As sprawling as The Last Dance was across 10 episodes, director Jason Hehir was unable to fit some stories about Michael Jordan into the overall narrative.
Appearing on the After the Last Dance podcast, Hehir recalled a story Pat Riley told about how Jordan took his suite at a Hawaii hotel and waved at him from the balcony after getting the room:
Figures.A Michael Jordan story courtesy of Pat Riley left on the cutting room floor @jasonmhehir. Listen to the entire episode of @pushinthrupod here: https://t.co/kyJf6Ff9ev #TheLastDance https://t.co/w1mqB0w5QH
According to Hehir, the incident occurred in 1992 or 1993 when Riley was head coach of the New York Knicks.