So, I literally know nothing about sports. I know Michael Jordon, Charles Barkley (I know he was short and could dunk, not even what team he played for), Joe Montana, Steve Young only from a football video game, Bo Jackson, I know the name Jeter, A-rod, Giambi from Money Ball, Dennis Rodman, Larry Bird. That's basically it. I knew that Jordan played for the bulls, Montana and Young for the 49-ers, and beyond that nothing. I just never gave a shit about sports.
Recently someone talked about Jordan here on the board, and I knew he was great, but I didn't know how he was considered literally the best that has ever lived. I see that now. This documentary series is great, I'm a couple episodes in, learning about Scottie Pippin now. Jordan so far seems pretty straight laced, did he have any controversies or did he stay pretty clean for his career? Those fucking videos of him dunking are amazing. How could he jump so high? Four foot vertical leap? Fuck man. I can literally barely touch the net. I can barely slam dunk at the fucking trampoline park LOL where there's a trampoline in front of the goal.
Also, growing up, I remember you'd always hear this story of how Jordan wasn't good enough to make his college team, and practiced so hard to become good. This documentary shows how he basically was great in high school, fucking slayed it in college, drafted into NBA before finishing college, and was best on the team his team / league his first year on the Bulls. Is there any truth to that story of him not being good at some point?