ESPN’s stellar 10-part documentary on Michael Jordan and the 1998 Chicago Bulls, “The Last Dance,” wrapped up with the final two episodes on Sunday night. In a time with minimal live sports and none of the four major leagues in America playing right now, fans gathered to watch this series that focused on Jordan.
Aaron Rodgers was one of those people, tuning in to “The Last Dance” from the beginning. While speaking to the media last week, he reminisced on seeing Jordan play his last regular-season game with the Bulls and his current relationship with the hoops legend.
“I have been watching. It’s been a lot of fun,” he said on a conference call recently. “I was fortunate enough in 1998 to sit in the top row at Arco Arena and watch M.J.’s last game as a Bull in the regular season against the Sacramento Kings and was always an M.J. fan since the early ’90s and loved the runs that he was on and always looked up to him.”
This 10-part series from ESPN has reignited the debate of who is the greatest basketball player of all time. Jordan gets the nod from most fans, but there’s a contingent that believes LeBron James is the G.O.A.T. in the NBA.
Rodgers predictably falls on the side that favors Jordan, who won six rings with the Bulls.
“I’ve gotten to know him a little bit over the years and always enjoy our interactions and have a ton of respect for what he accomplished in the game. He’s the greatest basketball player of all time,” Rodgers said. “Really, I’d love to debate anybody on that.”
It’s not often that someone with such close ties to Green Bay would speak so highly of a Chicago sports figure, but Jordan isn’t like any other athlete. He’s in a class of his own.
