Thread by @ChrisWesseling, In you’re in the market for reading material in anticipation of #TheLastDance [...]

In you’re in the market for reading material in anticipation of #TheLastDance

, my favorite articles on Jordan and ‘90s Bulls:

Jordan’s Moment, David Halberstam @NewYorker 1998 http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1998/12/21/jordans-moment

A Hero for the Wired World, Halberstam @si_vault 1991 https://www.si.com/nba/2014/11/10/hero-wired-world-michael-jordan-comes-age

A Hero For The Wired World: Michael Jordan reaches new heights

In this SI 60 selection, Pulitzer Prize winner David Halberstam writes about why Michael Jordan was the perfect athlete for the perfect time in America.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1998/12/21/jordans-moment

Back in Play, David Remnick @NewYorker 1995 https://grantland.com/features/david-remnick-classic-new-yorker-story-michael-jordan-first-return-basketball/

55, Alexander Wolff @si_vault 1995 https://www.si.com/nba/2014/08/14/55-points-michael-jordan-bulls-knicks-madison-square-garden-si-60

Michael Jordan Has Not Left the Building, Wright Thompson @ESPN 2013 http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/Michael-Jordan/michael-jordan-not-left-building

OTL: Michael Jordan Has Not Left The Building

As he reaches his 50th birthday, MJ is still looking for one more ass to kick

https://grantland.com/features/david-remnick-classic-new-yorker-story-michael-jordan-first-return-basketball/

All the World Was a Stage for This Player, Jim Murray @latimes 1996 https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-xpm-2013-feb-17-la-sp-sn-michael-jordan-at-50-jim-murray-20130216-story.html

Greatest Game Nobody Ever Saw, Jack McCallum @si_vault 2012 https://www.si.com/more-sports/2012/07/24/usa-basketball-game-nobody-saw

Oral History of the 1995-96 @chicagobulls, Alex Wong @Complex 2017 https://www.complex.com/sports/oral-history-96-bulls

Jack McCallum: Dream Team scrimmage greatest game nobody ever saw

You have a tape?" Michael Jordan asks. "Of that game?" "I do," I say. "Man, everybody asks me about that game," he says. "It was the most fun I ever had on a

https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-xpm-2013-feb-17-la-sp-sn-michael-jordan-at-50-jim-murray-20130216-story.html

A Head for the Game, Jack McCallum @si_vault 1993 https://vault.si.com/vault/1993/07/07/a-head-for-the-game-phil-jackson-a-dead-head-and-a-child-of-the-60s-is-a-far-better-master-of-the-nbas-mind-games-than-anyone-expected

A Battle of Two Great Smiles, David Halberstam @longform 1999 http://reprints.longform.org/a-battle-of-two-great-smiles

In an Orbit All His Own, Curry Kirkpatrick @si_vault 1987 https://vault.si.com/vault/1987/11/09/in-an-orbit-all-his-own-whether-hes-pouring-in-points-or-putting-together-business-deals-high-flying-michael-jordan-of-the-chicago-bulls-is-out-of-this-world

IN AN ORBIT ALL HIS OWN

Let's run a clear-out for Michael Jordan. Before he scores one more oooh noo, hook up the VCR, mama, he's throwin' it down again basket; before he gulps down

https://vault.si.com/vault/1993/07/07/a-head-for-the-game-phil-jackson-a-dead-head-and-a-child-of-the-60s-is-a-far-better-master-of-the-nbas-mind-games-than-anyone-expected

How the Bulls Soundtracked Jordan’s Dynasty, @jakemalooley @ringer 2018 https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/11/13/18082986/oral-history-chicago-bulls-introduction-michael-jordan

The Jordan Effect, Roy S. Johnson @FortuneMagazine 1998 https://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/06/22/244166/index.htm

Inside the Start of Bulls Championship Run, Bryan Smith @ChicagoMag 2011 https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/April-2011/Inside-the-Start-of-the-Chicago-Bulls-1991-Championship/

Inside the Start of the Chicago Bulls’ Championship Run

BOUND FOR GLORY: An oral history of how Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson, and the rest of the 1991 NBA champs learned to play together and started the greatest pro sports dynasty the town has ever seen

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/11/13/18082986/oral-history-chicago-bulls-introduction-michael-jordan

Books:

Playing for Keeps, David Halberstam

The Jordan Rules, Sam Smith

Dream Team, Jack McCallum

The Book of Basketball, @BillSimmons

Michael Jordan: The Life, Roland Lazenby

In the Year of the Bull, Rick Telander

Second Coming, Sam Smith

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