He called Phil racist because he spent 10 years with him and knows more than we do. Phil also has a shit ton of flat out racist quotes out there to support the claim. You cats love running to the defense of whites when they're called out on they shit.This nigga been trippn! Calling Phil Jackson racist because he gave Kukoc the last shot. The thing is no matter who Jackson put in Pippen was going to be pissed off because he keeps saying it was my team, he's saying this in every interview he's doing, that all he did over the years up until that point, he should have took the shot so he would have been salty no matter who took the shot. Phil could be racist but at least have some other teammates to back you up.
iYeah, that's why he was begging MJ to come back. Shit, he wasn't the leader in his own house. Future was.
/threadHe called Phil racist because he spent 10 years with him and knows more than we do.
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f that's the case then, Reggie Theus was the leader in Jordan's house.
LOL ain't nobody running to the defense of whites especially Phil Jackson, I'm well aware of the things he's said. Pippen may believe he's a racist but several other black teammates spent several years with Phil as well and no one has said nothing. Wil Perdue said this morning on Chicago sports radio show that Pip is supposed to introduce Kukoc for the Hall of Fame, I'm sure that's going to be hella awkward. My point was Pippen would have been mad no matter who took the last shot in that game because he felt he deserved to take the shot. Kukoc had hit last second shots during that season so it wasn't as if he'd never been in that situation.He called Phil racist because he spent 10 years with him and knows more than we do. Phil also has a shit ton of flat out racist quotes out there to support the claim. You cats love running to the defense of whites when they're called out on they shit.
Yeah, that's why he was begging MJ to come back. Shit, he wasn't the leader in his own house. Future was.
Pippen felt like a 'prop'The final two episodes aired on May 17. Similar to the previous eight, they glorified Michael Jordan while not giving nearly enough praise to me and my proud teammates. Michael deserved a large portion of the blame. The producers had granted him editorial control of the final product. The doc couldn’t have been released otherwise. He was the leading man and the director.
Even in the second episode, which focused for a while on my difficult upbringing and unlikely path to the NBA, the narrative returned to MJ and his determination to win. I was nothing more than a prop. His “best teammate of all time,” he called me. He couldn’t have been more condescending if he tried.
On second thought, I could believe my eyes. I spent a lot of time around the man. I knew what made him tick. How naïve I was to expect anything else.
It's been over a year, but Scottie Pippen is still pretty steamed about how Michael Jordan portrayed him and his teammates in "The Last Dance." (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)Each episode was the same: Michael on a pedestal, his teammates secondary, smaller, the message no different from when he referred to us back then as his “supporting cast.” From one season to the next, we received little or no credit whenever we won but the bulk of the criticism when we lost. Michael could shoot 6 for 24 from the field, commit 5 turnovers, and he was still, in the minds of the adoring press and public, the Errorless Jordan.
Over the next few weeks, I spoke to a number of my former teammates who each felt as disrespected as I did. How dare Michael treat us that way after everything we did for him and his precious brand. Michael Jordan would never have been Michael Jordan without me, Horace Grant, Toni Kukoc, John Paxson, Steve Kerr, Dennis Rodman, Bill Cartwright, Ron Harper, B. J. Armstrong, Luc Longley, Will Perdue, and Bill Wennington. I apologize to anyone I’ve left out.
Pippen spends an extended amount of time in the excerpt talking about his interactions with John Paxson, who played for the Bulls during their first two championships and went on to become an NBA executive. According to Pippen, he and Paxson developed animosity toward each other after Pippen retired in the middle of a two-year deal Paxson had offered him as GM of the Bulls. Following that incident, Pippen wrote that Paxson intentionally ignored all of Pippen's desires to become more involved in the franchise.I’m not suggesting Michael wouldn’t have been a superstar wherever he ended up. He was that spectacular. Just that he relied on the success we attained as a team—six titles in eight years—to propel him to a level of fame throughout the world no other athlete, except for Muhammad Ali, has reached in modern times.
On May 22, 2020, the day after Paxson sent his text, the two of us spoke for a few minutes over the phone. He got right to the point:
“Pip, I hated how things turned out when you came back to Chicago. This organization has always treated you poorly, and I want you to know that I think it’s not right.”
I was glad to hear Paxson admit a wrong I had known forever. Which didn’t mean I was willing to forgive him. If that, indeed, was what he was looking for. It was too late for that.
“John,” I said, “that is all fine and dandy, but you worked in the front office for the Bulls for almost twenty years. You had a chance to change that and you didn’t.”
He began to cry. Not knowing how to respond, I waited for him to stop. Why he was crying, I couldn’t be sure, and honestly, I didn’t care.
The lesson here? Don't get on the wrong side of Scottie Pippen.Before long, our chat was, mercifully, over.