Michael Jordan’s Close Friend Gets a Reality Check for Being Like Shaq And His Controversial Incident: “There’s No Way To Spin This Positively For Scottie Pippen, Right?”

Published 04/18/2022, 11:30 AM EDT

The Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen’s rivalry came as a surprise to the NBA world. While the duo won six championships together, they aren’t on the best terms. After the ‘Last Dance’, Pippen came out with some major criticism for MJ. Many legends came after Pippen. Now, an NBA analyst on went to say that Pippen is like Shaquille O’Neal.

The Big Diesel was one of the most dominating figures in basketball. But while he is one of the greatest, criticism would always hound him, and O’Neal wasn’t one to stay quiet. The Big Diesel would often respond. Even today, Barkley has named him ‘Mr. Sensitive’.

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And according to Jackie MacMullan, Scottie Pippen is riding in the same boat. She also spoke about the incident that can’t come out good for Scottie.

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Pippen was sensitive with Michael Jordan and Last Dance?

While speaking to Brian Windhorst, Jackie opened up about the Jordan-Pippen beef. She claims Pippen to be sensitive like Shaq. Furthermore, Jackie even spoke about the incident Scottie can never recover from.

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She said, “He reminds me of Shaq in that I think he is pretty sensitive about criticism. And I think it’s easy for Scottie to just move on from what happened in that famous game when he wouldn’t go in because he was mad at Phil and he didn’t get the last shot called for him. Of course, that was highlighted in the ‘Last Dance’. There is no way to spin that positively for Scottie Pippen, right?”

Back in 1994, the Bulls were going through an intense battle against the Knicks. With Game 3 on the line, Chicago had time for just one shot. Surprisingly, Jackson drew the play for Kukoc, which upset Pippen. The six-time NBA champion then went rogue. He refused to check into the game for the final play. But Jackson proceeded anyway and Kukoc hit the shot for the win.

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This is one of the incidents Pippen didn’t like being in the Last Dance. He said it wasn’t relevant as Michael Jordan wasn’t even on the team. Over that, Pippen took multiple shots at his teammate through his book and spoke on multiple platforms. While the reason for this onslaught still remains in the blur, one thing is for sure: the two are not on the best of terms. Do you think Pippen was sensitive through the whole beef? Let us know in the comments below.

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Anuj Talwalkar is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. He is a student studying at NM College in Mumbai, aspiring to pursue sports management to follow his love for sports. Anuj started following the NBA last year, and he loves to combine his passion for writing with his understanding of basketball.

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Michael Jordan’s Close Friend Gets a Reality Check for Being Like Shaq And His Controversial Incident: “There’s No Way To Spin This Positively For Scottie Pippen, Right?”

Pippen was sensitive with Michael Jordan and Last Dance?

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