Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen speaks on his relationship with Michael Jordan in an interview on his new book 'Unguarded.' Full story: abc7chicago.com/sports/pippen...
@@tomgeezy5073 lol, true... but at least he got paid at the end... "Rather than sign a four-year, $45 million deal with a new team, Pippen inked a five-year, $67 million deal with Chicago before being traded to Houston."
Phil made a call that turned out to be the right one for the team. Calling someone a racist because of arbitrarily hurt feelings is putting your selfish, narrow heart on display.
Comparing this one where Pip had the right to take the last shot vs 1000 other opportunities Jordan had... like come on. Not giving the last shot to your best player on team is disrespectful.
@@stevewilliams3609 right, so smush parker believed he was the best, steve kerr thought he was better than MJ, and delonte west thought he was lebron's dad.
Yes, but MJ could and would win the big one with someone else instead of Pippen, who would be in the same class, like Penny Hardaway or Charles Barkley. Pippen on the other hand, had the chance to prove that he could win without MJ and he proved that he can't.
@@thuggathuggababy Did I say anything about proof? It's just my opinion that MJ would win those titles if he had another teamate of Pippen class. And that there were plenty of those. MJ never had the chance to prove that. Pippen on the other hand had multiple chances. When MJ retired for the first time, he had his first chance and couldn't lead the team to a title. And after MJs 2nd retirement he even joined a super team and still didn't achieve anything. MJ just needed another Hall of Famer. Pippen needed Jordan.
From the UK and don't follow the NBA but I think Pippen came out really well in the doc and it didn't denigrate him at all. A guy who sacrificed mega contracts in order to first and foremost secure his families wellbeing really resonated with me. Moved me when he'd tied himself into the long contract he just said "I needed to make sure the people in my corner were taken care of"
@PhilomathBret Does that cancel everything he did though? If that's a yes then that means you are bad person too coz no one has been 100% their whole life.
@@sawlty-suite5131 I never said it cancels everything he did. You just made that up. You said he came out well in the doc and I'm disagreeing with that.
You know Scottie tried to win a championship without Michael, and Michael goes, see you can’t win one without me, and Scottie goes, yea, and you can’t win one without me…Greatest Duo in the NBA for All Time Hands Down…
@@noobrou5857 you’re right, they are the greatest of my time AND ALL TIME…shaq was bigger than the game, he can’t dribble, shoot, or make free throws…shaq was just bigger than everybody LOL it’s okay to be wrong little fella, just learn from it and don’t repeat mistakes ;)
@@AirborneAnt didn’t matter if he couldn’t hit free throws or shoot. He still averaged around 27 points during the 3 peat same with Kobe. Pippen a height scoring season is in 93 averaging 22. Also Mike is an awful 3pt shooter. SoGreatest duo of ALL TIME is Shaq and Kobe. In a 2v2 who’s getting whooped?🤣🤣🤣shaq going to be bullying pip and Jordan in the paint. it’s okay that you don’t understand numbers daddy still loves you tho🤣🤣🤣👨🏾🍼
I’m confused by Pippen’s new position against MJ. If I recalled correctly, didn’t Pippen choose MJ for his hall of fame introduction. Sound like jealousy to me.
@@mattk8810 “Whenever they speak Michael Jordan, they should speak Scottie Pippen.” “He helped me so much in the way I approached the game, in the way I played the game.” “Everybody says, well, I won all these championships, but I didn’t win without Scottie Pippen, and that’s why I consider him my best teammate of all time.” “I would never be able to find a tandem, another support system, another partner in the game of basketball like Scottie Pippen.” "In all the videos you never just saw me... you saw Scottie Pippen... every championship I won..."
@@mattk8810 you're a newbie i guess..MJ always did .1st championship, disney wanted to make a commercial with MJ only but he said he wont do it without his teammates ..97 MVP he called Pip to receive his trophy .. He never liked being asked who's the Goat, he calls that a dumb question, he said it shld be which is the best team..i can name more examples but Ian Chen mentioned a lot, still if i do, it will prove more you're a 12yr old kid.
@@stevem2323 and.I wouldn’t doubt MJ is in on it to help him sell books . They behind the scenes laughing maybe . I couldn’t see how they would be feuding , they are or were like brothers ( but things happen)
@Mardibars24 If you don't consider Michael Jordan as a goat. I have a video that shows just that. If see it might change your mind or prefer show it to others. Search for this title : Goat debate of Michael Jordan ends here. Only this video shows it in thoughtful. Copy and paste the entire wording for the search
Pippen needs to stop. He made bad decisions on contract negotiations. He was the leader in a stacked Blazer team and he choked with a 16 point lead against LA Lakers. Attacking Jordan just seems petty considering that he gave you the confidence to take risks.
Not taking Pippen's side as he's lost his mind but if you don't think the NBA didn't fix that to prop up their favorite franchise, LA Lakers, then I don't know what to tell you. They did it against the Kings too.
@@lukecage3485 I know exactly what you are talking about and I agree. Against Kings there were questionable calls. But against the Blazers? The blazers just self destructed with Pippen as the Captain. Remember that the Blazers were doing great until Pippen was moved to point. You had mighty mouse for PG. Why not keep Pippen at forward where Kobe wouldn't be defending him and he could attack the rim and get shack in foul trouble. That Blazer team was stack, no excuse for them to lose. But I agree about Lakers and Kings.
@@PunisherNYCC Its been so long ago,...the Blazers helped but the NBA had refs making too many calls saving the Lakers to the point I swore off basketball because it felt like professional wrestling. But I love hoops.
@@johnbach2380 Jordan's just a ball hog while letting his teammates setting up all the shots, doing all the work and making it easier for him. Without Scottie he wouldn't win close to 6 championships.
Not really, However I do think the Last Dance was quite one-sided, and didn't bring out Pipppen much other than the two games where he had a migraine and tunnel vision, and a bad back, and where he sat out on the last play.
I like Scottie Pippen. Not only one of the greatest to ever do it but also a man that is always soft spoken even if you don't like what he has to say. I believe this is simple. I don't care if you are a professional or not, playing alongside Michael all those yrs had to be humbling knowing that you were not the man and never would be. So then you move on with life trying to accept that and then years later a documentary comes out depicting all the great things Michael did over that Bull run and you get mentioned with the migraine etc. It's not Michaels fault but I feel Scottie just wanted to be acknowledged in that documentary in a more prominent manner along with the rest of his teammates. He earned it!! And I believe it just all came out of him at that point and he couldn't hold back. Give the guy a break. He's probably a great dude but unfortunately even with all that fame and money at the end of the day he is human. End of story!!
Word, like Micheal said, wherever they mentioned MJ they should have in this documentary mentioned Pippen. I dont think it is lost on us how great MJ was!!! But the makings of the Last Dance were what basket ball enthusiasts deserved to uncover 🥂
Scottie has never had the opportunity to fully express his true feelings because he had to “shield” them in order for MJ to get the recognition. Now, he is simply saying what’s on his mind….. and there is nothing wrong with that.
if the bulls didnt have MJ then scottie would of been a good player but thats it. its not like he worked real hard and went to a top college out of high school. his true feelings should of been thanking MJ for pushing him to be better.
In one breathe you say MJ is selfish and Baskestball is a team sport. Yet the next minute "Phil Jones was wrong for directing Kukoc to take the last shot" and you take offense because you have "won that right".. to the extent that you sit out the rest of the game .... where is the unselfishness in all that??? Pssshhh
Scottie: “Jordan was selfish. Basketball is a team sport.” Also Scottie: “I believed for many years that Phil Jackson was racist because he didn’t let me take the final shot.” I love you Scottie, but man, please come down to earth.
Bro Jordan literally said that he couldn't do it without Pippen. Pippen was hardly a liability if Jordan says so himself. You think you know better than Jordan?
I don't think he was bashing MJ. He said that MJ at times could be selfish and that's true. He made it clear that neither one of would be successful without each other. That's the greatest compliment.
Pippin in my book you will go down as one of the greatest teammates an individual could ever have a championship unit it's a rare and beautiful thing one for all and all for one each individual go above and beyond No sacrifice is too great Scottie Pippen one of the greatest Champions to play the game
a lifelong Chicago Bulls fan, I've lost all respect for Scottie Pippen. How can it be that in the 90s Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan allegedly didn't get along, quarreled, etc, even though they trained together every morning in Michael Jordan's house, together with ron Harper, the famous breakfast club .? And how can it be that in 2010, when Scottie Pippen was inducted into the Hall of Fame, Michael Jordan was his Representative Oh And now Scottie Pippen is crying that the Chicago Bulls got along well without Michael Jordan. Then why did he want Michael Jordan to return all this 1994 season? When both retired from the NBA, you could see them together in the box or sitting at the front of the field, laughing together, etc. And now Scottie Pippen tells us that the two never had a friendship? How can it be that Scottie Pippen even took part in the last dance documentary, where he knew that it was mainly about Michael Jordan? Then he shouldn't have participated there at all. And Michael Jordan was not the producer, he is not listed on such, nowhere is there anything from a fee. Jeez, a company had Michael Jordan the last time I think $ 100 million for an hour gig and he just turned it down because he didn't feel like it. So what should he do with a sticky $ 10 million from Netflix or whoever? And we shouldn't forget that in a number of interviews, especially when Scottie Pippen has been on ESPN or another show, he always defended Michael Jordan and always talked good things about him. And suddenly, Scottie Pippen brings out his weird popcorn and his book and all of a sudden Michael Jordan is the bad guy. Absolutely, Michael Jordan is just bad and every day there is a new story about how bad and bad Michael Jordan treated him. Seriously Scottie? Get treatment, go to the psychiatrist or the therapist or whatever. But that's just ridiculous, trying to sell a book on the back of your former teammate, the best basketball player of all time and, and most importantly, your former boyfriend. Then at a certain point in time you were definitely friends, it couldn't have been any different.
Yeah like punching Steve in the face, that had to try and cover things up cause he was the face of bb. He left out Luke in the documentary and made up for it on Australian Strory, in his own words he admitted it. Its no coincidence the doc came out out LeBron peak. Mike was tough to deal with that even rodman didn't want to mess with him, mj would make up scenario's in his head so he could punish other players on the court lol. I'm sure there friends but it wasn't always easy.
It wasn't just Scottie Pippen that had a successful basketball career post Bulls. Horace Grant, John Salley, Steve Kerr, and Ron Harper all won titles with the Spurs and the Lakers respectively. And Dennis Rodman went to the NBA playoffs with the Spurs and the Lakers as well. It wasn't just all about Michael Jordan! Jordan had a team around him that made Chicago a success during those championship years with the Bulls! Michael Jordan fronted on Scottie Pippen!
Pip needs help after everything he has been through. Throwing someone under the bus after all the wars you've shared together in the court is sad, just to sell a book. I hope he gets the help he needed.
Well, we all want to be remembered as the goat at what ever it is that we love to do. Not possible for the vast majority, and that smile at the end while he was saying it just confirmed that he does not believe what he is saying. Still an amazing player, and a true NBA legend.
I lived in Chicago from '86 to '90 and it was a great time to go to the Old Barn and watch the Bulls get better and better. It must be difficult to see a teammate get all the accolades and money, Scottie had family issues back in Arkansas and he took the safe contract rather than waiting and cashing in. I loved watching MJ, Scottie and Horace Grant grow to dominate but someone will always get upset about something behind the scenes. After a while, Scottie will likely admit that he was jealous or took it too personally and mend the relationship with MJ and Phil.
@@mikeywithshades What's your Point? Magic Didn't win without kareem, Bron Didn't win Without Wade Bosh Kyrie Ray Allen Kevin Love Anthony Davis, Kobe didn't win without Shaq, Bird Didn't win without McHale, Isaiah Didnt win without Dumars Rodman and the Crew. Sit down kid.
I read the comments before I watched the video, I don't see anything unreasonable with what he's saying here. My fav player on that team, the ultimate TEAM player, go Scottie!
Great picee on scottie pippen🥇 and I think that he's a great person inside the game of basketball and outside of the game of basketball as well 🏀 and we all must know and realize that no one is perfect and that we all make mistakes in life but it's how we bounce back from those mistakes and negative thoughts and feelings that makes us better in life and I believe that despite how scottie may feel about his former teammate michael jordan or coach phil Jackson 🏀 I still look him as being a great person 👍🏾💯
Scottie just doesn’t see himself as the second. He wants to be seen as equal, but they aren’t. Jordan knows he wouldn’t have gotten there without pippen. he said it in his induction speech.
@@andreamadea3994 Scottie isn't as close as being an equal to Mike lol, Pippen wasn't even the best SF in the 90s.. a young Grant Hill was.. outside of Chicago, Pippen was overrated
It is sad and quite frustrating to see the 2 best players ever in the NBA will have this kind of relationship going to their old age. While there are certain issues but in general failure of personal relationship like the messy divorce should not become a reason to destroy a friendship , partnership that many players in the NBA wish to have. MJ may not be the best person but certainly he treasures his team.. It is so happen that he was given a talent that really exceeds almost anyone in the league at that time.
People are overreacting lol, scottie is selling his book, of course he needs something to boost the sales. But whether the content is satisfying or not he has the right to tell his story. So everybody needs to chill.
The Greatest Support Class of all time. Nothing wrong with being a support.. 2 people cant fire a gun at the same time, someone has to feed the ammo or cover the rear. he shold just accept that hes the Greatest Robin to ever live. and thats a high honor, higher than Shaq or Kobe supporting each other.. because they both refused to be Robin, and only got 4 titles before thier egos came into effect. Be proud scottie, you are the greatest, and thank Phil Jackson for planning it for you
All you have to do is watch Pippen highlights and it's easy to see Pip could do anything on the basketball court that Jordan could do. He could dunk on anyone, score at will, steal, block shots, rebound, Pippen did it all while always keeping his teammates involved. That's why Scottie Pippen is and will always be my favorite player. His game speaks for itself.
MJ would have been the greatest without Scottie, but would Scottie be as great without MJ? I would say no - MJ pushed and challenged Pippen like no other would have and did so by leading by example
Pippen was in fact the "greatest teammate of all time". No one else has given that much to a team and asked as little in return. He didn't get enough respect in "The Last Dance". I watched the Bulls all those championship years. Was and still am a huge MJ fan. But the fact is that the Bulls won many games BECAUSE of Pippen, even in the clutch, when MJ couldn't finish. MJ would've won probably one chip if it weren't for Pippen. Pippen guarded the best players. They don't talk about those things. This dude was a BEAST. Facts.
Well, if you just take the second best player off the team, of course they're gonna be worse. But there were probably 30 players in the league they could have replaced Pippen with and still won 6.
@@TheVoodooVegetable Pippen was All-Defensive 12x, lead the team in Assists, Steals and Blocked Shots. He was listed as one of the 50 Best Players (now 75 players), was on the Dream Team, and in 1994 (when MJ was retired) was voted 3rd place in the MVP race and got All-Star MVP. I don't think there were 30 others players as good as him -- certainly not 30 who'd take a "backseat" without conflict with teammates.
@@lucidiame Pippen was an 8 time All defensive first team and twice on the second team. He led the team in steals 1 season while Jordan was playing, Jordan led every other year. Their block numbers were nearly identical, except Jordan has the greatest block numbers of any guard all time. I watched those Bulls. No one, not a single person in the 90s, would have argued Pippen was a better defender than Jordan. It wasn't particularly close. 30 players ahead of Pip in the 90s is a bit of an exaggeration. But, put a player like Mitch Richmond or Eddie Jones on the Bulls instead of Pippen and we'd be talking about how good they were. As Kevin Garnett said: When teams prepared for the Bulls in the 90s no one even mentioned Pippen. They didn't care. They hardly bothered to guard him.
JORDAN and PIPPEN are the best duo ever .. anything that happens .. Still love both of them and I wish them the best .. although this beefing is kinda stupid ..
0:18 everything? Where it´s his ROTY Trophy? Or his DPOY trophy? Or his MVP trophy? Well... I know a guy that used to play in chicago aswell and have all those trophies.
Watching this in context, rather than all mashed up in soundbites, I actually see where he's coming from. I don't even think he takes himself all that seriously in that last statement. He's obviously just selling a book.
Wow! Well, everyone has a story to tell. Whether good or bad. From his side of things. I'm sure he's held so much in but truly very intriguing 🤔. Once more, wow!
Tony Kukoc shut him up against the knicks, dude refused to go in and he said Jordan was Selfish. Still one of the greatest all around players Edit: The leading vote-getter for the All-NBA First Team and the NBA All-Defensive First Team, Pippen ranked eighth in the league in scoring (22.0), 23rd in rebounding (8.7), 19th in assists (5.6), and second in steals (2.93). 3 steals a game geez.
It breaks my heart to hear Scottie pippen say the things you say it was Michael Jordan's selfishness and competitiveness is what it took to make you a champion Scotty so who really is the selfish one here?
He was asked how he'd want to be remembered. I think the truth of it is "not as second to or under the shadow of MJ," which is why I think his line fits. He isn't trying to say he's better or the best, just doesn't want to be remembered as being somebody's side kick.
What’s mind boggling to me is, people always wanna tell people how they should feel. The man wrote his memoirs how he seen the documentary. He honestly at least in this interview didn’t disrespect MJ. I don’t see it as jealous because these are his personal feelings. Also Strahan asked him how’d he wanted to be remembered. He didn’t ask him how he would be remembered or was he the greatest. I think every player from 1-15 wants to be remembered as the greatest if not they just simply don’t have any aspirations. Finally remember how he felt he was portrayed in the documentary is why he wrote the book. Now these are my thoughts my opinion don’t @me because 1.your not gonna change my opinion And 2.your comment will get deleted ! I said what I said!
Tony was more clutch than Pip that’s why he got the last shot, he’ll Paxon & Kerr have hit bigger shots than him. He blew a 20 point lead in the 4th quarter of game 7 in the WCF because he wasn’t a closer.
I think Pip is the GOAT Team player. MJ is the GOAT individual player. One without the other has 0 rings. Batman and Robin. They made me a Bulls fan for life.
Here is a very interesting fact. After Jordan was truly finished as a player and retired, you rarely saw him and Scottie hanging out together. I remember asking a friend of mine, who also played in the NBA, and he said Jordan HATED that people thought he couldn't win without Pippen. Hated and still hates it. No surprise the Last Dance was focused on MJ and NOT the teams) or MJ/Pippen as a duo.
I hope they get to fix their relationship. Jordan and Pippen owe it to each other, they get to sleep soundly at night knowing their legacy of 6 championships, 6-0 in the finals and the greatest team record ever in a season.
I hope jordan never talks to Scottie again: if Scottie out on the streets begging for money I hope Jordan says “if you can ask for spare change you can say welcome to McDonald’s can I take your order” lmao
Y’all gotta remember this man just got cheated on and he lost a son. His insecurities and the pain have caused the negative side of his ego to take the wheel:
All of Pippen’s bad moments in basketball were brought on by himself. Being negative about the more successful people from his past sells his book. Without Pippen, Jordan could still be considered the greatest. Without Jordan, Pippen would definitely not have been in HOF and likely just considered another good player during his time.
Not a chance. Had Pippen teamed up with any other team at the time Jordan would be just another selfish and dumb ball hog that scores a lot. We have plenty of those around. A HOF nothing more. Without the RINGS Jordan wouldn't even be considered better than Dr.J or Bird. While Pippen would most definitely be in the HOF like Drexler, Barkley, etc... I think you need to re watch those tapes and recall how great he was.
@@VelhaGuardaTricolor False. Pippen was the 3rd SF taken in the draft because coming out of college he was a small school prospect with potential but he wasn't a can't miss like a LeBron. He could've flammed out like the 2 guys drafted before him but he was put in a position to grow and develop alongside because he didn't need to be THEE GUY. That was Jordan. All he had to do was compliment Jordan, which he did greatly but we saw what Scottie did when asked to be the guy... He flamed out on good teams. Lost to Knicks in 94 ECFs and blew a 15 pt 4th quarter lead in the 2000 WCF vs Lakers. Pip is great... But he needed Jordan as much as Jordan needed him.
Being from LA I was a die-hard Laker fan but I have to say MJ was the greatest basketball player of all time. Pippen is great, but definitely not the greatest so he needs to check himself quick because he's making a fool of himself.
