Michael Jordan has taken headlines again while the basketball world is indefinitely suspended. The documentary 'The Last Dance' premiered Sunday night, and it was a mega hit.
Perhaps one of the most-anticipated sports documentaries in history began the first of its 10-part series Sunday night, and it showed something that's already quite well known. Michael Jordan could still be the most popular player, of all time, on the planet.' aired episodes 1 and 2 Sunday on ESPN and Netflix, and fans flocked to social media that had Jordan and his 1997-98 Chicago Bulls trending at the top of Twitter world.
Silver first needed to approach Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, who did not have a problem with it. That is, if Jordan and Jackson both agreed. "There was no negotiation whatsoever," Silver said."All I said was, 'I'm sure there'll maybe be a tough negotiation at some point, but we don't have to have it now.' Because first and foremost, we have to capture the footage."
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