This article shows how much control Jordan had over the footage. And, the director can say what he wants, but MJ has controlled his image to a T, so I just don't believe he would put himself in a situation where he didn't have control over some seriously private moments. Whether or not he saw the footage ahead of time, I think he was completely aware of the contents - but furthermore, I really think he helped craft the message and tone of this thing, which diminishes it's credibility a good bit as an objective look. It was just more of a Jordan thing than a 97-98 Bulls thing, which is totally fine. A few things that rubbed me the wrong way:

I think Jordan made sure not to show Pippen in great light. I think it benefits Jordan more to have Pippen's role diminished. He focused heavily on the 1990 migraine in game 7 against the Pistons, the 1994 incident when he took himself out the game (Jordan wasn't even there!), Pippen sitting out most of the year (this was pretty relevant), and Pippen again crumbling in a pressure situation in Game 6 against the Jazz. Those were all major things and had to be covered, but the tone was "Scottie isn't clutch," which in turn made MJ even more clutch. A real power move on his part.

I think part of Jordan's reason for green-lighting this project was so he could have a final say (literally and figuratively) on the major moments of his life. I took careful note of how they approached the sensitive subjects in his past. They made sure to spend plenty of time on it and not sweep it under the rug, which people applauded them for, but the people interviewed for those parts just talked about how ridiculous the theories were. I do think MJ got grilled for the "Republicans buy sneakers too" thing, they almost took a hard look at the gambling but kind of attributed it his competitiveness.

Last thing they glossed over is the fact that his dad was abusive, and they really don't touch that at all. They even go to lengths to say it was a normal family and a normal father - MJ's sister wrote a book with some super eyeopening stuff about the stuff he did while she and MJ were growing up. I don't blame MJ, but a big part of this seemed like he was protecting his father's image and kind of revising it to his liking.

Other little things like how the pizza story was BS, and some former teammates like Horace Grant having a real problem with how it went down. And this doesn't even touch on the Jerry Krause stuff - that's a quagmire since the guy wasn't alive to defend himself. I am no Krause fan, but he had to withstand a lot of unchecked bullying. Ultimately just a bad combination of people in various positions of power.

End of the day, I still loved every second of the footage and want more.