Skybox wrote:Watching "The Last Dance", I'm reminded of the "Positional Length" the Bulls had and, obviously, Magic are striving for as a key characteristic. Jordan, Harper, Pippen are all exceptionally long and agile at their positions. I don't know how Rodman, who was undersized at his spot (for the times), measures out but he certainly played longer than anyone in the league with his mastery of tips to himself and others and his immeasurable effort for loose balls and rebounds. Obviously, different time with obligatory 7 footers in the middle, but still has some lessons. I would LOVE to see AG transform into a Rodman-type, focusing on extra possessions and put backs, relying on opportunistic offense rather than trying to put the ball on the floor. I've said this for years- would love to just see him crash the offensive boards and jam everything back like Dominique...just be a disruptive menace athletically on both ends.
I think that if Gordon had a true Jordan on the team, he would embrace that role and thrive. Isaac has such a similar background to Pippen, being a guard who had a huge growth spurt. The difference being that Pippen seemed to remain a more fluid and natural ballhandler, but I think Isaac will settle in to being reliable on that front at least.
We just need Fultz to become Jordan, or we need to somehow miraculously land one, and we could have our very own mini-Bulls. Just need Phil or someone to come teach them the triangle.
The Last Dance has made me incredibly interested in seeing a documentary explore the mentality of 'the best'. You can clearly see that Jordan just has a different mindset to most people. I'd like to know if LeBron, Kobe, Durant, Curry, Pierce, KG, Dirk, Duncan, Magic, Bird etc - did/do they all share the same mentality, or different flavours of it? When did they grow into that, and how? etc, etc.
In a league that's dominated by singular talents more often than not, it would be a very interesting topic to explore.
