1 00:00:36,704 --> 00:00:39,332 [Cheering, applause] 2 00:00:39,415 --> 00:00:40,458 [Man] Thank you. 3 00:00:41,584 --> 00:00:44,462 To all the fans in the city of Chicago, 4 00:00:44,545 --> 00:00:47,924 if you guys remember, in 1984, when they drafted Michael Jordan... 5 00:00:51,510 --> 00:00:53,137 I said then when I got here 6 00:00:53,221 --> 00:00:55,061 that we would be champions by the time I leave. 7 00:00:55,097 --> 00:00:55,932 [Man 2] There they are. 8 00:00:56,015 --> 00:00:57,725 [Jordan] This is what you're looking for. 9 00:01:00,603 --> 00:01:04,857 Well, we're five times champion going for six, and we need your support. 10 00:01:04,941 --> 00:01:06,943 - Thank you very, very much. - [Cheering, applause] 11 00:01:10,404 --> 00:01:12,406 [Chattering] 12 00:01:32,593 --> 00:01:35,304 [Male interviewer] Do you have any sense of destiny... 13 00:01:35,388 --> 00:01:37,824 You know, why is all this meant for you, and, you know, what's down the road, 14 00:01:37,848 --> 00:01:39,488 or are you just taking it a day at a time? 15 00:01:39,558 --> 00:01:42,270 I just want the franchise and Chicago Bulls 16 00:01:42,353 --> 00:01:43,688 to be respected as a team... 17 00:01:44,689 --> 00:01:48,567 Like the Lakers or the Philadelphia 76ers or the Boston celtics. 18 00:01:48,651 --> 00:01:50,778 And it's very hard for something like that to happen, 19 00:01:50,861 --> 00:01:53,406 but it's not impossible. 20 00:01:53,489 --> 00:01:57,201 But hopefully I can... That this team and this organization 21 00:01:57,285 --> 00:01:58,786 can build a program like that. 22 00:02:03,124 --> 00:02:04,125 [Crowd cheering] 23 00:02:04,208 --> 00:02:07,795 [Male commentator] Michael Jordan, with 30 points. 24 00:02:07,878 --> 00:02:13,968 And the Chicago Bulls have won their first-e ver NBA championshio/ 25 00:02:14,051 --> 00:02:16,171 - [cheering] - [Diddy's "been around the world" plays] 26 00:02:20,599 --> 00:02:22,519 J“ yo, yo, this mase you know what I'm saying? J“ 27 00:02:23,561 --> 00:02:25,730 [commentator 1] There's Jordan for the three! Yes! 28 00:02:25,813 --> 00:02:28,274 J“ you got... don't wanna see me rich j“ 29 00:02:28,357 --> 00:02:30,526 [commentator 2] He has done it again. 30 00:02:31,610 --> 00:02:36,657 [Commentator 3] Well, piopen dodges... There's paxson for three/ yes/ 31 00:02:36,741 --> 00:02:40,328 three great NBA championshios. 32 00:02:40,411 --> 00:02:41,596 - Whoo! - [Chris Wallace] The debate 33 00:02:41,620 --> 00:02:44,832 will now rage about whether they are the best team ever 34 00:02:44,915 --> 00:02:46,275 they're not just great athletes... 35 00:02:46,334 --> 00:02:48,753 They are a fascinating assortment of personalities. 36 00:02:48,836 --> 00:02:52,131 The most famous man on the planet is here. 37 00:02:52,214 --> 00:02:53,841 [Audience cheering] 38 00:02:53,924 --> 00:02:58,596 My name is Michael Jordan. I played with the bulls from '84 to '98. 39 00:02:58,679 --> 00:03:02,933 Took a 18-month vacation, hiatus, 40 00:03:03,017 --> 00:03:06,437 so I would say that's 13 years that I played with the bulls. 41 00:03:07,021 --> 00:03:12,526 Please welcome, from the Chicago Bulls, all-star fonnard scottie pippen! 42 00:03:12,610 --> 00:03:15,154 [Cheering, applause] 43 00:03:15,237 --> 00:03:19,158 Scottie Maurice pippen, from Hamburg, Arkansas. 44 00:03:20,159 --> 00:03:23,287 - [Commentator 1] Great passing! - —[Commentator 2] Oh, my! 45 00:03:23,996 --> 00:03:26,665 Looked like he shifted gears in the air. 46 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,712 He has led the NBA in rebounds for the last five years. 47 00:03:31,796 --> 00:03:34,048 Please welcome back Dennis rodman. 48 00:03:34,131 --> 00:03:36,300 Dennis rodman. What's up? 49 00:03:37,343 --> 00:03:40,221 I was shocked that the Chicago Bulls even asked me to come. 50 00:03:40,888 --> 00:03:42,765 I think I was a little more eccentric for them. 51 00:03:42,848 --> 00:03:45,077 [Letterman] There's something about you that's frightening. 52 00:03:45,101 --> 00:03:46,221 Is it because I'm different? 53 00:03:46,268 --> 00:03:48,687 [Commentator 1] Oh, and rodman just kicked the photographer 54 00:03:48,771 --> 00:03:50,398 and the photographer is hurt. 55 00:03:50,481 --> 00:03:53,192 [Commentator 2] That is the last we will see of Dennis rodman. 56 00:03:53,275 --> 00:03:54,902 [Screaming] 57 00:03:54,985 --> 00:03:58,989 At the heart of this team is a rare spirit, coach Phil Jackson. 58 00:03:59,073 --> 00:04:02,326 We created an image that people wanted to be part of. 59 00:04:02,410 --> 00:04:03,911 I think that's all you can hope for. 60 00:04:03,994 --> 00:04:04,995 [Cheering] 61 00:04:05,079 --> 00:04:11,710 [Commentator] The Chicago Bulls have won the '96' NBA championship! 62 00:04:11,794 --> 00:04:14,422 [Male interviewer] What's unique about this particular dynasty? 63 00:04:14,505 --> 00:04:16,632 I guess what's unique is that we're, uh... 64 00:04:17,967 --> 00:04:19,593 You know, we've got Michael, and that... 65 00:04:19,677 --> 00:04:23,597 [Chanting] Michael! Michael! Michael! Michael! 66 00:04:27,435 --> 00:04:28,519 [Women shrieking] 67 00:04:28,602 --> 00:04:29,830 [Male interviewer] Why is everybody here? 68 00:04:29,854 --> 00:04:31,439 - Michael Jordan. - Michael Jordan. 69 00:04:31,522 --> 00:04:33,732 Everybody loves Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan. 70 00:04:34,650 --> 00:04:36,777 [Car horn honking] 71 00:04:38,904 --> 00:04:41,615 J“ been around the world and I, /, I j“ 72 00:04:43,701 --> 00:04:46,328 [commentator] ...Five seconds remaining in regulation. 73 00:04:46,412 --> 00:04:50,666 The in-bounds. P/ppen. P/ppen rolls it to k ukoc. 74 00:04:50,749 --> 00:04:53,961 And Chicago Bulls have won 75 00:04:54,044 --> 00:04:58,632 their fifth championship in the last seven years. 76 00:04:59,133 --> 00:05:01,969 - /t is bedlam here at the united center. - [Cheering, applause] 77 00:05:05,848 --> 00:05:07,568 [Male newscaster] 7'o hometown Chicago fans, 78 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:11,020 winning the b/g one is starting to feel almost like a constitutional right, 79 00:05:11,103 --> 00:05:14,690 as the bulls took their fifth NBA title on Friday n/ght. 80 00:05:15,274 --> 00:05:20,821 [Man] Count them. One, two, three, four, and five NBA championsh/p trophies. 81 00:05:20,905 --> 00:05:23,625 [Male newscaster] As hundreds of thousands of fans cheered the bulls, 82 00:05:23,699 --> 00:05:27,786 the drama of what will happen to this great dynasty was apparent to all... 83 00:05:27,870 --> 00:05:32,249 After the fifth championship, which was '96-'97, 84 00:05:32,333 --> 00:05:34,877 we were looking at this team, and we realized, 85 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,546 other than Michael, the rest of the guys 86 00:05:37,630 --> 00:05:41,175 were probably at the end of their high productive years. 87 00:05:42,343 --> 00:05:45,679 We had to decide whether we keep the team together or not. 88 00:05:45,763 --> 00:05:49,058 And we realized maybe this was the time to do a rebuild 89 00:05:49,141 --> 00:05:50,768 and not try to win a sixth championship. 90 00:05:50,851 --> 00:05:52,329 [Man 1] Can the bulls keep this team together? 91 00:05:52,353 --> 00:05:54,331 [Man 2] Is there any doubt that Michael will come back next season 7 92 00:05:54,355 --> 00:05:56,291 [man 3] Finally, questions about the future of Phil Jackson. 93 00:05:56,315 --> 00:05:58,150 Will this be his last year? 94 00:05:58,234 --> 00:06:00,670 [Man 4] How will the bulls ownersh/p feel with their aging stars? 95 00:06:00,694 --> 00:06:02,589 [Man 5] The process of becoming something transcendent, 96 00:06:02,613 --> 00:06:04,406 you can see it evaporating. 97 00:06:07,034 --> 00:06:09,620 I just kept hearing this over and over again, 98 00:06:09,703 --> 00:06:11,580 and I was just getting irritated. 99 00:06:11,664 --> 00:06:13,165 Like, we were winning. 100 00:06:13,249 --> 00:06:15,125 [Men cheering] 101 00:06:15,209 --> 00:06:18,837 We felt like we were the greatest team ever. 102 00:06:18,921 --> 00:06:20,815 [Male newscaster] You have to wonder why Michael Jordan, 103 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:23,676 who is surely the most popular player in our time, 104 00:06:23,759 --> 00:06:26,971 would be, in effect, driven out of professional basketball. 105 00:06:36,355 --> 00:06:37,856 [Commentator 1] A spectacular move! 106 00:06:37,940 --> 00:06:39,483 [Commentator 2] Oh! The game's over. 107 00:06:39,567 --> 00:06:41,819 [Commentator 3] Chicago stadium is going wild 108 00:06:43,904 --> 00:06:46,091 [man 1] First of all, there's no backstabbing going on here. 109 00:06:46,115 --> 00:06:47,825 [Jackson] It's time for me to move on. 110 00:06:47,908 --> 00:06:50,428 [Man 2] This will be Phil's last year as the coach of the bulls. 111 00:06:51,996 --> 00:06:53,676 [Man 3] Are the expectations way too h/gh? 112 00:06:53,747 --> 00:06:55,016 [Man 4] Where to we go from here? 113 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,543 [Woman] The only question: How long can it last? 114 00:07:05,968 --> 00:07:07,970 [Crowd cheering] 115 00:07:10,598 --> 00:07:15,227 [Man] So, going into 1997-98, the bulls have won five championships. 116 00:07:16,228 --> 00:07:19,148 There's drama that summer as to whether they're even gonna come back, 117 00:07:19,231 --> 00:07:22,693 although I think most of us who are from Chicago 118 00:07:22,776 --> 00:07:24,987 and call Chicago home, knew somehow they'd be back. 119 00:07:27,239 --> 00:07:30,326 I mean, Jerry reinsdorf, the majority owner, 120 00:07:30,409 --> 00:07:32,620 would have to leave town if they didn't come back. 121 00:07:32,703 --> 00:07:36,332 You can't argue with championship after championship after championship. 122 00:07:36,957 --> 00:07:39,418 They were still the best team in the NBA. 123 00:07:40,252 --> 00:07:42,046 You have scottie pippen, 124 00:07:42,129 --> 00:07:45,341 an incredibly talented athlete, very skilled scorer. 125 00:07:45,424 --> 00:07:48,552 His mental sharpness and his court awareness 126 00:07:48,636 --> 00:07:51,972 and his basketball savvy made him the greatest number-two player ever. 127 00:07:53,474 --> 00:07:57,227 Dennis rodman was the defensive presence, the rebounder, 128 00:07:57,311 --> 00:08:00,522 someone who, on a team with big egos, didn't need the ball. 129 00:08:01,398 --> 00:08:03,651 And he never ran out of energy. That was the thing. 130 00:08:03,734 --> 00:08:05,194 [Cheering, whooping] 131 00:08:05,277 --> 00:08:07,297 [Wilbon] I mean, at that point, Michael Jordan's already 132 00:08:07,321 --> 00:08:10,157 the ultimate sports Alpha male. 133 00:08:10,991 --> 00:08:14,536 I mean, the only comparisons that I can recall being apt 134 00:08:14,620 --> 00:08:17,873 were to babe Ruth and Muhammad Ali. 135 00:08:18,332 --> 00:08:21,043 That's it. That's the list. There's nobody else on it. 136 00:08:21,126 --> 00:08:23,003 [Male interviewer] Michael, obviously, uh, 137 00:08:23,087 --> 00:08:25,881 in the wake of this incredible celebration, 138 00:08:25,964 --> 00:08:29,426 there'll be some very difficult business decisions. 139 00:08:29,510 --> 00:08:33,222 We're entitled to defend what we have until we lose it. 140 00:08:34,223 --> 00:08:36,225 If we lose it, then you look at it, and you say, 141 00:08:36,308 --> 00:08:39,937 "okay, let's change. Let's just go through a rebuilding." 142 00:08:40,020 --> 00:08:44,483 No one's guaranteeing rebuilding's gonna be two or three, four or five years. 143 00:08:45,401 --> 00:08:47,528 Cubs have been rebuilding for 42 years. 144 00:08:47,611 --> 00:08:49,613 [Laughter] 145 00:08:52,282 --> 00:08:55,244 If you want to look at this from a business thing, 146 00:08:55,327 --> 00:08:58,789 have a sense of respect for the people who've laid the groundworks 147 00:08:58,872 --> 00:09:01,417 so that you could be a profitable organization. 148 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,762 [Engine revving] 149 00:09:43,917 --> 00:09:46,712 [Jordan] We've just finished winning our fifth title. 150 00:09:50,215 --> 00:09:51,759 It's a lot of uncertainty. 151 00:09:51,842 --> 00:09:54,178 Where management started talking about, 152 00:09:54,261 --> 00:09:57,473 "the franchise is gonna change," or, "we're gonna rebuild." 153 00:09:58,098 --> 00:09:59,516 I thought it was unfair. 154 00:10:00,851 --> 00:10:05,939 I would never let someone who's not putting on a uniform 155 00:10:06,023 --> 00:10:07,900 and playing each and every day 156 00:10:07,983 --> 00:10:10,402 dictate what we do on the basketball court. 157 00:10:13,363 --> 00:10:17,159 So, you know, my mentality was, let's put things aside, 158 00:10:17,242 --> 00:10:20,120 you know, from a business sense, and focus on that craft. 159 00:10:20,204 --> 00:10:22,790 Let's give them a reason not to think that way. 160 00:10:26,084 --> 00:10:29,546 [Man] Michael Jordan waded into the undertone of bitterness in the bulls 161 00:10:29,630 --> 00:10:32,674 when asked what the bulls' b/ggest challenge would be this year. 162 00:10:33,967 --> 00:10:36,220 - Um... - [Laughter] 163 00:10:36,303 --> 00:10:39,640 [Man 2] Michael glancing up at the office of gm Jerry k rause. 164 00:10:43,685 --> 00:10:47,481 [Man 3] Jerry krause was the general manager of the bulls. 165 00:10:47,564 --> 00:10:49,191 And he was certainly at the root 166 00:10:49,274 --> 00:10:53,403 of what made the tension of that season so severe. 167 00:10:57,616 --> 00:10:59,993 [Reinsdort] Jerry krause was a scout for the white sox. 168 00:11:00,077 --> 00:11:03,330 He was there when I bought the white sox in 1981. 169 00:11:03,413 --> 00:11:06,208 And after I bought the bulls, he came to see me, 170 00:11:06,291 --> 00:11:08,752 said he'd like to be the general manager of the bulls. 171 00:11:08,836 --> 00:11:10,838 If everybody's ready, we can get started. 172 00:11:11,338 --> 00:11:14,067 [Reinsdort] I asked around the league, and everybody I talked to said, 173 00:11:14,091 --> 00:11:15,717 "don't touch the guy.“ 174 00:11:15,801 --> 00:11:17,803 yeah, he had a way of alienating people. 175 00:11:18,971 --> 00:11:22,099 But I wasn't hiring somebody to win a personality contest. 176 00:11:22,182 --> 00:11:26,436 I wanted somebody who truly believed in building a team the way I wanted to, 177 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:28,230 and krause was the guy. 178 00:11:29,231 --> 00:11:32,734 [Man] To his credit, he did his job. 179 00:11:33,569 --> 00:11:36,446 But Jerry had the little man problem. 180 00:11:37,114 --> 00:11:40,534 He grew up the little, fat kid, not a lot of money. 181 00:11:40,617 --> 00:11:41,869 He was always the underdog. 182 00:11:42,744 --> 00:11:48,292 And he just couldn't control that part of him that needed credit. 183 00:11:48,375 --> 00:11:50,544 [Crowd clamoring] 184 00:11:51,879 --> 00:11:54,339 [Man 2] All the attention is going to Michael and scottie 185 00:11:54,423 --> 00:11:55,841 and Dennis and Phil. 186 00:11:56,925 --> 00:11:59,177 And krause was growing resentful about this. 187 00:12:00,304 --> 00:12:01,305 [Vancil] He was good. 188 00:12:02,180 --> 00:12:04,683 But he wasn't good enough to do it without Michael Jordan. 189 00:12:04,766 --> 00:12:07,060 You could argue that Michael Jordan was as good at his job 190 00:12:07,144 --> 00:12:10,188 as anyone has ever been at their job ever in any thing. 191 00:12:10,272 --> 00:12:12,566 And krause wants to make the point, you know, 192 00:12:12,649 --> 00:12:15,444 "organizations win championships, not players." 193 00:12:15,527 --> 00:12:17,613 Jerry krause, the bulls' general manager, says, 194 00:12:17,696 --> 00:12:20,866 "organizations win titles, not players." 195 00:12:20,949 --> 00:12:24,161 Funny thing, I've never seen him post up and hit a short jump shot. 196 00:12:24,244 --> 00:12:26,914 [Male interviewer] This quote that was attributed to you... 197 00:12:26,997 --> 00:12:28,874 Well, as you know, David, it was a misquote. 198 00:12:28,957 --> 00:12:30,959 What I said was [chuckles] 199 00:12:31,043 --> 00:12:33,203 That players and coaches alone don't win championships, 200 00:12:33,253 --> 00:12:34,296 and organizations do. 201 00:12:34,379 --> 00:12:37,549 I do sincerely believe that organizations, as a whole, win. 202 00:12:37,633 --> 00:12:39,635 Uh, one part of it can't win alone. 203 00:12:39,718 --> 00:12:41,637 The guy left the word "alone" out of there. 204 00:12:42,554 --> 00:12:43,698 - [Scoffs] - [Interviewer] Right. 205 00:12:43,722 --> 00:12:45,783 And he admitted later on, "oh, yeah, I left the word out." 206 00:12:45,807 --> 00:12:48,268 Well, you dumb son of a bitch, that's what killed the quote. 207 00:12:49,227 --> 00:12:52,981 It sounded like he was making a very specific point 208 00:12:53,065 --> 00:12:54,900 to a very specific person. 209 00:12:54,983 --> 00:12:59,071 We know the team is much bigger than 15 players. 210 00:12:59,154 --> 00:13:02,866 Those guys who work in the front office, they were good people, 211 00:13:02,950 --> 00:13:08,330 but the most important part of the process is the players. 212 00:13:08,413 --> 00:13:10,499 So for him to say that 213 00:13:10,582 --> 00:13:13,460 is offensive to the way that I approach the game. 214 00:13:14,628 --> 00:13:19,341 [Wilbon] Krause was picked on an awful lot during this by Michael and scottie. 215 00:13:19,424 --> 00:13:22,678 I mean, they made fun of him. They mocked him. They mocked him openly. 216 00:13:28,767 --> 00:13:29,810 Hey, Jerry. 217 00:13:30,477 --> 00:13:32,354 Was Jerry krause a bad guy? 218 00:13:33,647 --> 00:13:35,148 He was a good guy. He was fun. 219 00:13:35,232 --> 00:13:38,193 If you saw him interact with your kids and saw him, 220 00:13:38,276 --> 00:13:39,444 you knew he was a good man. 221 00:13:39,528 --> 00:13:44,574 Jerry krause was one of the nicest, kindest, sweetest men I've ever known. 222 00:13:45,075 --> 00:13:46,618 But sometimes, 223 00:13:46,702 --> 00:13:49,705 he would love people who really didn't love him back, 224 00:13:49,788 --> 00:13:51,289 and it would disappoint him. 225 00:13:51,748 --> 00:13:53,188 [Male interviewer] Did he love Phil? 226 00:13:53,917 --> 00:13:55,669 Well, he loved Phil in the beginning. 227 00:13:55,752 --> 00:13:59,840 But then, you know, they developed a tension between the two of them. 228 00:13:59,923 --> 00:14:03,593 Phil, from a contract standpoint, 229 00:14:03,677 --> 00:14:08,181 wanted to be compensated like the other coaches that he had beaten. 230 00:14:08,265 --> 00:14:10,934 And Jerry wasn't going to do that. 231 00:14:11,518 --> 00:14:13,729 In Jerry's mind, you move pieces in and out. 232 00:14:13,812 --> 00:14:15,522 You didn't move Michael Jordan pieces. 233 00:14:15,605 --> 00:14:17,733 Phil Jackson, yeah, you can move him in and out. 234 00:14:18,275 --> 00:14:19,609 And he was wrong about that. 235 00:14:22,195 --> 00:14:23,488 [Jordan] I said from day one, 236 00:14:23,572 --> 00:14:26,742 "if Phil's not coaching, I'm not gonna be a part of rebuilding." 237 00:14:26,825 --> 00:14:30,579 Phil should be the head coach, and I shouldn't be put in a position 238 00:14:30,662 --> 00:14:34,750 to have to make a choice to play for another coach other than Phil Jackson. 239 00:14:34,833 --> 00:14:38,045 Sadly as it may be, I have choices, 240 00:14:38,128 --> 00:14:40,547 you know, and I will not choose to play for another coach. 241 00:14:43,008 --> 00:14:46,553 I think Jerry was looking forward to having a clean slate 242 00:14:46,636 --> 00:14:48,972 and going out and, you know, rebuilding. 243 00:14:49,848 --> 00:14:54,019 His relationship with me had become such a circus, 244 00:14:54,102 --> 00:14:56,438 there was no chance for reconciliation. 245 00:14:57,355 --> 00:14:59,125 All of a sudden, there's this guy from Iowa state, 246 00:14:59,149 --> 00:15:00,817 Tim Floyd, the head coach. 247 00:15:01,359 --> 00:15:04,237 He goes fishing with Jerry krause. Like, what? 248 00:15:04,321 --> 00:15:08,700 So krause clearly is grooming the next guy. 249 00:15:09,534 --> 00:15:12,621 He is gonna be the next Phil Jackson. 250 00:15:13,288 --> 00:15:15,916 Krause's stepdaughter gets married that summer. 251 00:15:15,999 --> 00:15:20,754 He invites everybody from the team, and Tim Floyd, 252 00:15:21,546 --> 00:15:24,966 and he doesn't invite Phil Jackson, the head coach. 253 00:15:25,842 --> 00:15:28,970 I recall that, and I think that was bad form on Jerry's part. 254 00:15:29,054 --> 00:15:30,931 I'm not sure it bothered Phil that much. 255 00:15:31,014 --> 00:15:32,849 If somebody doesn't invite me to a wedding, 256 00:15:32,933 --> 00:15:34,851 I'd like to thank them. [Chuckles] 257 00:15:35,894 --> 00:15:38,206 It was sad that there was such an acrimonious relationship, 258 00:15:38,230 --> 00:15:41,566 because Jerry krause started Phil Jackson's NBA coaching career. 259 00:15:42,442 --> 00:15:46,363 Jerry krause brought him to Chicago as an assistant coach. 260 00:15:47,072 --> 00:15:49,825 If that hadn't happened, you never would've heard of Phil Jackson. 261 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,579 [Jackson] You know, things evolve. People evolve. 262 00:15:54,663 --> 00:15:57,374 They don't stay stagnant and static in any position. 263 00:15:57,457 --> 00:15:59,334 And, you know, more than anything else, 264 00:15:59,417 --> 00:16:01,086 coaches' salaries went like this, 265 00:16:01,169 --> 00:16:03,880 and general managers' salaries might have gone like this. 266 00:16:03,964 --> 00:16:05,549 [Vecsey speaking] 267 00:16:07,008 --> 00:16:08,426 I'm not gonna speculate on that. 268 00:16:09,970 --> 00:16:13,473 I have tremendous regard for Phil, personally and professionally. 269 00:16:13,557 --> 00:16:15,892 I really like Phil Jackson, 270 00:16:15,976 --> 00:16:18,520 and I wanted Phil Jackson to come back and coach the team. 271 00:16:19,563 --> 00:16:23,150 And I just thought that the presence of Jerry was counterproductive. 272 00:16:23,233 --> 00:16:26,361 And I just thought if Phil and I would sit down and talk, we'd work it out. 273 00:16:26,444 --> 00:16:27,904 And I flew out to Montana. 274 00:16:27,988 --> 00:16:30,323 I offered him the opportunity to come back. 275 00:16:30,407 --> 00:16:32,868 After weeks of public debate, many would argue 276 00:16:32,951 --> 00:16:36,037 that bulls owner Jerry reinsdorf has finally come to his senses, 277 00:16:36,121 --> 00:16:40,542 signing Phil Jackson to a one-year deal to return as coach next season. 278 00:16:41,418 --> 00:16:44,421 Phil is the coach. Jerry's the owner. Those two needed to talk. 279 00:16:44,504 --> 00:16:47,382 And we got it done, and we're very happy to have it done. 280 00:16:47,465 --> 00:16:50,093 Uh, this will be Phil's last year as the coach of the bulls. 281 00:16:50,177 --> 00:16:52,596 At the conclusion of the year, we'll look towards the future. 282 00:16:53,555 --> 00:16:55,765 Jerry called me in his office and said, 283 00:16:55,849 --> 00:16:57,285 "this is going to be your last year. 284 00:16:57,309 --> 00:16:58,977 I don't care if you win 82 games in a row. 285 00:16:59,060 --> 00:17:00,660 This is going to be your last year here." 286 00:17:01,271 --> 00:17:03,523 So I said, "fine," and I walked out of the room. 287 00:17:03,607 --> 00:17:06,359 And that was the only words that were exchanged. 288 00:17:15,827 --> 00:17:17,829 [Rapping in French] 289 00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:27,380 [Pa announcement in French] 290 00:17:31,384 --> 00:17:33,511 [Chattering] 291 00:17:33,595 --> 00:17:34,888 [Woman] Michael! 292 00:17:36,514 --> 00:17:37,849 Hello, Michael! 293 00:17:40,018 --> 00:17:41,436 [Interviewer speaking] 294 00:17:41,519 --> 00:17:45,148 Very little, but that's okay. I get by. 295 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:49,444 [Chattering] 296 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:54,449 [Man] Michael... 297 00:17:57,702 --> 00:18:01,039 [Telander] The bulls were coming off this glorious season. 298 00:18:01,122 --> 00:18:03,541 They had a three-peat, and they won two more. 299 00:18:03,625 --> 00:18:06,336 And there they are in Paris, where they were mobbed. 300 00:18:07,712 --> 00:18:09,798 I mean, it was like the Beatles had come to town. 301 00:18:09,881 --> 00:18:11,400 - [Man 1] Come on. Come on. - [Man 2] Don't stop. Let's go. 302 00:18:11,424 --> 00:18:14,010 - [Man 3] Let's take a picture. - [Man 4] Quick step, quick step. 303 00:18:14,094 --> 00:18:15,845 [Man 5] Move back. Move! 304 00:18:16,346 --> 00:18:20,809 Michael was like the pied Piper walking down the champs-elysées with... 305 00:18:20,892 --> 00:18:23,603 I think he was wearing a beret because he's Michael. 306 00:18:23,687 --> 00:18:24,687 [Man speaking French] 307 00:18:24,729 --> 00:18:26,329 [Man 2 in English] How you feel, Michael? 308 00:18:26,815 --> 00:18:28,108 How do you feel? 309 00:18:28,525 --> 00:18:30,211 [Male newscaster] The NBA champion Chicago Bulls 310 00:18:30,235 --> 00:18:32,445 were in Paris for the McDonald's championsh/p. 311 00:18:32,529 --> 00:18:35,657 Just one man is hogging the attention: Michael Jordan. 312 00:18:35,740 --> 00:18:38,702 [Newscaster 2] ”he's b/gger than the pope ” screams the morning paper. 313 00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:40,495 And everybody wants a piece of him. 314 00:18:40,578 --> 00:18:42,330 - Uh, this... - Pocket? 315 00:18:42,414 --> 00:18:43,456 Yeah. 316 00:18:43,540 --> 00:18:45,583 And for the translation, right here is fine. 317 00:18:45,667 --> 00:18:46,668 [Jordan] Right. Yes. 318 00:18:48,461 --> 00:18:51,339 - [Man speaking French] - [In English] Not now, not now. 319 00:18:51,423 --> 00:18:53,425 [Speaking French] 320 00:18:57,429 --> 00:18:59,431 [Speaking French] 321 00:19:07,814 --> 00:19:09,816 [Cheering, applause] 322 00:19:11,026 --> 00:19:14,446 Michael Jordan! 323 00:19:15,655 --> 00:19:19,451 Michael Jordan! 324 00:19:19,534 --> 00:19:21,703 [Crowd chanting] 325 00:19:21,786 --> 00:19:23,830 [Man] You couldn't make a short list 326 00:19:23,913 --> 00:19:28,877 of the most consequential and successful teams in American sports 327 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,422 and leave Michael Jordan and the '90s bulls out. 328 00:19:32,505 --> 00:19:36,009 But the bulls, who immediately preceded the Michael Jordan era, 329 00:19:36,092 --> 00:19:38,762 could be characterized as mediocre. 330 00:19:46,770 --> 00:19:48,188 Hi. I'm Bob costas. 331 00:19:48,271 --> 00:19:52,567 Join me and Johnny kerr for exciting Chicago Bulls basketball action 332 00:19:52,650 --> 00:19:55,612 here on wgn television, channel 9. 333 00:19:55,695 --> 00:19:58,073 We weren't very good, uh, 334 00:19:58,156 --> 00:20:00,909 you know, during the time leading up to Michael. 335 00:20:00,992 --> 00:20:05,372 The team was, you know, on a downward keel, if you will. 336 00:20:06,331 --> 00:20:08,571 [Male commentator] The y've ob vious/y got some problems. 337 00:20:08,875 --> 00:20:10,293 The ball club has not been winning. 338 00:20:11,378 --> 00:20:15,048 Back then in Chicago, everyone was a bears fan. 339 00:20:16,091 --> 00:20:20,136 North siders were cubs fans. South siders were sox fans. 340 00:20:20,887 --> 00:20:23,515 Blackhawks had fans scattered throughout. 341 00:20:24,391 --> 00:20:26,226 But there was no buzz about the bulls. 342 00:20:27,268 --> 00:20:29,455 [Reinsdorf] The bulls were being out-drawn at the Chicago stadium 343 00:20:29,479 --> 00:20:32,690 by an indoor soccer team, the Chicago sting. 344 00:20:32,774 --> 00:20:35,777 Basically, the state of the team was that, 345 00:20:35,860 --> 00:20:38,613 you know, it was Rodney dangerfield that didn't get no respect. 346 00:20:38,696 --> 00:20:41,241 The bulls were in need of a lot of reinforcements 347 00:20:41,324 --> 00:20:42,924 if they were gonna be a contending team. 348 00:20:43,660 --> 00:20:49,374 And here comes a young Michael Jordan, brimming with charismatic talent. 349 00:20:50,875 --> 00:20:52,186 [Man] When he was in high school, 350 00:20:52,210 --> 00:20:55,296 Michael was one of the top recruited high school players in america. 351 00:20:56,339 --> 00:20:58,007 He decided to play at chapel hill 352 00:20:58,091 --> 00:21:00,343 for one of the great coaches of all time, Dean Smith. 353 00:21:02,637 --> 00:21:06,141 And at the university of north Carolina, coach Smith ran a very tight ship. 354 00:21:07,058 --> 00:21:10,812 [Buzz Peterson] He was a disciplinarian, tremendous teacher. 355 00:21:10,895 --> 00:21:12,814 Michael had a ton of respect for him, 356 00:21:12,897 --> 00:21:14,899 and he knew he had the best interests for Michael. 357 00:21:14,983 --> 00:21:17,444 I think Mr. Jordan's vision and my vision: 358 00:21:17,527 --> 00:21:21,364 Who is going to help him continue to grow as a young adult, 359 00:21:21,448 --> 00:21:24,534 not just basketball, but his education? 360 00:21:24,617 --> 00:21:27,162 'Cause for me, then, the first priority was education. 361 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:30,999 - [Man] Good job, man. - Huh? 362 00:21:31,082 --> 00:21:33,293 - [Whistle blows] - [Man] On 2-2. 363 00:21:33,376 --> 00:21:34,586 I thought it was keeper. 364 00:21:34,669 --> 00:21:37,338 Look at the basket, hit the zone. That's it. 365 00:21:38,465 --> 00:21:41,259 Michael's parents did a tremendous job with him. 366 00:21:41,342 --> 00:21:45,513 Uh, he was a fine young man, a very conscientious student, 367 00:21:45,597 --> 00:21:46,598 a very good student. 368 00:21:46,681 --> 00:21:48,683 [Male interviewer speaking] 369 00:21:52,020 --> 00:21:55,231 "Dear mom, how has life been treating you? 370 00:21:55,315 --> 00:21:58,693 Fine, I hope. I am doing just fine. 371 00:21:58,776 --> 00:22:01,196 I am sending you my account number... ” 372 00:22:01,279 --> 00:22:03,114 - [Laughs] - ”...So that you can deposit 373 00:22:03,198 --> 00:22:04,991 some money in my account. 374 00:22:05,074 --> 00:22:07,035 Iha ve only $20 in there. 375 00:22:07,118 --> 00:22:12,290 Tell everyone / said hello, and smile. God and / love you. 376 00:22:12,373 --> 00:22:13,374 Love, Michael 377 00:22:13,458 --> 00:22:15,793 p.s., sorry about the phone bill. 378 00:22:15,877 --> 00:22:18,338 Please also send me some stamps." 379 00:22:19,130 --> 00:22:21,299 [Laughing] 380 00:22:21,382 --> 00:22:25,220 Is that not a college student? [Laughs] "Please send me some stamps." 381 00:22:25,887 --> 00:22:27,680 [Chattering] 382 00:22:27,764 --> 00:22:30,141 [Smith] He was very inconsistent as a freshman, 383 00:22:30,225 --> 00:22:31,935 but he was one of the most competitive ones 384 00:22:32,018 --> 00:22:33,728 we've ever had in our drills. 385 00:22:33,811 --> 00:22:37,607 He wanted to get better, and then he had the ability to get better. 386 00:22:39,025 --> 00:22:40,505 [Man] Michael Jordan tells me one day 387 00:22:40,568 --> 00:22:42,654 he wants to be the best player to ever play here. 388 00:22:43,905 --> 00:22:46,383 And I said, "well, you got to work harder than you did in high school." 389 00:22:46,407 --> 00:22:47,885 Hesam, "I worked as hard as everybody else." 390 00:22:47,909 --> 00:22:49,452 I said, "oh, excuse me. 391 00:22:49,536 --> 00:22:52,515 I thought you just told me you wanted to be the best player to ever play here." 392 00:22:52,539 --> 00:22:53,790 He said, "I'm gon' show you. 393 00:22:53,873 --> 00:22:55,959 Nobody will ever work as hard as I'll work." 394 00:23:00,421 --> 00:23:03,091 After about two and a half hours of hard practice, 395 00:23:03,174 --> 00:23:06,261 I'm walking off the floor, like, drenched sweat, tired. 396 00:23:06,344 --> 00:23:08,972 And here comes Michael, like, pushing me back on the floor, 397 00:23:09,055 --> 00:23:12,225 wanting to play a little one-on-one, wanting to see where his game was. 398 00:23:13,518 --> 00:23:17,438 I was better than he was, for about two weeks. 399 00:23:17,522 --> 00:23:19,482 [Male commentator] Watch the post guard watch out. 400 00:23:21,484 --> 00:23:24,612 [Worthy] He wanted to learn. He wanted to grow quickly. 401 00:23:24,696 --> 00:23:25,923 [Commentator] He's on a tear right now. 402 00:23:25,947 --> 00:23:28,116 [Worthy] From month to month and game to game, 403 00:23:28,199 --> 00:23:30,201 he was soaking up information. 404 00:23:30,285 --> 00:23:36,374 Once he got something and added it to the raw talent that he already had, 405 00:23:36,457 --> 00:23:38,418 it was really explosive to see. 406 00:23:38,501 --> 00:23:42,422 [Commentator] And foul. Foul by... And what a play for... 407 00:23:43,881 --> 00:23:46,318 [Worthy] And by the time we got to the masters championship game, 408 00:23:46,342 --> 00:23:48,094 he was a great player. 409 00:23:50,179 --> 00:23:54,892 [Male commentator] 44th ncaa division / ll/len's basketball championsh/p. 410 00:23:54,976 --> 00:23:58,354 The largest crowd ever for a basketball game. 411 00:23:58,438 --> 00:24:00,523 An electric atmosphere. 412 00:24:01,107 --> 00:24:04,193 [Jordan] Getting out there in front of 60,000-some people, 413 00:24:04,277 --> 00:24:08,323 I was young, but I had no time to be nervous. 414 00:24:08,406 --> 00:24:11,284 [Man] You had two great teams going against each other 415 00:24:11,367 --> 00:24:12,702 who were very well coached. 416 00:24:13,536 --> 00:24:15,622 Both teams were equally matched. 417 00:24:15,705 --> 00:24:18,458 [Crowd cheering] 418 00:24:19,250 --> 00:24:23,171 Michael had some big key buckets and had some big shots. 419 00:24:23,254 --> 00:24:25,715 [Commentator] Jordan on the... Oh, what a la y-up! 420 00:24:25,798 --> 00:24:28,718 He put that ball up about 72 feet. 421 00:24:28,801 --> 00:24:33,598 It was about as tightly contested a game as you could ever want to see. 422 00:24:33,681 --> 00:24:36,517 And then for the ending to be the way that it was, 423 00:24:36,601 --> 00:24:39,604 was rather amazing as well. 424 00:24:39,687 --> 00:24:41,939 [Male commentator] Thirty-two seconds to go. 425 00:24:42,023 --> 00:24:43,691 A one-point lead for Georgetown. 426 00:24:43,775 --> 00:24:46,277 Dean Smith asks and gets time-out. 427 00:24:46,778 --> 00:24:50,114 [Worthy] Coach Smith called that time-out, we're down one. 428 00:24:50,198 --> 00:24:54,494 This was where coach Smith was extremely cool. 429 00:24:55,745 --> 00:24:57,955 [Jordan] He was drawing up a play for James, 430 00:24:58,039 --> 00:25:00,708 and he says, you know, "when you get the ball, swing it back. 431 00:25:00,792 --> 00:25:03,586 Swing it around. Michael should have a shot." 432 00:25:04,379 --> 00:25:06,649 He looked at me, and he said, "if you get the shot, take the shot." 433 00:25:06,673 --> 00:25:08,341 He gave me the green light. 434 00:25:08,424 --> 00:25:10,593 [Male commentator] Thirty-two seconds to go. 435 00:25:11,302 --> 00:25:13,012 A one-point lead for Georgetown. 436 00:25:13,096 --> 00:25:15,640 No, they stay in the 7-3—7 with ewing in the middle. 437 00:25:15,723 --> 00:25:17,350 They've got to look to get it in there... 438 00:25:17,433 --> 00:25:19,578 [Worthy] They knew they were gonna be focusing on the internal. 439 00:25:19,602 --> 00:25:21,979 That's where the defense was collapsing. 440 00:25:22,063 --> 00:25:26,192 Our offense shifted to one side. The whole defense went that way. 441 00:25:26,275 --> 00:25:30,113 Michael was on the left side. The ball was reversed. 442 00:25:30,196 --> 00:25:31,406 Michael's wide open. 443 00:25:32,448 --> 00:25:34,325 [Jordan] I caught it in total rhythm. 444 00:25:34,409 --> 00:25:37,578 They had no clue that I was gonna take that shot. 445 00:25:37,662 --> 00:25:39,831 [Commentator] E/ghteen. Shot, Jordan! 446 00:25:41,374 --> 00:25:43,543 It's over! It's over! 447 00:25:43,626 --> 00:25:48,881 North Carolina has won the 7982 ncaa championship. 448 00:25:54,971 --> 00:25:57,171 [Costas] And of course, the man who hit the crucial shot 449 00:25:57,223 --> 00:25:59,392 down the stretch for north Carolina, Michael Jordan. 450 00:25:59,475 --> 00:26:01,203 Those two points proved to be the game winner. 451 00:26:01,227 --> 00:26:03,896 Michael, how did it feel when the ball dropped through the net? 452 00:26:03,980 --> 00:26:06,691 It felt really good that I did something, you know, 453 00:26:06,774 --> 00:26:09,485 to help out the whole team and maybe win the game. 454 00:26:09,569 --> 00:26:12,447 And I just felt very excited at the time. 455 00:26:13,781 --> 00:26:16,409 That turned my name from Mike to Michael Jordan. 456 00:26:16,492 --> 00:26:19,245 It gave me the confidence that I needed 457 00:26:19,328 --> 00:26:21,748 to start to excel at the game of basketball. 458 00:26:21,831 --> 00:26:23,833 [Crowd cheering] 459 00:26:28,129 --> 00:26:31,466 I'm just the freshman on the block, and I enjoyed my freshman year. 460 00:26:31,549 --> 00:26:33,551 [Crowd cheering] 461 00:26:37,847 --> 00:26:40,600 And I hope in the next three years that I'm here 462 00:26:40,683 --> 00:26:42,685 that we can win at least two or three more. 463 00:26:42,769 --> 00:26:44,228 [Crowd cheering] 464 00:26:44,312 --> 00:26:48,149 What Michael really did was improve considerably 465 00:26:48,232 --> 00:26:51,319 between his freshman and sophomore year. 466 00:26:51,402 --> 00:26:52,963 [Commentator 1] Now Carolina turns it over. 467 00:26:52,987 --> 00:26:54,298 Da wkins trying to run past braddock. 468 00:26:54,322 --> 00:26:56,522 [Commentator 2] Oh! Look at Michael Jordan cover ground, 469 00:26:56,574 --> 00:26:57,700 oh, just get up there. 470 00:26:57,784 --> 00:27:00,745 I think he hit his head on the backboard lheard a little bang. 471 00:27:00,828 --> 00:27:04,165 And that's how h/gh that young man got up. He hit the back of his head 472 00:27:04,248 --> 00:27:05,291 I can't pick one moment. 473 00:27:05,374 --> 00:27:08,419 And when I think of Michael Jordan, yes, I think of the shot, 474 00:27:09,003 --> 00:27:11,631 but I think of three years of watching that youngster 475 00:27:11,714 --> 00:27:13,800 get better and better and better. 476 00:27:14,592 --> 00:27:17,553 Michael Jordan's the only player that could ever turn it on and off. 477 00:27:17,637 --> 00:27:19,931 And he never freakin' turned it off. 478 00:27:20,014 --> 00:27:22,141 [Commentator] Jordan! Look at that! 479 00:27:22,225 --> 00:27:24,477 - [Man] Ll/lichae/ jorda... - [Commentator] Holy cow! 480 00:27:29,982 --> 00:27:33,778 [Jordan] Right after junior year, I was planning on coming back to school. 481 00:27:33,861 --> 00:27:36,405 - Buzzard! - [Shouts indistinctly] 482 00:27:37,281 --> 00:27:39,867 [Jordan] But coach Smith recommended I go pro. 483 00:27:41,118 --> 00:27:43,204 [Peterson] He was very comfortable in chapel hill. 484 00:27:43,955 --> 00:27:47,208 But at the same time, he was hearing, 485 00:27:47,291 --> 00:27:49,251 "you could be one of the top three or four picks." 486 00:27:49,919 --> 00:27:52,004 Uh, so it was weighing heavy on him. 487 00:27:56,175 --> 00:27:59,345 Well, to tell you the truth, I really just decided, uh... 488 00:28:00,346 --> 00:28:02,098 I guess an hour and a half ago. 489 00:28:02,181 --> 00:28:04,892 I didn't know. I was, you know, 50/50. 490 00:28:04,976 --> 00:28:08,938 And I talked to coach this morning, and, you know, he helped me, 491 00:28:09,021 --> 00:28:10,147 and my parents helped me. 492 00:28:10,231 --> 00:28:15,903 And I felt that would be better for me to start now while I'm young. 493 00:28:19,574 --> 00:28:25,788 [Presenter] The usa network presents the 7984 NBA college draft. 494 00:28:26,581 --> 00:28:29,333 We are just about ready to go, as we go to the podium 495 00:28:29,417 --> 00:28:33,045 and introduce commissioner of the NBA David stern. 496 00:28:33,588 --> 00:28:40,511 The Houston rockets select hakeem olajuwon of the university of Houston. 497 00:28:40,595 --> 00:28:41,721 [Crowd roaring] 498 00:28:41,804 --> 00:28:46,893 Olajuwon would have been first by anybody who picked, including me. 499 00:28:47,894 --> 00:28:53,107 Portland had Clyde drexler, who played the same position as Michael. 500 00:28:53,190 --> 00:28:57,612 So Portland's feeling was that they needed a center. 501 00:28:57,695 --> 00:29:00,465 [Presenter] And now the second choice, owned by the Portland trail blazers. 502 00:29:00,489 --> 00:29:02,617 Let's go to the commissioner, David stern. 503 00:29:02,700 --> 00:29:06,829 [Stern] Portland selects Sam bowie, university of Kentucky. 504 00:29:06,913 --> 00:29:09,540 [Crowd roaring] 505 00:29:09,624 --> 00:29:12,460 So I knew that, you know, Jordan would be there for us. 506 00:29:13,169 --> 00:29:15,630 [Presenter] Michael Jordan seems to be the next one up. 507 00:29:15,713 --> 00:29:20,509 The Chicago Bulls pick Michael Jordan 508 00:29:20,593 --> 00:29:22,887 of the university of north Carolina. 509 00:29:23,429 --> 00:29:26,390 [Presenter] The Chicago Bulls having the third pick in the draft 510 00:29:26,474 --> 00:29:30,353 and went with the sensational Michael Jordan of north Carolina. 511 00:29:30,436 --> 00:29:34,565 Jordan, who led north Carolina now looking to step in to lead the bulls. 512 00:29:34,649 --> 00:29:36,251 [Interviewer] You've got a great opportunity 513 00:29:36,275 --> 00:29:38,694 to step in there and win a city that is crying for a winner. 514 00:29:38,778 --> 00:29:40,297 Perhaps you can turn that bulls thing around. 515 00:29:40,321 --> 00:29:41,322 What do you think? 516 00:29:41,405 --> 00:29:45,326 Hopefully, I can go in and contribute and maybe turn it around. 517 00:29:45,409 --> 00:29:47,161 You know, I'm looking fonnard to that. 518 00:29:50,665 --> 00:29:56,087 The reality is we were lucky the draft was before the Olympics. 519 00:29:56,170 --> 00:29:57,964 [Cheers and applause] 520 00:29:58,047 --> 00:30:02,343 Michael became the most popular amateur basketball player in the world 521 00:30:02,426 --> 00:30:04,220 because of the Olympics. 522 00:30:04,303 --> 00:30:06,555 [Male commentator] Jordan gets it, puts it in the hole. 523 00:30:07,181 --> 00:30:08,557 [Commentator 2] Jordan. 524 00:30:08,641 --> 00:30:09,767 Jordan. 525 00:30:09,850 --> 00:30:12,311 [Man] He's the best athlete. He's one of the best competitors. 526 00:30:12,395 --> 00:30:13,896 He's one of the most skilled players. 527 00:30:13,980 --> 00:30:15,314 And that to me makes him 528 00:30:15,398 --> 00:30:18,192 the best basketball player that I've ever seen play. 529 00:30:18,275 --> 00:30:20,486 [Cheering] 530 00:30:20,569 --> 00:30:23,239 [Male commentator] Us has its ninth gold medal. 531 00:30:23,322 --> 00:30:27,576 But it's been an all-usa show in this tournament. 532 00:30:32,790 --> 00:30:34,166 [Chattering] 533 00:30:35,084 --> 00:30:38,671 [Jordan] I came from a program in college that was about team game. 534 00:30:39,505 --> 00:30:41,048 You know, it was a clean program. 535 00:30:41,841 --> 00:30:44,552 It prepared me to go into the Chicago situation, 536 00:30:44,635 --> 00:30:45,803 which was totally different. 537 00:30:47,555 --> 00:30:51,392 [Man] Before Michael Jordan got to the bulls in 1984, 538 00:30:51,475 --> 00:30:52,852 drugs were prevalent... 539 00:30:52,935 --> 00:30:56,022 Cocaine and recreational drugs of all types. 540 00:30:56,689 --> 00:30:58,274 So you had a lot of partiers. 541 00:30:59,358 --> 00:31:01,360 [Male interviewer] 542 00:31:02,987 --> 00:31:04,989 [Laughs] 543 00:31:10,536 --> 00:31:12,705 I'd never heard that... [laughing] 544 00:31:16,834 --> 00:31:18,169 Uh, look. 545 00:31:19,128 --> 00:31:21,714 Guys were doing things that I didn't see. 546 00:31:22,339 --> 00:31:26,260 At one event, preseason, I think we were in peoria. 547 00:31:26,343 --> 00:31:28,804 It's in a hotel. So, I'm trying to find my teammates. 548 00:31:28,888 --> 00:31:30,848 So I start knocking on doors. 549 00:31:30,931 --> 00:31:34,435 I get to this one door, and I knock on the door, 550 00:31:34,518 --> 00:31:36,729 and I can hear someone says, "shh. 551 00:31:37,855 --> 00:31:39,106 Someone's outside." 552 00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:43,110 And then you hear this deep voice say, "who is it?" 553 00:31:43,194 --> 00:31:44,570 I say, "it's mj." 554 00:31:44,653 --> 00:31:45,863 And then they all say, 555 00:31:45,946 --> 00:31:48,115 "aw, fuck, he's just a rookie. Don't worry about it." 556 00:31:48,199 --> 00:31:49,450 So they open up the door. 557 00:31:49,533 --> 00:31:53,829 I walk in, and practically the whole team was in there. 558 00:31:54,497 --> 00:31:58,584 And it was, like, things I've never seen in my life, 559 00:31:58,667 --> 00:32:00,669 you know, as a young kid. 560 00:32:00,753 --> 00:32:03,464 You got all... You got your lines over here. 561 00:32:03,547 --> 00:32:06,550 You got your weed smokers over here. You got your women over here. 562 00:32:08,135 --> 00:32:12,223 So, the first thing I said, "look, man. You know, I'm out," you know? 563 00:32:12,306 --> 00:32:13,474 'Cause all I can think about, 564 00:32:13,557 --> 00:32:16,477 if they come and raid this place right about now, 565 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:20,147 I am just as guilty as everybody else that's in this room. 566 00:32:20,981 --> 00:32:23,901 And from that point on, you know, I was more or less on my own. 567 00:32:25,945 --> 00:32:28,030 [Telander] His townhouse was just a regular place, 568 00:32:28,114 --> 00:32:30,658 and at the start, his mom would be there an awful lot. 569 00:32:30,741 --> 00:32:35,162 And Jordan's buddies would come by, you know, players and what have you, 570 00:32:35,246 --> 00:32:37,873 but he was just living like he was still in college. 571 00:32:38,332 --> 00:32:40,459 [Jordan] I enjoyed, you know, just hanging out, 572 00:32:40,543 --> 00:32:43,003 playing cards, watching movies. 573 00:32:43,087 --> 00:32:44,713 You know, I wasn't going to the clubs. 574 00:32:45,965 --> 00:32:48,384 Whatever somebody else might have been doing off the court 575 00:32:48,467 --> 00:32:52,888 or if it was partying or whatever, that wasn't part of what he wanted to do. 576 00:32:52,972 --> 00:32:55,224 Orange juice and 7up was his go-to. 577 00:32:55,307 --> 00:33:01,021 I don't smoke. I don't do lines. I didn't drink at the time. 578 00:33:01,105 --> 00:33:03,983 I was looking just to get some rest, get up, and go play. 579 00:33:05,109 --> 00:33:08,904 When Jordan first came to the bulls, he was the number-three pick, 580 00:33:08,988 --> 00:33:10,072 so a lot of people thought, 581 00:33:10,156 --> 00:33:13,284 "well, he's only 6'6", so how much can he really do?" 582 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,454 We wish he were 7'1". Uh, but he isn't. 583 00:33:17,538 --> 00:33:19,540 Michael got to realize that he's not 7 foot, 584 00:33:19,623 --> 00:33:22,168 so he's not gonna carry a team in the NBA. 585 00:33:22,251 --> 00:33:26,046 I really don't think that, uh, in the NBA anymore, 586 00:33:26,130 --> 00:33:28,924 there's really not any such thing as a one-man team. 587 00:33:29,008 --> 00:33:30,593 And I don't think that you can come in 588 00:33:30,676 --> 00:33:33,304 expecting one guy to turn the whole thing around. 589 00:33:34,180 --> 00:33:38,642 There was no one alive... not coach Smith, not rod Thorn who drafted him... 590 00:33:40,144 --> 00:33:41,562 No one, none of the experts, 591 00:33:41,645 --> 00:33:43,606 thought that he would become what he became. 592 00:33:44,940 --> 00:33:46,734 [Jordan] When I first got to Chicago, 593 00:33:46,817 --> 00:33:49,862 I went in considering myself the lowest on the totem pole. 594 00:33:49,945 --> 00:33:53,365 Whatever people had been saying about me, I still had to earn my stripes. 595 00:33:55,117 --> 00:33:58,954 [Higgins] When he arrived into the gym on the first day of practice, 596 00:33:59,038 --> 00:34:02,333 you can see that this guy is the best player here. 597 00:34:02,416 --> 00:34:05,336 This cat is, uh, is different. 598 00:34:05,419 --> 00:34:10,174 [Man] When we drafted Michael, I did not know how good Michael was. 599 00:34:10,257 --> 00:34:13,594 The strength he had, the physical strength, was amazing. 600 00:34:16,847 --> 00:34:21,560 [Thorn] The first day of practice, I got a call from the assistant coach, 601 00:34:21,644 --> 00:34:25,731 and he said to me, "congratulations." 602 00:34:25,814 --> 00:34:27,274 And I said, "for what?" 603 00:34:27,358 --> 00:34:31,195 And he said, "you did not screw this draft up. 604 00:34:31,278 --> 00:34:33,489 This guy is really good." 605 00:34:34,573 --> 00:34:38,118 [Jordan] From the first day in practice, my mentality was, 606 00:34:38,202 --> 00:34:41,872 whoever's the team leader on that team, I'm going after him. 607 00:34:41,956 --> 00:34:45,209 And I'm not gonna do it with my voice because I had no voice. 608 00:34:45,292 --> 00:34:47,294 I had no status. 609 00:34:47,962 --> 00:34:49,588 I have to do it with the way that I play. 610 00:34:49,672 --> 00:34:51,423 [Announced number 23, Michael Jordan! 611 00:34:51,507 --> 00:34:53,759 I felt like I earned my stripes in the third game. 612 00:34:56,553 --> 00:34:59,890 Milwaukee's always been a Nemesis for Chicago. 613 00:34:59,974 --> 00:35:02,935 Every time we played them, they beat us. 614 00:35:03,811 --> 00:35:05,604 They had Sidney moncrief, 615 00:35:05,688 --> 00:35:08,691 who was the reigning defensive player of the year. 616 00:35:08,774 --> 00:35:10,776 They had a tremendous defensive team. 617 00:35:10,859 --> 00:35:13,570 I kind of thought I knew his potential, 618 00:35:13,654 --> 00:35:16,532 because I had played against the best players in the NBA so far... 619 00:35:16,615 --> 00:35:19,118 The magics and the birds and the Dr. J and Kareem. 620 00:35:19,201 --> 00:35:20,345 These were some great players. 621 00:35:20,369 --> 00:35:24,164 And all of a sudden, this rookie comes into the NBA, 622 00:35:24,248 --> 00:35:27,167 and I watched the way he moved on the court and his instincts. 623 00:35:27,251 --> 00:35:29,628 I'm like, "wow. That's going to be scary." 624 00:35:29,712 --> 00:35:32,339 [Male commentator] Milwaukee bucks have taken control here. 625 00:35:32,423 --> 00:35:34,008 7'he y have a nine-point lead 626 00:35:34,091 --> 00:35:36,635 [Jordan] We were losing going into the fourth quarter. 627 00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:38,929 Before, guys would get down on themselves, 628 00:35:39,013 --> 00:35:40,681 and they just kind of give up. 629 00:35:40,764 --> 00:35:43,892 You know, "okay, we just chalk this up. We look for the next game." 630 00:35:43,976 --> 00:35:46,103 And I'm saying, "well, the game's not over with." 631 00:35:46,895 --> 00:35:51,025 And Kevin loughery sensed that in me, and he just started feeding me the ball, 632 00:35:51,108 --> 00:35:52,318 and I just started going. 633 00:35:52,401 --> 00:35:54,587 [Male commentator] Jordan now at 24, and he keeps the bulls in it. 634 00:35:54,611 --> 00:35:56,196 Jordan goes for it, gets it! 635 00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:57,281 [Cheering] 636 00:35:57,364 --> 00:35:58,883 - There's Jordan driving... - [Whistle blows] 637 00:35:58,907 --> 00:36:01,535 I/I/hoa! Oh! Unbelievable! 638 00:36:01,618 --> 00:36:06,165 [Moncrief] Every time we went to trap him, he would split, go down the Lane, 639 00:36:06,248 --> 00:36:08,250 make a really difficult shot. 640 00:36:08,334 --> 00:36:10,085 He was so explosive. 641 00:36:10,169 --> 00:36:12,421 I don't think there's anybody that could defend Michael. 642 00:36:13,047 --> 00:36:14,840 [Jordan] We come back, and we win the game. 643 00:36:15,716 --> 00:36:18,385 From that point on, everybody on that team felt like, 644 00:36:18,469 --> 00:36:20,596 "this young kid is not gonna let us lose." 645 00:36:20,679 --> 00:36:24,516 Everybody on that bull team within a two-week period 646 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,810 knew he was the best player we had. 647 00:36:26,894 --> 00:36:30,189 [Male commentator] And now, the noise factor begins to really increase. 648 00:36:30,272 --> 00:36:33,359 Here is the man, Michael Jordan from north Carolina, 649 00:36:33,442 --> 00:36:35,694 the number-three pick of the NBA draft. 650 00:36:36,278 --> 00:36:38,822 J“ / ain't no joke I used to let the mic smoke j“ 651 00:36:38,906 --> 00:36:41,784 j“ now / slam it when I'm done and make sure it's broke... j“ 652 00:36:41,867 --> 00:36:43,410 [male commentator] Jordan, whata move! 653 00:36:43,494 --> 00:36:44,495 J“ nobody press up... j“ 654 00:36:44,578 --> 00:36:45,805 [male commentator] Jordan on the break-out. 655 00:36:45,829 --> 00:36:47,956 All the way, and gets it home! 656 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:50,459 [Man] As a rookie, he was not a rookie. 657 00:36:50,542 --> 00:36:55,422 He proved right out of the gates there was none other like him. 658 00:36:56,215 --> 00:36:57,484 [Male commentator] Driving all the way in! 659 00:36:57,508 --> 00:36:59,760 - [Shouting indistinctly] - Unbe/ie vab/e! 660 00:36:59,843 --> 00:37:01,154 J“ but soon you start to suffer... j“ 661 00:37:01,178 --> 00:37:05,349 it was like he had, like, uh, extra levitation gear or something. 662 00:37:05,432 --> 00:37:06,767 It just didn't seem real. 663 00:37:06,850 --> 00:37:09,329 J“ you can't cope, you should of broke 'cause / ain't no joke j“ 664 00:37:09,353 --> 00:37:10,896 [commentators shout indistinctly] 665 00:37:10,979 --> 00:37:14,066 His balance, his footwork, his fundamentals. 666 00:37:14,149 --> 00:37:16,902 [Male commentator] Front court to Jordan. Looking for penetration. 667 00:37:16,985 --> 00:37:20,197 The dude was just... mm, mm, mm. 668 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:23,117 J“ / got a question it's serious as cancerj“ 669 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:24,636 [male commentator] What a move from Jordan! 670 00:37:24,660 --> 00:37:27,162 J“ hyper as a heart attack nobody smiling j“ 671 00:37:27,246 --> 00:37:29,915 j“ 'cause you're expressing the rhyme that I'm styling... j“ 672 00:37:29,998 --> 00:37:33,335 [male interviewer] How's the transition been from college to the NBA? 673 00:37:33,419 --> 00:37:35,170 Well, I think it's been pretty easy. 674 00:37:35,254 --> 00:37:36,672 J“ if anything he play j“ 675 00:37:36,755 --> 00:37:38,799 j“ sound familiar, I'i/ wait till e say j“ 676 00:37:38,882 --> 00:37:41,218 j“ play 'em so I'm-a have to dis and broke j“ 677 00:37:41,301 --> 00:37:44,304 j“ you could get a smack for this I ain't no joke j“ 678 00:37:44,388 --> 00:37:46,390 [crowd cheering] 679 00:37:59,278 --> 00:38:01,881 [Male newscaster] He's only played professional basketball a few months, 680 00:38:01,905 --> 00:38:04,158 but at age 27, Michael Jordan 681 00:38:04,241 --> 00:38:07,578 is the national basketball association's hottest draw. 682 00:38:07,661 --> 00:38:09,389 [Woman newscaster] Since he arrived, the stadium, 683 00:38:09,413 --> 00:38:13,459 which used to be two-thirds empty, has been sold out every game. 684 00:38:14,042 --> 00:38:16,587 When Michael first came to town, 685 00:38:16,670 --> 00:38:19,339 I didn't have the money to buy tickets for a bulls game, 686 00:38:19,423 --> 00:38:23,177 even the discount ones back in the day. I was pretty broke. 687 00:38:23,677 --> 00:38:30,392 But suddenly, you have a sports figure that puts Chicago on the map 688 00:38:30,476 --> 00:38:32,811 and that everybody was able to rally around. 689 00:38:33,479 --> 00:38:35,582 [Mclntyre] Chicagoans kind of like to think of themselves 690 00:38:35,606 --> 00:38:39,193 as being a little tough, blue-collar, roll up your sleeves, 691 00:38:39,276 --> 00:38:40,694 you never mail it in. 692 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,406 So people loved to see somebody who gives it everything they've got. 693 00:38:44,490 --> 00:38:45,491 Jordan did that. 694 00:38:45,574 --> 00:38:50,537 [Male commentator] Ton/ght's attendance: 78, 688. 695 00:38:50,621 --> 00:38:53,832 When Michael came in '84, we got an immediate shot in the arm. 696 00:38:53,916 --> 00:38:56,585 The city was just beside themself. 697 00:38:56,668 --> 00:38:59,922 The interest just grew, and it grew dramatically. 698 00:39:00,005 --> 00:39:02,716 It was just a phenomenal thing to kind of watch it. 699 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:08,764 Country boy that comes into the big city and makes the big city a special place. 700 00:39:08,847 --> 00:39:11,141 Seems like it's exciting again. 701 00:39:11,225 --> 00:39:13,644 He does some things that I just never seen before. 702 00:39:13,727 --> 00:39:16,605 Words can't describe him. He's poetry in motion. 703 00:39:16,688 --> 00:39:19,149 [Commentator] He's the reason for sellouts everywhere they go. 704 00:39:19,233 --> 00:39:23,904 1984-'85 season will go down in history as the year Michael Jordan came to town. 705 00:39:23,987 --> 00:39:26,823 He has touched the hearts of chicagoland and the nation. 706 00:39:26,907 --> 00:39:28,575 What's in his immediate future? 707 00:39:28,659 --> 00:39:31,453 Coronation as the NBA's rookie of the year, 708 00:39:31,537 --> 00:39:36,959 a fitting tribute to a man who rescued what some considered a dying franchise. 709 00:39:37,042 --> 00:39:41,213 The 1984-'85 NBA rookie of the year. 710 00:39:41,296 --> 00:39:42,506 Michael? 711 00:39:46,385 --> 00:39:48,387 [No audible dialogue] 712 00:40:25,799 --> 00:40:26,925 [Laughs] 713 00:40:29,177 --> 00:40:31,555 [Indistinct conversations] 714 00:40:31,638 --> 00:40:33,640 [Chattering] 715 00:40:39,605 --> 00:40:40,814 Come on, hawk. 716 00:40:42,983 --> 00:40:45,861 [Chuckles] I like it. It's crazy this is France, you know? 717 00:40:45,944 --> 00:40:47,505 - How's the wife? - Good, everything's good. 718 00:40:47,529 --> 00:40:48,590 - You just getting in? - She's here. 719 00:40:48,614 --> 00:40:49,924 No, I was here for the game last night. 720 00:40:49,948 --> 00:40:53,160 - Were you? Cool. - Uh... reading all about you. 721 00:40:53,243 --> 00:40:54,995 - Yeah, sure. - Enjoyed the photo of you. 722 00:40:55,078 --> 00:40:57,039 Yeah... [indistinct] 723 00:40:58,040 --> 00:40:59,541 You guys not allowed. Sorry. 724 00:40:59,625 --> 00:41:01,710 Nah, I'm just kidding. Come on in. [Laughs] 725 00:41:02,753 --> 00:41:04,296 - [Man] Thanks, Michael. - All right. 726 00:41:05,297 --> 00:41:07,507 [Chattering] 727 00:41:07,591 --> 00:41:10,551 I'd like to thank you for coming along on this ride on this fabulous train. 728 00:41:10,594 --> 00:41:11,595 [Men chuckle] 729 00:41:17,851 --> 00:41:19,853 [Chattering continues] 730 00:41:27,861 --> 00:41:30,061 [Male commentator] Basketball fans from around the world 731 00:41:30,113 --> 00:41:31,657 have been gathering since early today 732 00:41:31,740 --> 00:41:35,160 here at the palais omnisports de bercy here in Paris. 733 00:41:35,243 --> 00:41:37,579 They're here to see one man, Michael Jordan, 734 00:41:37,663 --> 00:41:40,582 five-time NBA champion Chicago bull. 735 00:41:40,666 --> 00:41:42,668 [Crowd cheering] 736 00:41:56,682 --> 00:41:59,518 [Telander] Scottie pippen wasn't there. He had an injury. 737 00:41:59,601 --> 00:42:01,663 You know, and you figure, "well, they don't need him." 738 00:42:01,687 --> 00:42:04,398 Dennis rodman wasn't there, either. He was holding out. 739 00:42:04,481 --> 00:42:05,857 But it was almost irrelevant, 740 00:42:05,941 --> 00:42:08,421 'cause you knew that Michael was going to annihilate everybody. 741 00:42:10,862 --> 00:42:13,490 [Male commentator] 7'he bulls are without Dennis rodman, 742 00:42:13,573 --> 00:42:15,013 and the y're without scottie p/ppen. 743 00:42:16,660 --> 00:42:18,912 Intimidation. That's what this is all about. 744 00:42:18,995 --> 00:42:22,499 These guys ha ve ne ver played against a team like this. 745 00:42:23,166 --> 00:42:25,168 Nothing but net for Michael Jordan. 746 00:42:26,044 --> 00:42:27,963 Jordan. Look out. 747 00:42:28,046 --> 00:42:30,173 Three in a row! Jordan! 748 00:42:30,257 --> 00:42:32,426 [Cheering] 749 00:42:32,509 --> 00:42:37,180 Michael played every game as if it was his last, every single game. 750 00:42:37,264 --> 00:42:39,391 There was never a day off. 751 00:42:40,350 --> 00:42:42,769 He knew that there was gonna be somebody in that crowd 752 00:42:42,853 --> 00:42:44,354 that never saw him play before. 753 00:42:44,438 --> 00:42:45,647 That's what kept him going. 754 00:42:45,731 --> 00:42:48,108 It wasn't like, "oh, hey, I went to see this guy play, 755 00:42:48,191 --> 00:42:49,985 and he only got 12 points." Didn't happen. 756 00:42:50,068 --> 00:42:51,903 [Commentator 1] Call ha'agen-dazs, 757 00:42:51,987 --> 00:42:54,698 'cause / want two scoops of this scoop shot. 758 00:42:54,781 --> 00:42:57,534 [Commentator 2] The French players just helpless out there. 759 00:42:57,617 --> 00:43:00,871 The bulls win by 26. Jordan... [speaks French] 760 00:43:00,954 --> 00:43:02,956 [Laughter] 761 00:43:07,335 --> 00:43:08,378 All right. 762 00:43:11,089 --> 00:43:12,466 [Laughs] 763 00:43:12,549 --> 00:43:14,551 [Crowd singing] 764 00:43:19,598 --> 00:43:22,100 Good game. Good game. 765 00:43:22,184 --> 00:43:23,518 All right. Good game. 766 00:43:28,148 --> 00:43:30,150 [Crowd cheering] 767 00:43:38,158 --> 00:43:39,701 J“ we can go home j“ 768 00:43:39,785 --> 00:43:41,495 [laughter] 769 00:43:46,208 --> 00:43:48,210 [Chattering] 770 00:43:57,344 --> 00:43:58,470 [Man] What? 771 00:44:01,932 --> 00:44:03,350 - All right! - [Man] Boys! 772 00:44:03,433 --> 00:44:04,994 For all you guys that have never won before, 773 00:44:05,018 --> 00:44:06,269 welcome to being a champion. 774 00:44:06,353 --> 00:44:07,395 [Laughter] 775 00:44:07,479 --> 00:44:10,315 That was a good start. That was a good start. 776 00:44:10,398 --> 00:44:16,154 Tonight, Michael put on quite a show, and we're proud to go home 777 00:44:16,238 --> 00:44:21,910 and continue on this quest for another championship in 1997-98. 778 00:44:22,661 --> 00:44:24,037 Thank you. 779 00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:29,876 [Man] Phil always looked for a theme for every season. 780 00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:32,963 And given that it was the last year we were gonna be together... 781 00:44:33,046 --> 00:44:35,841 Management had already made that decision... 782 00:44:35,924 --> 00:44:40,512 In typical Phil fashion, you know, he had a name for it. 783 00:44:41,805 --> 00:44:44,057 [Wennington] We'd arrived at the practice facility. 784 00:44:44,140 --> 00:44:46,643 It's our first official meeting as a team. 785 00:44:47,185 --> 00:44:48,562 Get the team handbook. 786 00:44:49,771 --> 00:44:52,983 Laminated on the front page, "last dance." 787 00:44:53,066 --> 00:44:57,237 I talked to the players about particularly how important it was for us 788 00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:02,242 to really be together in this last run that we were going to have. 789 00:45:02,325 --> 00:45:04,703 So I called it "the last dance". 790 00:45:04,786 --> 00:45:07,163 [Wennington] That whole meeting was, 791 00:45:07,247 --> 00:45:10,750 "enjoy what's happening, 'cause this is it." 792 00:45:10,834 --> 00:45:12,836 [Crowd cheering] 793 00:45:19,551 --> 00:45:21,028 [Male commentator] Good evening, everyone, 794 00:45:21,052 --> 00:45:22,971 and welcome once again to bulls basketball, 795 00:45:23,054 --> 00:45:26,892 as the bulls open the home portion of their '97— '98 campa/gn. 796 00:45:26,975 --> 00:45:30,770 Game-time programs tonight, folks! Only two bucks on the outside! 797 00:45:30,854 --> 00:45:32,164 If you don't go see Michael Jordan, 798 00:45:32,188 --> 00:45:34,608 well, you're missing out on life, that's for sure. 799 00:45:34,691 --> 00:45:38,612 She said, "do you want Christmas presents under the tree, 800 00:45:38,695 --> 00:45:43,450 or do you want to see Michael Jordan and scottie pippen and Dennis rodman?" 801 00:45:43,533 --> 00:45:45,577 We picked the bulls. 802 00:45:46,411 --> 00:45:49,789 Caps! T-shirts! Souvenirs, right here! T-shirts! 803 00:45:49,873 --> 00:45:54,169 [Woman] Ton/ght, Jordan and the bulls return to Chicago for the ring ceremony. 804 00:45:54,252 --> 00:45:57,047 It's not like the first time, but it ain't bad for m! And company, 805 00:45:57,130 --> 00:45:58,924 ring number five and banner number five. 806 00:45:59,007 --> 00:46:01,485 [Interviewer] Your fifth ring ceremony just as exciting as the first? 807 00:46:01,509 --> 00:46:02,844 Even more so. 808 00:46:02,928 --> 00:46:04,971 Put it in perspective as we look for number six. 809 00:46:05,055 --> 00:46:07,135 There you go. Good luck tonight. Thanks for stopping. 810 00:46:07,432 --> 00:46:09,243 [Male commentator] Always nice to hear ll/lichae/ talk about 811 00:46:09,267 --> 00:46:12,979 the possibility of winning number six, and you 7! See that ring ceremony. 812 00:46:13,063 --> 00:46:15,273 It's only moments away now here at the united center. 813 00:46:19,861 --> 00:46:21,863 [Jackson speaking] 814 00:46:33,750 --> 00:46:35,001 Okay? All right, guys. 815 00:46:40,340 --> 00:46:41,484 [Male interviewer] David stern, 816 00:46:41,508 --> 00:46:43,319 - thank you for stopping to talk to us. - Good to be here. 817 00:46:43,343 --> 00:46:45,863 [Interviewer] Talk about the perspective you can put on this team 818 00:46:45,887 --> 00:46:47,367 and what it has meant to your league. 819 00:46:47,430 --> 00:46:50,016 [Stern] There'll never be quite another team like this. 820 00:46:50,100 --> 00:46:54,562 They have gotten to be the number-one sports team in the world. 821 00:46:54,646 --> 00:46:57,732 It's a very exciting time in the life of the league 822 00:46:57,816 --> 00:46:58,817 and in my life, too. 823 00:46:59,776 --> 00:47:01,778 [Chattering] 824 00:47:06,825 --> 00:47:08,185 [Man] How's it going? Warm up now? 825 00:47:16,459 --> 00:47:17,544 [Man] Yep. 826 00:47:18,003 --> 00:47:21,214 [Stern] I'm here on behalf of basketball fans around the world 827 00:47:21,297 --> 00:47:26,511 to congratulate the 7997 NBA champions Chicago Bulls, 828 00:47:26,594 --> 00:47:30,974 a team for our time, the basketball team of our time, 829 00:47:31,057 --> 00:47:32,642 and one for the ages. 830 00:47:33,059 --> 00:47:37,105 [Male commentator] The architect of the 1996-97 bulls championship team 831 00:47:37,188 --> 00:47:39,941 and two-time executive of the year, Jerry krause! 832 00:47:40,025 --> 00:47:42,027 [Scattered applause, crowd booing] 833 00:47:45,739 --> 00:47:47,824 Phil Jackson, the coach! 834 00:47:47,907 --> 00:47:49,909 [Crowd cheering] 835 00:47:51,745 --> 00:47:57,959 And now, your five-time world champion Chicago Bulls! 836 00:47:58,043 --> 00:48:00,045 [Crowd continues cheering] 837 00:48:07,594 --> 00:48:09,846 Bill wennington! 838 00:48:09,929 --> 00:48:12,307 Steve kerr! 839 00:48:12,390 --> 00:48:14,350 Toni kukoc! 840 00:48:14,434 --> 00:48:16,770 Dennis rodman! 841 00:48:18,271 --> 00:48:20,982 Scottie pippen! 842 00:48:21,066 --> 00:48:23,068 [Cheering, applause] 843 00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:28,615 From north Carolina, at guard, 844 00:48:28,698 --> 00:48:32,952 6'6", Michael Jordan! 845 00:48:33,036 --> 00:48:35,038 [Cheering] 846 00:48:42,212 --> 00:48:44,923 You guys remember, in 1984, when they drafted Michael Jordan 847 00:48:45,006 --> 00:48:46,382 to the city of Chicago? 848 00:48:46,466 --> 00:48:48,176 [Crowd cheering] 849 00:48:48,259 --> 00:48:51,179 I said then that we'd be champions by the time I leave. 850 00:48:52,055 --> 00:48:55,391 Well, we're five times champion going for six, 851 00:48:55,475 --> 00:48:57,852 and we need your support. Thank you very, very much. 852 00:48:57,936 --> 00:48:59,938 [Cheering, applause] 853 00:49:01,564 --> 00:49:04,567 [Jordan] That season could be the end, you know? 854 00:49:04,651 --> 00:49:07,445 It could very well be the end, and we had to think that way. 855 00:49:13,701 --> 00:49:14,786 [Man] What time is it? 856 00:49:14,869 --> 00:49:16,079 [All] Game time! Whoo!