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NBA Math's Adam Fromal (@fromal09) is back to rank the top 10 Detroit Pistons players of the decade with Dan Favale. Let's just say this one was hard. Is there a consensus No. 1? Did Blake Griffin make the cut already? Remember Greg Monroe? And Rodney Stuckey? Don't worry. We're about to have some fun.

Welcome to another edition of The Dance After 'The Last Dance.' This time, following episodes seven and eight of ESPN's epic Michael Jordan/Chicago Bulls documentary, Andy and Dan get into the attempted humanization of His Airness, who is typically revered to the point of mythology. They dive deeper into his maniacal desire to win, his treatment of his teammates, his unique leadership style, the murder of his father and much more. After that, they offer a list of topics they're hoping to see covered in the final two installments of 'The Last Dance." Let's roll.

Dan is joined by Bleacher Report's Grant Hughes (@gt_hughes) to an exercise in imagineering. They each single out NBA sidekicks—No. 2 and No. 3 options OR non-scorers—who they would like to see in a first-option's role and then try to envision how they'd pan out. Think along the lines of Bradley Beal taking the reins in Washington and Pascal Siakam thriving without Kawhi Leonard. We're looking for our favorite similar cases. Let us know what you think, or if there's anyone you think we left off.

Welcome back to The Dance After The Last Dance! Andy and Dan offer some more insight and opinions into the 1997-98 Bulls and 'The Last Dance' documentary in general, tackling everything from Michael Jordan's gambling and beef with Isiah Thomas and Jerry Krause, to the 1992 Dream Team, his interest in Adidas over Nike, Dennis Rodman's defensive versatility and what they'd like to see from the final four episodes of 'The Last Dance'.

Our decade-player rankings continue with the Denver Nuggets. As always, with your input, Dan and Adam have sought to identify the 10 most impactful players of the decade for the Nuggets franchise, weighing everything from sample size to efficiency and so much more. Where does Nikola Jokic land? How about Jamal Murray? Did you also forget Ty Lawson exists? Let's dance.

Episodes three and four of The Last Dance documentary were LIT. Let's talk about them. But first, we get into Rudy Gobert's trade value and the news that certain NBA teams will be allowed to reopen their gyms to players for individual workouts. After that, we dive into everything we've learned about Dennis Rodman, Michael Jordan's relationship with the media during his playing days, Scottie Pippen's trade demand, Phil Jackson and so much more!