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“Most of You Guys Are Softies in Real Life”: Michael Jordan’s Daughter Was Left in Utter Disbelief Seeing “Uncles” Scottie Pippen, Charles Barkley and Other NBA Legends’ Reality

Published 09/05/2022, 12:16 AM EDT

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The Chicago Bulls of the ’90s won countless hearts. The entire decade seemed like a stroll in the park for them as they glittered the Windy City in gold. Led by ‘His Airness’ himself, Michael Jordan, the franchise won six NBA championships in eight years.

‘The Last Dance’ premiered in 2020, with the docuseries offering a breathtaking portrayal of the franchise’s trials and tribulations on their route to becoming one of the greatest NBA dynasties of all time. Jordan and his ultimate crew of sidekicks left every opposing team in the dust as they sailed towards glory.

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Watching ‘The Last Dance’ was undoubtedly a great experience for NBA fans around the globe. In fact, Jordan’s own children were struck spellbound after seeing the docuseries. They were kids while their father was enthralling the world with his otherworldly talents. Therefore, the docuseries has given them a much clearer picture of their father’s greatness.

In an interview with MJ’s daughter, Jasmine Jordan, she talked about her experience watching the docuseries. She explained how she barely remembers all that happened in real time. The interviewer then asked Jasmine about her father’s phenomenal teammates. She described her amazement at seeing all of those players go to work, whom she had always known as “uncles.”

Jasmine Jordan was amazed to see her Michael Jordan and his “uncle” teammates go to work

Michael Jordan shared the court with arguably some of the finest teammates anybody could wish for. With players like Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Horace Grant, and a slew of others, the Jumpman dominated the ’90s.

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Talking about MJ’s teammates, the interviewer asked Jasmine whether she remembers being around any of them considering that they were like uncles to her.

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“Absolutely”, she said. “Uncle Scottie (Pippen), uncle Charles (Barkley), uncle Oak (Charles Oakley), uncle Ron (Harper)… like they used to all come over to the house during holidays and just hang out and kick it. So it’s incredible to see this perspective of them as well cause I’m just used to them being these jokesters. Funny and giggling and just crazy and then seeing them in like go-mode, grind and just, ‘Yo I’m focused’, it’s incredible.”

“I’m like, ‘Most of you guys are softies in real life’, we didn’t know this is the kind of personality you had so it’s definitely crazy to see them but they are all like family,” she concluded.

Seeing the docuseries was as eye-opening for Jasmine as it was for the rest of the world. She was only a young girl when her father was making history. Getting a vivid vision of her father and the success of the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s must have been a wonderful experience.

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Ritvik Malhotra

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Ritvik is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. Having completed his Bachelor's in Journalism and Mass Communication from Amity University, Ritvik has finally got his foot in the door as a professional sports writer. He previously interned at another media house where he authored over 150 soccer articles, but he is now writing about his primary obsession, basketball.
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