Scottie Pippen: ‘It Was Almost As If Michael Jordan Felt the Need to Put Me Down to Lift Himself Up. Given Everything He Has Accomplished, in and Out of Basketball, One Would Assume He’d Feel More Secure’

Fans were aware of Scottie Pippen’s praise for his former Chicago Bulls teammate Michael Jordan . However, the release of a documentary recently saw him criticize Jordan for being selfish, hypocritical, and insensitive.

In his autobiography, “Unguarded,” Pippen talks about the 2020 ESPN documentary on the 1990s Chicago Bulls titled “The Last Dance.”

He made a comment about Jordan, that cannot be termed as a compliment per se.

In the prologue of his book, Pippen appears unhappy with the way he and his teammates were portrayed in the documentary. He said:

“The doc fails to give my Hall of Fame career the treatment it deserves. Coming from someone who was my teammate and, supposedly my friend, there is no excuse. It was almost as if Michael Jordan felt the need to put me down to lift himself up. Given everything he has accomplished, in and out of basketball, one would assume he’d feel more secure. Apparently not.’’ 

Scottie Pippen: “He Couldn’t Have Been More Condescending If He Tried”

Pippen has commented on the documentary and criticized it for making them into “nothing more than props“, and Jordan for not giving them the same respect that he received in “The Last Dance.”

“How dare Michael to treat us that way after everything we did for him and his precious brand,” Pippen writes, adding, “To make things worse, Michael received $10 million for his role in the doc while my teammates and I didn’t earn a dime.” 

The documentary depicts a moment where Jordan says that Pippen is selfish for delaying foot surgery and asking to be traded.

Pippen writes in his response: “You want to know what selfish is? Selfish is retiring right before the start of training camp when it is too late for the organization to sign free agents.”

The conversation is now moving back and forth between the basketball legends. Comment below and express your views about this entire incident.

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