One of the most fascinating interviews to go back and watch stems from May 1991, when then NBC analyst Pat Riley got a chance to sit down with Bulls superstar Michael Jordan.
Jordan had won three league MVPs in four years and had led the NBA in essentially every advanced metric—including win shares—for a fifth consecutive season. That prompted Riley, a coach with four NBA titles to his credit at the time, to ask whether it would somehow diminish Jordan’s legacy if he failed to ever earn one.
“If you don’t win a title, will you still feel like you’d have a very whole, fulfilling career?” Riley asked.
