A former Chicago Bulls All-Star had harsh words for the ESPN "30 for 30" 10-part documentary mini-series The Last Dance, which had been produced with the approval of Bulls Hall of Fame shooting guard Michael Jordan.
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Ex-Bulls power forward Horace Grant recently spoke with his old backup, now-Chicago commentator Stacey King, on the latter's must-listen podcast "Gimme The Hot Sauce."
A 6-foot-10 power forward, Grant was selected by the Bulls out of Clemson with the No. 10 pick in the 1987 NBA Draft, and enjoyed some bountiful seasons before departing in free agency in 1994.
Grant called out The Last Dance for its depiction of Jordan's teammates, specifically Chicago's other Hall of Famer during Grant's run, seven-time All-NBA small forward Scottie Pippen.
"I mean, I'm sitting there, I could not believe it, to be honest. To be transparent, I could not believe how much they cut it up and made the majority of us look incompetent," Grant said.
"To see how Scottie was portrayed in that, I knew that was gonna be a problem. I knew that was gonna be a problem, and I called it," King said. "But the way he was portrayed in there in certain situations, that could've been left out."
After the documentary was released, Pippen similarly took umbrage with his depiction and Jordan's alleged oversight of the project in his bestselling memoir Unguarded.
"I think it was an unfair portrayal of one of the top 75 players - in Scottie - in that documentary," Grant said.
Pippen was named to the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team in 2022, along with champion Bulls teammates Jordan and Dennis Rodman. After Chicago fell to Grant's Orlando Magic in the 1995 playoffs, the club signed controversial free agent power forward Dennis Rodman to combat him. The aging Bulls promptly won three more consecutive titles.
Grant wasn't too shabby himself. Behind Jordan and Pippen, he was the third-best player on three straight Bulls championship teams from 1990-91 to 1992-93.
He won his fourth title with Hall of Fame former Bulls coach Phil Jackson as a starter on the Shaquille O'Neal- and Kobe Bryant-led Los Angeles Lakers in 2000-01.
Grant was also a key contributor on two other O'Neal-led Finals teams, the 1994-95 Orlando Magic and the 2003-04 Lakers.
In his seven years with the Bulls, Grant averaged 12.6 points, 8.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.1 blocks a night.
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