Sampson says that he saw flashes of Jordan’s greatness when playing against him in college and that The Last Dance traces his success after that. “Now it’s just the evolution of the legend right, so we saw him in college and the memories of him playing in Chapel Hill against us where he stole the ball in the middle of the court and went down and dunked it,” Sampson said. “One of his iconic dunks, and you saw flashes of greatness there.”