{"id":1408939,"date":"2021-09-06T11:27:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T15:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1408939"},"modified":"2023-06-14T16:43:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T20:43:07","slug":"michael-jordan-hated-scottie-pippen-underpaid-chicago-bulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/michael-jordan-hated-scottie-pippen-underpaid-chicago-bulls\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jordan Hated the Fact That Scottie Pippen Was Underpaid With the Bulls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Michael Jordan<\/a> and Scottie Pippen made a lot of money during their NBA careers. However, they were underpaid during their prime with the Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Jordan made $30.1 million in 1996-97 and $33.1 million in 1997-98. The most he earned in a season with the Bulls before 1996-97 was $4 million. Meanwhile, Pippen's highest salary with Chicago was $3.4 million in 1992-93. He was grossly underpaid his entire Bulls tenure<\/a>, which did not sit well with Jordan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Jordan on Scottie Pippen: ‘He's totally underpaid'<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before the 1995-96 season, Jordan told legendary Bulls reporter Cheryl Raye-Stout<\/a> that Pippen was underpaid. His Airness, who made millions through his endorsements off the court, revealed to Stout that he wished there was a way he could legally help his partner in crime financially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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