{"id":1321068,"date":"2021-02-17T16:46:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T21:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1321068"},"modified":"2023-06-12T14:34:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T18:34:33","slug":"michael-jordan-didnt-want-chicago-bulls-draft-scottie-pippen-wanted-former-unc-teammate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/michael-jordan-didnt-want-chicago-bulls-draft-scottie-pippen-wanted-former-unc-teammate\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jordan Didn't Want the Chicago Bulls to Draft Scottie Pippen as He Wanted His Former UNC Teammate Who Averaged 4.2 Points in the NBA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For the first few years of Michael Jordan<\/a>‘s career, the Chicago Bulls<\/a> were essentially just a one-man show. MJ would put up his points and provide highlight after highlight, which he continued to do throughout his career. However, the Bulls were never seen as a real threat in the Eastern Conference, as evidenced by the three first-round postseason exits in MJ's first three seasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn't until the Bulls added Scottie Pippen<\/a> and Horace Grant<\/a> ahead of the 1987-1988 season that they started to make some real noise in the East. That nucleus eventually led Chicago to its first three-peat in the early '90s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, if Michael Jordan got his way back then, Bulls GM Jerry Krause would have never drafted Pippen or Grant. MJ wanted him to take center Joe Wolf, with whom Jordan teamed for one season at the University of North Carolina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Jordan won three NBA titles with Horace Grant and six with Scottie Pippen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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