Why Michael Jordan decided to do ''The Last Dance''? Perfectionism, competition and legacy theory

The goal of each documentary is to reconstruct the facts, to tell a reality that the public has not had the opportunity to experience from the inside. The Last Dance promises exactly this: to tell one of the strongest teams in NBA history but above all one of the most cryptic and amazing champions of world sport from an authentic and unprecedented perspective. The question, however, arises spontaneously: why Michael Jordan - a character who in his career and after retiring has always limited his appearances in public and savored interviews, taking care of every aspect of his image and his every choice in a maniacal way - has decided to back in the limelight right now?

The New York Times tried to explain it by summing it up in one word: legacy. The theory advanced by the article is linked to the fact that in the last ten years one of the most pressing debates among basketball addicted is who, between LBJ and MJ, is the best ever, with the Ohio native who is earning year points for year with performances that do not tend to drop in level.
Jordan's goal may indeed be to defend Jordan-legacy and to maintain that gap between the six-ring Bulls and James, which cannot be filled. The series is having a lot of success and at the moment it has already been seen by more than 6.1 million viewers - a record ever for a documentary by the American network - numbers that also come from the absence of sports played in this period and a consequent monopoly of attention by sports-related docu-series.

This does not mean that "The Last Dance" is the way Jordan wants to reiterate that he has been the best ever, but it is his way of communicating that the "legacy" that he has created cannot be forgotten and replaced. not even from a new - presumed - GOAT.