[Sport] Scottie Pippen: "Kobe wanted to be like Jordan, but when I watch videos of him, I say 'damn, he was better than Michael'"

[Dr.Drako]

A week from the end of The Last Dance, the controversies around Michael Jordan continue. The documentary generated a lot of conversation about the perspective that was given to the events and many began to question MJ. One of the most surprising has resurfaced in recent days, made by what was the 'Robin' for Jordan's Batman:

Scottie Pippen.In a video posted by Thuzio in April, made during a conversation with Pippen in the All-Star Game in Chicago, the legendary # 33 remembers watching Kobe videos that make him think that the former Lakers player was better than Jordan. "Kobe called me to try to learn, he asked me all the time.
 

It was incredible to know that he was seeking advice from so many players already So many people, he was a movie producer, a best seller. Kobe was an extremely smart guy. He believed in trying to be the best and I hate that I couldn't tell him how great he was.

He wanted so much to be like Michael Jordan, but when I see Videos of him, I say to myself, "Damn, he was better than Michael Jordan." He worked so hard. The boy came from high school, didn't go through North Carolina with Dean Smith. He worked so hard on his game, he was bilingual. God bless his soul".

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Scottie Pippen also showed his admiration for what Kobe was building after retirement, showing a face that Jordan has never given. "I continued to be his friend, I saw him in Los Angeles when he was at the gym. I took my children to the 'Mamba Gym' where he shot. I live now in Los Angeles and I was able to be close. It was good to see Kobe's other face. Talk about Michael, you don't know much more about him (off the court), but Kobe was starting to show himself, spend time, and all the love he had teaching basketball to his daughter Gigi. It was very good to see a second stage. "

Pippen also spoke of one of Jordan's biggest critics for The Last Dance, Horace Grant, whom he considered a best friend within the team, but who had clashes with MJ since joining the team. "When I came to the Bulls, my relationship with Horace Grant was very close. I had a problem with Michael, which was more of a Michael problem with Horace, because Horace has a twin and always believed that everything should be the same. There were days in Michael played 45 minutes or up to 48, and Horace didn't understand that Phil (Jackson) was telling him that he didn't have to practice (the next day).

Horace felt that he received special treatment and that created a gap in our relationship. "

Another dart Pippen threw was about the year and a half that Jordan's first retirement lasted, in what he considers his best period in the NBA. "It was the era that I enjoyed the most in my NBA career. I enjoyed playing with Michael, don't get me wrong, and winning, but it was an opportunity to have a team of mine, to see my place in the league among all the superstars.

I feel like It was two good seasons. "Dennis Rodman was a character who left a lot to talk about in the documentary and Pippen mentioned that it was a miracle that they won 72 games in 1996 when it was common for them to play after leaving the night before. "Remembering, in 1996, that we won 72 games, I don't know how we did it. We had the biggest party animal on our team. If you dated Dennis, waiters always came in with trays full of drinks, it was fun. Phil Jackson was the best trainer of history.

He understood, dammit: if we won, we didn't train. That was the beauty of that year, we were so mature that Phil let us do what we wanted: we smoked cigars on airplanes ... we lived life. "Well Pippen He wasn't the most flattering in that conversation about Jordan, he recognized one thing: he's a better player than LeBron James. "I take MJ each and every day. I was so successful with him, so why not. We are brothers, we are family. We were the best."

Edited May 26, 2020 by Dr.Drako
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