One of the glaring omissions in the famous Chicago Bulls documentary “The Last Dance” was the absence of prominent Center Luc Longley in the 10-part series. Longley was an integral figure of the Bulls’ second three-peat between 1996 to 1998, but it’s likely the Australian wasn’t featured because of disdain towards former teammate Michael Jordan.

Longley opened up in a 2021 documentary, Australia Story, sharing his side of the story and discussing his fragmented relationship with MJ.

“You don’t have to love a bloke to be on his team, to care about him, to play basketball together. I didn’t love MJ, and I thought MJ was difficult and unnecessarily harsh on his teammates and probably on himself. I just didn’t enjoy being around him that much, and that was cool. It was cool to MJ, it was cool with me. At the end of the day, we found a way to respect each other on the court and to co-exist, and that was cool,” he said.

A pattern emerges

This wasn’t the first time that Jordan’s former teammate spoke up following the documentary’s release. Toni Kukoc and Scottie Pippen also publicly disapproved of how situations were portrayed in the series.