In the doc, Michael attempted to justify the occasions in which he berated a teammate in front of the group. He felt these guys needed to develop the toughness to get past the NBA's more physical teams. Seeing again how poorly Michael treated his teammates, I cringed, as I did back then.

"Michael was wrong. We didn't win six championships because he got on guys. We won in spite of his getting on guys. We won because we played team basketball, which hadn't been the case my first two seasons, when Doug Collins was our coach. That's what was special about playing for the Bulls: the camaraderie we established with one another, not that we felt blessed to be on the same team with the immortal Michael Jordan."

Is it possible that he's not of sound mind?

https://sports.yahoo.com/scottie-pippen-says-bulls-won-titles-in-spite-of-michael-jordan-berating-teammates-151158295.html

I guess Scottie forgot about team basketball when he sat for those 1.8 seconds in the 94 Playoffs.

And intentionally tried to screw the team by waiting right before the season to have surgery that last year.

He needs the money. Scottie married the ultimate fame whoring/gold digging NBA wife. He also made a lot of terrible investments. The 1.8 seconds was a window into how insecure he is. He's an awkward hick from the middle of no where and grew up dirt poor. He is prone to lash out to distract from that. I don't think he's a bad person. Made bad investments and has demons he can't overcome.

The goof is still bitter that he signed a really dumb contract. A contract that paid him more than Jordan until 96-97 iirc.

And forgot that Krause did him a big favor with the sign and trade deal. But I guess nothing was enough for him.

It is sad to see. Such a great player, and he is evolving into a bitter old man who will have his legacy tainted by such stupidity

I don't really care. No one listened to Scottie 25 years ago and no one listens to him now.

“I feel bad because it seems he is just trying to go big-game hunting because he’s selling a book…When you go after Phil Jackson, Michael Jordan, he came after me a little bit; you just going big-game hunting because you know it’s gonna get some clicks.”

“When people talk about me, they get to bring up stupid stuff I did. Whatever happened, happened. You don’t get to get mad about it. The stuff Michael said in The Last Dance was true…But I don’t think it was Michael’s intention to roast Scottie…When you bring all this stuff up, and you just happen to have a book coming out, that’s what I think is the problem everybody’s having now.”

i still dont understand how you sign an NBA contract and don't put away $1mil for your retirement. i wouldnt trust myself to save anything, and the first thing i would do is give my 60+ year old self an emergency fund.

That stopped in the '90s. Kids wanted to be ‘Like Mike.’ Well, Mike didn’t want to pass — didn’t want to rebound or defend the best player. He wanted everything done for him.

i still dont understand how you sign an NBA contract and don't put away $1mil for your retirement. i wouldnt trust myself to save anything, and the first thing i would do is give my 60+ year old self an emergency fund.

He needs the money. Scottie married the ultimate fame whoring/gold digging NBA wife.

This moron is off his meds
https://www.audacy.com/670thescore/spor ... dkIpUKE-qA



Outside of Magic Johnson, Jordan always defended the other teams best player.

Pippen was the best defensive player I ever saw personally, before the back broke down.

Yeah.

That still doesn't make his opinions now about Jordan any less ridiculous.

No it doesn't. But Pippin was an amazing defender. It sounds like hyperbole but he might have been the best ever.

THIS....I take nothing away for Jordan's defense, but Pippen was a superior defender. I'm no basketball expert but Pippen was the best I recall watching.
Plus....the second three-peat had Rodman, who was also pretty solid on defense.

Pippen is and has been a head case....Jordan is the GOAT, but let's not diminish Pippen's defensive dominance.