Flashbacks reveal Michael Jordan's university and early NBA days. In 1997, the Chicago Bulls take a preseason trip to Paris amid tension with the club's front office.

Michael Jordan begins the 1997-98 season without his injured sidekick Scottie Pippen, whose contract dispute with the Bulls' front office reaches a fever pitch.

Once a key member of the hated Detroit Pistons' bad boys championship teams that brutalised Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman is virtually all Jordan can count on early in the 1997-98 season.

In what management insist is Phil Jackson's final season as head coach of the Bulls, he seems like the only one who can steer the unique collection of talent to another title.

Michael Jordan's fame peaks to unparalleled levels in the early 1990s in the wake of consecutive NBA titles and a starring role on the Olympic Dream Team. His image as Air Jordan makes him a significant cultural figure.

Michael Jordan's fame comes under extraordinary scrutiny in 1993 with the Chicago Bulls' pursuit of a third straight title shadowed by question marks about Jordan's gambling.