re: The Last Dance Episode 7 and 8 8PM Central

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it has absolutely changed how its played.

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And that's my point.

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What do you think defensive three seconds is?

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Cmon this rule has little impact and there’s a big work around to it.

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I know you think that this backs up your argument, but it really doesn't.

A foul in the 90's, because of the handcheck, was different than one in the 2010's.

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There’s really no point in debating this anymore if you’re just reciting off of emotion and personal bias.

I am so ready for next week’s episode with the Pacers and Reggie Miller.

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Cmon this rule has little impact and there’s a big work around to it.

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It does.

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There’s really no point in debating this anymore if you’re just reciting off of emotion and personal bias.

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You mean, like you just did above?

I'm taking no side in this. Just pointing out how dumb it is to directly compare eras.

Again, I said I think 2000-01 Lakers win if there was some mythical cross-era tournament.

That's the only reason why I was never really a dunker

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And my argument to that would be that turning defense into offense was more of a focus in the 90's whereas turning offense into more offense is the key now (i.e. get quick shots up)

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and i fully understand the difference in styles. i am in no way making any comment on that. just that defenses now are equally as effective as they were then. im not making a comment on how they are, just that they are and thats all that really matters

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It still amazes me that it took this long for some genius to realize, "hey lets focus on making the shot that is worth 50% more than a dunk."

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fwiw, the most efficent shot in basketball is the uncontested layup. which a dunk pretty much is. teams just worked that idea to a fault

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I am so ready for next week’s episode with the Pacers and Reggie Miller.

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Majority of people coming into this didn’t have this on their radar. It will be the best episode

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Only to simps

Jordan already said there is no MJ if there’s no Scotty. They just showed Pippen win 55 games without Mike. All people could talk about a couple weeks ago were how criminally underpaid he was his entire career. Most smart people will look at that, not a couple of split second bad decisions.

And fwiw he was hammered for it back then. If anything they glossed over it.

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I don’t even get the hate for the benching of himself. I don’t get the hate for the migraine game. I don’t get the hate for waiting until the season to have surgery.

In 94, that was Pippen’s shot. I get Phil is trying to win and all, but that shot goes to Pippen. That dude was ok with being in the biggest shadow of all time. There are so many great players that never would have been ok with that role. And he somehow managed to stand out anyways. His team. His shot. Phil never does that to MJ. So if I’m Pippen, I’m beyond past “frick you”, and it’s almost like saying he doesn’t think Scottie can rise to that moment too. Scottie said it best on Ep 7. He let them down and regrets that, but going back, he wouldn’t change it. Nor should he. After years of watching legendary shots, this was his chance to have his own.

The migraine game is just dumb. They obviously didn’t understand migraines at the time like we do now. And it almost became a false narrative that is kept alive to protect MJs legacy and losing in that game 7. Pippen toughed it out and got shite on for it.

After watching Reinsdorf literally say “Jordan has been underpaid his whole career, so this is kind of catching that up” or something along those lines in Ep 7, that’s literally the exact thing he wouldn’t do for Scottie. Ever. Over and over. He let his teammates down, but Reinsdorf and Krause let them down even more by being blatant hypocrites in 97-98. He’s also probably thinking he’s going to protect his body some for the next contract.

None of those things are all that crazy.

So, we are going to get beating the Jazz back to back and the Pacers 98 series for the final 2 episodes? I hope they interview Karl Malone too and I hope he is pissed lol.