Trench Talk With Matt Reynolds

Roland Lazenby (@lazenby) is the author of the biography “Michael Jordan: The Life” and my first ever interview which I recorded in early 2016. Roland is an American sportswriter and educator who has travelled with some of the NBA's most famous and successful teams including Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls, the Bad Boys of Detroit (The Pistons) and Kobe Bryant’s LA Lakers. He’s completed hundreds of interviews with stars of the league including over 400 hours for his Kobe Bryant biography alone. Roland has also written biographies on the New England Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady, Dallas Cowboys superstar Emmit Smith, the NBA’s most winning coach (championships) Phil Jackson, Hall of Fame Laker Jerry West and many others. In our chat, we covered a lot that is the character of Michael Jordan. Roland dove deep to put The Life together and it’s by far and away the most comprehensive piece I’ve ever found on the famous number 23. We also discussed: the Jordan family, pre-Michael cultural change in America the Ni