GOODYEAR, Arizona – Many months after watching ESPN’s popular documentary on Michael Jordan, “The Last Dance,” there is a scene that still sticks with Amir Garrett.
Jordan is holding a cigar in his mouth and taking fake swings with a baseball bat while talking to a teammate in the locker room. The Chicago Bulls had lost a playoff game to the Charlotte Hornets the previous night and Jordan, in his practice jersey, explained that he wasn’t worried about the loss.
“The sign of a good man,” Jordan says through the cigar, “is if you can talk (smack) when it’s even score, or talk (smack) when you’re behind score.