Michael Jordan welcoming Scott Burrell to the Bulls set the tone for his tenure with the team:
“‘Hey, Scott Burrell, you thought the best part of your trade was you don’t have to play against me four times a year now? Now you have to be with me every day.”
That’s how Burrell remembered it in an appearance on Sports Talk Live, hosted by David Kaplan. Jordan’s brutal behind-the-scenes treatment of Burrell marked a flashpoint series of moments in Episode 7 of “The Last Dance” — a stretch that was highly-anticipated because of comments from Jordan that circulated before the documentary’s release expressing concern that he would be perceived as a “horrible guy” by its end.