Published 18:28 IST, May 7th 2020
Michael Jordan used to deny Horace Grant food on the plane after each bad game: Sam Smith
According to Sam Smith, Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan's documentary might not highlight MJ denying ex-Bulls mate Grant food on the plane after bad games.
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Before Michael Jordan's Last Dance was released, Chicago Bulls legend believed that people might start disliking him after watching docu-series. Jordan's competitive nature often caused problems for him and his teammates and that part has been included in documentary. However, filmmaker Ken Burns believes worst stories regarding Michael Jordan might be prevented from being brocast.
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Did Michael Jordan deny Horace Grant food after he h a b game?
Recent episodes of show talked about Sam Smith and his book Jordan Rules, which grew popular for showing Jordan's imperfect personality. Sam Smith, who claimed to have received information from people on organization, was recently on Tolbert, Krueger and Brooks Podcast where he talked about Michael Jordan and Last Dance. During podcast, Smith revealed a kind of incident that Burns said might be excluded from documentary.
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According to Smith, Michael Jordan used to deny Horace Grant food on ir plane if he did t perform well. Smith revealed that players used to come to him throughout years and tell him about how Jordan took Horace Grant's food away because he did t think Grant played well. Michael Jordan apparently told stewardesses that y should t feed Horace Grant as he does t deserve to eat.
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Why did Sam Smith t include story in his book?
Smith n talked about why he did t include such things in his book. When people asked him to write something, he would tell that he did t mention 'league sources' and would only include ir content if y were alright with being quoted. As per Smith, everyone would back out as y could t 'say that about Michael Jordan'. However, Jordan's motivation for keeping Horace Grant's food away is unclear.
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18:28 IST, May 7th 2020