The Last Dance: Best quotes from episodes 3 and 4 of the MJ doc

Episode 4

Episode four begins with the telling of Dennis Rodman’s requested vacation from the Bulls. To sum up, let’s just say that the Hall of Famer spent approximately 80 percent of his time clubbing, drinking booze, at strip clubs, and smoking cigars.

“It’s all about getting your groove on, right?” asked Rodman, cigar in hand at (what looked like) a club. 

Rodman was so caught up in partying that he didn’t return on time and Jordan was forced to bring him back to the Bulls. As soon as the two-time Defensive Player of the Year arrived, however, he was all-in on basketball again. It’s almost as if Rodman had an on and off switch.

“It’s gonna take some balls to fire a guy that just took us to the Eastern Conference Finals” –  Michael Jordan

The eye-opening rise of Phil Jackson’s multi-year journey to becoming an assistant on the Bulls’ staff was properly capped with head coach Doug Collins growing wary that his termination was inevitable. In fact, general manager Jerry Krause mentioned the bizarre concept of firing Collins to Jordan, which prompted the humorous and equally-insightful quote.

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“That’s not equal-opportunity offense. That’s (expletive) bulls–t.” – Michael Jordan 

Immediately after Jackson’s appointment (and Collins’ unceremonious canning), the new head coach implemented his own philosophy — the triangle offense, which focused on getting touches to everybody on the floor. To nobody’s surprise, Jordan didn’t take a shine to this style of play.

“Straight up bitches.” – Horace Grant.

The Bulls famously swept the Pistons in the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals and point guard Isiah Thomas shared that big man Bill Laimbeer suggested that Detroit storm to the locker rooms without shaking hands. That’s when Grant summarized what the Pistons acted like. To refrain from cussing, let’s just say that they came off as big-time sore losers.

“We didn’t even shake hands. Just walked off the court. F–k you guys. Thank you for kicking our ass,” Rodman chimed in. 

Shortly thereafter, another legendary quote was dropped. It came while Jordan was given the footage of Thomas explaining Detroit’s classless decision to not congratulate Chicago.

“You can show me anything you want,” MJ said. “There’s no way you’re not going to convince me that he (Thomas) wasn’t an asshole.” 

Jordan still holding a clear disdain for Thomas almost 30 years later encapsulates everything we cherish about the NBA legend. Though some players like Kobe Bryant have come close, there has never been a competitor as ruthless as MJ.

Unfortunately, that’s all she wrote as far as best quotes from episodes three and four are concerned. How good were these chapters? Well, let’s just say that The Last Dance could only dedicate seconds of screen time for Jordan’s emblematic switch-hands layup. Think about that and let it sit for a few minutes.

Next Sunday really cannot come soon enough.