Today I do a reaction to a Swish County video called Scottie Pippen Has Officially Gone Insane. Head over to their channel and shoot a like and subscribe, he's great! Link is below: • Scottie Pippen Has Off...
Scottie actually made more money than mj in totality with the Bulls. MJ was grossly underpaid for the majority of his career until the last few seasons. Most of mj's money was made in endoesements throughout his career.
I was gonna say, it's a huge mistake in the video when the guy says MJ made "30 million a year" in the 90s. He only made 30 and then 33 million in his last two seasons ('97 and '98) as a Bull.
Another example of Jordan playing for the love of the game. He didn’t really care how much he was paid. Other people were making more per year than he was his entire career until the last two years I believe.
@@gratitudedude4280 that is not totally fair. MJ had that Nike money rolling in from start so he never had to really worry since he knew overall he was printing money without including his NBA salary. Your point is still valid though since I do not think he would have cared to much as long as they were giving him q good enough roster to win with
His true colors, his complete lack of character has been exposed to all. I feel as you do, but probably the worst thing he did was that he never gave MJ his condolences when MJ lost his father. What is so telling is that he deliberately, purposely did not do that. That was your teammate and supposedly your good friend and you say nothing on purpose? I lost all respect for him. And MJ never took it to heart until he found out that it was calculated and intentional. As far as I'm concerned, there's no coming back from that.
Well said here. I agree with you 100% You just don't come back from stuff like that when you show zero regret or remorse in your actions. He always doubles down saying "I'd do it again"
I didn't know that...what's your source? I will say, it must have been very painful to have been side-by-side with MJ and his Dad, just to see how close they were all of those years. I feel like Scottie must have wished he had that. There had to be a lot of jealousy, for numerous reasons, and it's sad.
I don't understand when people say Scottie sacrificed to do the little things. That was his game! He was never MJ or Kobe or Penny or Grant Hill. Scottie's game was to do the things that support the main guy. Play defense, run the offense, take charges, rebound.... That's what he did when MJ retired. That's what he did when he went to Portland. That's not a sacrifice. That's why he was in the league.
Oh yes.. i just watched a halftime interview in 94. Phil moved Scottie to SG position, when MJ left, and had Kukoc on starting SF. He didn't want it, as he said that it takes alot from his game. He said he gets the opportunity to get his shot off rebounds, or penetration from MJ. So instead they switched positions with Kukoc. But when Kukoc was asked to close games, he didn't want that too. When the Bulls were losing Grant said in an interview that Scottie doesn't get what MJ had to face every night being the face of their every loss, what he only sees are the wins. And it finally blew up to his face, and was throwing chairs in San Antonio, kicking lockers at Utah. I think it was briefly mentioned in the last dance
Agreed. He almost had 1 amazing season. Sad how he ended it but he was really getting it done during the regular season. The whole team stepped up too.
Jordan went from 0'0 to 6'3 over his first 17 years of life. Then he grew another 8 inches overnight but lost 5 of them almost immediately, shrinking down to 6'6 while at Chapel Hill.
7:50 🎯🎯🎯. Scottie was a HORRIBLE clutch player offensively. In that very game Scottie shot two AWFUL bricks (one of which hitting the opposite side of the backboard) on the two possessions prior to Toni's game winner. It was literally Scottie's fault that the Bulls needed Toni to make that shot.
Let remind also near the end of 97 season Scottie bricked the final shot against the Knicks preventing the Bulls to get the 70th win for the second time.
Yup. He was given the first dibs on being the closer but he didn't have it in him. So Toni steps up and Scottie translates that as Phil being racist. Nonsense.
@@Tippotipo Thank you! So many people don't remember that. That shot also hit the opposite side of the backboard and the worst part of it is that he called for the ball.
Yea Thottie Pippen has disgraced himself over the years!As a die hard Chicago Bulls fan since 1985 I’m ashamed of what he has become!Like you mentioned I always had great amount of respect for him understanding he was always going to be second to Jordan and playing his role to the T!He was limited offensively!Yes he had moments but he never was a great scorer especially in clutch time!He always struggled when the game got tight in the 4th quarter especially in the playoffs!While he had a nice all around game especially defensively,he wasn’t the guy to lead a team to a championship!He was always a 2 not a 1!Kids these days have this bogus idea Pippen was on the level of Jordan but look at his career numbers!He is most definitely one of the reasons Jordan was able to go 6-0 but without Jordan we don’t know who Scottie Pippen is!
Its crazy to me too. Kids these days think he is top 10 all time. He was a great defender but like you said very limited offensively. Not clutch. All these years later after bashing everyone and he still hasn't even attempted to right his wrongs. Not my kinda guy after all.
@@tendousouji14344in all honesty,if mj was drafted with Hakeem to the same team Houston would have won at least 15 chips no losses,I always wish mj played with a great center instead of pippen smh
@@fitzroy6970 this is why pippen is fortunate to team up with mj. mj could have won chips with another supporting cast. am i right that the original pick is shawn kemp before he was traded to the sonics? as i remember there was a trade that happen this is why pippen is with the bulls
@@tendousouji14344 No that was Olden Polynice in 87!Scottie was originally drafted by the Sonics but was traded on draft day to Seattle for Olden!Now in 94 the Bulls were going to trade Scottie to Seattle for Shawn Kemp which fell through!I believe Seattle was willing to make the trade but Jerry Krause didn’t pull the trigger!
I respect the heck out of the way this was framed at the end. I hope he does get the help he needs to move forward after these tragic events, & does that apology tour - bc the NBA community does love Scottie.
Thank you for recognizing that. This was hard for me to talk about because I respected him so much since the 80s til recently. I want him to get help and to apologize because like you say the basketball community will forgive him and understand he went through hard times. I hope he gets some help.
I think it was the first all star game after his retirement, Jordan was being interviewed and he took the time to make it clear that he just wanted to "help out" and that it was Scottie's team. I understand Scottie's anger about the Larsa Pippen Marcus situation but that is not MJ's fault.
Agreed 100%! And yes MJ was very respectful when he came back. He always said that Scottie held it down and now he wants to find a way to fit in and contribute to what they built without him.
Yup. And unfortunately for Scottie, a lot of the stuff in the Last Dance that Scottie didn't like, im sorry but there are millions of people who already know that stuff! You can't alter history to appease Scottie. Millions of us already knew Scottie delayed his surgery "so he didn't ruin his summer". We remember that stuff and Scottie doubled down on video anyway. Dude, if you don't want people to notice you did something purposely manipulative and selfish, don't double down HARD on video about it! When you basically brag about fking over your team ON VIDEO, guess what, someday people might see that video and feel some kinda way about it! Once again, he does things that would draw criticism if ANY player did those things, and then expects those things to be ignored. He has a particular talent for self-sabotage...since way back. Since signing the contract that Jerry Rhinesdorf warned him not to sign because he would come to regret it...then he does come to regret it and gets mad at everyone else? It's a pattern. Its unfortunate.
As a bulls fan seeing the whole championship runs this is a tragedy. Scottie deserves more credit than he got as well as the rest of the team. however a lot of scottie’s wounds were self inflicted
My respect for Scottie went down after he sat down like that. It showed he was more interested in his "own" legacy instead of winning. After that, Scottie was never the same.
When that incident happened when Phil called a play to go to Kukoc instead of Scottie, and he reacted that way, that ended the narrative of people saying MJ needed Scottie to win. He wasn’t a clutch player. My opinion, i thought the narrative should’ve ended when Scottie had the migraine in game 7 vs Detroit, then years later when MJ had food poisoning, you seen how he performed. But Scottie was always an insecure player. Even when MJ came back, Phil would go to Kukoc in clutch situations and MJ was ok with it because he wasn’t an insecure guy. People always run to the 93-94 season and say that they didn’t need MJ to win because in 92-93, the Bulls won 57 games with MJ, and won 55 games in 93-94 without MJ. But they leave out that in 90-91, the Bulls win 61 games and the championship, in 91-92, the Bulls won 67 games and won the championship, so when 92-93 came, MJ and Scottie was coming off of 2 championships, and the 1992 Olympics so they coasted through that season and won their third straight championship. And in the 1993 offseason, MJ retired, and the Bulls brought in a lot of the role players that would later play big roles on the second 3 peat team like Steve Kerr, Toni Kukoc, and Luc Longley to spell the important role players on the first 3 peat team like BJ Armstrong, Scottie, Horace Grant, Bill Cartwright, John Paxson, etc. If MJ played in 93-94, that would’ve been their deepest roster because they had the best players on the first 3 peat team, and the best players on the second 3 peat team minus Dennis Rodman.
I agree with literally every thing you said here. Scottie was never clutch. We all knew that and knew that was MJs job. I wish Scottie was more self aware so he didn't assume he would literally be Jordan when Jordan was away.
I met Bill Cartwright at a Safeway store in Seattle back when Bill was with the Sonics. He said Scottie had an odd character. Plus Scottie was drafted by the Sonics and traded to the Bullsnfor Olden Polynice
It’s sad to see what happened with scottie. Growing up in Chicago, he was the 4th popular player in the city (Mj, Rodman, Sosa) to now being the most hated smh
To say the least, it's sad to see how their relationship turned out. Sadder to see how Scottie's NBA after life has transpired. Basketball wise, he'll always be my second favorite player of all time. Man, I miss watching those 90's Bulls games! The NBA will NEVER be that good again! FACTS!
If you go and watch what happened in the game where Scottie sat out the final play, they went to him on the previous play and he looked lost, like he didn’t know how to create his own shot with the game on the line. So, Jackson went to him before, but didn’t wanna risk doing that again. Phil was NOT a racist. Pippen just wasn’t a natural alpha. He was a consummate 2nd guy and there’s nothing wrong with that.
I just rewatched that episode of the last dance to make sure I'm being fair. I am. He literally says "if i could go back I would do it again". He has no regrets quitting on his team.
Regarding his contract,: 1. Scottie signed the deal that was too long, and jerry wouldn't re negotiate like Donny Welsh did for reggie miller. He was very bitter. 2. MJ himself was underpaid up until the 96-97 season as well. He never whined
Yup. Pippen made more in the Nba than Jordan did. MJ was just better with his money. His final 2 seasons with Washington he got paid 1 mil per year and donated it to the families affected by 911
I looked up the salary cap change from 1984 till now and it is insane! I know cable news had a lot to do with it, and expanding the game globally, but the Jordan/Bulls effect has to be given a huge chunk of credit (along with Magic/Bird). 1984 - 3.6M 1994 - 15.9M 2004 - 43.8M 2014 - 63.1M 2024 - 141M projected That could be one source of Scottie's financial bitterness. But again, he should be proud to be a big part of getting more money in the pockets of players.
Barkley always credits bird and magic first cuz they got it started then Jordan for making the game global and then the real money came in. Pips final contracts were big though. He just lost all thay money. Thats the real problem. 2 divorces and jets and expensive cars will do that aadly.
I can't believe this dude said that Steve Kerr, who barely played and only took a few shots, was one of the players that made the Bulls a stacked team. This lets u know this dude only mentioned Kerr because he coaches the Warriors! Whoever this dude is, he didn't do any real research. He is just repeating what he heard on TV. Steve Kerr took about 3 threes per game and he hit 1 of course his percentage would be high. He wasn't even a starter he came off the bench to give Ron Harper rest that it. Steve Kerr would not be Steph Curry in today league he would still be coming off the bench. Also Kerr started his career in Cleveland and he was a bench warmer then. Mark Price was the star of that team. Looking at stats is not the best way to rate a players career numbers can be manipulated. You have centers who come in the game and make one shot and sit down with a 100% FGP, and that steve Kerr! Now his career has been overrated. Also that was the second 3peat Rodman, Kerr and Kukocs was not on the 1st 3peat. Also, when the debate between the LBJ and MJ started, Scottie first Said that LBJ was better than MJ, then he said MJ was better, and after that, he was constantly flip-flopping between he two until the last dance. In the scene where T-Mack was sipping that cup it was after Scottie Said that LBJ was better than MJ and that video was the first time he flip-flopped. The only reason he changed it was I think because alot of people got on his case for Picking LBJ over MJ! Scottie was slick, dissing MJ in the media long before the last dance. Also he mentioned the 10 million dollars MJ got from the Last Dance well it is well know that he donated the 10 million to charity MJ did not pocket that money. IF Scottie is simultaneously the most underrated and overrated player does that mean he is rated right where he belongs! It cancel each other out u can't be both. Like other people have said MJ was not paid 30 million dollar through the entire 90s. It was only the 96-97 and 97-98 seasons. MJ was the greatest player in the NBA, and he was highly underpaid before the 96-97 season. No matter how many championships MJ won, Jerry Reindorf did not change or alter MJ's contract until it was up and he renegotiated. So if Jerry wasn't going to change MJ contract who is the GOAT why would he change Scottie Contract? Also, Scottie's final season in the NBA was with the Bulls in 2003, and Scottie got overpaid for being a Benchwarmer. The Bulls made up for underpaying Scottie in 2003! Scottie got paid more than MJ from the Bulls! I wish people would stop believing this lie because of the poor Scottie BS. FYI The I Take the Trophy, u take the Truck was in the 1997 NBA finals, not 1991
I like how you ended the video asking Pippen to seek the help he needs then ask for forgiveness and move on in life. To me I always enjoyed watching the maturation of Pippen as he grew into a tremendous NBA player and helped the Bulls become a dynasty that was amazing it rarely happens in sports. Jordan and Pippen really accomplished something together that really never happens players grow up in a same team and become great to win. Usually its because of free agency that you build a strong team to add that missing piece to your great team. Its sad Pippen has ruined that relationship
It really is sad. When MJ didn't show up to the bulls cirlcle of honor i believe its called recently that just showed me that things are still not resolved.
Scottie wanted his new contract money asap for his family and then he wanted more when he played above his pay grade. The Bulls' owner and his agent tried to change his mind but with no luck. It sucks that Scottie was so desperate. Contracts almost never get amended in pro sports, especially in the Bulls' organization. I have a bit of empathy for Scottie. His massive family was living in poverty and his father couldn't speak, walk or work. Scottie also doesn't have much of an education and players, in his time, were going broke all over the place. Few had trusted financial management. Scottie buying a jet (that was never checked and didn't even work!) is incredibly stupid but why would he know any better unless he had competent financial people around him. I'm sure Pippen believed that he had a ton more money on the way. Hell...I have a JD/MBA, from Northwestern, and I've made some dumbass mistakes in business. Obviously, they were different than Scottie's mistakes but they were still stupid AF on my level. For how awesome Scottie was as an NBA star and winner, things have not gone his way in life. I think he's filled with pain and regret. There are a lot of guys, from his time, that are crazy rich and they're easily set for life. Despite being a better player, Scottie probably isn't set for life and that must hurt like hell. I think Scottie could probably get back to financially stable if he stopped acting like a jealous crazy person. I have a lawyer friend who says he turns down 100k for hour long speeches because he doesn't think it's enough money. That's insane! I also don't think Scottie really dislikes MJ. Scottie wanted to sell "his" book and, whoever wrote it for him, suggested a "we'll sell more books if we hate on the GOAT" model. That fake hate and calling Jackson a racist backfired. People adore MJ! Scottie is/was liked too but he'll never succeed trying to bring down the best bball player ever! I'm no longer a Pippen Sr. fan although I hope he gets his life back in order. I'm pulling for Scotty Jr! He's probably loaning his father money or he will when he gets a nice contract as a very capable backup point guard. (only the 6th player with a triple double in the Summer League!) I bet he'll get 3 years, 18 million soon. Sorry for the crazy long comment.
16:21 Man every time I see this clip of them meeting, hugging and catching up, it tears me up. I really hope they can become friends again but most of all, brothers, along with Scottie just being his best moving forward.
@TheRealMindCrime It's still upsetting... How many of us would ugly cry from happiness if Scottie would apologize to Mike, admit he was wrong, and Scottie and MJ could man-hug and make up?? I would lose my sh!t from joy...I swear to God. 😂 (sorry, im laughing, but yet totally serious)
I think Scottie has been hurting for a long time and has never been healed properly. This could probably go as far as his playing career. One thing after another throughout his life. I’m praying for his healing - that he would find it in God, one fiber of his being at a time. I truly believe that is the only way he can experience clarity and restoration that he’s been desperate for a long time. 🙏
Re: Scottie trying to sell books vs being deranged (or viciously spiteful) I think its both: There's no question Scottie needed money and the comments were too perfectly timed with the release of his book -- so I think the money motivation is a no brainer. However... ...the spiteful or deranged or spitefully deranged argument is partially true, too. Because some of the things he said were simply bizarre and extremely easy to completely disprove. For example, Scottie saying that young Michael Jordan was a "horrible player". Unfortunately for Scottie, Michael Jordan's early years are well documented on video! Scottie, we love you, but we've all seen the video! Before Michael Jordan ever knew Scottie Pippen existed, he was a top college player, he won a championship in college, he had all sorts of accolades at the college level, back when the Team USA consisted of college kids Michael was selected for the the Olympic team, MJ lead the Olympic team of college kids to 8 victories over the NBA All-Star team (including Bird, Magic, Isaiah Thomas, all the greats of the time), Michael lead team USA to a gold medal...my fingers are getting tired from typing all MJ's pre-scottie accomplishments and he hasn't set foot in the NBA yet! And I'm leaving a lot of stuff out....this is just off the top of my head! All of the above leads me to believe that Scotties motivation wasn't purely financial. Scottie knows everything I just wrote. And much more. I just wish Scottie knew how much we love him and I wish he cared about how much this nonsense hurts the millions of people who have loved him for years. Scottie and MJ stand like demigods in the hearts and minds of millions of people all over the world... I hope that Scottie can someday take strength and comfort from that love and appreciation because it is REAL. At the same time, I wish Scottie would return a modicum of that appreciation and stop cr@pping all over the love of the fans with foolish slander. He hurts everyone when he does that cr@p...including himself.
I couldn't agree more. It was a combo of spite and someone telling him thay he can cash in on that spite. We all did nothing but praise him since the 90s then he went and ruined it in 2020 on. I hope he wakes up. I don't think he has any real friends that could help snap him out of this poor me crap.
Complete Speculation. Jordan probably knows Scottie is bad with money. So he just ignores this temper tantrum. If Jordan took an open position on Scottie things could get worse for Scottie emotionally.
Love Scottie, without him there are NO CHAMPIONSHIPS. What Scottie brought to that team, made it a “team.” With the exception of “fixing games” for the Knicks, Chicago would have been playing Houston for another ring. His financial decisions have nothing to do with his Top 50 Player of All Time performances.
Agreed. When it comes to basketball he was the perfect #2 the bulls could've ever asked for. He focused on ball distribution and defense which was muxh needed.
@@TheRealMindCrime I've often heard Scottie referred to as a number #2. I guess my question is how is a player that averages the same or better numbers in every category except ppg a #2? Are we simply calling every player that scored the most points during the season the "leader" of the team? Remember, we are talking about MJ and Scottie, MJ was the God and Pip was rarely recognized.
I gotta argue that the Bulls weren't tanking that year that MJ came back. They were playing a little above .500 when Mike returned (34-31) and went 13-4 with him, while going 24-10 down the stretch. Not great, but not tanking...
I know Pip was a beloved superstar but to me he wasn’t ever a franchise cornerstone piece. He didn’t prove it in the one year without MJ nor anywhere else after leaving Chicago. An all time #2 though, a GOAT #2.
Fun Fact : Scottie Pippen had better performance than Lebron James in their first 2 finals :D. Jordan was incredibly lucky to have Pippen as his sidekick, as sidekick was better than even LeBron. 🤣
Thats why mj is the GOAT because he ignore all the criticism he never respond or defend himself for all the hating he gets specially coming from his most respected teammate Scottie...im sure our mj is heartbroken about whats happening to his partner right now😢
I think Rusty put it well. "Michael Jordan is a bigger character in Scottie Pippens story than Scotty pippen is" Thats a tough tough pill to swallow. And when thats still the case being reinforced a few decades later. Id be pretty annoyed too. Its one thing when youre getting results to put up with it. Its another thing looking back.
Great vid. I have to say something regarding jerry Krause. He carries some of the blame for tearing the team but certainly not the bulk of it. Reinsdorf refused to restructure pippen contract wss the key reason, as well as phil subtle wish to move away. Phil had serious problems with his wife( they got devorsed later) and he felt the team was on it's last legs.
Thats the thing, scottie could one day apologize and he would be accepted immediately. He has gone through some shit. I like that mj is staying out of it.
Pippen never was that guy. So it's weird to me that he expected thay role. Phil tried with him but pip never hit those gsme winners so his job was to in bound the ball because he was the best passer on thr team.
I think it’s clear Scottie is just hurt. He probably feels unappreciated all the way back to the contract. Then when he finally was out of MJ’s shadow, Phil didn’t call on him, but called Kukoc. Then MJ returns and Scottie is back to being a sidekick. He then never reached any heights that Jordan did post Chicago. Then finally the doc comes out and shows the worst moments he had in his career. So yeah, I think he’s just a broken man. I hope he can get some sort of closure. He was a phenomenal player, who truly never really got his due, but he has to let that go.
I agree. I hope he can let it go. The sad thing is he was actually very respected even after the last dance. It was his lashing out afterwards that made him lose that respect. I hope he finds closure too. I modeled my defense style after him. He had my respect big time.
Phil did call plays for Scottie before the final shot, but it didn't work out. The Bulls were up by like 9 points I believe with around 3 minutes left to play, then the Bulls kept failing to execute and allowed the Knicks to have a shot at winning.
A part of being a great coach, is to draw up a winning play and knowing your players. That's what Phil did. He knew, Scottie knew, and everyone else knows Scottie was never a last minute clutch shooter. Despite what he may tell you, Scottie had his chances to show he was and he never pulled it off. He just wasn't that guy. Kukoc was a way better shooter than Pip. Pip could dunk, defend, and facilitate, but he was never known as a deadly shooter. Phil was not going to put the ball in Scottie's hands in crunch time, just to feed his ego. It was about the team. Pippen was only the "guy" in Chicago because his run with Jordan, made people view him as such. To say Phil is a racist shows he is just butt hurt, because the last time I checked, Michael was 🖤 and got last second shots, you could live with, make or miss.
I think ron harper deserves more credit than scottie. Ron was a 20+ scorer before going to Chicago. He accepted a decreased role for the sake of the team and to secure a ring.
Yes. Ron also had injuries by this time. He was a beast with the clips. But what i love about Ron is he turned into a lockdown champion defender and developed a good set shot. I agree he was better than pip at this time and so was rodman and kukoc. Scottie was amazing in the first 3 peat but the 2nd 3 peat he was rapidly declining.
Pippen lost my respect years ago. I was in the restaurant/hotel business for 20 plus years. There's a reason they call him "No tippin, Pippen." Worst tipper of any celebrity I've ever heard of.
My disappointment in Scottie Pippen is NOT his actions from 30 years ago but rather in 2024 you’d do it again 😢😢. Pippen had no choice but to sign the contract because of his father’s and brother’s health. Now expenditures AFTER the contract are no excuse BUT he kinda had no choice to sign the contract. Scottie has a bitter and jealous attitude and THAT is the enemy that has him where he is NOW. It’s like the actor Stephen Dillane as Harry Vardon in The Greatest Game Ever Played said “In the end there are two kinds of players…those who keep their nerves under control and win championships and THOSE WHO DO NOT!!” Scottie fell under the 2nd fiddle category
He brought a 4.3M jet lol did he realize how much is the maintenance and gas for that thing. He definitely FOMO'ed for the sudden nouveau riche. A lot of NBA players are bad in their financial decisions, Barkley was right. When they signed the contract, you have to think that is your lifetime savings, because there's always an inherent risk of getting injured or not playing well thereafter
100% saw a stat yesterday that 70% of lottery winners end up bankrupt within 5 years because they don't know how to manage their money. I assisted a guy that happened to when i was in behavior health. Blew millions, found himself homeless with a meth addiction. Wild.
@@TheRealMindCrimeI feel sorry for Scottie, but if money is the cause for his bad decisions and current behavior, he should've swallowed his pride and asked MJ to join in with his ventures with the Hornets or his racing team ownership, MJ would've helped his brother out. He instead harbored ill will for years
That 1994 Bulls team was a very good regular season team but they struggled in the playoffs because their 4th quarter scoring wasn't there without MJ. Pippen just wasn't that guy and his free throw shooting was subpar as well. Pippen really does remind me of LeBron in some ways (or vice versa) and I think he identifies with LeBron when people say MJ is still greater. When he once spoke about how he thought LeBron was maybe a better all around player than MJ, I bet he was thinking, "just like I was".
I think so too! Lebron and him mentality wise, clutch wise, free throw wise, all very similar. And they both need a legit scorer to get rhe job done. Scottie has the edge on defense though.
Pippen was a phenomenal player but I believe he surrounded himself by the wrong people. He had to have someone in his ear besides Larsa to get this jealous and unhinged all of a sudden. I see the same with Ja in todays game, people can ruin you if they have bad intentions and you allow them to be part of your life. Tragic
I agree 100% When i was younger i had a bunch of phony friends surrounding me who were just takers. When i had some struggles they all kept trying to take. I got myself healthy again then cut them off and only kept a core of real ones who actually cared. Still with me to this day. My ride or dies. Best decision ever and i have peace now. I hope Pippen figures it out. He has to change for it to happen.
@@TheRealMindCrime yeah that is a hard lesson for some who manage to cut lose the dead weight but a lot of people just can't or won’t. Not sure if Scottie has many real ones left but I really hope someone makes sure to talk some sense into him. I don't want to see them come to the point of Kobe/Shaq where so much time was lost because of some ego trip.
Damn, that sucks for Scottie. The first part reminds me that poverty is a mindset and would guess his past shaped his financial decisions, especially taking the longer contract. He was willing to take less to have more assurance, and the other decisions were much worse. At least with the Bulls contract, he was basically guaranteed to find success on the court and to have a legacy. Other part of that mindset is its easy to hate others who were able to do better financially and it's harder to find happiness with money. I'm with you on the other stuff. Hope he's able to get it together and makes that comeback and finds real happiness.
The crazy thing is he made more money in the nba than Jordan did. MJ was just really smart with his money and took endorsements. I hope he gets help too jammie.
Yeah. They all told him not to sign it. Go for less years so in a few years he can resign for more. But pip was afraid of getting injured so he signed the long deal. Its understandable why he did it....but he did it and then he blamed everyone else for it. Thats the problem. He made more money in the nba than MJ did. We see what he did with that money.
19:01 How do channels like that don't do their research? A quick google search shows that Jordan got paid 3 million for the right to the footage and he donated all of it to charity. It's not Jordan's responsibility to negotiate for your share of the pie. This is one of the reasons Scottie hasn't been doing well financially post basketball career, it's his own bad choices after bad choices, and then blame other people for it, taking no accountability.
@@TheRealMindCrime Exactly, when Jordan does charity, he doesn't do announce it to the world, that's why most people do not know about his charity works.
A part of being a great coach, is to draw up a winning play and knowing your players. That's what Phil did. He knew, Scottie knew, and everyone else knew Scottie was never a last minute clutch shooter. Despite what he may tell you, Scottie had his chances to show he was and he never pulled it off. He just wasn't that guy. Kukoc was a way better shooter than Pip. Pip could dunk, defend, and facilitate, but he was never known as a deadly shooter. Phil was not going to put the ball in Scottie's hands in crunch time, just to feed his ego. It was about the team. Pippen was only the "guy" in Chicago because his run with Jordan, made people view him as such. To say Phil is a racist shows he is just butt hurt, because the last time I checked, Michael was 🖤 and got many last second shots, you could live with, make or miss. Also Scottie was never high up, in the top mvp voting. He was great but not what he believes he is. He signed sus contracts, then complained. He never gave condolences to Mike, on purpose. He married a thot for her "ok" looks, and she broke him. He is taking loses in every way.
Agree! And he would have traded Scottie away much earlier if he had his way. Also, lots of people think Krause drafted Jordan -- he did not. And we all know that was the real key to the Bulls success.
I agree with you about Scottie being down bad for his recent actions, but I believe there has been a lot of resentment for how his tenure with the Bulls and how most people (not me) disreguard Michael Jordan's teammates as the "Jordanaires" and using his last name as a negative pronoun for second player that is not good enough to be a good player. Phil Jackson is not a racist based on him giving Kukoc that last shot. Michael Jordan was obviously the driving force for the Bulls had Championship success, but the Bulls starting with Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant, Dennis Rodman and to a lesser extent Toni Kukoc were essential to those Bulls teams. Scottie was also mad about signing that deal that he actually signed himself. So that was nobody elses fault, but I get why he did it. I do feel that Jordan's financial success made Scottie (undeservedly) resent him. Scottie made bad decisions and is blaming and lashing out at everyone. That said, Scottie Pippen was one of my favorite players growing up. He really needs to get help and to get it together, but it may be too late.
I would love to trina but the second the actual tour happened it basically disappeared. Apparently from whay I've been told they backed out on the jordan bashing stance they promoted the tour with. They just sat around and told stories about their lives and a few basketball stories. No footage is out there. Seems like it was just a cash grab thst fell on its face. If i ever find footage of it I'll definitely do a video on it though.
lol Kerr ain’t averaging 50% without Jordan. Rodman also couldn’t keep his ish together with most teams. and kukoc… never scored 20ppg once in his career and shot under 45% for his career. this is like when ppl say bird played with a bunch of hall of famers and ignore the fact that he’s why. edit: Kerr did shoot 50% without Jordan a couple times but yeah that was his sole contribution with about 6-8ppg lol
Exactly lol. He had an interesting career. He always had a team where once the star got doubled he was wide open for the 3. To his credit for only shooting 3 or 4 shots per game he was money. But yeah, 6 to 8 ppg lol.
@@TheRealMindCrime yeah behind every all time great is an amazing supporting cast because that’s part of being a goat is getting a supporting cast to look unbeatable under the gravity of your greatness. even Hakeem made the rockets look like all stars in 94.
According to Scottie's words about LBJ being GOAT... makes no sence. In that case, MJ from Lakers is the goat as he WAS making everyone better, check assists, check tripple doubles. All counted differently back then. I personally would always take (clutch) scorer as #1 especially with all the fundamentals and skill set MJ had and acquired due to relentless practice and drive
I completely agree with your take. I felt the same way as you, now, what he did is unacceptable. I don't like Krass either. I don't think Scottie is a good person. Yes, Michael Jordan has always given him his flowers. I also love the Last Dance. I don't know what's going on all I can say is this is pretty shitty behavior.
Agreed! He has had more success and more wealth than any of us can imagine....to still lash out at those who helped you get that while playing victim is just terrible behavior.
@@TheRealMindCrime We grew up watching them and it hit me hard when I heard Pippen was saying these outlandish things. MJ has always been my number one guy and the Chicago bulls are still my favorite team and favorite duo, but Pippen I have lost a lot of respect for him. Isiah Thomas is a jerk too.
Pippens overrated. He got all star selections because of playing alongside jordan. Michael made pippen an elevated role guy. We wouldn't know who he is if he didn't play with jordan.
I have to agree. I saw it all happen. He came in the league not developed. If drafted by someone else he probably would've been traded away after a few years but with MJ he was given a clear role to develop into.
Simple case of jealousy and greed. If it wasn’t for MJ Pippen wouldn’t have been a part of second threepeat at all. Jerry Krause was constantly trying to trade him every single year of that threepeat run. MJ simply said if he goes I’ll leave. That was only thing keeping Bulls together. I don’t think Scottie truly understands that fact. If he did he’d see how stupid it is for him to lash out at MJ.
It was pretty uneventful. Couple of shows in Europe. They just told stories and no clips of anything memorable seem to exist lol. I think they chickened out and just told regular basketball stories from what i understand. They advertised it as a payback tour to get back at mj but didn't follow through.
Theirs nothing tragic open anything when it comes to Scottie …. I used to love watching him back in the day some days even more than watching MJ. Now we gotta find out what kinda crack he is putting in his bourbon
You can always give better contract to employee. Period. But yeah, buying jet doean't help either. You can see difference in mind with MJ and Pip. You can't go into MJs world with your paycheck
Scottie still made more from the nba than jordan did. Jordan was just good with his money and had endorsements while Pippen was buying jets and expensive cars. Probably should've invested some of it. I wish him the best and i hope he gets help.
We must very close in age. I felt the same way about Pippen. I watched The Bulls for MJ and Pippen grew on me to point where i liked him almost as much and had a Pippen Jersey before MJ. Its why i have mixed feelings about Pippen now. It's hard to say how good Pippen would have been without MJ after what we know now but still , they made the prefect backcourt and i could see why Pippen is sick of being the called the Robin and as far as i know was what started that pop culture reference , ( i do not know for sure on that). Also even though he was the prefect " Robin" he wasn't viewed as the second best player behind MJ when he played and i could see in his head how that would be weird since Pippen was a large part of The Bulls run. Plus i think his MJ slander started out from him being sick of people only wanting to tall to him about MJ , i think its why he has flip flopped on the topic as well. People forget he was there for all 6 as well and yeah.
Not sure people forget Pippen was there for all 6...we all know. We also know in '98 Pippen was a glorified decoy or not on the floor at all for quite a bit of those finals. With that said, no true Dynasty Bulls fan undervalues Pippen -- we loved Scottie and still do.
Yeah. But still, at the end of rhe day he earned more money playing basketball than MJ did. MJ made his money elsewhere with business and ads then investing. Scottie made a lot at the end. I wish he made better choices.
18:28 steve kerr was money of the bench, but do you know who else was an automatic bucket of that bulls bench? Jud Buechler. He didn't play big minutes but every single time, I mean EVERYTIME he checked into the game he'd nail a 3ball from the baseline. Other teams just had to know Jud was only in there for that shot, but they couldn't stop him. He drain 1, maybe 2 trays and dip back to the bench😂.
Of course i know Jud! He was our secret favorite player lol. During blowouts he would crush it on the second unit. Hit those 3s then raised his arms up high like he just won a championship lol. Those were good times. Randy Brown was a beast on defense too.
Half the people if that had happened to them that happened to Scotty they would be in prison or dead and if he needs help everyone else does too think about his life and how he was torn apart every time he got good luck he had two stages of bad luck he needed the money at the time because his family was in medical trouble yeah he screwed himself but he had a hell of a lot of help on the way
His story is definitely unique. Literally watching episode 2 of the last dance right now where it starts out with him explaining the poverty he was born into. I think he did the right things early on. It was later on when he got paid big bucks that I wish he was more responsible with his money.
I’m from Chicago and I estimate vehicles for a living for over 35 yrs. I went to City Chevrolet to write an estimate and he was there. He was so rude when my boyfriend tried to tell him he was one of his favorite players that I cursed him out and told him to take his backwoods ass back to where he came from and chew straw. One of the service reps thanked me and said they’ve all wanted to do that for so long. He then told me they had been giving him free corvettes and he’d totaled two and was there to get another one. That was the kind of person Scottie was. FACTS
I think your Perspective is from a juvenile standpoint I don't understand why you play Curry so much favor to another adult if you're an adult. His life has no effect on yours. You should feel. As bad as you do. I don't understand that from a child not from an adult
