Here are five takeaways from Episodes of 5 and 6 of ESPN’s “The Last Dance” documentary, which airs Sunday night.
Warning: Spoilers abound.
Kobe Bryant’s appearance, which would’ve been powerful enough, packs extra emotional wallop
Everyone knows the late Lakers great modeled much of his early career after Michael Jordan. But to see a recent interview in which Bryant eloquently gives voice to Jordan’s influence is gut-wrenching to watch following Bryant’s tragic death in a January helicopter crash.
That there’s also footage of Jordan talking trash about a young Bryant in the Eastern Conference All-Star locker room at Madison Square Garden in 1998 makes their dynamic even juicier.