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["Money for Nothing"
by Dire Straits playing]
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[crowd cheering]
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[crowd]
Five! Four! Three! Two! One!
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- [horn toots]
- [shouts indistinctly]
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[crowd cheers]
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[keyboard clacking]
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[song continues playing]
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[snoring]
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[crowd cheering]
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Where's the beef?
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[crowd cheering]
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[chuckling]
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[inaudible]
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[phone ringing]
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[engine revs]
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[man] Converse All Star
basketball shoes.
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[imperceptible]
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[game beeping]
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[indistinct shouting]
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[ball thudding]
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[chanting indistinctly]
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[laughing]
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Are you guys gonna go out for regionals?
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Yeah, yeah.
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You're getting
pretty excited about that?
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[both chuckle]
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- [crowd cheers]
- [whistle blows]
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- Oh!
- How are you doing, Brandon?
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I'm Sonny Vaccaro. I'm with Nike.
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It's good to see you.
I'll come down and say hello.
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- Hey, Terence. How are you?
- Hey, man. Thanks for the shoes.
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Yeah, yeah. They're looking really good.
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I mean, everybody's gonna want you.
You're not gonna have a problem.
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You're gonna get a scholarship.
That's gonna happen, right?
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- I hope so.
- Hey, just don't forget about Nike.
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Well, I'll see you guys at regionals
in two weeks, yeah? All right.
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All right. Great game, guys.
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["Blister in the Sun"
by Violent Femmes playing]
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[car horns honking]
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All right, uh, game five tonight.
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- Six bets, $100 each.
- Okay.
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Magic Johnson, under on points,
over on assists.
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James Worthy, over on points.
Bob McAdoo, over on points.
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Dennis Johnson, over on points.
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What's the over-under on Rambis?
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- Just... take the under.
- Okay.
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And actually, one more. One more. Uh...
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Give me Lakers under, 3rd quarter.
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There you go.
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Thanks.
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[announcer]
The Boston Celtics take a 3-2 lead
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in the World Championship series.
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[woman]
Thank you for gambling at The Dunes,
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the hotel, casino and country club.
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[song continues playing]
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Hey, uh, press the four and the eight.
Give me four the hard way.
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Dice away.
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- Dice are up. Four!
- [crowd cheering]
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- Come on.
- [dealer] Hard way four.
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Fourteen hundred, right there.
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[Sonny] Yeah, 1,400?
Yeah, no, leave it up.
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Dice away. Good luck, Mr. V.
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- [crowd groans]
- Seven up, line away.
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[sighs]
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[song continues playing]
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[car engine rumbling]
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[machines beeping and whirring]
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[phones ringing]
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You want some water, Sonny?
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- [Sonny] Why?
- You breathing heavy.
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- Oh! You still can't shoot worth a damn.
- Another brick.
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- What about my players?
- I'm trying. I'm trying.
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- When will they come in?
- Just can't figure out why these kids
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wanna take less money
to sign for a rival shoe company.
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Why would a kid from Baltimore
wanna wear German soccer shoes?
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Because Adidas is what's hot
right now, man.
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The rappers are wearing them
in their videos.
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The break-dancers
are break-dancing up in the Bronx.
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They're on the floor breaking their
ankles and their elbows for no reason.
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And these kids ain't cool
unless they got Adidas on.
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And them some badass jogger suits.
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You gotta admit we can't touch
their jogger suits.
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I got my cousin in South Korea
done sent me two knockoffs.
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I wear them on the weekends.
I don't wear them up here.
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What is wrong with Nike?
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Nike is a damn jogging company, man.
Black people don't jog.
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You ain't go catch no Black person
running 26 miles for no damn reason.
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Then the cops might pull you over
thinking you done stole somethin'.
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'Cause these kids are talking
about Isiah and Magic.
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They don't give a damn
about Bruce Jenner
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throwing a Frisbee around
in a damn decathlon.
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And people don't know
what the hell a Nike is.
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- What's a "Converse"?
- NBA All-star shoe.
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Play like Magic, dribble like Isiah.
That's what it is.
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Do you know Run-DMC
doing a song about Adidas?
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What? Who?
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Run-DMC making a free song
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coming out on their next album
about Adidas.
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Who's doing it?
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See, that tells me something
right there, Sonny.
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Hey, when you signed Moses,
how'd you do it?
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Mary Malone, his mama.
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I... She thought the world of me.
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In fact, you know,
I always go through the mamas, man.
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The mamas run stuff,
especially in Black families.
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Heck, we need more players, Sonny.
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You gotta get me somebody else.
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Well, we got Moses.
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I know we got Moses, man.
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I was in the club with him
three o'clock in the morning last night
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trying to get him out there
'cause he got a five o'clock practice.
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I told him, I said,
"Moses, you can't hoot with the owls
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all night and fly with the eagles
in the morning."
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Yeah. I could not do what you do.
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I know you can't do what I do.
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You can hardly do
what the hell you supposed to do.
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Hey, one more chance.
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You want that Adidas suit
from South Korea?
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[chuckles] No.
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Better not tell nobody neither.
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Phil better not come up talking about
no damn, "Where's your Adidas suits?"
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I need my job, Sonny. Don't play.
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Uh, shit, I'm late.
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You hit one shot in 30 minutes.
Let's get out of here.
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I gotta stop by my office.
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Damn back and my knees
are messin' up now.
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Hey, Sonny, look at these damn posters
down here.
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They upstairs in the running department
got Picassos.
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- No.
- We got cartoons down here.
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They don't give a damn
about our division.
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You know, I like the, uh,
that new slogan.
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The one for the whole company
that they're talking about.
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- I don't like it.
- What?
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- You know where it came from?
- No.
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That damn slogan came from a convict
about to get executed
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in front of a firing squad and they
asked him, "What's your last words?"
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- "Just do it"?
- Yeah.
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- That's where that comes from?
- Yeah.
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- Bullshit.
- Dan Wieden told me, man.
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He ain't got no reason to lie to me.
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Ah, kind of a fitting metaphor
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for the way basketball's
viewed at this company.
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I know.
"Nike. Just get this shit over with."
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- [chuckles]
- Ow!
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What'd it say about me that I liked it?
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That says that you're a fat
middle-aged white guy
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that don't wanna exercise.
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That's fair.
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[Rob] So, Mr. Orwell was right.
1984 has been a tough year.
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Our sales are down, our growth is down,
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but this company is about who we really
are when we're down for the count.
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Am I right, huh?
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When you're down on the canvas,
bang, we pop right back up.
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Like Balboa.
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We got the Eye of the Tiger.
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We're not gonna go down to Mr. T.
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Pity the fool.
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Here we go. Olajuwon.
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Off the table.
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Number-one pick
is not gonna be wearing our shoe.
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Sam Bowie?
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Picked by our local pro franchise
at number two.
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He's going to Converse.
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And at number three,
Jordan going to Adidas.
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Can't afford him.
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Perkins, who knows?
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Sweet gap, though, huh? Nice teeth.
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What we're gonna do
is we're gonna focus on three names
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between pick five and pick 20.
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All right, let's just...
Let's toss out some ideas.
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What are we thinking? What looks good?
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Lots to choose from.
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Don't rush into any thoughts.
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Come on, fellas.
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What about Lancaster Gordon? Anybody?
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Louisville.
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Louisville. He went to Louisville, Bill.
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That is correct. I wrote it right there.
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How about... What do we think
about Charles Barkley,
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the Round Mound of Rebound?
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Could be a little bit of a reach for us
at pick five.
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Clubhouse issues.
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Clubhouse issues? What does that mean?
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Trash talk.
Nobody wants to see Barkley on TV.
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[Rob] Does anybody hear me
if I'm down in the valley
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singing the song of a man they call
Terence "T-Bone" Stansbury?
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I don't think they call him that.
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Well, we could if he wears Nikes.
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Think about it.
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What about this fella, Vern Fleming?
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Tough name, good J.
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I like Melvin Turpin.
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Melvin Turpin.
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Thank you, Bill. On the board.
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[Tim] What about John Stockton?
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Uh, he's scrappy just like us.
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Gonzaga? Sure.
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What's that, a vocational school?
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[Sonny] What do you like
about Melvin Turpin?
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[Rob] Hmm?
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Mel Turpin.
What do you like about his game?
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Go, Bill.
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He made the final four last year.
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Well, so did 40 other guys.
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He's the fifth, uh,
sixth pick in the draft.
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Have you watched him play?
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- Yeah, several times.
- What do you like about his game?
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He's got great court sense. He's, uh...
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- He's got good vision.
- He had 33 assists last season.
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[Bill] I like his play.
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- I like that the guy's good.
- [Sonny] Okay. No, no. It's all right.
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He's got charisma. He's got flash.
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He's gonna be a good player
in Europe in four years
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- when he's out of the league.
- Okay.
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[Sonny] You like Mel Turpin
'cause he's the sixth pick in the draft.
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Nobody's gonna give you shit for saying
you like the sixth pick in the draft.
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Yeah, I'm just...
I'm some fucking asshole, Sonny.
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- You're not an asshole.
- [Sonny] No, he's got great vision.
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Sonny's trying for it, though.
Here we go. Anybody else?
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I gotta shit.
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- [door shuts]
- [Sonny] Hey, Rob.
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[Rob] Hey, Sonny. What...
Honestly, what the fuck is your problem?
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- [sighs] Who are we gonna get?
- [Rob] You tell me.
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Phil brought you here
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because you're the Mr. Miyagi
of high school basketball.
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You're not supposed to lecture people.
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You're supposed to tell us
who's gonna paint the fence.
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I like Barkley, some.
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- I mean, "clubhouse issues."
- [Rob chuckles] Barkley?
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That's the fucking dumbest thing
I've ever heard in that room,
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and that is saying something.
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[Rob] I mentioned Barkley in there.
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You didn't think it was relevant
to chime in and support my idea...
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Well, what happens in there is bullshit.
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I'm telling you now.
I'm not gonna say it in the meeting.
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[Rob] Well, listen.
People are afraid to speak in there.
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[Sonny] Why?
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[Rob] Because you spend a half hour
berating them no matter what they say.
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- [Sonny] No. No.
- [Rob] Yes, you do.
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[Sonny] I have no tolerance
for people...
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- [toilet flushes]
- ...who have no insight,
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fucking do no work, and then act like
they got a seat at the table.
243
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- [Rob] Okay.
- Mel Turpin.
244
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We'd be better off signing my mom.
245
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[Rob] Not available.
246
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Well, even if she were alive,
we can't afford her.
247
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We can afford my mom.
248
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Clubhouse issues.
249
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Listen, we got 250K for three names.
250
00:12:28,153 --> 00:12:29,613
This is where you come up
with a brilliant idea
251
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that no one else can see. Let's hear it.
252
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We need more money.
253
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That's not brilliant, okay?
254
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That's what happens
when things are successful.
255
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What's happening right now is failure,
256
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and if it continues that way,
257
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Nike's gonna be
out of the basketball business
258
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and we're gonna be out of a job.
259
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- We need good players.
- Great. Good players.
260
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Barkley, Stockton, Thorpe.
261
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I really like Stockton.
262
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Do you even know where Gonzaga is?
263
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I didn't say it's ideal, okay?
It's a name,
264
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which is better than
what you've given me.
265
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- Rob. Rob.
- Yeah? What?
266
00:12:56,223 --> 00:12:57,683
What about Jordan?
267
00:12:57,766 --> 00:13:01,020
[scoffs] Sonny, we can't get
fucking Michael Jordan, okay?
268
00:13:01,103 --> 00:13:02,771
I listened to Falk for three hours.
269
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He's too expensive.
270
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- Mr. Strasser.
- Huh? Hello, hi.
271
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- Richard.
- Yeah. Hi. Hi, Richard.
272
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I'd love to get some time
on your calendar.
273
00:13:10,404 --> 00:13:11,488
Okay. That sounds fun.
274
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- Can you let Doreen know?
- Roger that. Will do.
275
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- Roger, thank you.
- Richard.
276
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Yeah, yeah.
Just rogering you back there.
277
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- Yeah.
- That's what that was, okay?
278
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- Thanks, Richard. Bye.
- [Richard] Thank you.
279
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[sighing] Oh, God. You know, there...
Thank you.
280
00:13:24,501 --> 00:13:25,920
There, uh, there used to be a time
281
00:13:26,003 --> 00:13:28,339
where I could name
everybody who worked here.
282
00:13:28,422 --> 00:13:31,550
Ah, things change. Places grow.
283
00:13:32,384 --> 00:13:33,677
That's true.
284
00:13:33,761 --> 00:13:37,056
Hey, you want some dessert?
It's sundae bar day.
285
00:13:37,139 --> 00:13:38,307
Hi.
286
00:13:38,390 --> 00:13:40,768
- Nah. I have a meeting.
- With who?
287
00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:42,394
The Shoe Dog.
288
00:13:42,478 --> 00:13:43,729
["Atomic Dog" playing]
289
00:14:08,754 --> 00:14:10,923
- Hey, Sonny.
- Hey, Katrina.
290
00:14:11,799 --> 00:14:12,800
- [intercom beeps]
- Sonny's coming in.
291
00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:18,055
[Phil] Sonny.
292
00:14:18,138 --> 00:14:19,640
I'm missing the sundae bar, Phil.
293
00:14:21,433 --> 00:14:23,852
Why do you think
this guy is skateboarding to work?
294
00:14:24,395 --> 00:14:26,730
We're a public company.
Does he not have a car?
295
00:14:26,814 --> 00:14:27,898
[Sonny] Probably just some kid.
296
00:14:27,982 --> 00:14:29,024
He looks like he's 50 years old.
297
00:14:29,108 --> 00:14:30,567
He's bald and he has a beard.
298
00:14:32,027 --> 00:14:33,112
[Sonny] Is that Pete?
299
00:14:33,696 --> 00:14:35,322
[Phil] Why would Pete
skateboard to work?
300
00:14:35,948 --> 00:14:37,491
Maybe he's having a midlife crisis.
301
00:14:38,450 --> 00:14:40,869
Well, I hope he doesn't scratch my car.
302
00:14:41,578 --> 00:14:45,958
It takes 17 layers of paint
to achieve that precise color of purple.
303
00:14:46,041 --> 00:14:49,044
They called it "grape," which sounds
kind of pedestrian, but it's pretty.
304
00:14:50,379 --> 00:14:52,172
Anyway, how was the strategy meeting?
305
00:14:52,256 --> 00:14:53,340
Disaster.
306
00:14:54,842 --> 00:14:56,969
Uh, wonderful. What's the plan?
307
00:14:57,970 --> 00:15:01,432
Piss away our tiny allocation
on three mediocre players again.
308
00:15:01,515 --> 00:15:03,017
Sonny, we had an annual loss.
309
00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:05,352
I had to lay off a quarter
of the fucking company, okay?
310
00:15:05,436 --> 00:15:06,854
- [sighing] I know, Phil.
- Do you?
311
00:15:06,937 --> 00:15:09,481
Do you know the whole basketball
division is on the chopping block?
312
00:15:09,565 --> 00:15:11,525
That the board wants me
to fire everybody?
313
00:15:11,608 --> 00:15:13,277
And I can't guarantee you,
without some improvement,
314
00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:15,029
that's not gonna happen
at the next board meeting.
315
00:15:15,112 --> 00:15:16,780
We need to increase spending.
316
00:15:16,864 --> 00:15:17,698
[scoffs]
317
00:15:18,407 --> 00:15:21,744
I brought you in here
to grow the basketball business.
318
00:15:21,827 --> 00:15:23,620
It's... It's smaller now.
319
00:15:23,704 --> 00:15:24,913
Is Strasser's number right?
320
00:15:24,997 --> 00:15:26,457
- 250K?
- Yeah.
321
00:15:26,540 --> 00:15:28,083
- What about 500?
- No.
322
00:15:28,709 --> 00:15:31,045
You're lucky to have 250K.
I had to fight for that.
323
00:15:31,128 --> 00:15:32,421
Your balance sheet's a debacle.
324
00:15:32,504 --> 00:15:35,507
Half the running shoes in the country
that were sold last year were Nike's.
325
00:15:35,591 --> 00:15:39,303
It's 900 million in revenue.
You wanna spend 250K on basketball?
326
00:15:39,970 --> 00:15:41,305
You know what they're telling the board?
327
00:15:41,889 --> 00:15:44,558
There are potentially
a million customers for basketball shoes
328
00:15:44,641 --> 00:15:45,517
in the United States,
329
00:15:45,601 --> 00:15:47,811
who would wear the shoes
only when they're playing basketball.
330
00:15:48,562 --> 00:15:51,899
They're wondering if any investment
is worth the potential upside.
331
00:15:51,982 --> 00:15:53,233
Well, if a board member said it.
332
00:15:53,317 --> 00:15:54,610
The board... [sighs]
333
00:15:56,612 --> 00:15:57,696
Basketball's the future.
334
00:15:58,322 --> 00:15:59,656
The NBA Finals are on tape delay.
335
00:15:59,740 --> 00:16:00,866
It's literally the past.
336
00:16:00,949 --> 00:16:02,534
People watch basketball.
337
00:16:03,535 --> 00:16:06,371
You know, we took four golds
at the Olympics.
338
00:16:06,455 --> 00:16:07,498
And nobody gives a fuck.
339
00:16:07,581 --> 00:16:09,792
We dominate
the running shoe market, Sonny.
340
00:16:09,875 --> 00:16:12,711
Two hundred million running shoes
'cause that's what people do. They run.
341
00:16:13,253 --> 00:16:15,005
And when they walk,
they wear running shoes.
342
00:16:15,089 --> 00:16:16,548
And when they go to the store,
they wear running shoes.
343
00:16:16,632 --> 00:16:18,133
And when they go to work,
they wear running shoes.
344
00:16:18,217 --> 00:16:19,218
That's what they do.
345
00:16:21,345 --> 00:16:23,222
People are starting to ask me
what you do here.
346
00:16:23,847 --> 00:16:25,140
You know what I do here.
347
00:16:25,224 --> 00:16:28,393
I-I know you, I know you go to a lot
of high school basketball tournaments.
348
00:16:29,103 --> 00:16:31,897
And, uh,
usually with a layover in Vegas.
349
00:16:31,980 --> 00:16:35,651
And I-I'm told that
you're a basketball guru
350
00:16:35,734 --> 00:16:37,486
or wizard or, uh...
351
00:16:37,569 --> 00:16:39,655
It... It's hard to quantify that
to a board.
352
00:16:39,738 --> 00:16:41,156
You know what I do here.
353
00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:43,158
You're losing, Sonny.
354
00:16:43,242 --> 00:16:45,828
Yeah, just because you lose,
it doesn't mean it wasn't a good bet.
355
00:16:45,911 --> 00:16:47,704
This perfect results bullshit...
356
00:16:47,788 --> 00:16:48,914
- It's not bullshit.
- It is bullshit.
357
00:16:49,039 --> 00:16:51,333
It's not bullshit.
Those are the central principles
358
00:16:51,416 --> 00:16:52,876
that built this
into a billion-dollar business.
359
00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:54,670
I can't win
if you don't give me a bankroll.
360
00:16:54,753 --> 00:16:55,671
You have to be accountable.
361
00:16:55,754 --> 00:16:57,548
You're accountable.
We're all accountable.
362
00:16:57,631 --> 00:16:58,674
I'm accountable to the board.
363
00:16:58,757 --> 00:17:00,592
I told you not to go public.
I told you this would happen.
364
00:17:00,676 --> 00:17:02,386
- You'd get tight, you'd change.
- I see.
365
00:17:02,469 --> 00:17:04,304
- This happens at every company.
- Uh, does it?
366
00:17:04,388 --> 00:17:05,305
- All the companies you've taken public?
- Yeah, every company,
367
00:17:05,430 --> 00:17:07,057
all they care about
is the P and I statement
368
00:17:07,141 --> 00:17:08,350
and-and keeping the board happy.
369
00:17:09,101 --> 00:17:10,352
Do you run?
370
00:17:10,644 --> 00:17:11,895
[sighs]
371
00:17:12,437 --> 00:17:15,357
Is this gonna lead to some
Buddhist aphorism I don't want to hear?
372
00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:16,525
Do you run?
373
00:17:16,608 --> 00:17:17,442
[sighs]
374
00:17:18,443 --> 00:17:19,444
No, Phil. I don't.
375
00:17:19,528 --> 00:17:20,863
It's hard.
376
00:17:21,530 --> 00:17:23,657
It's suffering. It's difficult.
377
00:17:23,740 --> 00:17:26,076
The illusion is that the finish line
is the destination,
378
00:17:27,077 --> 00:17:29,496
but the act itself is the destination.
379
00:17:30,497 --> 00:17:32,583
I need $500,000.
380
00:17:32,666 --> 00:17:34,251
[knocking at door, door opens]
381
00:17:34,334 --> 00:17:36,420
Mr. Knight, your 1:00 p.m.
382
00:17:36,503 --> 00:17:37,504
Yeah.
383
00:17:41,633 --> 00:17:43,260
[chuckles] Okay, Phil.
384
00:17:44,428 --> 00:17:47,890
"When you find a wise critic
who will point out your faults,
385
00:17:47,973 --> 00:17:51,393
follow him as you would
a map to a hidden treasure."
386
00:17:51,476 --> 00:17:52,769
[Sonny] And there it is.
387
00:17:54,855 --> 00:17:56,607
- [mellow music playing]
- [thunder rumbles]
388
00:18:38,065 --> 00:18:40,067
[car engine rumbling]
389
00:18:58,627 --> 00:18:59,878
[indistinct TV chatter]
390
00:19:01,213 --> 00:19:02,798
[commentator on TV]
There's James Worthy.
391
00:19:02,881 --> 00:19:04,007
There's that crossover...
392
00:19:06,969 --> 00:19:10,138
And out of bounds
and it'll come back to Portland.
393
00:19:10,889 --> 00:19:12,432
Pat Riley...
394
00:19:13,475 --> 00:19:14,977
Looking to take his team all the way...
395
00:19:20,107 --> 00:19:22,693
Ah, Street and Smith. Basketball fan.
396
00:19:24,069 --> 00:19:25,737
- You wanna buy it?
- Oh, no, no. I've read that one already.
397
00:19:26,863 --> 00:19:27,906
[clerk] Oh, okay.
398
00:19:29,199 --> 00:19:31,201
- I'll buy this one, though.
- Okay.
399
00:19:32,244 --> 00:19:34,913
Hey, what do you think of
the, uh, the Blazers' draft pick?
400
00:19:35,956 --> 00:19:36,999
- Bowie?
- Yeah.
401
00:19:37,499 --> 00:19:40,919
I mean, he's not Hakeem, but I like him.
402
00:19:41,795 --> 00:19:43,130
You're not mad about Jordan?
403
00:19:44,047 --> 00:19:46,091
A guard? [scoffs] Hell no.
404
00:19:46,174 --> 00:19:48,719
I mean, he's averaging, what, 17 points,
405
00:19:48,802 --> 00:19:50,470
- which is like ten in the NBA.
- Yeah.
406
00:19:50,554 --> 00:19:51,930
Even the Bulls GM said that
407
00:19:52,014 --> 00:19:53,515
- he wasn't gonna change the team.
- Yeah, he wasn't... Yeah, I saw.
408
00:19:53,598 --> 00:19:55,517
He wasn't gonna dominate. I read that.
409
00:19:56,101 --> 00:19:57,811
[Clerk] I mean, if he hadn't hit
that one shot
410
00:19:57,894 --> 00:19:59,980
to win the title game
in the college championship,
411
00:20:00,063 --> 00:20:02,316
he probably would've never went
that high in the draft.
412
00:20:03,817 --> 00:20:07,154
He's too small to be as good
in the NBA as he was in college.
413
00:20:07,237 --> 00:20:08,739
You seem like a true fan.
414
00:20:09,156 --> 00:20:11,325
[sighs] I don't know, man.
415
00:20:11,950 --> 00:20:13,243
I just love playing ball.
416
00:20:13,327 --> 00:20:14,328
Here you go.
417
00:20:14,411 --> 00:20:15,746
- Have a great night.
- You, too.
418
00:20:15,829 --> 00:20:17,748
Hey. You know where, uh, Gonzaga is?
419
00:20:17,831 --> 00:20:18,707
Spokane, Washington.
420
00:20:20,667 --> 00:20:22,336
Stockton's too short, too.
421
00:20:22,419 --> 00:20:23,253
[chuckles]
422
00:20:23,337 --> 00:20:25,339
- Have a good night.
- You, too, man.
423
00:20:35,849 --> 00:20:36,725
[host on TV] Michael Cooper
424
00:20:36,808 --> 00:20:38,018
the Los Angeles Lakers forward,
is our guest.
425
00:20:38,101 --> 00:20:40,812
We're gonna come back in just a few
moments to talk about his artistry,
426
00:20:40,896 --> 00:20:43,940
how he flies through the air
with the greatest of ease.
427
00:20:44,024 --> 00:20:46,026
[upbeat music playing on TV]
428
00:20:47,361 --> 00:20:49,571
This is the racket I won Wimbledon with,
429
00:20:49,654 --> 00:20:51,114
and you could have bought it.
430
00:20:51,198 --> 00:20:52,240
Really.
431
00:20:52,324 --> 00:20:55,786
You see, the Ashe Comp 2 Racquet I use
comes right off the production line.
432
00:20:55,869 --> 00:20:58,663
And I don't customize my racket
because the Ashe Comp 2 is
433
00:20:58,747 --> 00:21:01,750
just the way I want it,
just the way it is.
434
00:21:01,833 --> 00:21:02,876
And it should be.
435
00:21:03,001 --> 00:21:05,962
Head and I have worked
together since 1969,
436
00:21:06,088 --> 00:21:08,715
putting in all the special features
we thought important.
437
00:21:08,799 --> 00:21:10,050
So, this particular Head racket
438
00:21:10,133 --> 00:21:13,261
could have gone to you
as easily as to me.
439
00:21:13,345 --> 00:21:14,388
We planned it that way.
440
00:21:14,471 --> 00:21:16,431
[upbeat music playing on TV]
441
00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:22,354
On June 22, forward Michael Cooper,
442
00:21:22,437 --> 00:21:25,482
among other Lakers,
has his own summer camp for young kids,
443
00:21:25,565 --> 00:21:27,609
and, uh, if you're interested...
444
00:21:38,870 --> 00:21:40,288
[tape rewinds]
445
00:21:45,419 --> 00:21:47,212
[tape rewinds]
446
00:21:50,298 --> 00:21:51,633
[tape rewinds]
447
00:22:04,438 --> 00:22:06,273
[phones ringing]
448
00:22:10,735 --> 00:22:12,195
- Yeah? Huh?
- I got it.
449
00:22:12,279 --> 00:22:13,864
No, no. I'm talking...
450
00:22:16,992 --> 00:22:19,161
- [phones ringing]
- [indistinct chatter]
451
00:22:23,457 --> 00:22:26,710
[Rob] Um, and, you know,
you-you tend to get growth
452
00:22:26,793 --> 00:22:28,336
- when you shrink the, uh...
- [Sonny] I need you.
453
00:22:28,420 --> 00:22:29,754
Sonny, I-I'm gonna be done
in five minutes.
454
00:22:29,838 --> 00:22:31,214
- I need you done now.
- Um, w...
455
00:22:31,298 --> 00:22:32,340
You guys are busy.
456
00:22:32,424 --> 00:22:33,884
- Richard, uh...
- It's fine.
457
00:22:33,967 --> 00:22:36,094
[Rob] Richard, I'm sorry.
We're gonna follow up, okay?
458
00:22:36,178 --> 00:22:37,053
[Richard] Thank you.
459
00:22:37,137 --> 00:22:39,639
You know, uh, Sonny, in business,
460
00:22:39,723 --> 00:22:41,224
there's a way in which
we conduct ourselves.
461
00:22:41,850 --> 00:22:43,268
- Like we...
- I found him.
462
00:22:43,351 --> 00:22:44,978
- Who's that? Jesus?
- Sit down.
463
00:22:45,812 --> 00:22:46,938
Okay.
464
00:22:47,022 --> 00:22:48,773
[chuckles] Lynwood Robinson.
465
00:22:49,399 --> 00:22:50,734
That name mean anything to you?
466
00:22:51,526 --> 00:22:52,777
- No.
- Great recruit.
467
00:22:52,861 --> 00:22:55,530
Everybody was after this kid.
North Carolina got him.
468
00:22:55,614 --> 00:22:57,407
He actually announced
his decision to go there
469
00:22:57,491 --> 00:22:59,576
the same day that Michael Jordan did.
470
00:22:59,659 --> 00:23:01,870
It was actually bigger news
in the Charlotte Observer,
471
00:23:01,953 --> 00:23:02,829
got a bigger headline.
472
00:23:02,913 --> 00:23:03,747
Within two years,
473
00:23:03,830 --> 00:23:05,916
Lynwood Robinson transfers
to Appalachian State.
474
00:23:05,999 --> 00:23:08,752
Nobody heard about him again.
Now, watch.
475
00:23:10,378 --> 00:23:12,464
[Rob] This is the 1982 championship.
476
00:23:12,547 --> 00:23:15,050
The shot that Jordan makes.
I've seen this. Everyone's seen this.
477
00:23:15,133 --> 00:23:17,135
No, we've been looking
at it wrong. Watch.
478
00:23:17,219 --> 00:23:18,803
Here's James Worthy, okay?
479
00:23:18,887 --> 00:23:21,556
Number one in his draft class,
another guy we had no chance of signing.
480
00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:22,474
Correct.
481
00:23:22,557 --> 00:23:23,934
Why isn't he getting the ball?
482
00:23:24,017 --> 00:23:25,268
They're down by one.
483
00:23:25,352 --> 00:23:27,103
There's under half a minute to go.
484
00:23:27,187 --> 00:23:28,688
Why isn't the superstar
getting the ball?
485
00:23:28,772 --> 00:23:32,108
Why is the ball going to
the 18-year-old skinny freshman
486
00:23:32,192 --> 00:23:33,693
from Wilmington, North Carolina?
487
00:23:33,777 --> 00:23:35,987
Eh, they probably drew up
the play for Worthy,
488
00:23:36,071 --> 00:23:38,073
and Jordan was an option
in case Worthy was covered.
489
00:23:38,156 --> 00:23:41,159
No, that's wrong. Worthy is a decoy.
490
00:23:41,785 --> 00:23:42,953
We've been looking at this wrong. Look.
491
00:23:43,036 --> 00:23:44,412
He knows he's not getting the ball.
492
00:23:44,496 --> 00:23:45,830
They're in a 1 -3-1 zone.
493
00:23:45,914 --> 00:23:48,500
What's gonna happen the second
Worthy comes across the lane?
494
00:23:48,583 --> 00:23:50,043
That zone's gonna collapse on him,
495
00:23:50,126 --> 00:23:51,586
leaving Michael Jordan
open in the corner,
496
00:23:51,670 --> 00:23:53,755
and the balls gonna go to him,
and he's gonna shoot it.
497
00:23:54,297 --> 00:23:56,132
Look, when he shoots it,
he shoots it right away.
498
00:23:56,216 --> 00:23:58,009
He knows he's getting the ball.
499
00:23:58,093 --> 00:24:00,595
The play is drawn up for Jordan.
500
00:24:00,679 --> 00:24:02,180
And now that you know that...
501
00:24:03,890 --> 00:24:05,100
watch Jordan.
502
00:24:08,728 --> 00:24:10,647
You feel like your plane is
on its final descent,
503
00:24:10,730 --> 00:24:12,524
or are you just circling?
504
00:24:14,067 --> 00:24:15,360
Look at him.
505
00:24:16,236 --> 00:24:17,821
Look at how relaxed he is.
506
00:24:19,030 --> 00:24:21,825
Look, he wants the ball.
He's calling for the ball.
507
00:24:21,908 --> 00:24:24,035
The whole world is watching him.
508
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:25,870
He's 18-years-old.
509
00:24:25,996 --> 00:24:30,292
He's three seconds away
from the biggest shot of his life.
510
00:24:30,375 --> 00:24:34,129
And the biggest shot
of Dean Smith's life.
511
00:24:34,212 --> 00:24:36,631
Remember the knock on Dean Smith?
He couldn't win the big one.
512
00:24:36,715 --> 00:24:38,592
He'd been there three times,
couldn't get it done.
513
00:24:38,675 --> 00:24:40,802
This is his fourth
and maybe his last time.
514
00:24:40,885 --> 00:24:42,429
Dean Smith didn't even start freshmen.
515
00:24:42,512 --> 00:24:45,181
Michael's only the third freshman
to start for the guy.
516
00:24:45,265 --> 00:24:46,558
And what does he do?
517
00:24:46,641 --> 00:24:50,270
He puts the ball in the hands
of an 18-year-old freshman.
518
00:24:50,353 --> 00:24:51,313
Why?
519
00:24:52,272 --> 00:24:55,358
Because Dean sees
the same thing that I see.
520
00:24:55,442 --> 00:24:57,986
The same thing
that Lynwood Robinson saw.
521
00:24:59,362 --> 00:25:00,196
Greatness.
522
00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,073
[captivating music playing]
523
00:25:08,455 --> 00:25:10,498
I don't wanna sign three players.
524
00:25:11,458 --> 00:25:12,834
I wanna sign one.
525
00:25:13,918 --> 00:25:15,003
I wanna sign him.
526
00:25:16,504 --> 00:25:19,799
We build a shoe line around just him.
527
00:25:19,883 --> 00:25:22,761
We tap into something deeper,
into the players identity.
528
00:25:22,844 --> 00:25:24,095
Into that.
529
00:25:24,179 --> 00:25:25,221
What's that mean?
530
00:25:25,305 --> 00:25:28,558
That he doesn't wear the shoe.
He is the shoe.
531
00:25:28,642 --> 00:25:30,101
The shoe is him.
532
00:25:30,852 --> 00:25:33,021
You want to anthropomorphize the shoe?
533
00:25:33,104 --> 00:25:34,189
Put little legs and arms on it?
534
00:25:34,272 --> 00:25:35,231
[sighs]
535
00:25:36,274 --> 00:25:37,692
Have you seen
the Arthur Ashe commercial?
536
00:25:37,776 --> 00:25:40,779
[stammers] "This is the racket
that I won Wimbledon with
537
00:25:40,862 --> 00:25:41,780
and you could have bought it."
538
00:25:42,405 --> 00:25:44,074
We do that, but with a shoe.
539
00:25:44,157 --> 00:25:46,076
I'm gonna blow a quick 20
right here, okay?
540
00:25:46,159 --> 00:25:47,744
It's gonna cost too much money.
541
00:25:47,827 --> 00:25:49,496
No, not if we bet it all on one guy.
542
00:25:49,579 --> 00:25:51,581
- Too risky. You want the whole budget?
- The whole budget.
543
00:25:51,665 --> 00:25:54,376
Can't do that. We're gonna spread it
across three or four players.
544
00:25:54,459 --> 00:25:57,545
- I've said that.
- We have 250K. We can get him for 250K.
545
00:25:58,171 --> 00:26:01,800
Guess who else has 250K?
Adidas has 250K, too.
546
00:26:01,883 --> 00:26:05,178
So even if we were
to offer him $250,000,
547
00:26:05,261 --> 00:26:06,388
Adidas would be able to match it.
548
00:26:06,471 --> 00:26:08,848
Meanwhile, all of our other prospects
have signed with other teams.
549
00:26:08,932 --> 00:26:12,352
Plus, Jordan has made it
abundantly clear,
550
00:26:12,435 --> 00:26:14,771
painfully clear,
that he doesn't wanna come here.
551
00:26:14,854 --> 00:26:17,357
So you would have to have
a pretty compelling pitch.
552
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:18,274
Do you have that?
553
00:26:18,358 --> 00:26:21,361
Yeah, I can tell him the one thing
the other companies can't compete with.
554
00:26:22,696 --> 00:26:25,532
Our basketball division
is fucking terrible.
555
00:26:27,242 --> 00:26:28,660
I do not love it.
556
00:26:28,743 --> 00:26:30,495
You think Phil gonna go for that?
557
00:26:30,620 --> 00:26:32,205
But you like the idea, right?
558
00:26:32,330 --> 00:26:34,416
- The idea? Of Michael Jordan?
- Yeah.
559
00:26:34,499 --> 00:26:36,459
- What you gonna offer?
- The whole budget.
560
00:26:36,543 --> 00:26:38,420
As in nobody else is getting no money?
561
00:26:39,045 --> 00:26:40,755
Phil is gonna fire you.
562
00:26:40,839 --> 00:26:42,090
Well, I can handle Phil.
563
00:26:43,049 --> 00:26:44,718
The key to Phil is make him afraid.
564
00:26:44,801 --> 00:26:46,928
You gonna get us both damn fired.
565
00:26:47,595 --> 00:26:49,013
Phil got $100 million
566
00:26:49,097 --> 00:26:53,143
and a life supply of them damn pink,
nut-hugging jogging shorts.
567
00:26:53,226 --> 00:26:54,561
What the hell is he afraid of?
568
00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:56,855
Let's say you get Phil.
569
00:26:57,522 --> 00:26:58,982
How the hell you gonna get Michael?
570
00:26:59,065 --> 00:27:01,568
Michael is an Adidas guy.
He loves Adidas.
571
00:27:01,651 --> 00:27:02,736
That's all he wears.
572
00:27:02,819 --> 00:27:05,029
Them badass warmup suits, shell toe.
573
00:27:05,113 --> 00:27:06,322
Michael don't wanna come to Nike
574
00:27:06,406 --> 00:27:08,450
badder than that damn guy
sitting in the briar patch.
575
00:27:08,533 --> 00:27:10,618
Well, I'll deal with that
after I deal with Phil.
576
00:27:11,202 --> 00:27:12,036
Phil ain't gonna do it.
577
00:27:12,120 --> 00:27:15,457
- But you like the idea, right?
- I'd like to sign Jordan.
578
00:27:16,458 --> 00:27:18,793
What I don't know is
what his agent gonna ask for.
579
00:27:19,753 --> 00:27:21,838
["The Message" playing]
580
00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:27,802
[phone line ringing]
581
00:27:36,936 --> 00:27:39,272
- [Sonny over phone] David.
- Sonny, Sonny, Sonny.
582
00:27:39,898 --> 00:27:41,691
Good morning, Falk.
583
00:27:41,775 --> 00:27:44,110
It's the afternoon
for those of us in the real world.
584
00:27:44,194 --> 00:27:46,237
What's new in the wilds of Oregon?
585
00:27:46,321 --> 00:27:48,615
I hear Nike's getting out
of the basketball business.
586
00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:50,241
Who told you that?
587
00:27:50,325 --> 00:27:51,409
[David] You know,
I have clients in other sports.
588
00:27:51,493 --> 00:27:53,745
I just signed Boomer Esiason,
great-looking kid,
589
00:27:53,828 --> 00:27:55,705
and Boomer... it's interesting,
because what Boomer does...
590
00:27:55,789 --> 00:27:57,123
David, David, David.
591
00:27:57,207 --> 00:27:58,041
I don't give a fuck.
592
00:27:58,124 --> 00:28:01,461
I'm calling about... Michael Jordan.
593
00:28:01,544 --> 00:28:04,380
I told Strasser months ago,
it's never gonna happen.
594
00:28:04,464 --> 00:28:06,549
- Well, you've never talked to me.
- I'm doing you a favor.
595
00:28:06,633 --> 00:28:08,802
Michael's not even
taking a meeting with you.
596
00:28:08,885 --> 00:28:10,804
- What do you mean?
- A meeting?
597
00:28:10,887 --> 00:28:13,139
Group of two, maybe four,
five executives in a room.
598
00:28:13,223 --> 00:28:15,099
They hear a pitch from a company.
It's common business practice.
599
00:28:15,183 --> 00:28:16,810
Michael's not gonna be
doing that at Nike.
600
00:28:16,893 --> 00:28:18,561
Don't fuck with me, Falk. Come on.
601
00:28:18,645 --> 00:28:20,271
Okay, wh-what are the bids looking like?
602
00:28:20,355 --> 00:28:21,606
It's not about the money.
603
00:28:21,689 --> 00:28:23,149
When someone says it's not about money,
604
00:28:23,233 --> 00:28:24,609
I know for sure it's about the money.
605
00:28:24,692 --> 00:28:26,236
We decided to stretch the envelope.
606
00:28:26,319 --> 00:28:29,364
We wanna hear what each company can do
to promote Michael.
607
00:28:29,447 --> 00:28:31,699
Okay. Well, then we're thinking
along the same lines.
608
00:28:31,783 --> 00:28:33,159
That's why I wanna have a meeting.
609
00:28:33,243 --> 00:28:35,703
Sonny, world-class players
don't wear third-rate shoes.
610
00:28:35,787 --> 00:28:37,288
Just get me in the room.
611
00:28:37,372 --> 00:28:39,374
Sonny, as a friend,
612
00:28:39,457 --> 00:28:40,708
it's a waste of time.
613
00:28:40,792 --> 00:28:43,461
Off the record, even though
UNC was a Converse school,
614
00:28:43,545 --> 00:28:45,380
Michael wore Adidas during practice.
615
00:28:46,798 --> 00:28:48,883
He put on Converse
right before the game started.
616
00:28:48,967 --> 00:28:50,343
The second the final buzzer sounded...
617
00:28:50,426 --> 00:28:52,011
[snaps finger] ...Adidas back on.
618
00:28:52,095 --> 00:28:53,680
- Bullshit.
- Ask Dean.
619
00:28:53,763 --> 00:28:54,764
You said it was off the record.
620
00:28:54,848 --> 00:28:56,474
I didn't say you had to tell him
where you heard it.
621
00:28:56,558 --> 00:28:58,017
Trust me, Converse knows it, too.
622
00:28:58,101 --> 00:29:00,520
I've already seen Adidas'
mock-up presentation.
623
00:29:00,603 --> 00:29:02,605
Three words, state of the art.
624
00:29:02,689 --> 00:29:03,857
That's four.
625
00:29:03,940 --> 00:29:06,359
You're a stalking horse, at best.
626
00:29:06,442 --> 00:29:09,654
And a slow, fat stalking horse,
so you're not even credible.
627
00:29:09,737 --> 00:29:11,781
You know he'll be miserable at Adidas.
628
00:29:11,865 --> 00:29:14,409
I mean, it's a shit show over there
since Adolf died.
629
00:29:14,492 --> 00:29:17,370
- Adi, Sonny. He went by Adi.
- His name was Adolf.
630
00:29:17,453 --> 00:29:19,455
I mean, the guy's name
was literally Adolf.
631
00:29:19,539 --> 00:29:21,124
- He was a good man.
- He kept the name.
632
00:29:21,207 --> 00:29:24,669
It's Adi. Adi Dassler. Adi-Das. Adidas.
633
00:29:24,752 --> 00:29:26,170
- That's what it stands for.
- He was in the Hitler Youth.
634
00:29:26,254 --> 00:29:27,297
No, he wasn't. Don't say that.
635
00:29:27,380 --> 00:29:30,216
I saw a picture of him, personally,
wearing a swastika.
636
00:29:30,300 --> 00:29:31,342
The guy had the haircut.
637
00:29:31,426 --> 00:29:33,511
- We all have a past.
- Look, David,
638
00:29:33,595 --> 00:29:35,847
some of us have our past
and some of us were Nazis.
639
00:29:35,930 --> 00:29:36,764
There's a line.
640
00:29:36,890 --> 00:29:39,809
Well, he's dead.
We're meeting with the whole family.
641
00:29:40,393 --> 00:29:41,227
When is the meeting?
642
00:29:41,311 --> 00:29:45,231
Uh, Jordan's going to Boston
on Thursday, that's Converse.
643
00:29:45,315 --> 00:29:47,609
And then Nuremberg for Adidas
on Saturday,
644
00:29:47,692 --> 00:29:48,776
- and then we're gonna close.
- Nuremberg?
645
00:29:48,860 --> 00:29:50,278
Would you cut the shit? It's close to...
646
00:29:50,486 --> 00:29:51,362
It's near there.
647
00:29:51,446 --> 00:29:53,031
They wanna close is the point.
648
00:29:54,657 --> 00:29:56,242
What are they offering?
649
00:29:57,410 --> 00:29:59,996
I don't see a world
where it's south of 250.
650
00:30:00,079 --> 00:30:01,706
No fucking way.
651
00:30:01,789 --> 00:30:03,207
- [Sonny] Let me explain.
- Nope.
652
00:30:03,291 --> 00:30:06,419
Listen, Michael Jordan is the player
we've been waiting for.
653
00:30:06,502 --> 00:30:09,714
Yeah. But you said the same thing about
Artis Gilmore last year and Bobby Jones.
654
00:30:09,797 --> 00:30:12,550
All right, well, if perfection is
the goal, then I'm doomed, right?
655
00:30:12,634 --> 00:30:14,052
I-I mean, I'm not gonna hit every shot.
656
00:30:14,135 --> 00:30:16,429
How about one shot? A shot, ever.
657
00:30:16,512 --> 00:30:17,805
It's part of gambling, Phil.
658
00:30:17,889 --> 00:30:20,266
- You don't win every hand.
- This isn't a craps table.
659
00:30:20,350 --> 00:30:21,684
And we don't have
unlimited checks to write...
660
00:30:21,768 --> 00:30:22,727
I'm not asking for unlimited.
661
00:30:22,810 --> 00:30:24,354
I'm asking for what
you already budgeted.
662
00:30:24,437 --> 00:30:25,855
- On one player.
- Yes.
663
00:30:25,939 --> 00:30:28,107
Don't confuse desperation
with vision, Sonny.
664
00:30:28,191 --> 00:30:30,860
[sighs] We're actually
gonna need more than that.
665
00:30:30,944 --> 00:30:34,197
For a rookie who's never
set foot on an NBA court?
666
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:36,824
That's the literal definition
of rookie, yeah.
667
00:30:36,908 --> 00:30:38,952
Magic Johnson doesn't have his own shoe.
668
00:30:39,035 --> 00:30:40,036
Exactly.
669
00:30:42,205 --> 00:30:43,873
I can't justify that to the board,
670
00:30:43,957 --> 00:30:45,375
so there's no point
in having this discussion.
671
00:30:45,458 --> 00:30:47,377
All right,
let me put it to you this way.
672
00:30:47,460 --> 00:30:50,213
I'm willing to bet my career
on Michael Jordan.
673
00:30:50,296 --> 00:30:52,215
Oh, come on, man.
674
00:30:52,298 --> 00:30:54,425
You asked what I do here.
This is what I do.
675
00:30:54,509 --> 00:30:55,885
I find you players.
676
00:30:55,969 --> 00:30:57,553
And I fucking feel it this time.
677
00:30:58,179 --> 00:30:59,555
Yeah, okay, it's risky.
678
00:30:59,639 --> 00:31:00,890
When you were selling sneakers
679
00:31:00,974 --> 00:31:02,725
out of the back of your Plymouth,
that was risky.
680
00:31:02,809 --> 00:31:04,811
It took balls.
I mean, that's why we're all here.
681
00:31:04,894 --> 00:31:06,270
Don't change that now.
682
00:31:06,354 --> 00:31:08,272
Phil, I mean, if you look at him,
683
00:31:08,398 --> 00:31:10,733
if you really look at Jordan like I did,
684
00:31:10,817 --> 00:31:12,443
you're gonna see exactly what I see.
685
00:31:12,568 --> 00:31:13,945
Which is what?
686
00:31:14,028 --> 00:31:16,739
The most competitive guy
I have ever seen.
687
00:31:16,823 --> 00:31:18,408
He is a fucking killer.
688
00:31:19,951 --> 00:31:21,577
Who's the competition?
689
00:31:21,661 --> 00:31:24,706
- Well, uh...
- Don't tell me. [grunts]
690
00:31:24,789 --> 00:31:26,916
["My Adidas" playing]
691
00:31:34,757 --> 00:31:37,885
I know the last thing any of us
wanna talk about today is business.
692
00:31:37,969 --> 00:31:40,096
I... I can't imagine the grief.
693
00:31:41,014 --> 00:31:43,224
Ah, as Adi would say,
694
00:31:43,975 --> 00:31:45,518
"We must go on."
695
00:31:45,601 --> 00:31:46,686
He did say that.
696
00:31:47,353 --> 00:31:49,647
We have a great opportunity
for Adidas America.
697
00:31:52,608 --> 00:31:53,443
- Very good.
- Good.
698
00:31:53,526 --> 00:31:56,362
["Rock the Casbah" by The Clash playing]
699
00:31:57,905 --> 00:31:59,449
[Joe Dean] We already got
the number one pick.
700
00:32:00,950 --> 00:32:02,493
Who's next on the hit list?
701
00:32:05,329 --> 00:32:06,164
Scoreboard.
702
00:32:07,123 --> 00:32:08,958
What the fuck, guys? We're doing this?
703
00:32:09,042 --> 00:32:11,377
I don't know.
I mean, can-can we even get a meeting?
704
00:32:11,461 --> 00:32:12,378
Rob?
705
00:32:12,462 --> 00:32:13,713
Phil, you're signing off on this?
706
00:32:13,796 --> 00:32:16,674
No, it's a stupid fucking idea.
I said, "Can we get a meeting?"
707
00:32:17,300 --> 00:32:18,551
I'll call Falk.
708
00:32:18,634 --> 00:32:20,261
[David] Submit an offer,
then we can talk meeting.
709
00:32:20,344 --> 00:32:21,596
[Sonny over phone] I can't do that.
710
00:32:21,679 --> 00:32:24,182
Then I have no responsibility
to inform my client.
711
00:32:24,265 --> 00:32:28,061
[sighs] Two hundred fifty thousand
is what you can expect.
712
00:32:28,144 --> 00:32:30,104
I need it in writing.
713
00:32:31,022 --> 00:32:33,357
When the offer comes,
it'll be in writing.
714
00:32:33,441 --> 00:32:34,525
I look forward to see that.
715
00:32:34,609 --> 00:32:36,277
I can't wait to waste six hours
flying out there.
716
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:39,947
Why can't you get a base on the
East Coast like a normal company?
717
00:32:40,782 --> 00:32:41,991
They love it out here.
718
00:32:42,075 --> 00:32:43,534
I'm glad they're happy.
719
00:32:43,618 --> 00:32:45,411
Hey, how are the parents?
720
00:32:45,495 --> 00:32:47,288
Smart as hell.
Don't pull any bullshit on them.
721
00:32:47,371 --> 00:32:48,581
They don't want to be sold to.
722
00:32:48,664 --> 00:32:50,666
Yeah? Are they home now in Carolina?
723
00:32:50,750 --> 00:32:51,959
Don't call them, okay?
724
00:32:52,043 --> 00:32:53,336
I'm not fucking kidding.
725
00:32:53,419 --> 00:32:55,338
That'd be inappropriate
and unprofessional.
726
00:32:55,421 --> 00:32:57,381
[chuckles]
So is outright refusing a meeting.
727
00:32:58,007 --> 00:32:59,092
That's just business.
728
00:32:59,175 --> 00:33:00,968
Why does Michael want Adidas?
729
00:33:01,511 --> 00:33:03,137
Because he likes their tracksuits.
730
00:33:03,679 --> 00:33:06,516
[stammers] We'll get him every tracksuit
he's ever wanted.
731
00:33:06,599 --> 00:33:08,351
He's a kid. He's not thinking
about what he will have.
732
00:33:08,434 --> 00:33:09,894
He's thinking about
what he doesn't have right now.
733
00:33:09,977 --> 00:33:10,812
You know what else he wants?
734
00:33:10,895 --> 00:33:12,688
- [sighs] What?
- A car.
735
00:33:12,772 --> 00:33:14,607
Red Mercedes 380 SL.
736
00:33:14,690 --> 00:33:17,735
But, fortunately,
he's got an extremely savvy adviser
737
00:33:17,819 --> 00:33:19,195
who thinks long term.
738
00:33:19,278 --> 00:33:22,740
You know, it's really your humility,
David, that's so impressive.
739
00:33:24,075 --> 00:33:25,243
You know what I think?
740
00:33:25,868 --> 00:33:27,829
You don't have authorization
to make a written offer.
741
00:33:27,954 --> 00:33:30,331
Unless I see an offer in writing,
742
00:33:30,414 --> 00:33:32,333
I have no obligation
to inform my client.
743
00:33:33,126 --> 00:33:35,128
- David, don't fucking hang...
- [phone line disconnects]
744
00:33:35,211 --> 00:33:36,629
[sighs]
745
00:33:39,173 --> 00:33:40,341
[sighs]
746
00:33:46,139 --> 00:33:48,141
["Legs" by ZZ Top playing]
747
00:33:49,392 --> 00:33:51,978
Stan, hey. Get me a ticket to L.A.
748
00:33:52,061 --> 00:33:53,938
Plane ticket. Leave it at the gate.
749
00:33:55,064 --> 00:33:57,650
Oh, hey, AI. I not gonna make
the meeting tomorrow morning.
750
00:33:57,733 --> 00:33:59,193
I got to go to L.A.
to see George Raveling.
751
00:33:59,277 --> 00:34:00,111
Who?
752
00:34:00,194 --> 00:34:02,029
How'd you get a job
in the basketball division?
753
00:34:02,113 --> 00:34:03,239
George Raveling.
754
00:34:03,322 --> 00:34:04,824
Coach at the Olympics, Iowa.
755
00:34:04,907 --> 00:34:06,701
Best man at my wedding. Jesus, AI.
756
00:34:07,285 --> 00:34:09,036
[song continues playing]
757
00:34:20,715 --> 00:34:23,009
[George] It's... It's...
It's ridiculous.
758
00:34:23,634 --> 00:34:26,596
I tried. I tried to put
the word in for you guys...
759
00:34:26,846 --> 00:34:29,348
- ...during the Olympics. Just...
- I know. I appreciate it, man.
760
00:34:29,432 --> 00:34:31,017
Michael's not coming to Nike.
761
00:34:31,642 --> 00:34:34,103
He doesn't even want to meet. You know?
762
00:34:34,228 --> 00:34:35,771
Uh, and believe me,
763
00:34:35,855 --> 00:34:38,149
I-I told him multiple times.
764
00:34:39,317 --> 00:34:40,776
And-and we got along.
765
00:34:40,860 --> 00:34:42,862
He just doesn't like the shoe.
766
00:34:42,945 --> 00:34:44,614
He's never worn the shoes.
767
00:34:44,739 --> 00:34:50,494
He did say if somebody was to buy him
a red Mercedes 380SL,
768
00:34:50,578 --> 00:34:54,207
he would sign a shoe contract
for life with anybody.
769
00:34:54,832 --> 00:34:55,666
Except Nike.
770
00:34:55,750 --> 00:34:58,127
- [chuckles]
- [laughing]
771
00:35:00,129 --> 00:35:01,547
There's nothing cool about Nike.
772
00:35:01,672 --> 00:35:02,882
Even what it means.
773
00:35:02,965 --> 00:35:05,218
Adidas, "All Day I Dream About Sex."
774
00:35:05,301 --> 00:35:06,928
Puma, "Please Use My Ass."
775
00:35:07,011 --> 00:35:09,222
- That's not what it means.
- "Nike" has no-no meaning.
776
00:35:09,972 --> 00:35:11,224
How are the parents?
777
00:35:11,307 --> 00:35:13,267
Solid. She runs shit.
778
00:35:14,268 --> 00:35:15,102
- Really?
- Mm-hmm.
779
00:35:15,186 --> 00:35:17,480
Well, so maybe I should talk to her.
780
00:35:18,105 --> 00:35:22,735
Hey, you bypass the agents
and talk directly to the family,
781
00:35:22,818 --> 00:35:24,237
you're gonna lose your job.
782
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:25,154
I don't know what's wrong with me.
783
00:35:25,863 --> 00:35:28,658
I been doing this 20 years.
I've never had a feeling like this.
784
00:35:28,741 --> 00:35:30,076
You know when you get a feeling.
785
00:35:30,826 --> 00:35:32,245
- You know?
- Yeah.
786
00:35:32,328 --> 00:35:33,329
You know what?
787
00:35:33,412 --> 00:35:34,622
Don't lose that.
788
00:35:35,581 --> 00:35:37,291
Even if I get fired?
789
00:35:37,375 --> 00:35:38,709
Summer, 1963.
790
00:35:38,793 --> 00:35:40,962
A friend of my father's
asked me and his son
791
00:35:41,045 --> 00:35:43,047
to come down to a march in town.
792
00:35:43,673 --> 00:35:46,592
Now, mind you, I have a full scholarship
793
00:35:46,676 --> 00:35:47,885
- at Villanova.
- Mm-hmm.
794
00:35:47,969 --> 00:35:48,844
Right?
795
00:35:49,929 --> 00:35:51,180
But I got this feeling.
796
00:35:52,098 --> 00:35:53,099
Don't know why.
797
00:35:54,016 --> 00:35:54,976
So I go.
798
00:35:56,018 --> 00:35:57,228
I get down there.
799
00:35:57,311 --> 00:35:59,855
One of the organizers see
two 6'4" Black kids
800
00:35:59,981 --> 00:36:02,566
and they're like, "Oh, you guys
want to help with security?"
801
00:36:02,650 --> 00:36:03,776
[both laugh]
802
00:36:03,859 --> 00:36:05,569
So, now we're the Fruits of Islam.
803
00:36:05,653 --> 00:36:06,988
They take us down there.
804
00:36:07,071 --> 00:36:10,199
They throw us up onstage,
right on the podium.
805
00:36:10,783 --> 00:36:11,784
There's cameras.
806
00:36:11,867 --> 00:36:13,494
One of the boosters has to be
a Klan member.
807
00:36:13,577 --> 00:36:14,745
[stammers] You know?
808
00:36:17,164 --> 00:36:19,625
But this voice
kept telling me I should stay.
809
00:36:19,709 --> 00:36:21,168
And I'm there five hours,
810
00:36:21,252 --> 00:36:23,045
and I'm just sweating like... [groans]
811
00:36:23,671 --> 00:36:26,632
Then I saw
the last speaker's speech.
812
00:36:27,466 --> 00:36:29,010
We walked off stage.
813
00:36:30,219 --> 00:36:31,470
I said to him. I said,
814
00:36:32,013 --> 00:36:34,265
"Hey, that was the best speech
I ever heard."
815
00:36:34,974 --> 00:36:36,976
He said, "Thank you, young man."
816
00:36:37,059 --> 00:36:40,021
He takes the speech, he folds it up,
and he puts it in my pocket.
817
00:36:40,730 --> 00:36:43,691
Later, I'm looking for my favorite line.
It's not in there.
818
00:36:43,774 --> 00:36:48,446
Then I notice the whole second half
of the speech is completely different.
819
00:36:50,323 --> 00:36:51,991
What was the line you were looking for?
820
00:36:53,326 --> 00:36:54,368
"I have a dream."
821
00:36:54,452 --> 00:36:56,203
Come on. Get the fuck out of here.
822
00:36:56,287 --> 00:36:58,080
- The "I Have a Dr..." You have that?
- Yeah.
823
00:36:58,247 --> 00:36:59,915
See, the first half,
824
00:36:59,999 --> 00:37:02,710
he noticed the audience wasn't with him.
825
00:37:03,836 --> 00:37:05,588
And he changed the whole thing,
826
00:37:05,671 --> 00:37:07,340
- made the whole speech up...
- [snaps fingers]
827
00:37:07,465 --> 00:37:09,467
- ...right there on the spot.
- Wow.
828
00:37:09,884 --> 00:37:13,763
So, are you saying I should contact
the Jordans and-and...
829
00:37:13,846 --> 00:37:15,473
- Fuck no.
- [both chuckle]
830
00:37:15,598 --> 00:37:17,016
[laughing] You just fucking said
that that's what I should do.
831
00:37:17,099 --> 00:37:18,225
No, but that's your voice.
832
00:37:18,309 --> 00:37:20,353
Your voice tells you to do stupid shit.
833
00:37:20,436 --> 00:37:23,773
My voice made me a part of history.
834
00:37:23,856 --> 00:37:25,608
[laughs]
835
00:37:25,691 --> 00:37:28,110
You have the speech. That's incredible.
836
00:37:29,945 --> 00:37:32,448
- I also have Abe Lincoln's.
- [both laughing]
837
00:37:32,531 --> 00:37:35,284
Were you doing security
for that one, too?
838
00:37:35,368 --> 00:37:36,660
Oh, I'm fucking that old now?
839
00:37:37,828 --> 00:37:40,373
["Sister Christian"
by Night Ranger playing]
840
00:38:03,062 --> 00:38:04,063
- Sonny.
- [Sonny] Hey.
841
00:38:05,481 --> 00:38:07,066
[sighs] Looking all over for you.
842
00:38:07,149 --> 00:38:08,067
I was just here, man,
843
00:38:08,150 --> 00:38:09,652
having a cup of coffee
before I got to the house.
844
00:38:11,487 --> 00:38:13,280
I'm thinking of reaching out
to the parents.
845
00:38:14,073 --> 00:38:16,367
- Reaching out to Jordan's parents?
- Yeah.
846
00:38:17,368 --> 00:38:19,662
Sonny, that ain't something
you take lightly, man.
847
00:38:19,745 --> 00:38:22,289
You go around Falk, you better close.
848
00:38:26,794 --> 00:38:27,962
Listen.
849
00:38:29,630 --> 00:38:30,881
You made me believe, man.
850
00:38:30,965 --> 00:38:32,800
Y-You started the Dapper Dan tournament.
851
00:38:33,467 --> 00:38:34,760
You got them all there,
852
00:38:34,844 --> 00:38:36,887
the greatest high school players
in the country.
853
00:38:37,930 --> 00:38:40,724
You might've forgot about this,
but I was invited.
854
00:38:41,267 --> 00:38:42,518
Best day of my life.
855
00:38:43,060 --> 00:38:44,728
Then I blew out my damn knee.
856
00:38:46,105 --> 00:38:47,106
[Howard exclaims]
857
00:38:48,482 --> 00:38:51,861
It don't matter about
what Phil is thinking
858
00:38:51,944 --> 00:38:53,070
or anybody's thinking.
859
00:38:54,155 --> 00:38:56,740
All that matters is
how much do you believe?
860
00:38:57,908 --> 00:38:59,243
I believe in you.
861
00:39:00,119 --> 00:39:03,247
You know, I was actually expecting you
to try to talk me out of it.
862
00:39:03,372 --> 00:39:04,874
You wasn't gonna listen anyway.
863
00:39:05,541 --> 00:39:07,751
But if you get fired,
I got a one-bedroom apartment.
864
00:39:07,835 --> 00:39:09,837
I ain't got no more room for nobody.
I'm sorry.
865
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:13,299
I got two rags, one towel.
It's all I got.
866
00:39:14,675 --> 00:39:17,094
[intriguing electronic music playing]
867
00:39:36,363 --> 00:39:38,157
Uh, where... where is he?
868
00:39:39,408 --> 00:39:40,242
He didn't come in.
869
00:39:40,826 --> 00:39:41,660
Is he sick?
870
00:39:42,286 --> 00:39:44,163
I'm not actually his secretary.
871
00:39:44,246 --> 00:39:45,664
He doesn't have a secretary.
872
00:39:46,916 --> 00:39:48,083
Where is he?
873
00:39:53,464 --> 00:39:55,299
[phone ringing]
874
00:39:57,259 --> 00:39:58,761
- Hello.
- [Sonny] Strass.
875
00:39:59,470 --> 00:40:01,138
Hey, where the hell are you?
876
00:40:02,348 --> 00:40:03,933
North Carolina.
877
00:40:04,016 --> 00:40:06,519
["In a Big Country"
by Big Country playing]
878
00:40:09,647 --> 00:40:11,232
[phone thumps]
879
00:40:11,315 --> 00:40:13,734
God damn it, Sonny.
What happened to a phone call?
880
00:40:13,817 --> 00:40:15,819
I'm calling you now. I'm in the car.
881
00:40:15,903 --> 00:40:17,988
The rental car has a phone in it.
882
00:40:18,697 --> 00:40:20,241
Yeah. Not me. The parents.
883
00:40:20,324 --> 00:40:23,035
It would have been unprofessional
for me to just call them up.
884
00:40:23,118 --> 00:40:24,995
Right, so you just thought
you'd show up at their front door.
885
00:40:25,079 --> 00:40:28,082
Look, if anybody back there asks
where I am, just tell them I'm sick.
886
00:40:28,165 --> 00:40:30,042
You got it. Sick in the head.
887
00:40:30,876 --> 00:40:32,878
- [phone beeps]
- [phone line disconnects]
888
00:40:34,672 --> 00:40:36,006
[phone clanking]
889
00:40:41,220 --> 00:40:43,806
[song continues playing]
890
00:41:39,111 --> 00:41:41,155
[tool cranking]
891
00:41:47,411 --> 00:41:48,412
[Sonny] Excuse me.
892
00:41:49,496 --> 00:41:51,415
- Excuse me, sir?
- Can I help you?
893
00:41:51,498 --> 00:41:53,042
Hey, I'm looking for the Jordans.
894
00:41:53,709 --> 00:41:55,794
Well, you're in the right place.
895
00:41:55,919 --> 00:41:57,546
Are you Mr. Jordan?
896
00:41:57,630 --> 00:41:58,547
James.
897
00:41:58,631 --> 00:42:00,549
Uh, Sonny Vaccaro. I'm with Nike.
898
00:42:00,633 --> 00:42:02,968
[chuckles] Oh, man. Here we go.
899
00:42:03,052 --> 00:42:04,261
- Oh...
- [Deloris] James.
900
00:42:05,304 --> 00:42:06,138
Who is it?
901
00:42:06,805 --> 00:42:08,057
Hello, Mrs.-Mrs. Jordan.
902
00:42:08,182 --> 00:42:10,768
Uh, my name's Sonny Vaccaro.
I-I'm with Nike.
903
00:42:10,851 --> 00:42:13,771
I believe Mr. Falk made it clear
that we weren't interested.
904
00:42:14,396 --> 00:42:16,190
Yes, I-I was told not to call.
905
00:42:16,815 --> 00:42:18,359
Do you typically make it a habit
of showing up
906
00:42:18,442 --> 00:42:20,527
at people's front doors unannounced?
907
00:42:20,611 --> 00:42:22,321
Maybe the worst of all my faults,
908
00:42:22,404 --> 00:42:24,490
- and, believe me, there are many...
- [James chuckles]
909
00:42:24,573 --> 00:42:26,742
I don't like to take no for an answer.
910
00:42:26,825 --> 00:42:29,244
And I actually think
your son should be endorsed
911
00:42:29,328 --> 00:42:31,288
by someone with that exact mindset.
912
00:42:36,293 --> 00:42:37,294
[sighs]
913
00:42:38,087 --> 00:42:40,547
All right. Come on back. Take a seat.
914
00:42:41,131 --> 00:42:42,174
Thank you.
915
00:42:44,802 --> 00:42:47,137
Deloris, I'm out here if you need me.
916
00:42:47,221 --> 00:42:49,098
- Okay, baby.
- [James] All right.
917
00:42:50,766 --> 00:42:52,726
[bell tolling in distance]
918
00:42:53,310 --> 00:42:54,770
[birds and insects chirping]
919
00:43:04,154 --> 00:43:08,784
Five generations of Jordans have lived
and died in this forest by the highway.
920
00:43:09,660 --> 00:43:11,412
Been here since the Civil War.
921
00:43:11,495 --> 00:43:14,206
Some of these trees
are over 800 years old.
922
00:43:23,424 --> 00:43:26,593
You know, it's quite presumptuous of you
to show up at my door.
923
00:43:28,011 --> 00:43:30,597
But I believe the saying
that if you say what you want,
924
00:43:30,723 --> 00:43:33,642
that's fine and good,
but doing something about it, now...
925
00:43:34,977 --> 00:43:36,395
that's what really counts.
926
00:43:37,855 --> 00:43:40,274
- Is he here?
- He is.
927
00:43:40,357 --> 00:43:42,776
But you don't need to see him.
It's not time for that.
928
00:43:44,778 --> 00:43:46,363
Where'd you get that name?
929
00:43:46,447 --> 00:43:47,614
- Sonny.
- Sonny.
930
00:43:47,698 --> 00:43:50,284
- [Deloris chuckles]
- Uh, well... [clears throat]
931
00:43:51,034 --> 00:43:53,078
...my mother had trouble
bearing children.
932
00:43:53,162 --> 00:43:55,414
So when it finally happened,
she said that when she was
933
00:43:55,497 --> 00:43:58,333
staring up at the bright,
hot light in the hospital,
934
00:43:58,417 --> 00:44:00,127
all she could think about was the sun.
935
00:44:00,210 --> 00:44:02,254
- She still with us?
- She's not.
936
00:44:02,337 --> 00:44:03,380
I'm sorry to hear that.
937
00:44:03,464 --> 00:44:05,883
Thank you. Yeah. It was a long time ago.
938
00:44:05,966 --> 00:44:08,260
But... but she did her best to raise us.
939
00:44:09,970 --> 00:44:13,015
I think it's admirable,
giving your life for your family.
940
00:44:13,098 --> 00:44:15,976
You give and give until
there's nothing left to give.
941
00:44:16,059 --> 00:44:19,229
Then you give some more, but...
[chuckles]
942
00:44:19,813 --> 00:44:20,647
...it's worth it.
943
00:44:21,273 --> 00:44:22,775
- You're good at this.
- Yeah.
944
00:44:23,525 --> 00:44:26,195
We're sitting here talking
about my parents instead of about you.
945
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:29,990
Well, I've had a lot of practice.
There's no doubt about that.
946
00:44:30,073 --> 00:44:30,908
Yeah.
947
00:44:31,742 --> 00:44:33,827
Mr. Vaccaro, now, you do understand
948
00:44:33,911 --> 00:44:36,330
that Michael's intention is
to sign with Adidas
949
00:44:36,413 --> 00:44:37,998
with Converse as a second option?
950
00:44:38,081 --> 00:44:38,916
I do.
951
00:44:38,999 --> 00:44:41,084
And with respect,
I think that's a mistake.
952
00:44:41,919 --> 00:44:44,254
Um, I... I'll make a bet with you.
953
00:44:44,338 --> 00:44:47,174
I'll-I'll tell you exactly how
those meetings are gonna go,
954
00:44:47,257 --> 00:44:50,552
and if I'm wrong, then...
then don't take a meeting with Nike.
955
00:44:50,636 --> 00:44:51,970
But if I'm right,
956
00:44:52,596 --> 00:44:56,308
please consider that-that
you and Michael come out.
957
00:44:59,228 --> 00:45:00,312
- This is Converse, by the way.
- Mm-hmm.
958
00:45:00,395 --> 00:45:03,190
John O'Neil will have his hair
gelled up like an asshole.
959
00:45:03,273 --> 00:45:04,274
Excuse me.
960
00:45:04,358 --> 00:45:06,985
Bunch of them will be wearing
red ties for the Bulls.
961
00:45:07,069 --> 00:45:08,862
John will have a Rolex for sure.
962
00:45:09,488 --> 00:45:10,322
Um...
963
00:45:10,405 --> 00:45:12,491
[imitating John]
"Um, now, I've seen a lot of basketball,
964
00:45:12,574 --> 00:45:15,828
but the feeling that I get
when I see Michael,
965
00:45:15,911 --> 00:45:18,497
there's only a few other players
who gave me that feeling."
966
00:45:19,790 --> 00:45:21,792
[in normal voice] Now, when he's done,
967
00:45:21,875 --> 00:45:24,253
I'd love it if you would
ask him a question.
968
00:45:24,878 --> 00:45:27,589
"How's Michael gonna stand out
from these other players?
969
00:45:27,673 --> 00:45:29,132
How's he gonna be different?"
970
00:45:30,467 --> 00:45:32,261
What about Michael's meeting
with Adidas?
971
00:45:32,344 --> 00:45:35,305
Michael's top choice is Adidas.
972
00:45:35,430 --> 00:45:36,765
[in German accent]
"Hello, Mrs. Jordan, welcome to..."
973
00:45:36,849 --> 00:45:38,183
Oh, no. You can just tell me.
974
00:45:38,267 --> 00:45:39,560
[in normal voice] Okay, yes. Sorry.
975
00:45:40,602 --> 00:45:41,770
Here's what they'll say.
976
00:45:42,855 --> 00:45:45,691
"We have the best shoes,
plain and simple.
977
00:45:45,774 --> 00:45:47,776
All leather.
All the kids want to wear them.
978
00:45:47,860 --> 00:45:49,778
Converse isn't this cool."
979
00:45:49,862 --> 00:45:50,988
And...
980
00:45:51,113 --> 00:45:53,407
I mean, this is me talking now
and not Adidas.
981
00:45:53,490 --> 00:45:56,785
They're not wrong.
I get why Michael wants to go there.
982
00:45:57,452 --> 00:45:59,538
- Here's what you should ask them.
- Mm-hmm.
983
00:46:00,289 --> 00:46:02,124
"Who's running your company?"
984
00:46:02,207 --> 00:46:04,376
I think four different people
in that room
985
00:46:04,459 --> 00:46:06,295
are gonna give you
four different answers.
986
00:46:06,378 --> 00:46:08,463
And that's the problem
at Adidas right now.
987
00:46:08,547 --> 00:46:11,008
And it's gonna be a real headache
for you for the next few years.
988
00:46:12,175 --> 00:46:13,635
What should I ask you?
989
00:46:14,386 --> 00:46:16,972
Ask me why I'm in
Wilmington, North Carolina.
990
00:46:18,056 --> 00:46:20,517
Why are you in Wilmington,
North Carolina?
991
00:46:23,812 --> 00:46:25,606
Because I believe in your son.
992
00:46:27,024 --> 00:46:28,859
I believe he's different.
993
00:46:30,736 --> 00:46:34,364
And I believe you might be
the only person on Earth who knows it.
994
00:46:37,034 --> 00:46:38,869
That's why I'm in Wilmington,
North Carolina.
995
00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:45,417
Well, Mr. Vaccaro, thank you for coming.
996
00:46:46,501 --> 00:46:48,128
- Thank you.
- All right.
997
00:46:48,211 --> 00:46:50,422
- [tense music playing]
- [car engine revving]
998
00:46:56,178 --> 00:46:58,305
[David] You got a lot of balls,
you piece of shit!
999
00:46:58,388 --> 00:47:00,140
You fat fuck!
1000
00:47:00,265 --> 00:47:02,100
You show up at the house?
1001
00:47:02,184 --> 00:47:03,018
Hey, let me ask you something.
1002
00:47:03,101 --> 00:47:04,686
Is everybody from Pennsylvania
this stupid?
1003
00:47:04,770 --> 00:47:07,022
I mean, are you trying to ruin
your fucking career?
1004
00:47:07,105 --> 00:47:08,815
It's David Falk.
1005
00:47:08,899 --> 00:47:10,442
You show up at the house!
1006
00:47:10,525 --> 00:47:13,362
Well, you said it would be
unprofessional to call.
1007
00:47:13,445 --> 00:47:14,279
That's real fucking funny.
1008
00:47:14,363 --> 00:47:18,200
You know, m-my job is to protect Michael
and his family from people like you.
1009
00:47:18,283 --> 00:47:21,036
When you go around me,
you make me look ineffectual.
1010
00:47:21,119 --> 00:47:24,122
And if you end up signing him,
it makes me look irrelevant.
1011
00:47:24,206 --> 00:47:25,624
Now, that's the worst thing
you can do to an agent.
1012
00:47:25,707 --> 00:47:28,168
Look, if your irrelevance is becoming
self-evident to your client,
1013
00:47:28,251 --> 00:47:29,878
I don't see how that's my fault.
1014
00:47:29,962 --> 00:47:32,506
I mean, I think that's maybe something
you should take up with your therapist.
1015
00:47:32,589 --> 00:47:35,050
You don't want to talk to my therapist.
1016
00:47:35,133 --> 00:47:36,301
You don't want to have a life
1017
00:47:36,385 --> 00:47:38,553
half as fucking miserable
as my therapist.
1018
00:47:38,637 --> 00:47:40,555
But you're giving me no choice.
1019
00:47:40,639 --> 00:47:42,641
Because now, after what you did,
1020
00:47:42,724 --> 00:47:45,185
unless you make some fucking
miracle dream deal with the Jordans,
1021
00:47:45,310 --> 00:47:48,271
unless you stop making
that fucking Air Sole
1022
00:47:48,355 --> 00:47:50,857
and start making the entire company
Air fucking Michael Jordan,
1023
00:47:50,941 --> 00:47:54,569
I'll bury you alive
and light you on fire
1024
00:47:54,653 --> 00:47:56,905
and dance and piss on your grave
1025
00:47:56,989 --> 00:47:59,533
and fuck the eyehole of your skull.
1026
00:48:00,450 --> 00:48:01,910
You're right, I don't want
to be your therapist.
1027
00:48:01,994 --> 00:48:03,537
You want to fuck with me?
1028
00:48:03,620 --> 00:48:06,707
You fucking herpes
simplex 2 motherfucker!
1029
00:48:06,790 --> 00:48:09,918
You know, the fact that you know
there's a second simplex of herpes
1030
00:48:10,002 --> 00:48:11,378
makes me think that
you might have it, David.
1031
00:48:11,461 --> 00:48:13,755
Of course I do! Everyone has herpes!
1032
00:48:13,839 --> 00:48:15,090
You know why you don't, Sonny?
1033
00:48:15,173 --> 00:48:17,175
Because no one will fuck you. No one.
1034
00:48:17,259 --> 00:48:19,052
I never looked at it that way.
1035
00:48:19,136 --> 00:48:20,595
You know what?
I'm a fucking monster, okay?
1036
00:48:20,679 --> 00:48:22,764
My lawyers are on six-figure retainers.
1037
00:48:22,848 --> 00:48:23,932
I will break you in half.
1038
00:48:24,016 --> 00:48:25,892
I will take your balls
and nibble on them.
1039
00:48:25,976 --> 00:48:28,812
I will chew your fucking nutsack.
Do you hear me?
1040
00:48:28,895 --> 00:48:32,107
I will fucking take your nuts
and fucking eat them.
1041
00:48:32,190 --> 00:48:34,067
I will eat your fucking nuts.
1042
00:48:34,151 --> 00:48:35,027
- [laughs]
- You know what...
1043
00:48:35,110 --> 00:48:36,486
I'm sick of your shit.
1044
00:48:37,487 --> 00:48:39,573
Wh-What? You think it's funny?
You think it's funny? Think it's funny?
1045
00:48:39,656 --> 00:48:40,699
David, come on, okay?
1046
00:48:40,782 --> 00:48:42,993
We're on a telephone 3,000 miles apart.
1047
00:48:43,076 --> 00:48:44,911
We're two out-of-shape middle-aged guys.
1048
00:48:44,995 --> 00:48:46,079
This is a little ridiculous.
1049
00:48:46,163 --> 00:48:47,873
I'm not out of shape.
I'm in great shape.
1050
00:48:47,956 --> 00:48:49,624
- [Sonny sighs]
- I'm in great shape.
1051
00:48:49,708 --> 00:48:51,752
When's the last time you saw me?
I'm in fucking great shape.
1052
00:48:51,877 --> 00:48:53,295
I believe you, David.
1053
00:48:53,378 --> 00:48:56,298
Unless you make an offer
to Michael and close it,
1054
00:48:56,381 --> 00:48:59,301
I will personally ensure
that no client of this agency
1055
00:48:59,384 --> 00:49:00,927
ever signs a contract with Nike,
1056
00:49:01,011 --> 00:49:04,931
and Nike will be out of
the basketball business permanently.
1057
00:49:05,015 --> 00:49:06,141
And so will you.
1058
00:49:06,224 --> 00:49:07,893
What if we do make the deal?
1059
00:49:09,186 --> 00:49:10,896
You and I will be best friends.
1060
00:49:14,357 --> 00:49:15,192
It's Monday.
1061
00:49:16,860 --> 00:49:17,694
I, I'm lost.
1062
00:49:19,654 --> 00:49:22,199
They're coming to Beaverton, Columbo.
Don't make me say it twice.
1063
00:49:22,991 --> 00:49:24,242
They're c... They're coming out?
1064
00:49:24,326 --> 00:49:26,244
They're coming... I'm saying it
twice now, you fucking idiot.
1065
00:49:26,328 --> 00:49:27,621
Okay, all right.
1066
00:49:27,704 --> 00:49:29,247
[sighs] Don't get ahead of yourself.
1067
00:49:29,331 --> 00:49:31,166
Michael's not gonna be excited
to be there, okay?
1068
00:49:31,249 --> 00:49:33,251
His mother is making him go.
1069
00:49:33,376 --> 00:49:34,586
I understand.
1070
00:49:35,504 --> 00:49:36,797
- Hey, David?
- Yeah?
1071
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:38,965
- I'll see you Monday.
- Hey, fuck you!
1072
00:49:39,716 --> 00:49:40,634
Fuck!
1073
00:49:41,551 --> 00:49:42,594
[Katrina] Sonny?
1074
00:49:44,179 --> 00:49:45,680
Phil wants to see you in his office.
1075
00:49:45,764 --> 00:49:48,225
[stammers] Oh, I'll...
1076
00:49:48,308 --> 00:49:50,185
Give me like 10, 15 minutes.
1077
00:49:50,268 --> 00:49:51,645
No, he said now.
1078
00:49:57,025 --> 00:49:59,736
Sonny, did you go
to Michael Jordan's house
1079
00:49:59,820 --> 00:50:01,947
and sit down with his mother
and schedule a meeting
1080
00:50:02,030 --> 00:50:04,241
with his family and this company
for Monday?
1081
00:50:04,991 --> 00:50:06,493
We need a firm offer.
1082
00:50:06,910 --> 00:50:09,579
You don't have authorization
to make any offer.
1083
00:50:09,663 --> 00:50:11,623
I understand from his representation
1084
00:50:11,706 --> 00:50:13,750
that he'll be expecting
the entire amount:
1085
00:50:13,834 --> 00:50:15,627
250 a year, five years guaranteed.
1086
00:50:15,710 --> 00:50:17,170
We can't afford that offer.
1087
00:50:17,254 --> 00:50:19,256
Do you understand
how irresponsible that is?
1088
00:50:19,339 --> 00:50:21,299
That's not.
Converse is gonna come in at a hundred.
1089
00:50:21,383 --> 00:50:23,260
You know the Germans
will easily match 250.
1090
00:50:23,343 --> 00:50:26,054
Sonny, I'm the boss.
I'm the CEO of this company, okay?
1091
00:50:26,179 --> 00:50:27,973
I'm the CEO guy.
You do what I tell you to do.
1092
00:50:28,098 --> 00:50:29,391
- You work for me.
- If you want to mean something
1093
00:50:29,474 --> 00:50:31,059
in the basketball world,
you got to spend.
1094
00:50:31,143 --> 00:50:32,727
Nothing in life is free, Phil.
1095
00:50:32,811 --> 00:50:35,272
Tell that to the college kids you keep
giving our shoes away to for free.
1096
00:50:35,355 --> 00:50:36,231
That's working.
1097
00:50:36,356 --> 00:50:37,274
- That's a good idea.
- Is it?
1098
00:50:37,399 --> 00:50:38,233
How do you know it's working?
1099
00:50:38,316 --> 00:50:39,693
It's theoretical value.
It can't be measured.
1100
00:50:39,776 --> 00:50:40,819
It's a typical Sonny value.
1101
00:50:40,902 --> 00:50:42,320
And what was my first idea?
1102
00:50:42,404 --> 00:50:44,072
A high school all-star game.
1103
00:50:44,156 --> 00:50:45,907
Now every single company has
1104
00:50:45,991 --> 00:50:47,701
their own branded
high school all-star game.
1105
00:50:47,784 --> 00:50:50,245
I'm giving away these ideas, Phil. Free.
1106
00:50:50,328 --> 00:50:52,247
That's the problem is
you see them as your ideas.
1107
00:50:52,330 --> 00:50:54,374
It's about you and yourself
and your ego.
1108
00:50:54,457 --> 00:50:56,293
There is no self.
There's just the non-self.
1109
00:50:56,376 --> 00:50:57,252
- The non-self?
- That's right.
1110
00:50:57,335 --> 00:51:00,005
Does the Dalai Lama have
a grape-colored Porsche, Phil?
1111
00:51:00,130 --> 00:51:01,798
You fucking asshole, Sonny.
1112
00:51:01,882 --> 00:51:03,884
Are you trying to be an asshole?
1113
00:51:03,967 --> 00:51:05,969
Look, all I can do is give you
my recommendation.
1114
00:51:06,052 --> 00:51:08,013
This is the strongest one I've ever had.
1115
00:51:08,972 --> 00:51:10,223
I'll tell you what.
1116
00:51:10,307 --> 00:51:11,308
If you want to go start
your own company...
1117
00:51:11,391 --> 00:51:12,225
My own company. That's what I want.
1118
00:51:12,309 --> 00:51:13,143
- I wish you luck.
- Start my own company.
1119
00:51:13,268 --> 00:51:14,644
- Yeah.
- You can be impetuous.
1120
00:51:14,728 --> 00:51:16,438
You can make mistakes.
You can be reckless.
1121
00:51:16,521 --> 00:51:19,107
But let me tell you
how we do things at this company.
1122
00:51:19,191 --> 00:51:22,485
We make careful, strategic,
measured, thoughtful decisions
1123
00:51:22,652 --> 00:51:23,653
with knowable outcomes.
1124
00:51:23,737 --> 00:51:25,989
[mumbling] Right, knowable
and thoughtful and careful.
1125
00:51:26,990 --> 00:51:28,450
How'd you ever build this place, Phil?
1126
00:51:29,367 --> 00:51:30,452
Fuck you, Sonny.
1127
00:51:33,038 --> 00:51:34,664
[sighs] Okay.
1128
00:51:34,748 --> 00:51:37,792
You know, you did it,
you got the meeting.
1129
00:51:39,878 --> 00:51:41,922
You don't need a firm offer
to prep a meeting.
1130
00:51:42,005 --> 00:51:44,090
So, unless I give you
the go-ahead Sunday night,
1131
00:51:44,174 --> 00:51:46,551
you don't have a budget,
a Michael Jordan line,
1132
00:51:46,635 --> 00:51:48,678
- or a firm offer to make on Monday.
- [sighs]
1133
00:51:48,762 --> 00:51:50,555
So I'll think about it,
and if I change my mind,
1134
00:51:50,639 --> 00:51:51,932
I'll just cancel it.
1135
00:51:52,015 --> 00:51:54,768
I don't know how much more
emphatically I can say this.
1136
00:51:54,851 --> 00:51:56,478
If we don't make this deal,
1137
00:51:56,561 --> 00:51:58,563
I don't know what my place is
at this company.
1138
00:51:58,647 --> 00:52:00,315
I agree.
1139
00:52:00,398 --> 00:52:02,943
["Ain't Nobody"
by Rufus and Chaka Khan playing]
1140
00:52:06,863 --> 00:52:08,615
[game beeping]
1141
00:52:10,617 --> 00:52:12,619
[indistinct chattering]
1142
00:52:14,537 --> 00:52:16,373
[phone ringing]
1143
00:52:47,404 --> 00:52:50,365
Would you like to risk
any more on this hand, sir?
1144
00:52:50,907 --> 00:52:53,493
Maybe the deed to your house?
1145
00:52:54,661 --> 00:52:57,789
[Sonny] You're gonna need to
pack some pajamas for tomorrow.
1146
00:52:57,872 --> 00:53:00,208
Um, we're not leaving the office.
1147
00:53:02,210 --> 00:53:04,587
Michael Jordan is coming to Beaverton.
1148
00:53:05,422 --> 00:53:07,299
[smacks lips] Holy shit.
1149
00:53:08,341 --> 00:53:09,592
Time to see Pete.
1150
00:53:11,678 --> 00:53:13,972
["Let It Whip" by the Dazz Band playing]
1151
00:53:22,814 --> 00:53:24,149
[elevator dings]
1152
00:53:33,616 --> 00:53:35,452
To what do I owe the honor?
1153
00:53:36,077 --> 00:53:37,620
I need a shoe, Pete.
1154
00:53:37,704 --> 00:53:39,539
I would assume as much.
1155
00:53:39,622 --> 00:53:42,000
I need the greatest basketball shoe
that's ever been made.
1156
00:53:42,083 --> 00:53:44,669
- How long do we have?
- Monday.
1157
00:53:45,295 --> 00:53:46,296
Step into my office.
1158
00:53:48,423 --> 00:53:51,092
Hey, was that you, uh,
on a skateboard in the parking lot?
1159
00:53:51,176 --> 00:53:53,094
- Yes.
- What's that all about?
1160
00:53:53,178 --> 00:53:55,096
I'm having a midlife crisis.
1161
00:53:55,180 --> 00:53:56,723
["Let It Whip"
by the Dazz Band continues playing]
1162
00:53:59,309 --> 00:54:00,935
[Sonny] It has to be individual.
1163
00:54:01,561 --> 00:54:02,645
But, think of it like this.
1164
00:54:02,729 --> 00:54:05,023
Uh, Converse are plain,
ordinary shoes, right?
1165
00:54:05,106 --> 00:54:06,941
Every player wears the same one.
1166
00:54:07,025 --> 00:54:08,360
What we do with this one is,
1167
00:54:08,443 --> 00:54:10,653
rather than have the athlete
wear one of our shoes,
1168
00:54:10,737 --> 00:54:13,948
we create the shoe around the athlete.
1169
00:54:14,032 --> 00:54:18,953
So, the shoe is a physical manifestation
of the individual
1170
00:54:19,037 --> 00:54:24,167
rather than the individual
as emblem of the corporate entity?
1171
00:54:25,502 --> 00:54:26,628
Something like that.
1172
00:54:26,711 --> 00:54:28,463
The requirements are:
1173
00:54:29,672 --> 00:54:31,216
speak as an individual,
1174
00:54:32,675 --> 00:54:34,677
market to a mass audience
1175
00:54:35,762 --> 00:54:39,682
and be the most beautiful shoe
known to mankind.
1176
00:54:40,517 --> 00:54:41,351
Yes.
1177
00:54:41,434 --> 00:54:42,644
Form or function?
1178
00:54:44,270 --> 00:54:45,397
Uh...
1179
00:54:46,773 --> 00:54:50,318
Something can be beautiful,
or it can be practical.
1180
00:54:50,402 --> 00:54:51,277
Rarely both.
1181
00:54:52,445 --> 00:54:53,905
Come up with something new.
1182
00:54:56,533 --> 00:55:00,286
Humans have been wearing shoes
for thousands of years,
1183
00:55:00,412 --> 00:55:05,125
and the design has
substantively changed once,
1184
00:55:05,208 --> 00:55:09,462
when they differentiated
between the right and the left shoe.
1185
00:55:11,297 --> 00:55:13,550
That was 600 years ago.
1186
00:55:14,717 --> 00:55:16,052
Let's go form.
1187
00:55:16,136 --> 00:55:17,470
Beauty.
1188
00:55:17,554 --> 00:55:18,555
Not function?
1189
00:55:19,222 --> 00:55:20,682
You know what they say.
1190
00:55:20,765 --> 00:55:23,017
"Poetry only makes the world bearable.
1191
00:55:23,101 --> 00:55:24,686
It's engineering that got us
to the Moon."
1192
00:55:24,769 --> 00:55:26,938
- [pager beeps]
- Shit. I gotta go.
1193
00:55:27,480 --> 00:55:29,399
Hey, just get started today.
1194
00:55:29,482 --> 00:55:31,234
Tomorrow's Saturday...
1195
00:55:32,152 --> 00:55:35,196
If you don't come in Saturday,
don't bother coming in Sunday.
1196
00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:36,614
We're of like minds.
1197
00:55:37,198 --> 00:55:38,825
Who's the player for the shoe?
1198
00:55:40,702 --> 00:55:41,744
Michael Jordan.
1199
00:55:44,289 --> 00:55:46,916
["All I Need is a Miracle"
by Mike The Mechanics playing]
1200
00:55:56,384 --> 00:55:59,012
Mrs. Jordan.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
1201
00:55:59,137 --> 00:56:01,139
- It's a pleasure meeting you.
- Mr. Jordan.
1202
00:56:01,222 --> 00:56:03,641
We sure do appreciate you
making the long trip out here.
1203
00:56:03,725 --> 00:56:04,726
Right this way.
1204
00:56:04,809 --> 00:56:06,644
- Thank you.
- [David] Here we are.
1205
00:56:06,728 --> 00:56:08,021
- [John] How was everything?
- [Deloris] It was wonderful.
1206
00:56:08,104 --> 00:56:09,022
Yes?
1207
00:56:09,105 --> 00:56:11,316
[announcer] Converse All Star.
1208
00:56:11,399 --> 00:56:15,069
They started out on
the basketball court, but now...
1209
00:56:15,153 --> 00:56:17,197
They're everywhere.
1210
00:56:17,280 --> 00:56:19,449
[upbeat synth-pop music
playing on video]
1211
00:56:20,158 --> 00:56:21,701
They're everywhere.
1212
00:56:23,953 --> 00:56:24,996
They're everywhere.
1213
00:56:25,079 --> 00:56:26,331
[announcer] Converse All Star.
1214
00:56:26,414 --> 00:56:29,751
Official athletic shoe
of the 1984 Olympic Games.
1215
00:56:34,005 --> 00:56:37,592
The feeling I get
when I see Michael play,
1216
00:56:37,675 --> 00:56:40,678
there are only a few other players
who gave me that feeling.
1217
00:56:40,762 --> 00:56:44,182
And those players are here, at Converse.
1218
00:56:44,265 --> 00:56:45,600
It is that simple.
1219
00:56:45,683 --> 00:56:48,520
Michael, we're gonna treat you
like our superstar
1220
00:56:48,603 --> 00:56:50,939
before you even set foot
on an NBA court.
1221
00:56:51,022 --> 00:56:52,524
[David] We're looking for a shoe
1222
00:56:52,649 --> 00:56:55,235
that holds appeal
beyond the basketball court.
1223
00:56:55,318 --> 00:56:57,737
Well, what could hold more appeal
than the shoe worn by
1224
00:56:57,820 --> 00:56:59,405
the best players in the game?
1225
00:56:59,489 --> 00:57:03,618
Tradition and history
are paramount at Converse.
1226
00:57:04,369 --> 00:57:06,037
You have an impressive roster.
1227
00:57:06,704 --> 00:57:07,997
Best three players in the league
1228
00:57:08,081 --> 00:57:11,084
in Magic Johnson, Larry Bird,
Julius Erving.
1229
00:57:11,167 --> 00:57:13,253
But another way of looking at this is
1230
00:57:13,336 --> 00:57:16,548
that the best Michael will ever be
with you is number four.
1231
00:57:17,882 --> 00:57:19,634
Frankly, ma'am, we're...
1232
00:57:20,218 --> 00:57:23,555
we're talking about Magic Johnson
and Larry Bird here.
1233
00:57:24,639 --> 00:57:25,974
He's gonna play like them.
1234
00:57:26,891 --> 00:57:29,727
He's gonna be mentioned
in the same sentence with them.
1235
00:57:30,311 --> 00:57:32,689
- What can be better than that?
- [chuckles]
1236
00:57:32,772 --> 00:57:34,607
[tense music playing]
1237
00:57:37,694 --> 00:57:39,529
[Sonny] No, they're too bland.
They're ju... just too white.
1238
00:57:39,612 --> 00:57:40,655
Not enough color in there.
1239
00:57:40,738 --> 00:57:44,158
I mean, the Bulls are red and black.
Can you get more red in?
1240
00:57:44,242 --> 00:57:46,286
They literally are not permitted to be
1241
00:57:46,369 --> 00:57:50,123
a single additional
percentage point of red.
1242
00:57:50,206 --> 00:57:51,708
Is that true? What is the actual rule?
1243
00:57:51,791 --> 00:57:54,127
51 % of the shoe has to be white.
1244
00:57:54,669 --> 00:57:57,463
NBA is extremely strict about it.
They'll fine him.
1245
00:57:58,047 --> 00:57:59,048
They'll fine him?
1246
00:57:59,132 --> 00:58:00,717
[Peter] $5,000 a game.
1247
00:58:00,842 --> 00:58:02,176
[sighs]
1248
00:58:03,386 --> 00:58:04,470
We're fucked.
1249
00:58:09,976 --> 00:58:11,311
What about more red?
1250
00:58:14,272 --> 00:58:15,440
A lot more red.
1251
00:58:17,400 --> 00:58:19,736
And what about if we just pay the fines?
1252
00:58:20,653 --> 00:58:22,238
Make a commercial out of it.
1253
00:58:22,322 --> 00:58:24,157
You know, it'll give us headlines.
1254
00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:27,076
"They're gonna fine Michael Jordan
for being too colorful."
1255
00:58:28,244 --> 00:58:29,287
Yes.
1256
00:58:31,247 --> 00:58:32,540
More red.
1257
00:58:33,291 --> 00:58:34,792
That's right.
1258
00:58:34,917 --> 00:58:37,670
Subversive. Individualistic.
1259
00:58:38,838 --> 00:58:40,048
That's it.
1260
00:58:42,842 --> 00:58:46,512
Do you men think about
basketball shoes often?
1261
00:58:48,097 --> 00:58:50,892
- I mostly think about basketball.
- More marketing.
1262
00:58:53,561 --> 00:58:55,897
Basketball shoes are the...
1263
00:58:57,065 --> 00:58:59,859
central preoccupation of my life.
1264
00:59:00,985 --> 00:59:02,445
- We know.
- Yeah.
1265
00:59:02,528 --> 00:59:06,240
I've had one persisting obsession
1266
00:59:07,033 --> 00:59:09,869
that I've harbored and nurtured
1267
00:59:09,952 --> 00:59:13,247
in hopes of making
the perfect basketball shoe.
1268
00:59:13,331 --> 00:59:17,251
I've been trying to apply that
to the Sole line.
1269
00:59:18,711 --> 00:59:20,046
I thought it should be called...
1270
00:59:20,880 --> 00:59:22,965
Air Sole, but...
1271
00:59:23,049 --> 00:59:25,134
[sighs] That's not it.
1272
00:59:27,136 --> 00:59:28,221
This is it.
1273
00:59:29,681 --> 00:59:30,848
What is it?
1274
00:59:31,849 --> 00:59:33,851
Air Jordan.
1275
00:59:38,022 --> 00:59:39,023
That's perfect.
1276
00:59:40,608 --> 00:59:41,984
Yeah.
1277
00:59:42,610 --> 00:59:43,820
What's wrong?
1278
00:59:43,903 --> 00:59:47,031
[sighs] I think David Falk
said the same name.
1279
00:59:48,324 --> 00:59:49,158
[Rob] What?
1280
00:59:51,744 --> 00:59:53,955
- You know, fuck that guy.
- We'll just tell him he said it.
1281
00:59:54,038 --> 00:59:55,081
- Yeah.
- You said it.
1282
00:59:55,164 --> 00:59:56,582
- Okay.
- [Rob] David Falk can...
1283
00:59:56,708 --> 00:59:58,126
- [Sonny] Your idea, Pete.
- My... my idea.
1284
00:59:58,209 --> 00:59:59,335
Yeah. Air Jordan.
1285
01:00:00,878 --> 01:00:03,715
["Can't Fight This Feeling"
by REO Speedwagon playing]
1286
01:00:24,569 --> 01:00:26,612
[Sonny] I like this place better
when it's empty.
1287
01:00:26,696 --> 01:00:27,905
What does that say about me?
1288
01:00:27,989 --> 01:00:32,452
You know, Sonny, this doesn't work out,
jobs are gone, checks are gone.
1289
01:00:32,535 --> 01:00:33,786
You know that, right?
1290
01:00:33,870 --> 01:00:35,371
Well, you'll get another job.
1291
01:00:35,455 --> 01:00:37,498
What I do you can't put on a résumé.
1292
01:00:38,124 --> 01:00:40,585
I wouldn't worry about it.
You're very, very convincing.
1293
01:00:40,668 --> 01:00:42,378
Yeah. That's my job.
1294
01:00:42,462 --> 01:00:45,798
But I also know that sometimes people
can be completely and totally wrong.
1295
01:00:45,882 --> 01:00:47,216
- [Sonny chuckles]
- Okay?
1296
01:00:47,300 --> 01:00:49,594
You know, like-like somebody
really sold the emperor on,
1297
01:00:49,677 --> 01:00:51,846
"We should bomb Pearl Harbor." Okay?
1298
01:00:51,929 --> 01:00:53,514
Are you likening yourself to Hirohito?
1299
01:00:53,598 --> 01:00:56,350
We can take this stuff, right?
'Cause the cashier's not here.
1300
01:00:56,434 --> 01:00:57,435
Well, I mean, in a way, I am.
1301
01:00:57,518 --> 01:00:59,771
You know, uh, you know
that-that new, uh,
1302
01:00:59,854 --> 01:01:02,273
Springsteen song, "Born in the U.S.A."?
1303
01:01:02,899 --> 01:01:05,193
- Yeah, everybody knows that song, Rob.
- Huh? Yeah.
1304
01:01:05,276 --> 01:01:08,321
So I, so I got that
in the tape deck in the car.
1305
01:01:08,404 --> 01:01:10,948
Listen to it every morning,
get all psyched up.
1306
01:01:11,032 --> 01:01:13,493
You know, I just... I really sing it.
1307
01:01:13,618 --> 01:01:18,539
I'm, you know, fired up about
American freedom and...
1308
01:01:18,623 --> 01:01:19,791
Yeah, I can imagine.
1309
01:01:19,874 --> 01:01:23,002
Uh, but Th-this morning,
I really focused on the words,
1310
01:01:23,085 --> 01:01:25,338
and it is not about freedom.
1311
01:01:25,421 --> 01:01:28,007
Like, not in any way.
1312
01:01:28,090 --> 01:01:30,343
It's about a guy who comes home
from Vietnam, can't find a job,
1313
01:01:30,426 --> 01:01:33,679
and I'm just belting it out
enthusiastically.
1314
01:01:33,763 --> 01:01:36,474
Just completely wrong idea.
1315
01:01:38,100 --> 01:01:40,728
And, you know, uh, we actually make, uh,
1316
01:01:40,812 --> 01:01:44,774
about 80% of our shoes
in South Korea, Taiwan.
1317
01:01:44,857 --> 01:01:47,568
Um, and I know I should be
ambivalent about that.
1318
01:01:48,486 --> 01:01:49,695
But-but I'm-I'm not.
1319
01:01:49,779 --> 01:01:51,280
Um... [smacks lips]
1320
01:01:52,073 --> 01:01:56,369
The judge in the divorce, uh,
she just gave me Sundays.
1321
01:01:57,703 --> 01:02:01,123
Yeah, you get to be a-a dad
for four hours every Sunday at the park.
1322
01:02:01,749 --> 01:02:03,209
That's the only time I see Avery.
1323
01:02:04,252 --> 01:02:05,253
Yeah, I know.
1324
01:02:06,295 --> 01:02:07,338
[softly] Yeah.
1325
01:02:09,465 --> 01:02:11,300
She's getting so she's not used to me.
1326
01:02:14,929 --> 01:02:18,349
Uh, but she's... so she's seven,
1327
01:02:18,432 --> 01:02:21,394
and, um, and I-I started
1328
01:02:21,477 --> 01:02:23,771
bringing her free Nikes every Sunday.
1329
01:02:23,855 --> 01:02:27,316
And, you know, it's-it's the thing
that she looks forward to
1330
01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:28,734
about seeing me, you know.
1331
01:02:28,818 --> 01:02:30,987
So I-I bring her the shoes,
so she loves me.
1332
01:02:31,070 --> 01:02:32,488
She got about 60 now.
1333
01:02:32,572 --> 01:02:37,326
- [chuckles]
- And so, the shoes, um,
1334
01:02:37,410 --> 01:02:39,871
it makes me mean something to her.
1335
01:02:40,997 --> 01:02:42,748
And if Phil shuts this division down,
1336
01:02:43,958 --> 01:02:46,669
I'm ashamed to say
I-I'd still buy the shoes,
1337
01:02:46,752 --> 01:02:49,964
even if it meant giving Phil money
and we make them in Taiwan.
1338
01:02:51,799 --> 01:02:53,050
But I don't want to do that.
1339
01:02:53,676 --> 01:02:57,221
I just want Avery to love me
and I want my job.
1340
01:02:57,305 --> 01:03:01,350
And I think that you may have been
a little bit cavalier
1341
01:03:01,517 --> 01:03:05,563
about the risks and, you know,
about taking us all with you.
1342
01:03:06,898 --> 01:03:08,232
[sighs]
1343
01:03:08,316 --> 01:03:11,569
I mean, if we're gonna make it,
we got to take risks.
1344
01:03:12,862 --> 01:03:15,865
Spoken like a man without
a seven-year-old on Sunday afternoon.
1345
01:03:22,830 --> 01:03:23,789
I'm sorry.
1346
01:03:24,457 --> 01:03:25,458
It's all right.
1347
01:03:27,209 --> 01:03:29,587
I do see what you're doing with this.
1348
01:03:31,130 --> 01:03:32,590
It's just a shoe, Rob.
1349
01:03:32,673 --> 01:03:34,383
- It's...
- No.
1350
01:03:35,051 --> 01:03:38,721
A shoe is always just a shoe
until someone steps into it.
1351
01:03:43,184 --> 01:03:44,518
Hey.
1352
01:03:50,232 --> 01:03:51,400
Happy birthday.
1353
01:04:00,284 --> 01:04:01,118
Thank you.
1354
01:04:03,204 --> 01:04:04,288
[Peter] Hey, Sonny.
1355
01:04:06,040 --> 01:04:07,708
[exhales deeply]
1356
01:04:08,751 --> 01:04:10,044
We're ready.
1357
01:04:10,127 --> 01:04:11,629
[machine beeps, whirs]
1358
01:04:11,712 --> 01:04:12,797
["Computer Love" by Zapp playing]
1359
01:04:14,215 --> 01:04:15,383
[elevator dings]
1360
01:04:18,678 --> 01:04:19,637
[Peter] It's your birthday?
1361
01:04:19,720 --> 01:04:20,805
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
1362
01:04:20,888 --> 01:04:22,723
And don't ask the next question.
1363
01:04:23,849 --> 01:04:26,394
Well, here it is.
1364
01:04:26,978 --> 01:04:30,439
This is the mock-up, but the shoe
will look basically like this.
1365
01:04:31,065 --> 01:04:32,233
Wow.
1366
01:04:33,317 --> 01:04:36,612
Yeah. Yeah. I gotta say, it's beautiful.
1367
01:04:38,656 --> 01:04:40,491
It has the logic of water.
1368
01:04:40,616 --> 01:04:42,034
It's natural.
1369
01:04:42,702 --> 01:04:45,037
Like the shoe was always here.
1370
01:04:46,288 --> 01:04:47,999
Like it always existed.
1371
01:04:48,916 --> 01:04:49,959
Right.
1372
01:04:50,042 --> 01:04:53,212
Let's, uh, get the prototypes
processed right away.
1373
01:04:55,297 --> 01:04:57,633
[Horst] So, on behalf
of the whole family,
1374
01:04:57,717 --> 01:04:59,885
we wish to welcome you in Germany.
1375
01:04:59,969 --> 01:05:02,346
And also, thank you for making
1376
01:05:02,430 --> 01:05:05,224
the excruciatingly long journey
to come and see us.
1377
01:05:05,307 --> 01:05:06,642
[Kathe] Yes, thank you.
1378
01:05:06,726 --> 01:05:09,895
[Horst] Michael,
you're the next generation.
1379
01:05:10,438 --> 01:05:13,774
You don't want to be grouped in
with Magic and Bird.
1380
01:05:13,858 --> 01:05:15,901
You belong in our stable of athletes.
1381
01:05:15,985 --> 01:05:17,319
[John] You won't see
this style anywhere.
1382
01:05:17,403 --> 01:05:18,821
Those are all leather.
1383
01:05:18,904 --> 01:05:21,115
[Deloris] Are these the only options
for the shoes?
1384
01:05:21,198 --> 01:05:23,993
Well, the NBA has rules,
but we have options, yes.
1385
01:05:24,076 --> 01:05:27,747
And I know this is a family business,
but who makes the final decision?
1386
01:05:27,830 --> 01:05:30,833
[John] Well, unfortunately, the family
has suffered a tremendous loss.
1387
01:05:30,916 --> 01:05:32,710
Kathe is calling the shots.
1388
01:05:33,294 --> 01:05:34,712
Yes. That's right.
1389
01:05:34,795 --> 01:05:37,339
It is, uh, collaborative, though.
1390
01:05:37,423 --> 01:05:40,301
[Kathe and Horst speaking German]
1391
01:05:40,384 --> 01:05:42,011
A group decision.
1392
01:05:42,094 --> 01:05:44,263
[arguing in German]
1393
01:05:47,641 --> 01:05:50,186
- [car engine revving]
- [rousing music playing]
1394
01:06:18,297 --> 01:06:19,632
Oh, you like it up here?
1395
01:06:22,009 --> 01:06:23,844
[sighs, grunts]
1396
01:06:23,928 --> 01:06:26,388
This is the only comfortable couch
in the building, Phil.
1397
01:06:26,472 --> 01:06:28,015
Where's Rob? Where's Howard?
1398
01:06:28,099 --> 01:06:29,725
Uh, Rob's getting something to eat.
1399
01:06:29,809 --> 01:06:32,269
It's not stealing
if the cashier isn't here.
1400
01:06:33,938 --> 01:06:36,357
- You guys been here all weekend?
- Yeah.
1401
01:06:36,440 --> 01:06:38,567
[chuckles] It, uh... it was nice.
1402
01:06:38,651 --> 01:06:40,528
It was like the old Nike days.
1403
01:06:42,905 --> 01:06:44,782
You got a name for it?
1404
01:06:46,408 --> 01:06:47,326
For what?
1405
01:06:47,952 --> 01:06:49,370
The Michael Jordan line.
1406
01:06:50,454 --> 01:06:52,123
If we're making this offer
you're talking about,
1407
01:06:52,206 --> 01:06:53,791
damn well better have
a Michael Jordan line.
1408
01:06:55,251 --> 01:06:58,337
Yeah. Uh, well,
there's a thought that, um...
1409
01:06:59,296 --> 01:07:02,007
Pete actually thinks
we should call it...
1410
01:07:03,509 --> 01:07:04,927
Air Jordan.
1411
01:07:07,179 --> 01:07:08,180
Hmm.
1412
01:07:09,598 --> 01:07:11,600
- I don't know.
- Seriously?
1413
01:07:11,684 --> 01:07:13,018
Uh... [sighs]
1414
01:07:13,727 --> 01:07:14,687
Maybe it'll grow on me.
1415
01:07:15,521 --> 01:07:16,438
Full budget?
1416
01:07:16,522 --> 01:07:18,649
Yeah. Full budget.
1417
01:07:19,692 --> 01:07:21,152
Well, how'd you come to that solution?
1418
01:07:22,361 --> 01:07:23,696
I went for a run.
1419
01:07:28,576 --> 01:07:30,744
Air Jordan. It's fucking fantastic.
1420
01:07:35,040 --> 01:07:38,043
[Sonny] So I'll meet the Jordans
out front. I'll bring them up, and then,
1421
01:07:38,127 --> 01:07:40,713
Howard, you want me to pass them off
to you so you can talk about...
1422
01:07:40,796 --> 01:07:43,883
Yeah, probably-probably best to let me
talk about my role down the road,
1423
01:07:43,966 --> 01:07:46,093
and then I pass it off
to Rob with his thing.
1424
01:07:46,177 --> 01:07:48,721
Great. Uh, and, Phil,
I want you to come in
1425
01:07:48,804 --> 01:07:49,889
seven minutes late to the meeting.
1426
01:07:50,014 --> 01:07:51,807
Absolutely not.
I'm the CEO of the company.
1427
01:07:51,891 --> 01:07:52,808
I have to be there the whole time.
1428
01:07:52,892 --> 01:07:54,310
[Sonny] No, it-it looks desperate.
1429
01:07:54,393 --> 01:07:57,271
And Phil has a million things going on,
and the only way to show that
1430
01:07:57,354 --> 01:07:58,981
is if Phil comes in late to the meeting.
1431
01:07:59,064 --> 01:08:02,234
It shows Phil took time out of
his very busy day for the Jordan family.
1432
01:08:02,318 --> 01:08:03,903
[Rob] Might seem like Michael Jordan
1433
01:08:03,986 --> 01:08:05,529
is not a priority to the CEO
or the company.
1434
01:08:05,613 --> 01:08:06,780
[Phil] No. No.
1435
01:08:06,864 --> 01:08:09,658
Sonny... Sonny is-is
actually right about this.
1436
01:08:09,742 --> 01:08:11,452
It makes Phil look more important.
1437
01:08:11,535 --> 01:08:13,454
And so if Phil's there,
he's more important.
1438
01:08:13,537 --> 01:08:15,289
It's a more important meeting.
1439
01:08:15,372 --> 01:08:19,043
I do see Sonny's point,
to be sure, but, uh...
1440
01:08:19,126 --> 01:08:21,879
We need to, uh, bind
and print the shoe design.
1441
01:08:21,962 --> 01:08:23,088
- [Peter] How many?
- [Sonny] One.
1442
01:08:23,881 --> 01:08:25,549
- [Peter] Really?
- Yeah, just one.
1443
01:08:25,633 --> 01:08:28,427
Uh, the second you have multiples,
it diminishes the value.
1444
01:08:28,510 --> 01:08:29,678
Oh.
1445
01:08:29,762 --> 01:08:31,055
- I like it.
- Mm-hmm.
1446
01:08:31,138 --> 01:08:32,097
We have a video, right?
1447
01:08:32,181 --> 01:08:33,515
- Yeah.
- These things go great with video.
1448
01:08:33,599 --> 01:08:35,434
- Yeah, yeah, we do.
- [Sonny] Do we have to show it?
1449
01:08:35,517 --> 01:08:38,062
Well, uh, Sonny,
marketing put good time into that.
1450
01:08:38,145 --> 01:08:40,648
[sighs] Okay, this team is good enough.
1451
01:08:41,815 --> 01:08:43,567
You are all capable.
1452
01:08:43,651 --> 01:08:45,486
And I believe in each one of you.
1453
01:08:46,362 --> 01:08:48,364
Remember to focus on your breath.
1454
01:08:49,031 --> 01:08:50,991
When you breathe in,
know you're breathing in.
1455
01:08:51,075 --> 01:08:53,077
When you breathe out,
simply know you're breathing out.
1456
01:08:54,578 --> 01:08:57,081
I'll see you in seven hours
and 25 minutes.
1457
01:09:00,542 --> 01:09:02,127
[huffing]
1458
01:09:03,337 --> 01:09:04,672
[Howard] What the hell
is he talking about?
1459
01:09:04,755 --> 01:09:07,007
[Sonny] Did he say breathe out
while you're breathing out?
1460
01:09:07,091 --> 01:09:08,968
[Howard] Yeah, I think he did.
I don't know.
1461
01:09:09,051 --> 01:09:11,053
["Good Feeling"
by Violent Femmes playing]
1462
01:09:11,136 --> 01:09:12,304
[keyboard clacking]
1463
01:09:50,259 --> 01:09:51,802
What's up? [sighs]
1464
01:09:51,885 --> 01:09:53,387
[Rob] Why don't you go home
and get some sleep?
1465
01:09:53,470 --> 01:09:55,472
There's nothing more you can do
at this point.
1466
01:09:58,434 --> 01:09:59,685
How you feeling?
1467
01:09:59,768 --> 01:10:02,771
Same way as I did 72 hours ago.
I think you're fucking crazy.
1468
01:10:03,856 --> 01:10:05,941
But now I'm 45 instead of 44.
1469
01:10:06,734 --> 01:10:08,068
Well, other than that.
1470
01:10:10,321 --> 01:10:12,156
Other than that, I think we're good.
1471
01:10:15,576 --> 01:10:16,660
[sighs]
1472
01:10:18,746 --> 01:10:22,416
You know, Sonny, sometimes, uh,
1473
01:10:22,499 --> 01:10:25,377
the most you can do is all you can do.
1474
01:10:25,461 --> 01:10:26,795
Okay?
1475
01:10:27,504 --> 01:10:28,922
And you're not in this alone.
1476
01:10:29,757 --> 01:10:30,883
Howard's key.
1477
01:10:32,259 --> 01:10:35,262
And I'm a marketing guy, you know?
I got a few moves.
1478
01:10:35,346 --> 01:10:36,847
Uh, you got a few moves?
1479
01:10:36,930 --> 01:10:39,516
Yeah, got a sweet little hook shot
off the glass.
1480
01:10:40,142 --> 01:10:41,643
I can't wait to see that.
1481
01:10:41,727 --> 01:10:44,146
["Tempted" by Squeeze playing]
1482
01:11:27,940 --> 01:11:29,233
- [woman] Hi.
- Thank you.
1483
01:11:29,316 --> 01:11:30,526
- [James chuckles]
- You made it.
1484
01:11:30,609 --> 01:11:33,320
- [James] Long time no see.
- Good to see you.
1485
01:11:33,404 --> 01:11:34,905
You still got that phone in the car?
1486
01:11:34,988 --> 01:11:36,949
Oh, I had to return
that whole operation.
1487
01:11:37,032 --> 01:11:38,450
- [James] Man.
- [Sonny chuckles]
1488
01:11:39,368 --> 01:11:40,661
Hello, Mrs. Jordan.
1489
01:11:40,744 --> 01:11:42,204
- Thank you so much for coming.
- [James chuckles]
1490
01:11:43,080 --> 01:11:45,082
Hi, Michael. Please come with me.
1491
01:11:45,165 --> 01:11:46,291
Right this way.
1492
01:11:49,503 --> 01:11:51,505
[riveting music playing]
1493
01:11:53,882 --> 01:11:55,884
[quietly] He doesn't wanna be here,
but he will listen.
1494
01:11:55,968 --> 01:11:57,594
He promised me that.
1495
01:11:57,678 --> 01:11:59,096
You have our attention.
1496
01:12:00,222 --> 01:12:01,723
[Sonny] Thanks for making it happen.
1497
01:12:04,643 --> 01:12:06,937
So we'll just head up these stairs here.
1498
01:12:07,020 --> 01:12:09,148
[riveting music continues]
1499
01:12:17,072 --> 01:12:18,407
Welcome.
1500
01:12:18,490 --> 01:12:20,159
- [Rob] Hello. Yeah. Hi.
- This is a big day
1501
01:12:20,284 --> 01:12:23,328
and, uh, hopefully the start
of something very big.
1502
01:12:24,121 --> 01:12:26,498
- Where's, uh, where's-where's H?
- I don't know.
1503
01:12:26,582 --> 01:12:27,791
- Okay. Really?
- I don't know.
1504
01:12:28,333 --> 01:12:31,170
Um, so, uh, how was
the flight out? Good?
1505
01:12:31,253 --> 01:12:33,422
Fine. We had Arby's at the airport.
1506
01:12:33,505 --> 01:12:35,382
Oh, is that right?
And, uh, and, Michael,
1507
01:12:35,466 --> 01:12:37,885
did you, did you not
fly them out yourself?
1508
01:12:37,968 --> 01:12:39,178
[Sonny chuckles lightly]
1509
01:12:40,554 --> 01:12:43,098
He jumped so high, um...
1510
01:12:44,475 --> 01:12:46,602
So we got a sign
and some snacks over here.
1511
01:12:47,269 --> 01:12:48,520
- Oh, here's Howard. Yeah.
- Hey there.
1512
01:12:48,604 --> 01:12:50,606
This is, this is Howard White.
Mr. and Mrs. Jordan.
1513
01:12:50,731 --> 01:12:52,774
Mrs. Jordan, so good to see you.
1514
01:12:52,858 --> 01:12:54,026
It's a pleasure. It's a pl...
1515
01:12:54,109 --> 01:12:55,527
Mr. Jordan, how are you?
1516
01:12:55,611 --> 01:12:57,738
Only other brother in the room,
and you're late.
1517
01:12:57,821 --> 01:12:58,822
- [Howard chuckles]
- Oh, James...
1518
01:12:58,906 --> 01:13:00,199
Wasn't my fault.
I'm gonna tell you what happened.
1519
01:13:00,282 --> 01:13:01,950
Well, this is my son Michael.
1520
01:13:02,034 --> 01:13:04,703
Hi. What's up, champion?
Good to see you.
1521
01:13:04,786 --> 01:13:06,288
Glad you came out.
1522
01:13:06,371 --> 01:13:10,083
Listen, two guys from legal
told me the best burgers in Portland
1523
01:13:10,209 --> 01:13:12,127
- is close by, right?
- [James] Mm-hmm.
1524
01:13:12,211 --> 01:13:14,922
But a Portland close by
is longer than you think. [laughs]
1525
01:13:15,005 --> 01:13:16,215
Do you like it here?
1526
01:13:16,298 --> 01:13:17,799
I-I like it.
1527
01:13:17,883 --> 01:13:20,552
And we have everything.
You know, you got the mountain.
1528
01:13:20,636 --> 01:13:21,887
You know what they call it? Mount Hood.
1529
01:13:21,970 --> 01:13:22,930
- [James laughs]
- But it's really nice.
1530
01:13:23,013 --> 01:13:25,182
It ain't really the hood.
And it rain a lot.
1531
01:13:25,265 --> 01:13:26,183
You got to have a umbrella.
1532
01:13:26,266 --> 01:13:27,935
One time, it was raining so bad,
1533
01:13:28,018 --> 01:13:29,853
and I'm in my car
searching for a umbrella.
1534
01:13:29,937 --> 01:13:34,149
I had my suit on, I was looking good,
and it was pouring down rain.
1535
01:13:34,233 --> 01:13:35,609
White folks out there
running in the rain.
1536
01:13:35,692 --> 01:13:37,861
- [James] Running?
- And they know it's raining.
1537
01:13:37,945 --> 01:13:39,279
I said, "What is wrong
with these people?"
1538
01:13:39,363 --> 01:13:41,532
I'm sure there are worse things,
Mr. White.
1539
01:13:41,615 --> 01:13:42,866
[Howard] You know what? You're right.
1540
01:13:42,991 --> 01:13:45,244
You're right, it could,
and I handle those things, too.
1541
01:13:45,327 --> 01:13:48,205
I try to, like, look out
for our young men, you know.
1542
01:13:48,288 --> 01:13:50,082
Make sure they make the right choices.
1543
01:13:50,165 --> 01:13:51,291
Yeah. Well, that's good. Yeah.
1544
01:13:51,375 --> 01:13:54,086
You know, but the young boy's here
to have fun, too.
1545
01:13:54,169 --> 01:13:56,547
You're right, you're right.
And we gonna have some fun.
1546
01:13:56,630 --> 01:13:58,340
Go on, sit down. I know you're tired.
1547
01:13:58,423 --> 01:14:01,552
I know you been standing
and you been going through that airport.
1548
01:14:01,635 --> 01:14:03,512
- Reverend.
- Falk, how you doing?
1549
01:14:03,595 --> 01:14:04,638
- How you doing?
- Not since D.C...
1550
01:14:04,721 --> 01:14:06,473
You still calling me Reverend.
I love that.
1551
01:14:06,557 --> 01:14:09,017
My mama said I was gonna be
a preacher, but...
1552
01:14:09,101 --> 01:14:11,728
I-I didn't know
what I was gonna do, but...
1553
01:14:11,853 --> 01:14:13,814
- [David] Here you are. Here you are.
- Here we are.
1554
01:14:13,897 --> 01:14:16,024
- We good?
- Yeah, yeah.
1555
01:14:16,108 --> 01:14:17,818
All right. Take a look.
1556
01:14:17,901 --> 01:14:20,028
[captivating music playing]
1557
01:14:26,243 --> 01:14:27,953
[Michael] Bulls colors.
1558
01:14:28,036 --> 01:14:29,121
[Sonny] That's right.
1559
01:14:29,204 --> 01:14:30,831
[Rob] Yes, sir. Yeah.
1560
01:14:30,914 --> 01:14:33,709
Here, let's...
Let's get this out of here.
1561
01:14:36,211 --> 01:14:37,963
What do you think about that?
1562
01:14:39,339 --> 01:14:41,758
[Sonny] They're called Air Jordan.
1563
01:14:45,178 --> 01:14:48,181
I-I know you like your shoes
low to the ground.
1564
01:14:48,682 --> 01:14:50,976
- Yeah.
- W-We'll tailor them however you like.
1565
01:14:51,059 --> 01:14:54,187
The-the shoe will be designed
specifically for you.
1566
01:14:54,271 --> 01:14:56,064
We'll build it off a mold of your foot.
1567
01:14:56,148 --> 01:14:58,692
We skived the cushioning down so...
1568
01:14:58,775 --> 01:15:00,444
Thank you, Pete.
1569
01:15:00,527 --> 01:15:01,945
So, what are your thoughts?
1570
01:15:02,946 --> 01:15:05,157
- That shoe is red and black.
- [Rob] Yes, sir.
1571
01:15:05,240 --> 01:15:06,867
I thought the NBA had a rule on color.
1572
01:15:06,950 --> 01:15:08,035
Yeah, they do.
1573
01:15:08,118 --> 01:15:09,578
Um, they want it all white,
1574
01:15:09,661 --> 01:15:12,205
and with all due respect to them,
they can go to hell.
1575
01:15:12,289 --> 01:15:15,292
We're gonna pay the fines,
uh, for Michael every game.
1576
01:15:15,375 --> 01:15:16,752
- [door opens]
- [Phil clears throat]
1577
01:15:16,835 --> 01:15:18,337
Excuse me. Hi.
1578
01:15:18,420 --> 01:15:19,671
- [Sonny] Hey.
- Sorry I'm late.
1579
01:15:19,796 --> 01:15:20,672
[stammers]
1580
01:15:20,756 --> 01:15:22,382
Uh, Phil, I was just
explaining to Michael
1581
01:15:22,466 --> 01:15:23,383
that we're going to, uh...
1582
01:15:23,467 --> 01:15:25,677
I-I was...
I just was explaining for a second
1583
01:15:25,761 --> 01:15:28,472
that-that... that I'm the CEO
of this company
1584
01:15:28,555 --> 01:15:31,308
and it's worth
nearly a billion dollars now.
1585
01:15:31,391 --> 01:15:33,185
And I'm so extremely busy
1586
01:15:33,268 --> 01:15:34,728
it's almost impossible to imagine.
1587
01:15:34,811 --> 01:15:37,356
But this meeting was so important,
I told my secretary
1588
01:15:37,439 --> 01:15:39,650
I wasn't going to miss this
no matter what.
1589
01:15:39,733 --> 01:15:42,736
That's how important this is.
Go ahead, Sonny.
1590
01:15:42,819 --> 01:15:44,655
Well, I was just telling Michael
that we were gonna pay
1591
01:15:44,738 --> 01:15:46,657
any fines incurred by the shoe's design.
1592
01:15:47,449 --> 01:15:48,450
Oh.
1593
01:15:49,326 --> 01:15:51,620
[Sonny] Be one per game, as you know.
1594
01:15:51,703 --> 01:15:52,704
- Great.
- [Sonny] Yeah.
1595
01:15:53,330 --> 01:15:54,665
[Phil] We have a video?
1596
01:15:54,748 --> 01:15:55,999
[Rob] Uh, yes, yes, we do.
1597
01:15:56,083 --> 01:15:58,835
Yes, we do. But I-I thought
that the-the Jordans might be
1598
01:15:58,919 --> 01:16:02,464
interested in how we see
the future here at Nike
1599
01:16:02,547 --> 01:16:06,176
and how we would market Michael
as a person
1600
01:16:07,969 --> 01:16:12,724
and not just another guy
wearing someone's shoes.
1601
01:16:13,767 --> 01:16:15,602
And there are no limits here at Nike.
1602
01:16:15,686 --> 01:16:18,146
You can do just about anything.
1603
01:16:18,897 --> 01:16:20,565
- [chuckles]
- How'd that get in there?
1604
01:16:20,649 --> 01:16:23,652
[Howard] We believe Michael
can represent something
1605
01:16:23,735 --> 01:16:25,737
more than just a basketball player.
1606
01:16:26,488 --> 01:16:28,156
Hell, you can find them anywhere.
1607
01:16:28,240 --> 01:16:30,826
You're looking at one busted-up one
right here. [chuckles]
1608
01:16:30,909 --> 01:16:33,453
And Rob wants
to really market our players,
1609
01:16:33,995 --> 01:16:35,789
and this has never been
really done before.
1610
01:16:35,872 --> 01:16:37,457
That's one of the things
we've-we've really pioneered.
1611
01:16:37,541 --> 01:16:38,375
Do you have a video?
1612
01:16:38,458 --> 01:16:40,460
Shall we? Good. Great.
1613
01:16:40,544 --> 01:16:42,421
Uh, let's watch a movie here.
1614
01:16:42,504 --> 01:16:45,966
So, um, let me kill these. Yeah.
1615
01:16:46,049 --> 01:16:49,302
Um, well, I'll let it speak for itself.
1616
01:16:49,386 --> 01:16:51,221
I just... I'll hit go here
1617
01:16:51,805 --> 01:16:53,223
and just get it started.
1618
01:16:53,306 --> 01:16:56,309
["I Can Dream About You"
by Dan Hartman playing on video]
1619
01:17:41,354 --> 01:17:42,439
I'm sorry. Turn it off.
1620
01:17:42,564 --> 01:17:43,815
- Rob, turn it off. Just please.
- [Rob] Sonny...
1621
01:17:43,899 --> 01:17:45,692
Sonny, what the fuck are you doing?
1622
01:17:48,904 --> 01:17:51,072
Forget about the shoes.
Forget about the money.
1623
01:17:51,156 --> 01:17:53,074
You're gonna make enough money.
It's not gonna matter.
1624
01:17:53,158 --> 01:17:55,076
Money can buy you almost anything.
1625
01:17:55,160 --> 01:17:57,788
It can't buy you immortality.
That you have to earn.
1626
01:17:59,498 --> 01:18:00,707
[Sonny sighs]
1627
01:18:01,792 --> 01:18:04,461
I'm gonna look you in the eyes,
and I'm gonna tell you the future.
1628
01:18:05,670 --> 01:18:08,507
You were cut from
your high school basketball team.
1629
01:18:09,132 --> 01:18:11,927
You willed your way to the NBA.
1630
01:18:12,010 --> 01:18:13,345
You're gonna win championships.
1631
01:18:14,012 --> 01:18:15,597
It's an American story,
1632
01:18:15,680 --> 01:18:17,474
and that's why Americans
are gonna love it.
1633
01:18:18,433 --> 01:18:19,851
People are gonna build you up.
1634
01:18:19,935 --> 01:18:22,020
God, are they going to.
1635
01:18:22,103 --> 01:18:26,107
Because when you're great and new,
we love you.
1636
01:18:26,942 --> 01:18:29,861
Man, we'll build you into something
that doesn't even exist.
1637
01:18:29,945 --> 01:18:32,155
You're gonna change the fucking world.
1638
01:18:33,240 --> 01:18:34,407
But you know what?
1639
01:18:35,283 --> 01:18:37,869
Once they've built you
as high as they possibly can,
1640
01:18:38,829 --> 01:18:40,288
they're gonna tear you back down.
1641
01:18:40,372 --> 01:18:42,624
It's the most predictable pattern.
1642
01:18:42,707 --> 01:18:44,835
We build you into something
that doesn't exist,
1643
01:18:44,918 --> 01:18:47,546
and that means you have to try
to be that thing.
1644
01:18:47,629 --> 01:18:49,756
All day, every day.
1645
01:18:49,840 --> 01:18:51,049
That's how it works.
1646
01:18:51,132 --> 01:18:54,344
And we do it again and again and again.
1647
01:18:55,595 --> 01:18:57,222
I'm gonna tell you the truth.
1648
01:18:58,557 --> 01:18:59,599
You're going to be attacked,
1649
01:18:59,683 --> 01:19:03,228
betrayed, exposed and humiliated.
1650
01:19:03,311 --> 01:19:05,355
And you'll survive that.
1651
01:19:06,106 --> 01:19:08,400
A lot of people can climb that mountain.
1652
01:19:09,025 --> 01:19:11,820
It's the way down that breaks them.
1653
01:19:13,196 --> 01:19:17,409
Because that's the moment
when you are truly alone.
1654
01:19:20,579 --> 01:19:22,581
And what will you do then?
1655
01:19:23,373 --> 01:19:26,751
Can you summon the will
to fight on through all the pain
1656
01:19:26,918 --> 01:19:28,044
and rise again?
1657
01:19:28,962 --> 01:19:30,255
"Who are you, Michael?"
1658
01:19:31,006 --> 01:19:33,842
That will be the defining question
of your life.
1659
01:19:34,551 --> 01:19:37,220
And I think you already know the answer.
1660
01:19:37,304 --> 01:19:39,055
And that's why we're all here.
1661
01:19:40,390 --> 01:19:42,058
A shoe is just a shoe
1662
01:19:43,268 --> 01:19:45,145
until somebody steps into it.
1663
01:19:46,062 --> 01:19:47,314
Then it has meaning.
1664
01:19:48,732 --> 01:19:51,651
The rest of us just want a chance
to touch that greatness.
1665
01:19:51,735 --> 01:19:53,236
We need you in these shoes,
1666
01:19:53,320 --> 01:19:54,988
not so you have meaning in your life,
1667
01:19:55,071 --> 01:19:56,781
but so that we have meaning in ours.
1668
01:19:57,616 --> 01:20:00,702
Everyone at this table will be forgotten
1669
01:20:00,785 --> 01:20:02,621
as soon as our time here is up.
1670
01:20:03,580 --> 01:20:04,581
Except for you.
1671
01:20:05,290 --> 01:20:07,500
You're gonna be remembered forever,
1672
01:20:07,584 --> 01:20:09,586
because some things are eternal.
1673
01:20:10,378 --> 01:20:12,213
You're Michael Jordan,
1674
01:20:12,297 --> 01:20:15,550
and your story is
gonna make us want to fly.
1675
01:20:26,645 --> 01:20:28,480
[Phil] I know... [clears throat]
1676
01:20:29,522 --> 01:20:31,358
Mr. Falk has already
shared this with you,
1677
01:20:32,150 --> 01:20:34,986
but I wanted to give it
to you in person. Um...
1678
01:20:35,070 --> 01:20:37,197
Because it's the most significant offer
1679
01:20:37,280 --> 01:20:39,908
Nike Basketball has ever made
to any athlete.
1680
01:20:45,705 --> 01:20:49,376
We're expecting the others
to bid in a similar range.
1681
01:20:50,251 --> 01:20:51,086
Thank you, David.
1682
01:20:52,671 --> 01:20:57,676
Nonetheless, Nike has long been
in search of its basketball star.
1683
01:20:58,635 --> 01:21:01,304
We believe you are that star.
1684
01:21:07,394 --> 01:21:10,397
Well, thank you, Mr. Vaccaro,
Mr. Knight.
1685
01:21:10,480 --> 01:21:12,983
Mr. Strasser, Mr. White, thank you.
1686
01:21:14,526 --> 01:21:16,236
- Bye, Mr. White.
- Mrs. Jordan.
1687
01:21:16,319 --> 01:21:17,362
Thank you.
1688
01:21:18,905 --> 01:21:20,573
Well, you guys could come this way.
1689
01:21:21,825 --> 01:21:22,909
[Phil] Thank you so much.
1690
01:21:22,993 --> 01:21:24,077
[Howard] Thank you.
1691
01:21:24,160 --> 01:21:25,161
Mr. Jordan.
1692
01:21:25,245 --> 01:21:27,414
- Thank you, Michael.
- Call me anytime.
1693
01:21:27,497 --> 01:21:29,332
We're gonna take a hard look
at everyone's numbers,
1694
01:21:29,416 --> 01:21:33,670
and, uh, we'll let you know
when we let you know.
1695
01:21:33,753 --> 01:21:34,754
Great speech.
1696
01:21:35,505 --> 01:21:36,673
Emotional.
1697
01:21:36,756 --> 01:21:38,341
Great. Thanks, David.
1698
01:21:42,595 --> 01:21:44,180
- Where the hell'd that come from?
- I don't know.
1699
01:21:44,264 --> 01:21:46,057
[Phil] Sonny made an audible.
1700
01:21:46,141 --> 01:21:47,183
Way to go, Sonny.
1701
01:21:47,267 --> 01:21:50,103
What the fuck is that thing
w-with the fines, by the way?
1702
01:21:50,186 --> 01:21:51,688
It doesn't matter. I think we have him.
1703
01:21:51,771 --> 01:21:53,064
And we just have to wait and see.
1704
01:21:53,148 --> 01:21:54,190
It's a hell of a speech.
1705
01:21:54,274 --> 01:21:55,942
It was good. It was good.
1706
01:21:56,026 --> 01:21:58,236
[Peter] "Everyone at this table
will be forgotten."
1707
01:21:58,319 --> 01:21:59,988
I think I'm gonna be remembered.
1708
01:22:02,157 --> 01:22:04,617
I'm not... I think I've done
something impressive.
1709
01:22:04,701 --> 01:22:05,994
You know?
1710
01:22:06,077 --> 01:22:07,579
I mean, it was a good speech.
1711
01:22:07,662 --> 01:22:08,955
We got him.
1712
01:22:10,498 --> 01:22:13,001
["Time After Time"
by Cyndi Lauper playing]
1713
01:22:29,017 --> 01:22:31,311
[foghorn blows]
1714
01:22:40,820 --> 01:22:42,363
[pager beeping]
1715
01:22:54,751 --> 01:22:56,461
[phone line ringing]
1716
01:22:58,129 --> 01:22:59,214
Hey, it's Sonny.
1717
01:23:02,634 --> 01:23:03,718
Yeah, no. Yeah, he... they...
1718
01:23:05,512 --> 01:23:08,515
Yeah, I'll be there.
Um, look, uh, nothing from the Jordans?
1719
01:23:10,642 --> 01:23:13,978
Okay. Uh, well, you know,
soon as and, uh...
1720
01:23:14,062 --> 01:23:15,230
You have the home number?
1721
01:23:17,982 --> 01:23:19,234
Okay.
1722
01:23:19,317 --> 01:23:20,318
Bye.
1723
01:23:21,152 --> 01:23:23,571
["Time After Time"
by Cyndi Lauper continues playing]
1724
01:23:23,655 --> 01:23:25,156
[crickets chirping]
1725
01:23:35,458 --> 01:23:37,043
[phone ringing]
1726
01:23:37,877 --> 01:23:39,671
- Hello?
- [Howard] Sonny.
1727
01:23:39,754 --> 01:23:41,756
Hey, Howard. Wh-What's going on?
1728
01:23:42,674 --> 01:23:45,677
Hey, listen, man, I... I just heard.
1729
01:23:46,845 --> 01:23:49,097
Adidas, they matched the offer.
1730
01:23:49,639 --> 01:23:50,974
The 250?
1731
01:23:51,057 --> 01:23:52,976
Yeah, the 250 and a car.
1732
01:23:55,478 --> 01:23:56,729
You're kidding me.
1733
01:23:56,813 --> 01:23:57,856
No, man. No.
1734
01:23:57,939 --> 01:24:00,191
I talked to James...
Michael daddy... today.
1735
01:24:00,275 --> 01:24:01,985
That's what he told me.
1736
01:24:02,068 --> 01:24:04,737
And, uh, I don't think
he accepted it yet, though,
1737
01:24:04,821 --> 01:24:06,072
so we might still have time.
1738
01:24:06,156 --> 01:24:07,532
That's why I wanted
to give you the heads-up.
1739
01:24:07,615 --> 01:24:09,534
Maybe make some moves, uh, spend the...
1740
01:24:09,617 --> 01:24:10,743
No, I mean...
1741
01:24:11,786 --> 01:24:12,829
[sighs]
1742
01:24:12,912 --> 01:24:14,539
This was the move. This...
1743
01:24:15,290 --> 01:24:16,291
That was it.
1744
01:24:17,041 --> 01:24:18,168
[sighs]
1745
01:24:18,960 --> 01:24:22,005
Well, we'll still hear from Falk.
Maybe you can talk to Falk.
1746
01:24:22,630 --> 01:24:24,716
Yeah, I'm sure he can't wait.
1747
01:24:27,886 --> 01:24:28,970
Sonny...
1748
01:24:30,221 --> 01:24:31,431
Sorry, man.
1749
01:24:33,725 --> 01:24:35,560
Hey, Howard, uh...
1750
01:24:38,104 --> 01:24:39,981
Thanks a lot, man. I just...
1751
01:24:42,734 --> 01:24:44,652
Thank you for everything you did.
1752
01:24:45,278 --> 01:24:47,030
No problem, Sonny.
I'm here for you, man.
1753
01:24:47,947 --> 01:24:50,200
I appreciate that you,
that you believed in me, man.
1754
01:24:55,038 --> 01:24:56,456
[sighs] See you, man.
1755
01:24:56,539 --> 01:24:57,540
Okay.
1756
01:24:58,333 --> 01:24:59,584
[sighs]
1757
01:25:03,504 --> 01:25:05,590
[melancholy music playing]
1758
01:25:16,601 --> 01:25:18,603
[imperceptible]
1759
01:25:32,867 --> 01:25:34,869
[muffled chattering]
1760
01:26:12,991 --> 01:26:14,826
[phone ringing]
1761
01:26:19,372 --> 01:26:20,581
Hello, Falk.
1762
01:26:20,665 --> 01:26:21,833
[Deloris] Mr. Vaccaro.
1763
01:26:22,625 --> 01:26:23,876
Mrs. Jordan.
1764
01:26:24,752 --> 01:26:26,421
I have some news for you.
1765
01:26:27,839 --> 01:26:29,340
Just do it.
1766
01:26:30,508 --> 01:26:32,510
Uh, you didn't expect me to call?
1767
01:26:33,219 --> 01:26:35,888
Uh, well, typically, I would...
I'd hear from Mr. Falk.
1768
01:26:35,972 --> 01:26:38,891
Uh, but this is
a pleasant surprise, I promise.
1769
01:26:38,975 --> 01:26:41,811
Well, I told Mr. Falk
I would handle it from here.
1770
01:26:43,104 --> 01:26:45,440
I have a lot of respect for that.
Thank you.
1771
01:26:47,817 --> 01:26:51,988
Michael will accept
the 250,000 salary guaranteed,
1772
01:26:52,071 --> 01:26:55,616
and the shoe will be named
for Michael and our family.
1773
01:26:55,700 --> 01:26:57,285
- What-what?
- Yes.
1774
01:26:57,368 --> 01:26:58,703
- Uh, really?
- [chuckles]
1775
01:26:58,786 --> 01:27:00,830
Mr. Vaccaro, don't sound so surprised.
1776
01:27:00,913 --> 01:27:02,373
No, this is... No, great decision.
1777
01:27:02,457 --> 01:27:04,167
Uh, you're not gonna regret it,
1778
01:27:04,250 --> 01:27:06,085
and I-I can give you
my personal guarantee...
1779
01:27:06,169 --> 01:27:07,170
I'm not finished.
1780
01:27:07,253 --> 01:27:09,339
No. Yeah. Ex-Excuse me. Sorry, go ahead.
1781
01:27:10,757 --> 01:27:13,634
Now, we are willing to accept the deal
and commit right away
1782
01:27:13,718 --> 01:27:15,428
but with one minor provision.
1783
01:27:16,012 --> 01:27:16,971
Name it.
1784
01:27:17,055 --> 01:27:18,473
It's nothing, really.
1785
01:27:18,556 --> 01:27:20,767
It's so obvious that its omission,
I assume,
1786
01:27:20,850 --> 01:27:23,144
from the term sheet
was a clerical error.
1787
01:27:23,227 --> 01:27:24,228
I'm sure it was.
1788
01:27:25,104 --> 01:27:27,315
Michael will get
a percentage of the revenue
1789
01:27:27,398 --> 01:27:29,567
of the sale of each shoe that's sold.
1790
01:27:34,072 --> 01:27:35,114
I'm sorry?
1791
01:27:35,198 --> 01:27:38,201
Not all Nike shoes,
just the ones with his name on them.
1792
01:27:39,160 --> 01:27:40,620
Oh, well, uh, Mrs. Jordan,
1793
01:27:40,703 --> 01:27:43,790
so that's not how
the business works at all.
1794
01:27:43,873 --> 01:27:46,876
I mean, I-I understand the assumption,
but, um, what...
1795
01:27:46,959 --> 01:27:49,003
The-the athletes get a licensing fee...
1796
01:27:49,087 --> 01:27:51,923
In this case, obviously,
a groundbreaking fee...
1797
01:27:52,006 --> 01:27:55,468
But they don't actually participate
in the gross sales of the shoe.
1798
01:27:55,551 --> 01:27:58,388
Because Nike's a public company,
so that... it... they can't...
1799
01:27:58,471 --> 01:28:01,224
That would disrupt the industry,
and they wouldn't... they, um...
1800
01:28:01,307 --> 01:28:04,227
Th-There's a-a whole other set
of economics around this.
1801
01:28:04,310 --> 01:28:05,395
It's very complicated.
1802
01:28:05,478 --> 01:28:07,730
Yeah. I'm sure it's quite complicated.
1803
01:28:07,814 --> 01:28:12,693
This way, it's cleaner 'cause you know
and the family knows
1804
01:28:12,777 --> 01:28:14,946
exactly what's going
to come in every year...
1805
01:28:15,029 --> 01:28:16,531
Well, that's not his concern.
1806
01:28:16,614 --> 01:28:18,658
- Um, okay. Uh-huh.
- All right?
1807
01:28:18,741 --> 01:28:23,413
His concern is that, in order
for the shoe to be meaningful,
1808
01:28:23,496 --> 01:28:26,332
in order for young people,
many not of real means,
1809
01:28:26,416 --> 01:28:28,501
to wanna go out and spend the money
1810
01:28:28,584 --> 01:28:32,296
that they worked all week,
two weeks at the mall for,
1811
01:28:32,380 --> 01:28:35,133
then Michael has to create
the meaning in that shoe.
1812
01:28:35,883 --> 01:28:37,760
His name is on that shoe.
1813
01:28:37,844 --> 01:28:39,929
Yeah, so actually we think
that's a benefit to him
1814
01:28:40,012 --> 01:28:43,141
because his likeness
gets marketed by Nike.
1815
01:28:43,224 --> 01:28:45,560
No. His likeness, his name
1816
01:28:45,643 --> 01:28:48,271
is not in any way meaningful to Nike
1817
01:28:48,354 --> 01:28:51,274
unless he scores
40 points a night, every night,
1818
01:28:51,357 --> 01:28:53,067
beats Hakeem as Rookie of the Year,
1819
01:28:53,151 --> 01:28:55,903
makes All-Star and All-NBA team.
1820
01:28:56,529 --> 01:28:58,448
[sighs] Okay, that would be exceptional.
1821
01:28:58,531 --> 01:29:01,534
And-and, um, you know, it is the NBA,
1822
01:29:01,617 --> 01:29:03,578
so these are the best of the best.
1823
01:29:03,661 --> 01:29:05,121
Well, he has to be better.
1824
01:29:05,204 --> 01:29:07,957
He will win championships,
multiple championships,
1825
01:29:08,040 --> 01:29:10,251
final MVPs. I know my son.
1826
01:29:10,334 --> 01:29:12,295
All-Star selection, All-Star MVP,
1827
01:29:12,378 --> 01:29:13,838
Defensive Player of the Year...
1828
01:29:14,672 --> 01:29:17,341
But, ma'am, with respect,
1829
01:29:17,425 --> 01:29:20,094
Sidney Moncrief is the
Defensive Player of the Year.
1830
01:29:20,178 --> 01:29:22,013
Adrian Dantley won the scoring title.
1831
01:29:22,096 --> 01:29:23,139
They're not...
1832
01:29:23,222 --> 01:29:25,975
You don't get to be Magic
and Michael Cooper.
1833
01:29:26,058 --> 01:29:27,101
It's basketball.
1834
01:29:27,185 --> 01:29:30,104
But if he does it,
he deserves to be compensated.
1835
01:29:30,188 --> 01:29:33,107
You eat, we eat. That's all he's asking.
1836
01:29:33,191 --> 01:29:34,275
That's a fair point,
1837
01:29:34,358 --> 01:29:37,403
but that's just not
how the business works.
1838
01:29:37,487 --> 01:29:39,947
I mean. They... They invest the capital
and get the reward
1839
01:29:40,031 --> 01:29:41,115
and that's how it goes.
1840
01:29:41,199 --> 01:29:43,034
Well, maybe that needs to change.
1841
01:29:43,910 --> 01:29:45,912
Because if he does
what I think he's gonna do,
1842
01:29:45,995 --> 01:29:47,788
what you also think he's gonna do,
1843
01:29:47,872 --> 01:29:50,166
and what Michael knows he's gonna do,
1844
01:29:50,249 --> 01:29:52,502
then it won't be
the NBA promoting my son.
1845
01:29:52,585 --> 01:29:54,962
I promise you.
It'll be the other way around.
1846
01:29:55,046 --> 01:29:57,924
And in that case, he deserves a piece.
1847
01:29:58,007 --> 01:30:02,303
Mrs. Jordan, I... I understand
what you're saying. I...
1848
01:30:03,304 --> 01:30:04,847
I actually agree with you.
1849
01:30:06,599 --> 01:30:08,935
But that's just not
how it goes in this life.
1850
01:30:10,478 --> 01:30:12,313
[sighs] People like your son,
1851
01:30:13,064 --> 01:30:14,524
people who work for a living,
1852
01:30:14,607 --> 01:30:16,484
they don't let us own anything.
1853
01:30:17,235 --> 01:30:19,111
We take the best we can get.
1854
01:30:19,654 --> 01:30:20,863
And this is a great deal.
1855
01:30:20,947 --> 01:30:22,615
This is the biggest deal
1856
01:30:22,698 --> 01:30:25,535
this company has ever
offered anyone, by far.
1857
01:30:26,452 --> 01:30:28,496
Michael could blow out
his knee next week.
1858
01:30:30,456 --> 01:30:34,669
Mr. Vaccaro, I agree
that the business is unfair.
1859
01:30:35,503 --> 01:30:37,255
It's unfair to my son.
1860
01:30:37,338 --> 01:30:39,715
It's unfair to people like you.
1861
01:30:39,799 --> 01:30:42,552
But every once in a while,
1862
01:30:42,635 --> 01:30:46,055
someone comes along
that's so extraordinary
1863
01:30:46,138 --> 01:30:50,518
that it forces those reluctant to part
with some of that wealth to do so,
1864
01:30:50,601 --> 01:30:51,894
not out of charity,
1865
01:30:52,728 --> 01:30:54,063
but out of greed,
1866
01:30:54,146 --> 01:30:56,274
because they are so very special.
1867
01:30:56,357 --> 01:31:01,279
And even more rare, that person demands
to be treated according to their worth
1868
01:31:01,362 --> 01:31:04,532
because they understand
what they are worth.
1869
01:31:05,658 --> 01:31:06,951
Or their mother does.
1870
01:31:09,495 --> 01:31:12,665
You purport to know
a good deal about my son.
1871
01:31:12,748 --> 01:31:13,916
You tell me.
1872
01:31:14,750 --> 01:31:17,753
Is it me who believes
in Michael, his name,
1873
01:31:17,837 --> 01:31:20,381
or am I just a healthy reflection
of who he is
1874
01:31:20,464 --> 01:31:22,550
and what he believes about himself?
1875
01:31:23,301 --> 01:31:24,302
Hmm?
1876
01:31:25,511 --> 01:31:28,180
Isn't that why you came to my home?
1877
01:31:30,558 --> 01:31:31,934
Yes, it is.
1878
01:31:32,560 --> 01:31:33,644
Okay.
1879
01:31:35,146 --> 01:31:38,274
Now I'm going to put it
to you plain once again.
1880
01:31:38,357 --> 01:31:41,861
Michael will get $250,000
1881
01:31:41,944 --> 01:31:45,031
and a Mercedes-Benz
that will be forgotten in a year,
1882
01:31:45,114 --> 01:31:49,327
but he gets a piece
of the revenue of the shoe
1883
01:31:49,410 --> 01:31:51,662
and all future Air Jordan shoes.
1884
01:31:54,373 --> 01:31:55,750
A shoe is just a shoe
1885
01:31:56,959 --> 01:31:58,794
until my son steps into it.
1886
01:32:04,216 --> 01:32:06,385
[mellow music playing]
1887
01:32:07,637 --> 01:32:08,971
[sighing]
1888
01:32:43,005 --> 01:32:44,632
What... What happened?
1889
01:32:45,716 --> 01:32:46,717
We didn't get him.
1890
01:32:47,635 --> 01:32:49,428
What are you t... I heard
you were down there closing
1891
01:32:49,512 --> 01:32:50,638
- with the mother.
- Adidas matched.
1892
01:32:51,347 --> 01:32:52,973
- He needs more.
- More money?
1893
01:32:53,683 --> 01:32:54,767
Oh, I'm sorry, Phil.
1894
01:32:54,850 --> 01:32:56,560
Uh, he wants a piece of the shoe,
1895
01:32:56,644 --> 01:32:57,978
the gross revenue, his...
1896
01:32:58,062 --> 01:32:59,480
Everything with his name on it.
1897
01:33:00,981 --> 01:33:01,982
[scoffs]
1898
01:33:02,066 --> 01:33:04,026
- I know, I'm sorry.
- Jesus Christ.
1899
01:33:06,737 --> 01:33:07,822
I'm really sorry.
1900
01:33:12,243 --> 01:33:13,536
[sighs]
1901
01:33:15,287 --> 01:33:17,707
Fuck it. We should do it.
1902
01:33:20,292 --> 01:33:21,836
Correct me if I'm wrong, Sonny.
1903
01:33:21,919 --> 01:33:23,170
I thought you believed in this guy.
1904
01:33:23,796 --> 01:33:24,964
Well, of course, I do.
1905
01:33:25,631 --> 01:33:27,341
There's not a lot of point
in having a basketball guru
1906
01:33:27,425 --> 01:33:28,759
if you don't listen
to what he has to say.
1907
01:33:28,843 --> 01:33:30,344
The board's never gonna do that.
1908
01:33:30,428 --> 01:33:31,512
This has never happened before.
1909
01:33:32,054 --> 01:33:34,432
[stammers] You'd be putting yourself
in a real bad spot.
1910
01:33:34,515 --> 01:33:35,975
Th-They could call for your removal.
1911
01:33:36,058 --> 01:33:38,310
If this guy is
who you think he's gonna be,
1912
01:33:38,394 --> 01:33:40,271
he'll be the best thing
that ever happened to this company
1913
01:33:40,354 --> 01:33:41,647
and he'll be worth every penny.
1914
01:33:41,731 --> 01:33:42,982
Let me worry about the fucking board.
1915
01:33:44,900 --> 01:33:46,152
It's a big risk.
1916
01:33:47,570 --> 01:33:49,822
You're remembered
for the rules you break.
1917
01:33:49,905 --> 01:33:51,240
Close the fucking deal.
1918
01:33:54,326 --> 01:33:55,327
Hey, Sonny.
1919
01:33:57,037 --> 01:33:58,456
That's how I built this company.
1920
01:33:59,123 --> 01:34:00,124
I get it, Phil.
1921
01:34:04,503 --> 01:34:05,921
Go get him. [clears throat]
1922
01:34:08,382 --> 01:34:09,508
[chuckles]
1923
01:34:21,437 --> 01:34:23,397
[phone ringing]
1924
01:34:26,901 --> 01:34:27,902
Hello?
1925
01:34:27,985 --> 01:34:29,820
- [Sonny] Mrs. Jordan.
- Yes.
1926
01:34:31,280 --> 01:34:32,907
I've spoken to our CEO.
1927
01:34:33,657 --> 01:34:34,658
And?
1928
01:34:36,327 --> 01:34:39,789
The Nike Corporation
is going to accept your terms
1929
01:34:39,872 --> 01:34:43,417
and offer Michael Jordan
a direct revenue share
1930
01:34:43,501 --> 01:34:46,879
from the sale of every single shoe
with his name on it.
1931
01:34:46,962 --> 01:34:49,757
- [sighs]
- ...anywhere they are sold in the world.
1932
01:34:49,840 --> 01:34:51,342
[sighs in relief]
1933
01:34:51,425 --> 01:34:52,510
Yes.
1934
01:34:53,344 --> 01:34:54,762
Congratulations.
1935
01:34:54,845 --> 01:34:56,013
Thank you.
1936
01:34:56,889 --> 01:34:59,683
Uh, is-is Michael there?
Could I speak with him?
1937
01:35:00,768 --> 01:35:03,062
Yes, it's time.
1938
01:35:10,569 --> 01:35:11,737
[sighs]
1939
01:35:16,659 --> 01:35:17,660
[Michael] Hello?
1940
01:35:18,744 --> 01:35:21,664
Hey, Michael. Welcome to Nike.
1941
01:35:23,415 --> 01:35:24,792
[imperceptible]
1942
01:35:41,141 --> 01:35:43,143
[phone ringing]
1943
01:35:43,227 --> 01:35:44,353
[Rob] Hello?
1944
01:35:44,979 --> 01:35:46,897
[Sonny] I need to see you
in the bullpen.
1945
01:35:47,147 --> 01:35:49,358
- Hey, Sonny, you know, uh...
- It's important, Rob.
1946
01:35:58,158 --> 01:35:59,869
- [phones ringing]
- [busy chatter]
1947
01:36:12,506 --> 01:36:14,216
Hey, everybody...
1948
01:36:15,509 --> 01:36:16,343
Uh...
1949
01:36:18,929 --> 01:36:21,307
We just signed Michael Jordan!
1950
01:36:21,390 --> 01:36:23,726
- [all cheering]
- Yes!
1951
01:36:55,883 --> 01:36:58,135
- [woman] Here's the Ewing file.
- At the buzzer, Sonny.
1952
01:36:58,260 --> 01:37:00,095
- [Sonny chuckles]
- At the buzzer.
1953
01:37:00,179 --> 01:37:03,182
Yeah, well, what can I tell you?
I love the suspense.
1954
01:37:03,265 --> 01:37:04,475
Percentage of sales?
1955
01:37:04,558 --> 01:37:06,602
I'm not gonna lie to you, David.
1956
01:37:06,685 --> 01:37:09,563
I'm told you have lawyers
on six-figure retainers.
1957
01:37:09,647 --> 01:37:10,856
No, they're on a cap.
1958
01:37:11,440 --> 01:37:13,776
I don't know
if I should tell you this, but...
1959
01:37:14,360 --> 01:37:18,447
[exhales] Sonny, Adidas was never
gonna match the percentage.
1960
01:37:18,530 --> 01:37:19,865
No one was.
1961
01:37:20,699 --> 01:37:22,910
I thought you were the kind of guy
that would like to know
1962
01:37:22,993 --> 01:37:25,537
when someone makes
a fucking play on you, you know?
1963
01:37:25,621 --> 01:37:28,082
[chuckles]
Well, that's very nice of you, David,
1964
01:37:28,165 --> 01:37:29,667
but I actually think
this is one of those deals
1965
01:37:29,750 --> 01:37:30,960
that's gonna work out for everybody.
1966
01:37:31,043 --> 01:37:32,086
Oh, yeah?
1967
01:37:32,169 --> 01:37:33,379
Uh, what's Adidas doing?
1968
01:37:33,754 --> 01:37:34,755
They're pivoting.
1969
01:37:34,838 --> 01:37:36,465
- Yeah? To who?
- Mel Turpin.
1970
01:37:36,966 --> 01:37:38,884
- Interesting.
- He's not a client.
1971
01:37:38,968 --> 01:37:40,636
How's Phil? How's he feeling?
1972
01:37:40,719 --> 01:37:41,971
- Great.
- It's a big step.
1973
01:37:42,054 --> 01:37:43,597
Big steps are how we made this place.
1974
01:37:43,681 --> 01:37:45,349
You know, you better
get me on speed dial
1975
01:37:45,474 --> 01:37:47,393
- for the next five years. [chuckles]
- Oh, please.
1976
01:37:47,476 --> 01:37:48,769
Howard's gonna take over with Mike.
1977
01:37:48,852 --> 01:37:50,104
You'll be gone in a year.
1978
01:37:50,187 --> 01:37:51,647
No more rabbits to chase.
1979
01:37:51,730 --> 01:37:53,565
Well, that's the thing
about rabbits, you know?
1980
01:37:53,649 --> 01:37:55,567
You never know 'cause
they just make more rabbits.
1981
01:37:55,651 --> 01:37:58,445
[laughs] Yeah, they do.
1982
01:38:00,656 --> 01:38:03,158
Well, I'd say it's been a pleasure
doing business with you, David,
1983
01:38:03,242 --> 01:38:05,869
- but it never really is.
- Nor should it be.
1984
01:38:05,953 --> 01:38:07,371
I don't have friends.
1985
01:38:07,454 --> 01:38:09,123
I have clients, okay?
1986
01:38:09,206 --> 01:38:10,916
That's why I'm a great fucking agent.
1987
01:38:11,000 --> 01:38:12,876
I'm gonna sell my business one day,
1988
01:38:12,960 --> 01:38:14,753
and I'm gonna be a very rich man.
1989
01:38:14,837 --> 01:38:17,506
I will eat alone, but I'll be rich
and so will my clients.
1990
01:38:17,589 --> 01:38:18,465
Then I'll worry about friends.
1991
01:38:18,632 --> 01:38:22,302
Well, you call me the next time
you have a once-in-a-generation talent.
1992
01:38:22,386 --> 01:38:23,721
I'm thinking of signing Ewing.
1993
01:38:23,804 --> 01:38:24,972
- What do you think?
- Pat?
1994
01:38:26,348 --> 01:38:28,600
He immigrated from Jamaica
to a little house
1995
01:38:28,726 --> 01:38:30,853
off Auburn Street
in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
1996
01:38:30,978 --> 01:38:32,312
when he was 13 years old.
1997
01:38:32,396 --> 01:38:33,939
He'd never played basketball.
1998
01:38:34,023 --> 01:38:35,357
The kid played soccer.
1999
01:38:35,441 --> 01:38:37,234
And Mike Jarvis spotted him
2000
01:38:37,317 --> 01:38:38,986
in the hallways
at Cambridge Rindge and Latin.
2001
01:38:39,069 --> 01:38:39,987
He recruited him.
2002
01:38:40,070 --> 01:38:41,655
That team won three state titles.
2003
01:38:41,739 --> 01:38:44,533
I think he's the exact type of player
who should be wearing Nikes,
2004
01:38:44,616 --> 01:38:46,744
and I think you can sign
whoever you want
2005
01:38:46,827 --> 01:38:48,245
after the deal we just made.
2006
01:38:48,328 --> 01:38:49,538
You're welcome.
2007
01:38:49,621 --> 01:38:51,415
You should be thanking me.
2008
01:38:51,498 --> 01:38:52,499
For... For what?
2009
01:38:52,583 --> 01:38:54,084
For coming up with the name of the shoe.
2010
01:38:54,168 --> 01:38:55,836
- Air Jordan?
- Yeah.
2011
01:38:55,919 --> 01:38:57,796
Nah, that was Pete. Bye.
2012
01:38:57,880 --> 01:38:59,298
- No, I came up with...
- [hangs up]
2013
01:38:59,381 --> 01:39:02,593
I... Sonny? Son... Fucking...
2014
01:39:02,676 --> 01:39:04,970
[yells] Did I or did I not say
"Air Jordan"?
2015
01:39:09,850 --> 01:39:11,101
[door opens]
2016
01:39:14,897 --> 01:39:15,898
We're closed.
2017
01:39:17,066 --> 01:39:18,650
Congratulations.
2018
01:39:19,318 --> 01:39:20,569
You okay?
2019
01:39:20,694 --> 01:39:23,864
[exhales] Just concentrating
on my breath.
2020
01:39:23,947 --> 01:39:25,365
Why?
2021
01:39:26,116 --> 01:39:27,576
Just... [sighs]
2022
01:39:27,659 --> 01:39:29,828
Doing a forgiveness meditation
for myself.
2023
01:39:31,538 --> 01:39:32,539
Hmm.
2024
01:39:33,082 --> 01:39:35,125
What are you forgiving yourself for?
2025
01:39:35,751 --> 01:39:38,378
I think it's possible we may have set
a very dangerous precedent.
2026
01:39:38,462 --> 01:39:41,256
Now every athlete's
gonna want a percentage.
2027
01:39:41,340 --> 01:39:43,258
Next thing, they all want equity and...
2028
01:39:47,429 --> 01:39:48,430
Fuck it.
2029
01:39:48,972 --> 01:39:49,973
Too many cows.
2030
01:39:50,641 --> 01:39:51,725
[chuckles softly]
2031
01:39:51,809 --> 01:39:54,937
If we ruin the business,
at least we had fun doing it.
2032
01:39:55,020 --> 01:39:57,856
It felt like the old Nike days
for a little while.
2033
01:39:57,940 --> 01:39:59,066
Yeah.
2034
01:39:59,942 --> 01:40:01,819
You know, I thought
it was pronounced "Nicky"
2035
01:40:01,902 --> 01:40:03,153
first time I saw the word.
2036
01:40:03,779 --> 01:40:05,322
I had a really strong instinct
2037
01:40:05,405 --> 01:40:07,574
we should call the company
Dimension Six.
2038
01:40:07,658 --> 01:40:10,077
You think it would've been successful
with that name?
2039
01:40:10,536 --> 01:40:11,537
No.
2040
01:40:12,621 --> 01:40:14,623
Ah, you name it after
the goddess of victory,
2041
01:40:14,706 --> 01:40:17,251
it's probably more appealing
to competitive athletes.
2042
01:40:17,334 --> 01:40:19,378
We just did that 'cause
the consultants told us
2043
01:40:19,461 --> 01:40:21,046
people like four-letter words.
2044
01:40:21,797 --> 01:40:23,173
I like four-letter words.
2045
01:40:24,591 --> 01:40:26,135
Hey, what about the swoosh?
2046
01:40:26,218 --> 01:40:27,803
Supposed to be a sound.
2047
01:40:28,762 --> 01:40:29,847
Sound of what?
2048
01:40:31,306 --> 01:40:32,307
I don't know.
2049
01:40:32,850 --> 01:40:36,520
I paid Carolyn Davidson $35
for that design in 1971.
2050
01:40:37,062 --> 01:40:38,647
I heard you didn't like it.
2051
01:40:38,730 --> 01:40:40,732
No. I said it would grow on me.
2052
01:40:42,693 --> 01:40:43,777
Well, maybe it will.
2053
01:40:48,490 --> 01:40:49,575
[sighs]
2054
01:40:52,202 --> 01:40:53,203
Hey, Phil.
2055
01:40:55,372 --> 01:40:56,707
Nobody else would've hired me.
2056
01:40:57,791 --> 01:40:59,126
And that's the truth.
2057
01:41:00,252 --> 01:41:01,378
I appreciate it.
2058
01:41:04,423 --> 01:41:06,383
You're a brilliant guy, Sonny.
2059
01:41:06,466 --> 01:41:07,843
You have courage.
2060
01:41:08,969 --> 01:41:10,387
That's what you do here.
2061
01:41:13,015 --> 01:41:14,099
Thanks, Phil.
2062
01:41:14,683 --> 01:41:16,018
I think it'll be fine.
2063
01:41:16,101 --> 01:41:19,605
What's the most we ever sold
on a shoe, $3 million?
2064
01:41:23,650 --> 01:41:24,902
He's one guy.
2065
01:41:24,985 --> 01:41:26,069
How much can it be?
2066
01:41:26,778 --> 01:41:28,280
[mellow electronic music playing]
2067
01:41:44,880 --> 01:41:47,007
[neon sign buzzing softly]
2068
01:41:50,719 --> 01:41:51,803
Hey, how's it going?
2069
01:41:51,887 --> 01:41:53,138
[Sonny] Good, how are you doing?
2070
01:41:53,222 --> 01:41:54,389
[sighs] Pretty good.
2071
01:42:00,771 --> 01:42:01,939
I'll buy that, too.
2072
01:42:02,022 --> 01:42:04,858
[sighs] Man, I can't believe
we didn't get him.
2073
01:42:04,942 --> 01:42:06,902
- Oh, you knew he was gonna be good?
- I knew.
2074
01:42:06,985 --> 01:42:08,070
We all knew.
2075
01:42:09,196 --> 01:42:11,490
Hmm. We should fire Stu.
2076
01:42:13,200 --> 01:42:14,952
- Have a good one, man.
- You, too.
2077
01:42:15,619 --> 01:42:16,453
[sighs] Man.
2078
01:42:18,205 --> 01:42:19,331
Everybody knew.
2079
01:42:22,000 --> 01:42:23,335
["Axel F" playing]
2080
01:42:23,418 --> 01:42:24,711
[exhales]
2081
01:42:57,160 --> 01:42:58,453
[music stops]
2082
01:42:58,537 --> 01:42:59,538
No.
2083
01:43:01,331 --> 01:43:02,874
No, fucking horrible.
2084
01:43:04,209 --> 01:43:05,502
[panting]
2085
01:43:07,713 --> 01:43:08,547
No way.
2086
01:43:09,131 --> 01:43:10,674
Just fucking awful.
2087
01:43:11,633 --> 01:43:12,676
Just terrible.
2088
01:43:15,012 --> 01:43:16,013
Nope.
2089
01:43:18,557 --> 01:43:19,641
Not a chance.
2090
01:43:20,851 --> 01:43:22,853
["Born in the U.S.A."
by Bruce Springsteen playing]
2091
01:44:20,994 --> 01:44:23,830
["Born in the U.S.A."
by Bruce Springsteen continues playing]
2092
01:46:50,101 --> 01:46:52,187
["Be Like Mike" by Be Chi playing]
2093
01:47:08,537 --> 01:47:10,372
My mom, without her...
2094
01:47:10,789 --> 01:47:12,332
She's a rock. She's unbelievable.
2095
01:47:12,415 --> 01:47:15,210
She... Right now,
she takes over two jobs.
2096
01:47:19,297 --> 01:47:20,674
She's an unbelievable woman.
2097
01:47:20,757 --> 01:47:24,553
She constantly keeps me focused
on the good things about life.
2098
01:47:24,636 --> 01:47:27,514
You know, how people perceive you,
how you respect them,
2099
01:47:27,597 --> 01:47:29,266
you know, what's good for the kids.
2100
01:47:29,349 --> 01:47:31,560
That all came from my parents.
You know, it came from my mom.
2101
01:47:31,643 --> 01:47:33,979
And she's still, at this stage...
I'm 46 years old...
2102
01:47:34,062 --> 01:47:36,147
She's still parenting me today,
2103
01:47:36,231 --> 01:47:37,649
and that's the good thing
about that lady.
2104
01:47:37,732 --> 01:47:39,150
- I love her to death.
- [applause]
2105
01:47:39,234 --> 01:47:40,318
I love her to death.
2106
01:47:40,402 --> 01:47:42,737
[song ends]
2107
01:47:44,906 --> 01:47:47,117
[cheerful music playing]