Michael Jordan has been accused of lying about several things during ESPN and Netflix's hugely popular documentary 'The Last Dance'.
'it was like when a TV movie comes on and they say, "this is based on a true story." That's what that was. It was based on a true story.'
longtime NBA writer Sam Smith says a number of claims made in it are untrue.
Smith, author of 1992 New York Times bestseller 'The Jordan Rules, refutes Jordan's 'revelation' that he wanted to return to the Chicago Bulls after they won their final title in 1998.
Smith, author of 1992 New York Times bestseller 'The Jordan Rules, refutes Jordan's 'revelation' that he wanted to return to the Chicago Bulls after they won their final title in 1998.
Jordan claimed in the final episode that all four of them have returned on one-year contracts if owner Jerry Reinsdorf would have offered them but Smith calls this a 'blatant lie'.
'That was a complete and blatant lie by Michael,' he said
'That was a complete and blatant lie by Michael,' he said
Jordan wanting to return for the 1998-99 season] was a complete, blatant lie. I know what happened.'
'The pizza thing - the poison - that was complete nonsense,' said Smith
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