Why Phil Jackson Needs ‘The Last Dance’

No one in “The Last Dance,” mind you, wins more than Jordan. Despite a woefully mediocre run as the owner of the Charlotte Hornets for the past 10 years, His Airness has broken away from his long-held reclusive tendencies — at just the right time to reclaim the rapt attention of the American sporting public that, thanks to Covid-19, was forced to quit its normal viewing habits cold turkey. The likely result: Irrespective of any criticism to come from the fact that he clearly had more control over the project than advertised, as explained here by my colleague Sopan Deb, so much fresh documentary buzz seems certain to help Jordan re-establish a gulf between him and LeBron James or anyone else you wish to nominate as basketball’s best player of all time.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/sports/basketball/phil-jackson-michael-jordan-last-danc.html