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Trying to Understand the Unnecessary Rivalry Between Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen
So if many of you were home quarantining from the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, then many of you must have been able to see the Netflix original documentary of the Last Dance, which told the story of the turbulent season that the 1997–98 Chicago Bulls had en route to their sixth NBA championship. While the series was a smash hit, many people were also left scarred because of it. One of these people was former Bulls forward Scottie Pippen, who during the 1997–98 NBA season missed time due to a foot injury. The series left Pippen in a jealous rage and because of this, he has stated so many things that I believe to be false against the greatest basketball player of all time. So to understand the rivalry between the two now, we need to bring up some key points that ignited this feud.
Pippen’s portrayal in the series was significant, but to him, it felt like it overshadowed Jordan’s life. But he has to understand this; if Jordan was not on the team, there would be no way that the Chicago Bulls would have won ANY of the championships they won during the 1990s. In fact, Pippen even argued that his other teammates on the Bulls roster during 1998 were hugely disrespected and not talked about enough. This was also false because the first episode evolved around Jordan. The second was on Pippen. The third was on…
