Scottie Pippen never did get his big payday from the Chicago Bulls, but after taking his talents to Houston to play for the Rockets Pippen signed a deal to the tune of $67 million dollars.
You would think after finally being compensated properly Pippen would give his all to the organization that made it all possible, but according to one his former teammate Matt Bullard, Pippen was less than a model teammate during his time in Houston.
Heres the full report.
“When Scottie Pippen left the Bulls, I didn’t realize that he was coming off of being very underpaid for seven years,” Bullard said. “I didn’t know that he had that saltiness about being underpaid when he came to us. But I do remember, the rest of us — when Scottie came, and it was already after training camp had started a little bit — he came into Houston, and he never really did integrate himself into the Rockets’ organization.”
He never really tried to make an effort to be a Houston Rocket. … He was coming in thinking, ‘Hey, I’m Michael Jordan.’ I mean, not really Michael Jordan, but ‘I’m Scottie Pippen.’ And the rest of us could feel that. Those types of things still stick with me. … Looking back on all the teammates I’ve had, I would say that Scottie Pippen was not one of my favorite teammates. Because when I did play with him, he wasn’t trying to be a Rocket. He was just trying to be the man, and it didn’t really work.
Well, there you have it, although Matt Bullard is only one of several members of the Houston Rockets squad that played with Scottie Pippen you get the feeling that if others told their stories it would more than likely echo what Bullard had to say about Pippen’s Houston Rockets career.