The "The Last Dance" Thread

So noted.

(The Sondheim "online gala" was last night. Pretty hit or miss. Hence the mention.)

 

As I’ve said, the Celtics comparison doesn’t hold water. Celtics players were evacuating a potentially hostile situation on the road while the Pistons were just being twats.

 

And McHale was practically doing everything but invite the family over for Christmas when he's talking to Thomas at midcourt.

 

There are literally 10 hours of "Oh Yeah? Did Too!!" Sports Shouting shows on every single day now - when we haven't had a sporting event in 6 weeks.

 

The game was a one-possession game in the final minute too I think. No one was leaving until they had to. Celtics went down by four with three seconds left and then walked off to avoid the crowd storm. The Pistons, on the other hand, were down by 20. Best part is still John Salley and Joe Dumars sticking around to shake hands in a great underrated "fuck you" moment to that team's leadership.

Best part of that was Bill Laimbeer trying to jump in and get a fist bump with McHale clearly trying to ignore him.

 

Not to mention they had already stopped the game once with three seconds remaining to clear the floor of fans. Oh by the way, this happened three-and-a-half years earlier in Detroit when the Tigers won the World Series.

 

I suspect I will still be able to enjoy it without the Ken Burns seal of approval.

Yeah, ideally it would be great if it was fully independent. Giving MJ the right of refusal was part of the deal to get the cameras in 22 years ago.

The key evidence of bias cited by the author is that Isiah Thomas and Jerry Krause don't come off well, which... yeah.

 

Yes. Laimbeer is standing behind it, proud that he walked off. Laimbeer is the spawn of Satan, but I respect his willingness to own it.

Isiah spends too much of his life trying to convince people he's not an asshole, Sorry, we've got the receipts.