THREE DAYS HAD passed since Doc Rivers watched the first two episodes of "The Last Dance," and he couldn't get the predicament former Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson faced during that 1997-98 season out of his head.
"Can you imagine?" Rivers asked on the twice-weekly Zoom call he has been having with his LA Clippers coaching staff since the NBA season was postponed on March 11. "Can you imagine being told before the year that you're going to get fired?"
As the 10-part docuseries details, the Bulls had just won back-to-back championships, and their fifth championship in seven years, but general manager Jerry Krause had decided that no matter what the team did that season, it was time to rebuild -- and Jackson wouldn't be the head coach.