{"id":1510163,"date":"2022-05-20T11:07:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T15:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1510163"},"modified":"2022-05-20T11:07:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T15:07:21","slug":"scottie-pippen-talking-positively-michael-jordan-taking-digs-lebron-james-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/scottie-pippen-talking-positively-michael-jordan-taking-digs-lebron-james-lakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottie Pippen Back to Talking Positively on Michael Jordan While Taking Digs at LeBron James' Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
For quite a while now, essentially since The Last Dance<\/em> documentary was released, Scottie Pippen<\/a> hasn't had the nicest things to say about his former Chicago Bulls teammate, Michael Jordan<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Considered by many to be the greatest 1-2 punch in NBA history, Jordan and Pippen won six titles together in the Windy City and seemingly had an amicable relationship off the court. But Pippen has torched Jordan as of late, both in the autobiography he released last year and in countless interviews with various media outlets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last summer, Pippen said he hadn't talked to Jordan since The Last Dance<\/em> aired and had no plans to do so. He also claimed the famous conversation between MJ and Steve Kerr during the 1997 NBA Finals<\/a> ahead of the latter's go-ahead jumper in Game 6 was rehearsed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And that certainly wasn't the worst of it. But there's no need to rehash everything Scottie has said as we'd be here for a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Things quieted down for a while following the book's release in the United States, but Pippen was back at it recently while promoting Unguarded<\/em> to a French audience. His comments certainly weren't as disparaging or intense as they've been, but he did essentially say Jordan was the reason<\/a> why he never won a Defensive Player of the Year award. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In that same interview, however, he did include MJ as part of his all-time starting five<\/a>. So that's something, right? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Well, in yet another recent interview, Pippen again discussed Jordan and again took things in a positive direction. But LeBron James' Lakers didn't get that same treatment. <\/p>\n\n\n\nScottie Pippen says he'd play with Michael Jordan again and “only Michael Jordan”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n