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'The Last Dance' Takeaways: Motivations

Episodes 7 and 8 of “The Last Dance” focus primarily on the tumultuous and surprising two years following Chicago’s 1993 NBA title. Michael Jordan lost his father to a violent crime, retired from the sport of basketball, became a minor league baseball player, returned to pro basketball, and used the pain of a stinging defeat as the fuel needed to return to the pinnacle. (Inside Carolina)

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