Have you watched Jordan's documentary "The Last Dance"? How do you feel?

Recently, the world sports world has fallen into an unprecedented "cold winter period". There are almost no games to play around the world. Fans, players and media have all fallen into an unprecedented dilemma.

At this time, the sports circle or the basketball circle needs a breaking news to "rescue the market." Looking at everyone, the best choice is the "God of Basketball" Michael Jordan. As a result, Jordan's ten-part personal documentary "The Last Dance", which was originally planned to be released in June, was urgently postponed and the first two episodes were screened on April 20, Beijing time. Next, the documentary will screen two episodes per week for five weeks.

Whenever the story of Jordan is told, it will have a large audience, because in addition to his personal strength and numerous honors, Jordan is also a complex image of flesh and blood. There are many stories to tell both inside and outside the court. Whenever I listen to it, it’s always fresh and very hot for discussion.

As Jordan’s former Chicago Bulls teammate, now Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr revealed the secret of Jordan’s success in an interview. In the 1997-98 season, the Bulls completed their second three consecutive championships, but this last championship was not easy. The team faced the danger of aging and falling apart in the early season.

At this time, Jordan showed his leadership. He used intense mental pressure to force his teammates to focus and regroup. Thanks to Jordan's efforts, Pippen, who wanted to be traded away from the team at the beginning of the season, eventually returned from injury and continued to be a good helper for Jordan and the team.

In training, Cole was often verbally attacked by Jordan. Only when he could bear it himself could he withstand the huge pressure on the court and hit key goals. There is never a shortcut to success. In Cole's eyes, the reason for Jordan's success is that he not only has strict requirements on himself, but also has strong pressure on his teammates.

This is a warm documentary, touching and grateful!

Jordan's documentary "Last Dance" will premiere on April 19, local time. Director Hehir recently accepted an interview with the Associated Press. He mentioned that the team wanted to I hope this documentary can bring strength to everyone in these dark times.

"The Last Dance" tells the story of Jordan in the 1997-98 season, when he led the Bulls to achieve their second three consecutive championships and later announced his retirement. The documentary consists of 10 chapters and lasts 8.5 hours. Hehir revealed that the team shot more than 10,000 hours of archived footage and interviewed more than a hundred people before finally completing the production of the documentary.

This documentary was originally scheduled to be released during the finals in June this year, but as the new coronavirus epidemic continued to spread in the United States, they decided to release it in advance to provide entertainment for fans who are quarantined at home. The documentary will be released over the next five Sundays, with two chapters released each week.

"If we can bring a glimmer of hope to everyone in this dark moment, I will be very happy." Hehir said, "Sports is an indispensable part of our cultural fabric. Without sports competitions It will make people's entertainment life empty. During this period, everyone can feel what sports can bring to everyone in daily life."

The documentary filming Jordan has a profound impact on Hehir. The team is a big test. Previously, a one-hour documentary needed to go through a series of processes such as conception, research, shooting materials, integrating story outlines, editing, editing and production, and evaluation. This took about a year. Hehir's team needed to do 10 one-hour chapters, but it took them just over two years to complete, which meant that their work efficiency was five times that of usual.

Although the process was hard, Hehir said that this was not a challenge for him, but a privilege, because he had been a fan of Jordan since he was a child, and it was a pleasure to film for his idol.

I have just watched the first two episodes of the documentary, and since everyone is talking about Jordan, I will add my personal views on Pippen.

As far as these first two episodes are concerned, there is one point about Pippen that made me tremble - he was in 1991, the year when Jordan and Pippen led the Bulls to win the championship for the first time. Signed a 7-year, $18 million contract with the Bulls.

18 million in 7 years. Regardless of the huge salary cap increase, it is surprising that a player signed a 7-year long-term contract after the rookie contract ended.

Pippen's salary in the 1997-98 season was only US$2.78 million, while Jordan's annual salary at that time was US$33.14 million. Of course, it is normal to be lower than Jordan, but Ron Harper's annual salary is 4.56 million, Cook's annual salary is 4.56 million, Rodman's annual salary is 4.5 million, and Longley's annual salary is 3.18 million. That year, his salary ranked sixth on the team and 122nd in the league. This long-term contract also directly caused Pippen to lose about 10 times the money.

For comparison, at that time, Pippen ranked second on the team in rebounds, points, and playing time per game, and ranked first on the team in assists and steals.

Of course Pippen also lost his temper. He deliberately delayed the surgery in the summer of 1997 to force the Bulls to change his contract. But in the end, it was all in vain, and everyone knew that the season ended in two pieces.

Then why would he be so upright and even stupid when the team had just won the first championship, when he had just handed over a perfect answer in the playoffs, averaging 21.6 points, 8.9 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 2.7 steals per game? Just when he was selected to the defensive second team, he signed a 7-year, 18 million long-term contract that his grandma's family lost?

This has to start from his childhood experience. Baidu's introduction to Pippen has this sentence: Pippen was born in an ordinary family in Hamburg, Arkansas. But his family is really extraordinary - he has 11 brothers and sisters, 11! His father suffered a sudden stroke when he was in Pippen High School. Since then, he lost his ability to work and speak, and he has been in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. His second brother accidentally fell into paralysis after wrestling with someone in physical education class.

Pippen said that there are two wheelchair users in the family. The taste is indescribable.

When Pippen graduated from high school, he did not receive any scholarship. Instead, with the help of high school coach Wayne, he entered the University of Arkansas part-time. In the documentary, Pippen's friend said that Pippen was the school's equipment manager at the time. In fact, he lived a life in school washing clothes and socks for his teammates and helping the team clean the arena and provide logistics. After several teammates left the team, he received a scholarship and officially became a member of the team.

Therefore, the embarrassment and environment since childhood created Pippen's cautious character, which also made him kind-hearted and hard-working.

Later he said that he was afraid that he would be injured or perform poorly and no team would want him. He could not afford such a price. In fact, it's not that he can't bear it, but that the family behind him can't bear it. He has to send money to his parents every month to ensure that his parents have enough food and clothing. Pippen's mother said this: "I don't need to ask Pippen for some things. I feel that he loves me and knows that I am better than him."

He is cautious and cautious, but under the burden of family He needs a stable long-term contract.

There is another reason. When Pippen signed, Reisdorf was very strong. Reisdorf said to Pippen: "I don't want to talk to you, don't come back, don't bargain with me."

On the one hand, there is pressure from the family, on the other hand, there is pressure from the team, so in the end Pippen Peng signed a seven-year, 18 million contract.

So, now you know how important a happy native family is.

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At that time, the media chose the most advanced MAX (the most advanced photography technology to this day) to follow the Bulls throughout the season, so it was extremely high-definition. "Extreme Jordan" is 46 minutes long, only a little bit of it is intercepted.

This time, "The Last Dance" is composed of 10 episodes based on the filming materials at that time. I still have the video of "Extreme Jordan" on my computer, and most of it is about the 1998 season. I have to say that watching football under high-definition quality lenses is a pleasure.

The reason why it is mainly 1998 is because the whole world knows that this is the last season of Jordan's Bulls. The last dance showed at the beginning of the season that the contradiction is irreconcilable and completely torn apart. That kind of thing. Reinsdorf felt that giving Jordan 30 million would make him regret it one day, and Jordan felt insulted. Krause feels that he can still organize a lineup to fight for the championship without relying on a senior team, and he doesn't care if all players are replaced. The two Jerrys remained consistent. But Jackson still united the team and worked hard to create a perfect ending. The curtain call was indeed perfect.

The title of the first episode, "The Bulls Dynasty is Facing Disintegration due to Team Discord," actually mentions this point. To be honest, fans usually come into contact with more personal information about Jordan, but they know very little about the Bulls, his unique teammates, and the Bulls' coaches and management. Even for Pippen's experience, there are not many posts related to it, and this documentary talks about the conflict between Pippen and the team, Pippen's native family, and the irreconcilable relationship between Krause and Phil Jackson. Contradictions and so on.

The interview with Kobe Bryant is something to look forward to in the next few episodes.

Jordan is a god, one of a kind. It seems that there are indeed many young friends who have never watched Jordan. Finally, I will give you some basic analogies. Jordan is 1.98 meters tall and extremely fast. How fast is he? In Westbrook's heyday, his speed was almost at the same level as Jordan's. Jordan's jump is extremely high, how high is it? As of now, LaVine is on the same level as him. So first imagine the physical conditions, the height of a standard striker, the speed of the top No. 1 position, and top jumping ability. His judgment and technical level are also top-notch. LeBron's judgment should be at the same level as Jordan, and Kobe's technical ability should be at the same level as Jordan. But if you combine all the above aspects into one person, it is Mr. Qiao himself.

Today, all basketball practitioners are paying attention to the broadcast of a documentary that was 22 years late.