It’s not exactly how you want to be making an appearance in a documentary.
Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle had a cameo in the new ESPN Michael Jordan documentary The Last Dance, though as a recipient of a Jordan flush the former Boston Celtic just so happened to be on the wrong end of.
A play-by-play announcer can be heard in the game audio saying how Carlisle “just wants his mommy” — and truth be told you probably would have too, if it had been you on the end of that play.
Carlisle, who played three seasons in Boston as a third string shooting guard between 1984 and 1987, evidently elicited a similar response as the announcer from Mavericks point guard Jalen Brunson.
Lol come on coach 🤦🏽♂️
— Jalen Brunson (@jalenbrunson1) April 20, 2020
“C’mon coach!” came the tweet just after Carlisle’s cameo ran, and it’s an understandable response given just how bad the now-Mavs coach had been got.
But as the former Celtic himself might note, MJ got the poster — and sent home in the first round despite scoring 102 points in the first two games alone, while Carlisle helped hang a banner.
Rick Carlisle was just minding his own Business and living his life. Successful championship winning coach and player.
Now, he just got introduced to a whole new generation because he got deep fried by Michael Jordan in a playoff game 35 years ago. pic.twitter.com/ssnK8rHPNx
— Jay Scott Smith (@JayScottSmith) April 20, 2020
A fair trade-off, if you ask me.
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