'He made the game look easy. But being Michael Jordan, and all that came with it, that wasn’t easy.' Former Chicago Bull B.J. Armstrong reflected on TheLastDance and his time as Michael Jordan's teammate.
EDITOR’S NOTE: B.J. Armstrong, a Los Angeles-based sports agent who played with theduring the 1991, 1992 and 1993 championship seasons, offered perspective and analysis to The Associated Press throughout the airing of “The Last Dance” series. With the final two episodes airing [in the U.S.] Sunday night, Armstrong shared his insight in an essay — as told to AP Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds — on the 10-part documentary.
He was always in his room. It had to be tough, right? That’s when it hit me: You need to have a certain personality to absorb the public life that comes with being a superstar. Suddenly, he just couldn’t do the things that we could do. And he never made excuses for it. I remember the little things, now — he stopped shooting before games, stopped warming up, because he thought it could be disruptive to the team. He was like, “I don’t want to interfere with the team.” He always knew our routines and had respect for them. He always made sure that everyone had their space within the group.
This guy was incredible, yet he was most comfortable being one of the guys. We hadn’t seen a player like him. He could score, he could defend, he could rebound. He was so confident. But underneath that, behind the scenes, I knew Michael Jordan was a country kid from North Carolina, and it was that simple to him. He was a young man, at heart, who wanted to be one of the guys who loved to play and was willing to do whatever was necessary.
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