Former Chicago Bulls NBA players Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant, and Luc Longley trash former teammate Michael Jordan. Pippen referred to MJ as a loser, a ball hog, and selfish. Pippen referred to the Bulls head coach as playing basketball 🏀 the wrong way back in the 90's. Pippen refers to today's NBA as more fun to watch with high scoring offense and little to no defense. I honestly believe that Pippen has lost his mind with the statements that he has made.
MJ acknowledges that MJ could have never won an NBA Title without Pippen. MJ has acknowledged that Longley was a great big man that helped the Bulls win Championships and I know MJ was grateful to have Grant help with scoring contribution to help the Bulls win Championships as well. The problem with what Pippen, Longley, and Grant is doing is they're trashing MJ the same MJ that made those aforementioned players better. Grant have the audacity to trash MJ and wearing Jordan's.
Let's get on these three players. Pippen was good not great. Pippen was a point forward what I mean by that is he could dribble, pass, and drive to the basket like a point guard. Pippen was a good 3-point shooter. Grant was average not good. Grant had the 15-foot midrange jump shot. Actually his brother Harvey Grant was a better shooter than Horace Grant and Harvey could shoot threes and Horace couldn't. Longley was average not good. Longley was a post up player in the paint and got rebounds as a big man.
If Pippen, Grant, and Longley went to any other team back in the 80's and 90's they would have been complete busts. Actually Grant never won anything when he played for the Orlando Magic back 1994-1995 Season. Pippen is jealous of MJ because MJ was a leader and Pippen always followed MJ. Prime example when MJ retired in 1993 to play major league baseball ⚾, Pippen had a chance to be a leader. Toni Kukoc was a better clutch shooter than Pippen. In Game 3 of the Eastern Semifinals the Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks were tied at 102 apiece. The Knicks were up 2-0 in the series. Bulls then head coach Phil Jackson called a play for Kukoc for the game winning shot. Pippen was so irritated by that that Pippen wouldn't even check in the game for that final play. Kukoc hit the shot at buzzer and the Bulls cut the Knicks series lead in 1994 2-1 with a 104-102 win. A true leader which Pippen was not would have checked in the game and would have thought of that as another scorer taking a load off the primary scorer.
Pippen felt that he was underpaid and saw how MJ was making $35,000,000-$38,000,000 a year. MJ got endorsements through NIKE and Gatorade. Pippen chose to accept mid level contracts of $2.25,000,000-$2.75,000,000 a year. Pippen could have had more money 💰 if Pippen wanted more money. That is not MJ's fault. NBA players can negotiate their contract and if their earnings ain't to their liking to them their agents can tell them no deal.
Pippen brought up how today's NBA basketball is played the right way with high scoring offense. Well, Pippen if you like boring overtime games or timeouts that take 5-10 minutes because of commercials then maybe just maybe that's fine for you. Not to mention little to no D is played and there is a lot of iso where one star feels that he have to beat another star off the dribble. Centers are shooting 3-pointers. Can someone please 🥺 explain why Centers in the NBA are shooting six 3-pointers a game according to Pippen this is playing NBA basketball the right way, whereas back in the 80's and 90's Centers shot three-pointers to beat the shot clock. I liked seeing games where it was a 94-92 game only because there were good solid D by both teams.
MJ could have led the Bulls to the Eastern Conference Finals without Pippen but Pippen couldn't lead the Bulls in 1994-1995 to the playoffs. MJ knew it and when there were baseball strikes in 1995, Jordan told head coach Phil Jackson and his teammates that he was coming back. I remember when MJ lit up my team scoring 55 points, yep I was a Knicks fan back then, and how MJ helped the Bulls get in the playoffs as a 5th seed and they played the 4th seeded Charlotte Hornets. As a Knicks fan, I wasn't a fan of MJ and how he used to scorch my former team. But I have the utmost respect for MJ because he played the game the right way and won Six Championships to prove it. Pippen have called MJ the GOAT only because MJ's son and Pippen's ex-wife have broken 💔 off their relationship that MJ didn't approve of to begin with. Well, that is all for free speech on all topics, till next time keep an eye out for more blogs like this. God Bless You!
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