Michael Jordan Accused Of Lying In Last Dance, By Author Who Appeared In The Documentary

Michael Jordan's Netflix documentary 'The Last Dance' has got everyone talking but, according to the author of a biography of the NBA legend, there's a couple of big lies in the show.

In the 10 part series Jordan, as well as several other key figures, tell the story of the Chicago Bulls 1998 season, as well as details of previous championship winning seasons and the making of MJ.

"That was a complete and blatant lie by Michael," Smith said on 95.7 The Game's 'Bonta, Steiny & Guru.

"There were several things in the documentary that I saw, I would know, that he made up or he lied about. They weren't major things, but it was like when a TV movie comes on and they say, "this is based on a true story." That's what that was. It was based on a true story."

That wasn't the case according to Smith, "The pizza thing - the poison - that was complete nonsense," the author added, "There were a couple of other things like that I won't go into.

"They weren't major, but the thing at the end [about Jordan wanting to return for the 1998-99 season] was a complete, blatant lie. I know what happened."

The writer isn't the only person who appeared on the show who is unconvinced about everything that was said, with Jordan's former teammate Scottie Pippen angered at his portrayal.

ESPN 1000's David Kaplan claimed Pippen was 'beyond livid,' He is so angry at Michael and how he was portrayed, called selfish, called this, called that, that he's furious that he participated and did not realize what he was getting himself into," Kaplan said on the Kap and Co radio show.

"[Pippen] felt like up until the last few minutes of Game 6 against the Jazz [in the 1998 NBA finals, during the series' last episode], it was just 'bash Scottie, bash Scottie, bash Scottie."