Michael Jordan‘s exploits in the NBA were on full display during all 10 episodes of “The Last Dance.” Of course, Jordan was one of those players who stopped at nothing when it came to wanting to be great and he always knew how to motivate the people around him to make them better, even if his methods were downright cruel.

One of the biggest narratives from the documentary was how he decided to retire in 1998. In the doc, Jordan claims that had Jerry Krause kept the team together, he would have come back for one more year. According to Sam Smith who wrote the book “Jordan Rules,” this is complete BS, as he noted in a radio interview.

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“That was a complete and blatant lie by Michael,” Smith said. “There were several things in the documentary that I saw, I would know, that he made up or he lied about. They weren’t major things, but it was like when a TV movie comes on and they say, ‘this is based on a true story.’ That’s what that was. It was based on a true story.”

There was a lot of controversy surrounding the “Jordan Rules” book and Jordan wasn’t a fan of his teammates “snitching” on him. Regardless, Smith is a reputable journalist so his comments seem to be a direct counter to what Jordan is saying in the documentary.

Perhaps we will never know the whole truth.

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ESPN’s “The Last Dance” has revealed a lot about Michael Jordan and most recently, it was divulged that MJ used to take teammate Horace Grant’s food away after a bad game. Grant spoke to Shannon Sharpe about the whole thing and he was also on Barstool Sports’ “Pardon My Take” podcast where he spoke in-depth about his relationship with the Bulls legend. 

Grant even talked about the allegations that he snitched on Jordan to reporter Sam Smith, who eventually used the information in his book, Jordan Rules. “I don’t know where did they come with that I was the source behind the book,” Grant said. “That’s a straight-up lie.”

“Michael and I really didn’t have a great relationship,” Grant continued when asked about how he felt about the Hall of Famer. “We respected each other as teammates in terms of us having one goal and that goal was winning a championship. We didn’t hang out that much off the court. He had his friends, I had my friends. (…) As for changing, I think, we weren’t close at all during that time.”

Needless to say, Jordan wasn’t exactly the easiest guy to play with but when you’re winning championships, being friendly typically takes a backseat. If there is one thing for sure, these two won’t be having dinner together, anytime soon.

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