Scottie Pippen Claims Michael Jordan Made $10 Million Off ‘The Last Dance’ While His Teammates Got Nothing: Michael Jordan Would Never Have Been Who He Is Without Us

Scottie Pippen Claims Michael Jordan Made $10 Million Off ‘The Final Dance’ Whereas His Teammates Obtained Nothing: Michael Jordan Would By no means Have Been Who He Is With out Us

Scottie Pippen is slamming The Final Dance in his upcoming memoir!

As it’s possible you’ll recall, a docuseries following Michael Jordan‘s remaining season with the Chicago Bulls–The Final Dance–premiered on Netflix final 12 months. Shortly after the hit collection’ launch, studies circulated that Scottie Pippen was left “wounded and disappointed”, claiming he was portrayed as being “underpaid and annoyed.”

Over a 12 months later, Scottie Pippen publicly slammed the docuseries as being inauthentic:

“I don’t assume it was that correct when it comes to actually defining what was achieved in one of many biggest eras of basketball, but in addition by two of the best gamers–and one may even put that apart and say the best crew of all time. I didn’t assume these issues stood out within the documentary. I believed it was extra about Michael making an attempt to uplift himself and to be glorified.”

He additionally stated of the collection, which was co-produced by Jordan’s Bounce 23 firm:

“I feel it additionally backfired to a point in that individuals obtained an opportunity to see what sort of character Michael had.”

Now, Scottie Pippen is continuous to dish on The Final Dance and critique Michael Jordan. Earlier as we speak (Tuesday, Nov. 2nd), an excerpt of the previous NBA star’s upcoming memoir–Unguarded–was launched. Within the temporary snippet, Scottie Pippen first relays his preliminary response to watching The Final Dance:

“As I watched the doc at house in Southern California with my three teenage boys, I couldn’t imagine my eyes… I used to be nothing greater than a prop. His ‘greatest teammate of all time,’ [Michael Jordan] known as me. He couldn’t have been extra condescending if he tried.”

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Pippen continues:

“Every episode was the identical: Michael on a pedestal, his teammates secondary, smaller, the message no completely different from when he referred to us again then as his ‘supporting solid.’ From one season to the following, we obtained little or no credit score each time we gained however the bulk of the criticism once we misplaced. Michael may shoot 6 for twenty-four from the sphere, commit 5 turnovers, and he was nonetheless, within the minds of the adoring press and public, the Errorless Jordan. Now right here I used to be, in my mid-fifties, seventeen years since my remaining recreation, watching us being demeaned as soon as once more. Residing by it the primary time was insulting sufficient.”

He then writes that quite a few different teammates have been bothered by The Final Dance as a consequence of their contributions being largely unacknowledged:

“Over the following few weeks, I spoke to various my former teammates who every felt as disrespected as I did. How dare Michael deal with us that means after every thing we did for him and his valuable model. Michael Jordan would by no means have been Michael Jordan with out me, Horace Grant, Toni Kukoc, John Paxson, Steve Kerr, Dennis Rodman, Invoice Cartwright, Ron Harper, B. J. Armstrong, Luc Longley, Will Perdue, and Invoice Wennington. I apologize to anybody I’ve ignored.”

Scottie Pippen

Scottie Pippen then blasted Michael Jordan for allegedly receiving $10 million from the docuseries whereas the remainder of the crew didn’t obtain any compensation:

“To make issues worse, Michael obtained $10 million for his function within the doc whereas my teammates and I didn’t earn a dime, one other reminder of the pecking order from the outdated days. For a whole season, we allowed cameras into the sanctity of our locker rooms, our practices, our resorts, our huddles…our lives.”

Unguarded is accessible for pre-order and will probably be launched subsequent Tuesday, Nov. ninth.

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