In the 1990s, the Chicago Bulls were on top of the world. Led by Michael Jordan, they took home six NBA Championships, going undefeated in NBA Finals appearances. However, Jordan didn’t do it alone. Scottie Pippen was right by his side for every title run.
However, fast forward to the present day, and the two players aren’t very fond of each other. At least, Pippen isn’t fond of Jordan. During a recent appearance on Stacey King’s podcast, “Gimme the Hot Sauce,” Pippen had some very negative things to say about his former teammate, even going as far as saying he doesn’t think they’ll speak again.
When King asked Pippen if he thinks he’ll ever talk to Jordan again, the Bulls legend simply replied, “No, I don’t.” In addition, Pippen stated that Jordan was a “horrible player” before he joined the team and the dynasty was formed.
“I’ll leave that up for debate, because I don’t believe there’s a great player because our game is a team game, and one player can’t do it,” said Pippen. “I saw Jordan play before I came to play with the Bulls. You guys saw him play. He was a horrible player. He was horrible to play with. He was all one-on-one, he’s shooting bad shots, and all of a sudden we became a team and we started winning and everybody forgot who he was.”
Jordan is widely regarded as the greatest player in the history of the NBA, but clearly, Pippen doesn’t think so. And with all the things he had to say about Jordan, his prediction of them never talking again is probably spot on.
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