ESPN imagines a '30 for 30' about Scranton's greatest athlete: Michael Scott
What if I told you, the regional manager who taught us basketball is like jazz was getting his very own documentary?
OK, so, truth be told... there isn't a real documentary coming about Michael Scott's on-court exploits. But someone at ESPN must be a fan of The Office and had a little extra time on their hands. You know because there are no sports happening right now.
The official 30 for 30 account — and I double-checked it was official— tweeted out a parody trailer imagining a doc about Michael's infamously terrible performance in the Season 1 episode titled "Basketball."
"What if I told you, the greatest Michael wasn't Jordan?" the post asked.
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It's a perfectly executed video, full of little bits of Office humor while the narrator deadpans the lines with heart-wrenching sincerity. The joke caught the eye of Michael Scott himself — well, actor Steve Carell at least. He quote-tweeted the post with a bit of definitely real slang.
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If you love The Office and basketball — personally, I am the exact center of that Venn Diagram — the post was a great bit of light-hearted fun for a pandemic Sunday.
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Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, trends, and the occasional hot take. You can find him on Bluesky (sometimes), Instagram (infrequently), or eating Buffalo wings (as often as possible).
