Supporting Cast Made 'The Last Dance' Great: TRAINA THOUGHTS

1. The final two episodes of The Last Dance that aired last night were no different than the first eight (except for the terrible ending about burning poems) regarding two central themes: 1) It showed you that Michael Jordan was the best player in NBA history and an assassin on the court who was as good as anyone in the history of sports when it was crunch time and 2) The secondary characters were more interesting and captivating than Jordan.

There wasn't a ton we learned about Jordan over the 10 hours. The "flu game" was really the "pizza poisoning game" was the top revelation.

Throughout the series, we were treated to Jordan's hit list and need for motivation in order to dominate opponents.…