn't want to be challenged. And I earned that right because my teammates who came after me didn't endure all the things that I endured. Once you joined the team, you lived at a certain standard that I played the game. And I wasn't going to take any less. Now, if that means I had to go in there and get in your ass a little bit, then I did that. You ask all my teammates. The one thing about Michael Jordan was he never asked me to do something that he didn't f–king do. 
    
    "When people see this they are going say, 'Well he wasn't really a nice guy. He may have been a tyrant.' Well, that's you. Because you never won anything. I wanted to win, but I wanted them to win to be a part of that as well. Look, I don't have to do this. I am only doing it because it is who I am. That's how I played the game. That was my mentality. If you don't want to play that way, don't play that way."
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  • voodooV Away
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    #330

    I fucking love MJ.

    I also like LeBron, and think he gets a shittier ride than he deserves.

    But it shits me when people try to open the GOAT debate. Anyone who watched them both in their prime should be under no illusion.

    Just ask yourself one question. You're in a game for your life. Who is the 1st teammate you choose???

    There is no option

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    @voodoo Agree. Funny, listening to The Ringer podcast the other day and one of the hosts admitted he never saw Jordan live and said it's easy for fans of his ilk and later to defer to leBron as the GOAT simply because he's close, and he's current. But exactly as you say, the shit MJ could do has never been done before, or since, and it's no contest. However, this must be one of the worst quotes in history and reads like a line by John Cena in Train Wreck:

    "Now, if that means I had to go in there and get in your ass a little bit, then I did that."

    Not your finest bucket there, Mike.

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    Can you imagine how lethal MJ would have been in this era? He was actually a really good shooter, if he had worked on and Then had licence to shoot the 3, he'd have been unbelievable. I just dont know how you could guard him.

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    #334

    anyone else watch the "Horse" championship on ESPN? It was a good idea, and surprisingly good TV

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    @mariner4life I didn't, I expected it to be junk. It was ok?

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    @voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:

    @mariner4life I didn't, I expected it to be junk. It was ok?

    yeah, not bad, some pretty good shots. Chauncey Billups made the semi finals. Lavine won.

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    @mariner4life I just got this update on my bloody watch!!!

    _IMG_000000_000000.jpg

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    the horse camps were a great idea.

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    @voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:

    @mariner4life I just got this update on my bloody watch!!!

    _IMG_000000_000000.jpg

    That must have been the semi I watched

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    #340

    I haven't seen any of it, but apparently the footage quality leaves a lot to be desired, making it hard to watch?

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  • canefanC Online
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    Soon we'll be resorting to watching two cockroaches racing up a wall....

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    neil21paine  /  Apr 17, 2020  /  Sports

    Why Michael Jordan Was The Best

    Why Michael Jordan Was The Best

    The Bulls legend was -- and still is -- basketball’s GOAT.

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    @shark said in NBA season 2019/20:

    I haven't seen any of it, but apparently the footage quality leaves a lot to be desired, making it hard to watch?

    Yeah, relying in mobile internet wasn't the best

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    Last Dance should be out today on Netflix

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    @voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:

    Last Dance should be out today on Netflix

    tonight i think

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  • KiwiMurphK Online
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    7.23pm NZ time I think.

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    @KiwiMurph said in NBA season 2019/20:

    7.23pm NZ time I think.

    Magic. Will wait til the kids are down then settle in

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    @voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:

    @KiwiMurph said in NBA season 2019/20:

    7.23pm NZ time I think.

    Magic. Will wait til the kids are down then settle in

    chance of me watching without my kids is zero

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