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Tim Grover on Michael Jordan's Drive, The Last Dance, and Murder Hornets
Episodes 7 and 8 of The Last Dance gave us the rawest look at Michael Jordan yet, and Big Cat isn't holding back on how much he loved the deep dive into MJ’s psyche. From calling Scott Burrell a "ho" to MJ making up imaginary slights to fuel his fire, the documentary finally captured the tyrant that led to six rings.
Big CatEpisode 7 of The Last Dance was the strongest episode of the entire documentary
I thought Episode 7 was the strongest episode of the entire documentary. It was so, so well done.
One of the most emotional moments was seeing MJ break down at the end of Episode 7. While some saw vulnerability, PFT had a different read on what was actually happening behind those famously bloodshot eyes.
PFT CommenterMichael Jordan's tears in The Last Dance were a result of his frustration with others' lack of self-expectation
I think [Jordan] was crying because he was so pissed off that people didn't expect as much from themselves as he did from everybody else.
The Man Who Trained the GOAT
Tim Grover, the legendary trainer who was with Michael Jordan for fifteen years, joined the show to break down what it was like inside the "Breakfast Club." He gave us the definitive answer on the "Flu Game," which he insists was a calculated hit by some suspicious pizza delivery men in Utah.
Tim GroverThe 'Flu Game' was 100% food poisoning from a pizza delivered by five suspicious men
100% it was food poisoning, 100%... I opened up the door and there's literally five guys standing out there to deliver a pizza... Nobody ate the pizza, but him, nobody. And there was no signs of flu, anything being sick before that... you don't go from being [fine to] being hit that fast [by a flu].
Tim Grover also shared his theory on the three types of people: Coolers, Closers, and Cleaners. MJ was the ultimate Cleaner, a person who is never satisfied with the result and immediately looks for the next throat to step on.
Tim GroverElite athletes (Cleaners) are never satisfied and move immediately to the next challenge
Cleaners get that end result over and over again... A part of a cleaner's mentality is to constantly never be satisfied. When something is done, they move on to what's next.
He even gave us a percentage on how MJ looked when he first came back from his baseball sabbatical. Even at a fraction of his peak, he was still the best on the floor, but the transition from swinging a bat to shooting a ball was harder than people realized.
Tim GroverMichael Jordan was only 70-75% of his peak self during the 1995 NBA return
When he came back for that shortened season, 70%, 75% best. And it was a crazy thing. Even at 70%, 75%, he's probably better than 90% of the players, but he wasn't Michael Jordan.
Who's Back and Mount Flushmore
Who's Back of the Week featured some classic PMT targets. Big Cat highlighted the news surrounding Zion Williamson’s lawsuit as a classic case of chasing clout, while PFT took aim at the 90s media members who pushed gambling conspiracy theories during MJ’s retirement.
PFT CommenterEstablished media columnists in the 90s were no better than modern-day Twitter eggs
It's wild to think that in the mid nineties media, all these people who were given columns were no better than just like some Twitter egg that wanted to like put this shit out there and they got away with it and they still have jobs to this day.
Big CatThe lawsuit against Zion Williamson for allegedly receiving money to attend Duke is cloud chasing
Zion Williamson's former marketing agent has served request for admission in their lawsuit, asking him to admit that he received money... She's cloud chasing, yeah.
For the Mount Flushmore of Bad Teammates, the guys dug into the vault of locker room toxicity. Hank went after the current "LeGM" era of the NBA, pointing out that playing with greatness comes at the cost of your own job security.
HankLeBron James is one of the worst teammates of all time because he takes all the credit and trades everyone else
LeBron James. Can't be fun to be his teammate. You're always, always in fear that he's like, if you do well, he's going to take all the credit. If you do bad, he's probably going to trade you off the team.
Big Cat brought up the legendary Roy Rage of Bill Romanowski, a man who literally ended a teammate’s career with a single punch in practice. PFT, however, went way back in the archives for his final pick to identify the first ever rat.
PFT CommenterJudas belongs on the Mount Flushmore of worst teammates of all time
I'm going to go with Judas. I consider Judas to be a teammate. Sold out Jesus. All about the contract situation. Really fucked things up for the rest of the world because he was so selfish.
Big CatBill Romanowski is one of the worst teammates of all time for ending a teammate's career with a punch
I will go with Bill Romanowski. Roy Rage ending his teammate's career by punching him in the face, spitting on people... Bill Romanowski.
Science with Billy Football
Billy Football returned for a deep dive into the "Murder Hornets" currently terrifying the Pacific Northwest. According to our resident intern-son, the media is overreacting to the hornets when there is a much more aggressive threat buzzing around the southern border.
Billy FootballMurder Hornets are not a threat to humans and people should be more worried about Africanized Bees
Murder Hornets are not a problem. The Africanized bees, on the other hand, have been killing more people per capita in the U.S. already... selfies are more dangerous than the murder hornets to the Chinese.
Billy’s solution to the problem involves some biological warfare and a lot of vibrating honeybees, essentially suggesting we turn the American insect population into one giant, aggressive melting pot.
Billy FootballCrossbreeding Japanese and American bees is the solution to the Murder Hornet threat
World War B, we have Japanese bees. We crossbreed the Japanese bees with the American bees and we just become a melting pot of bee populations... our bees will be just as aggressive as the Africanized bees and push them back South.
Go home and feed your cat.
