Why Michael Jordan's Wife and Kids Aren't Featured in The Last Dance

But throughout the series, theres something missinghis family doesnt appear anywhere in the interviews (with the exception of his daughter, Jasmine, making a brief appearance in the final episode), which is surprising, as his older three (Jasmine, along with sons Jeffrey and Marcus) were all born while he was on the Chicago Bulls (he married current wife Yvette Prieto in and welcomed twin daughters Victoria and Ysabel ). Its an interesting conundrumif they know the basketball legend best, why arent they featured in a documentary about his life?

Well, director Jason Hehir has an interesting answer for this occurrencehe didnt think the family needed to be used as sources for a show about basketball's G.O.A.T..

I wasnt interested in the opinion of any wife or kids in this, he told . We had the storytellers we wanted and I felt like we had the story covered from every angle.

Honestly, that makes sense. And just because Jordans family isnt central to the story, that doesnt mean that the kids arent learning new things about their father after every episode. In fact, Jasmine (who was only five years old when the cameras were rolling during the titular Last Dance season) told that she always has questions for her father after watching the show.

Im definitely texting him non-stop, she said. I think there hasnt been an episode, a Sunday where I havent been like, This happened. Let me know your thoughts.

Jasmine also made a point to detail how the family is learning more about her dad and his life while playing the game. I think if you remove the basketball and all the accolades he achieved for obvious reasons, she said, I think Im definitely learning that my dad was really trying to take in the pressures and the expectations and not allowing it to weigh on him and really manifesting it into his own.

Ive definitely seen him really take on that role and embracing that role and not running from it and really becoming the greatest player to ever play the game, she continued. And thats because he always wanted to do that.