Watch The Last Dance, a 10-part documentary series on Michael Jordan and the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls on Netflix via your Sky Q box - episodes 7 and 8 premiere on May 11 from 8am (UK time)
Sunday 10 May 2020 09:52, UK
Episodes seven and eight of The Last Dance premiere on May 11 with Michael Jordan's relationships with his Chicago Bulls team-mates to the fore.
The next chapters of the story of Michael Jordan and the 1990s Bulls are released at 8am (UK time) on Monday, May 11 and you can watch them on Netflix via your Sky Q box.
Following on from the completion of the Bulls first title 'three-peat' in 1993, episodes seven and eight will examine Jordan's retirement from the NBA following the murder of his father, his 18-month career as a minor league baseball player with the Birmingham Barons and his return to the Bulls line-up in March 1995.
Jordan was renowned for his aggressive leadership of the Bulls and the demands he made on his team-mates in both practice and games are shown to take their toll in the new episodes.
Former Bulls reserve small forward Jud Buechler recalled: "People were afraid of him. We were his team-mates and we were afraid of him. There was just fear. The feat factor of MJ was so, so thick."
Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, who played as a reserve shooting guard in Chicago from 1993 until 1998 remembered a confrontation with Jordan in practice.
"We were on opposite sides in a scrimmage and [Jordan] was talking all kinds of trash," Kerr said. "I'm p***ed because we were getting our a***s kicked.
"Phil (Jackson) sensed my aggression and started calling all these 'ticky-tack' fouls," said Jordan. "Now I'm getting mad because that's not going to help us [in an NBA game] and a physical team. Next time he did I hauled off. I fouled Steve Kerr and said, 'Now that is a foul'."
Kerr took up the story: "I have a lot of patience but I tend to snap at some point. I am extremely competitive too, just not good enough to back it up usually! But I was going to fight."
"He hauls off and hits me in the chest. And I just hauled off and hit him right in the eye." said Jordan. "And Phil just throws me out of practice."
Watch The Last Dance, a 10-part documentary series on Michael Jordan and the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls on Netflix via your Sky Q box - episodes seven and eight on May 11 27 from 8am (UK time)
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