Scottie Pippen is one of the greatest 50 players in NBA history, he just happened to play with who most people believe is the greatest player in NBA history.
He is correct though.
Jordan needed a Pippen to ascend to the heights he ascended to. The media saw Pippen more as a sidekick and that pissed him off.
He is speaking on it in a tell-all book.
Pippen claims “there’s no ‘Michael Jordan’ as we know him” without him — adding, “The 1990s Chicago Bulls teams would not exist as we know them.”
Next … “Pippen details how he cringed at being labeled Jordan’s sidekick, and discusses how he could have (and should have) received more respect from the Bulls’ management and the media.” Interesting ..
But, then a more direct shot — criticizing MJ’s leadership.
“[Pippen] discusses what it was like dealing with Jordan on a day-to-day basis, while serving as the real leader within the Bulls locker room.”
Pippen said he also had to address Jordan in person about how he didn’t like how he was portrayed in the Last Dance.
I think most people realized the Last Dance was more about making Jordan look as great as possible while taking shots at everyone else.
Flip the pages for details on the book and some of Pippen’s portrayal in the Last Dance.