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• Michael Jordan And Scottie Pippen Didn’t Object When Phil Jackson Asked Them If Bulls Should Acquire Dennis Rodman In 1995: ‘It Made A Lot Of Sense’
Phil Jackson asked NBA icons Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen how they felt about the Chicago Bulls acquiring Dennis Rodman from the San Antonio Spurs in 1995. Jordan and Pippen didn’t like Rodman since he used to hurt them physically when he was on the Detroit Pistons, but neither superstar objected. “So, in the summer […] The post Michael Jordan And Scottie Pippen ...2024
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• Michael Jordan Privately Told Phil Jackson In 1992 Scottie Pippen ‘Was The Best All-Around Player’ On Bulls But He Never Said It To Pippen: ‘That Wouldn’t Be Like Him’
Michael Jordan privately told Phil Jackson before the 1992-93 NBA season that Scottie Pippen “was the best all-around player” on the Chicago Bulls. However, Jordan never said it to Pippen. “Something else happened on the way toward the United States capturing the gold medal in Barcelona,” Pippen wrote in his book. “I gained respect from […] The post ...2024
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• Michael Jordan Wasn’t Happy When Bulls Fired Doug Collins And Replaced Him With Phil Jackson In 1989: ‘I Wasn’t A Phil Jackson Fan’
Michael Jordan and Phil Jackson are arguably the best player-coach duo in NBA history. They led the Chicago Bulls to six championships while going undefeated in the Finals and three-peated twice in the ’90s. However, many people forget that Jordan had a close relationship with Doug Collins and wasn’t happy when the Bulls fired him […] The post Michael Jordan Wasn’t Happy When Bulls Fired Dou...2024
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• Michael Jordan Is Still Mad At Bulls For Breaking Up Dynasty After 6th Title In 1998: ‘That’s Something That I Just Can’t Accept’
Michael Jordan is still mad at the Chicago Bulls for breaking up the dynasty after he led them to their sixth NBA title in 1998. Before the 1997-98 season started, Bulls general manager Jerry Krause said Phil Jackson would not return as head coach in 1998-99, so Jordan and his teammates knew the 1997-98 season […] The post Michael Jordan Is Still Mad At Bulls For Breaking Up Dynasty Af...2024
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• How many championships WOULD the Bulls have won with Elon Musk? A scientific investigation

Scottie Pippen thinks Elon would have helped the Bulls, but would he?! Scottie Pippen has turned engagement farmer in an effort to promote a shitcoin. It’s one hell of a fall for an NBA Hall of Famer, but getting noticed by Elon Musk seems to be a favored way for desperate people to make money these days with their verified Twitter accounts. This weekend the bootlicking went beyond the pale with o...2024
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• LeBron James has proven he’s definitively better than Michael Jordan in one specific way

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images Michael Jordan may be 6-0 in the Finals, but LeBron has a far better record than MJ against another opponent: Father Time. Folks, it’s easy to get distracted, here at the end of time. The world is warming at an unsustainable clip, American politics writ large are totally fine and very normal, Timothee Chalamet is trying his hand at playing...2024
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• Walt ‘Clyde’ Frazier calls ‘Bulls**t’ on idea that 2024 Knicks starting 5 is best ever

Walt “Clyde” Frazier looks on ahead of a 2016 NBA game between the Knicks and Clippers. | Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images Perhaps nobody knows more about the Knicks than Clyde Frazier, who gave an honest assessment about the team’s current starting five. New York basketball fans have been waiting a long time to see their beloved Knicks conquer the NBA and win another Lar...2024
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• Jerry West: I Almost Wish I Had Never Played Or Worked For Lakers

Jerry West was part of the Los Angeles Lakers as a player, coach and an executive, but he had a complicated and acrimonious relationship with the franchise later in life. "I almost wish that I had never played or worked for them," West told ESPN in 2020. The issues came to a head in 2019 when the Lakers parted ways with Ryan West, who is one of Jerry's sons. Ryan West had spent 10 years with the L...2024
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• What Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic and an ESPN film can teach us about basketball and rhythm

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images ‘Rhythm Masters: A Mickey Hart Experience’ reminds us that rhythm and basketball are endlessly intertwined. Rhythm is everywhere. In the wind blowing the leaves around in your backyard, the chatter of a toddler, a child singing to herself, the waves crashing on the beach — and all over sports. The rhythmic back-and-forth of a tennis match. The rhythm of fe...2024
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• The Celtics championship needs an asterisk — but so does the rest of NBA history

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images A look back through NBA history will reveal that there is deeper context for almost every NBA championship, making the asterisk discussion stupid (at least in its current form). Asterisks are wonderful things. With a simple little star after any word, one is enabled to write outrageous things all over the internet while maintaining plausib...2024
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• How Celtics shut off the Mavericks’ offense in Game 1 of 2024 NBA Finals

Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images The Celtics cornered the Mavericks by taking away the corners. There are certain buzzwords in the NBA that form immediate associations between them and certain players, teams, and coaches. Hearing the phrase “Triangle Offense” makes one think of Phil Jackson and his championship-laden tenures with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers. “Seven Seconds ...2024
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• Joe Mazzulla is the perfect weirdo for Celtics’ NBA championship expectations

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images Joe Mazzulla is the ideal head coach for the Celtics in so many ways. What does it mean to get “out-coached”? This phrase is thrown around as an explainer for all manner of failures, from NBA head coaches declining to call crucial timeouts to allowing their team to choke away a game they had well in hand on a putrid final possession. It’s a tal...2024
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• The Knicks vs. Pacers rivalry, explained by Reggie Miller trash talk, a John Starks headbutt, and more

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images The Pacers and Knicks are apparently forever destined for chippy series’ in the NBA playoffs. Nobody can ever get the last word if the trash talk never stops. NBA Hall of Famer Reggie Miller is still running his mouth, and New Yorkers are still giving it right back to him as if it’s 1994. The rivalry between the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers re...2024
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• 5 things we learned as the Chiefs beat the Ravens to reach Super Bowl LVIII

Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images Kansas City earned its fourth Super Bowl appearance in five seasons with a impressive upset win over Baltimore. The Kansas City Chiefs walked into M&T Bank Stadium as the reigning AFC Champions. They walked out of there still holding the title belt. A lot had been said about the Baltimore Ravens having a historically great defense, while also boasting p...2024
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• Finding Lamar Odom: Tracking Down the Elusive and Recently Embattled Former Star
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• In Accepting His Fate, Melo Shows Jackson's Lessons May Be Rubbing off on Him
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• Carmelo Anthony Must Trust NY Knicks' Rebuild, Phil Jackson...For Now
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• Kristaps Porzingis on Knicks Fans, Vegas, NBA Idols and Life in the U.S.
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• Meet NBA Draft Prospect Mario Hezonja, Europe's Kobe Bryant Wannabe
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• Deng, D-Wade, Understand Derrick Rose's Plight, and the Price Paid for Playing
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"Krause has long been considered the man who broke up the Bulls’ dynasty in 1998 because that’s the way Jordan, Pippen, and head coach Phil Jackson wanted it told."

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"ESPN’s Jalen Rose Blasts Phil Jackson for Controversial Comments About Social Justice"

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"Lakers legend Phil Jackson has been in contact with Jeanie Buss all season regarding team matters, per report"

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"Vogel becomes the first Lakers coach to sign an extension since Phil Jackson did 14 years ago"

2020
"Upon his arrival, though, Artest did not exactly make a great […] The post Kobe Bryant once lambasted by Ron Artest so much Phil Jackson had to step in appeared first on ClutchPoints."

2019
"Even Phil Jackson, who was relieved of his duties before his contract was up, didn’t get nearly enough freedom to make internal moves that could have improved the organization's culture."

2018
"Phil Jackson knows domination."

2017
"Knicks, Phil Jackson mutually agree to part ways"

2016
" This is a nice mending of the fences between Riley and O'Neal, who did not seem to get along during his time in Miami based on comments O'Neal made to NBA TV (per Ira Winderman of the Miami Sun-Sentinel) in November 2011: As a leader, as a CEO, as an alpha-male, I just have problems with that, because the way I was taught by the great Phil Jackson, and it made me very successful, three Finals MVPs, dominated all the Finals, this is the way we did it."

2015
"" New York Knicks President Phil Jackson, who coached Bryant in Los Angeles, told Yahoo Sports it sounded like the star's time with the Lakers might be winding down."

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"He's an owner of five NBA championship rings who got to play a good chunk of his career for Phil Jackson."

• Steve Kerr’s legacy is set in stone… but is he done adding to it?

Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Steve Kerr was everywhere this summer, but returning to the formerly dynastic Warriors may paradoxically take him back out of the spotlight. How many people have been a part of four different dynasties? Managing to switch teams right as the Chicago Bulls’ reign was ending and the San Antonio Spurs’ was beginning, Steve Kerr won five rings between 1995 ...2024
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• What Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic and an ESPN film can teach us about basketball and rhythm
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• The Celtics championship needs an asterisk — but so does the rest of NBA history
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• Dan Hurley: Talks With Lakers Weren't About Leverage With UConn

Dan Hurley has insisted his talks with the Los Angeles Lakers had nothing to do with creating leverage in his contract talks with UConn. Hurley said his new contract with UConn was already in place. "One of the worst takes I've heard is that this is a leverage play by me to improve my situation at UConn," Hurley said on the The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz. "I don't need leverage here. We've wo...2024
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• How Celtics shut off the Mavericks’ offense in Game 1 of 2024 NBA Finals
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• Joe Mazzulla is the perfect weirdo for Celtics’ NBA championship expectations
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• The Knicks vs. Pacers rivalry, explained by Reggie Miller trash talk, a John Starks headbutt, and more
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• The Bulls’ ugly Ring of Honor night was a self-inflicted disaster

Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images Bulls fans booed Jerry Krause’s widow to tears, but the franchise only has itself to blame for a disastrous Ring of Honor night. The Chicago Bulls were sifting their way through another mediocre, forgettable season when the team announced a Ring of Honor night to celebrate its franchise legends. Announced on Dec. 12 with the team sitting at 9-16 overall, t...2024
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• Why So Many Experts Were Wrong to Worry About Victor Wembanyama

Most NBA executives and talking heads responsible for offering their takes on basketball would’ve agreed a year ago that Victor Wembanyama was worthy of the No. 1 overall pick. Didn’t take Pat Riley or Phil Jackson to tell us we were looking at a player with an unmatched ceiling. But why were so many in […] The post Why So Many Experts Were Wrong to Worry About Victor Wembanyama ...2023
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• Why So Many Experts Were Wrong To Worry About Victor Wembanyama

Most NBA executives and talking heads responsible for offering their takes on basketball would’ve agreed a year ago that Victor Wembanyama was worthy of the no. 1 overall pick. Didn’t take Pat Riley or Phil Jackson to tell us we were looking at a player with an unmatched ceiling. But why were so many in […] The post Why So Many Experts Were Wrong To Worry About Victor Wembanyama ...2023
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• How many championships WOULD the Bulls have won with Elon Musk? A scientific investigation
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• LeBron James has proven he’s definitively better than Michael Jordan in one specific way
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• The Celtics championship needs an asterisk — but so does the rest of NBA history
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• How Celtics shut off the Mavericks’ offense in Game 1 of 2024 NBA Finals
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• Joe Mazzulla is the perfect weirdo for Celtics’ NBA championship expectations
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• The Knicks vs. Pacers rivalry, explained by Reggie Miller trash talk, a John Starks headbutt, and more
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• Scottie Pippen Revealed Tex Winter Told Phil Jackson To Remove Michael Jordan From Game 6 Of ’92 Finals: ‘You Have To Get Him Out Of There, He’s Holding The Ball Too Long’

In his book,” Unguarded,” Scottie Pippen revealed that Tex Winter told Phil Jackson to remove Michael Jordan from Game 6 of the 1992 NBA Finals between the Chicago Bulls and Portland Trail Blazers because MJ was “holding the ball too long.” The Bulls were down by 15 points to the Blazers heading into the fourth quarter of Game […] The post Scottie Pippe...2024
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• Tex Winter Told Bulls Coach Phil Jackson To Remove Michael Jordan From Game 6 Of ’92 Finals Because He Was ‘Holding The Ball Too Long’

According to Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen, the late great Tex Winter told Phil Jackson to remove Michael Jordan from Game 6 of the 1992 NBA Finals between the Bulls and Portland Trail Blazers. The Bulls were down by 15 points to the Blazers heading into the fourth quarter of Game 6 and Jordan was […] The post Tex Winter Told Bulls Coach Phil Jackson To Remove Michael Jordan From Game ...2024
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• Jalen Brunson saved the Knicks and sank the Mavericks in free agency for the ages
Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images The Knicks have been waiting for someone like Jalen Brunson for decades. The Knicks are in the playoffs for what is only the sixth time in 20 years, a historic dryspell for the 70-year-old franchise, who plays in an arena commonly referred to as the Mecca, in a city both obsessed with basketball and with this team. Whatever happens against a young and ver...2023
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• Phil Jackson suggested Lakers trade LeBron James, keep Russell Westbrook?

This may be a case of Jackson being proactive with his suggestions, realizing that James, who averaged 30 points per game this season, still has plenty of trade value, while Westbrook has little to none right now....2022
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• Scottie Pippen Considers Sitting Out Final 1.8 Seconds Of Bulls-Knicks 1994 Playoff Game One Of The ‘Highest’ Moments Of His Career: ‘I Stood Up For Myself, I Would Never Have Forgiven Myself If I Didn’t’
NBA legend Scottie Pippen sat out the final 1.8 seconds of Game 3 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks. Bulls head coach Phil Jackson drew up the game-winning play for Toni Kukoc and Pippen was furious. “For one thing, I do not consider it the lowest moment […] The post Scottie Pippen Considers Sitting Out Final 1.8 Seconds...2024
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• An obscure NBA rule cost the Magic an epic buzzer-beater vs. the Bulls

The Trent Tucker Rule cost Paolo Banchero a buzzer-beater against the Bulls. The Orlando Magic looked like they weren’t going to have much trouble with the Chicago Bulls at the start of their Wednesday night matchup. Orlando opened up a 20-point lead early with with Paolo Banchero hammering the Bulls inside and Orlando’s defense locking down on the perimeter. Somehow, the Bulls came back — again. ...2024
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• Steve Kerr’s legacy is set in stone… but is he done adding to it?
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• What Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic and an ESPN film can teach us about basketball and rhythm
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• Dan Hurley: Talks With Lakers Weren't About Leverage With UConn
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• How Celtics shut off the Mavericks’ offense in Game 1 of 2024 NBA Finals
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• Joe Mazzulla is the perfect weirdo for Celtics’ NBA championship expectations
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• The Knicks vs. Pacers rivalry, explained by Reggie Miller trash talk, a John Starks headbutt, and more
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• Phil Jackson's proudest Kobe Bryant moment: Him defending Adam Morrison on 'Jimmy Kimmel'

At the Kobe Bryant statue unveiling, Phil Jackson told a story about the Lakers legend sticking up for teammate Adam Morrison on the 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' show....2024
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• Kobe Bryant Plans to Retire with Lakers, Won't Play for Other Teams
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• Knicks, Phil Jackson mutually agree to part ways
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• Kobe Bryant on Knicks' Triangle Offense: 'That Ain't No F--king Triangle'
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• Kobe Bryant Comments on Difference Between His Contract and Tim Duncan's
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• Phil Jackson: LeBron James Might Travel ‘Every Other Time He Catches the Basketball’
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• Michael Jordan Opens Up in Q&A, Says He Would Beat LeBron James in His Prime
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• Kobe Bryant to High School Teammate: ‘Michael Jordan Can’t Stop Me’
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• Shaquille O'Neal to Have No. 32 Retired by Heat: Date, Comments and Reaction
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• How many championships WOULD the Bulls have won with Elon Musk? A scientific investigation
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• An obscure NBA rule cost the Magic an epic buzzer-beater vs. the Bulls
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• Walt ‘Clyde’ Frazier calls ‘Bulls**t’ on idea that 2024 Knicks starting 5 is best ever
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• The Celtics championship needs an asterisk — but so does the rest of NBA history
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• How Celtics shut off the Mavericks’ offense in Game 1 of 2024 NBA Finals
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• Joe Mazzulla is the perfect weirdo for Celtics’ NBA championship expectations
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• The Knicks vs. Pacers rivalry, explained by Reggie Miller trash talk, a John Starks headbutt, and more
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• 5 things we learned as the Chiefs beat the Ravens to reach Super Bowl LVIII
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• The Bulls’ ugly Ring of Honor night was a self-inflicted disaster
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• An obscure NBA rule cost the Magic an epic buzzer-beater vs. the Bulls
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• Steve Kerr’s legacy is set in stone… but is he done adding to it?
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• Kevin Nash: Dennis Rodman Was Chill
Kevin Nash comments on working with Dennis Rodman. NBA star Dennis Rodman had an infamous run as a member of the New World Order, as he made some appearances for WCW. The former NBA Champion appeared at WCW Uncensored 1997 and competed at Bash at the Beach that year. Rodman even clashed with NBA star Karl Malone in a tag team match at WCW Bash at the Beach 1998. He later returned in 1999. Speaking...2024
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• Scottie Pippen’s hilarious one-emoji reaction to scandalous GQ interview
Ben Simmons, Doc Rivers, Charles Barkley, Phil Jackson. These are just a few NBA personalities that Scottie Pippen has decided to declare war on after his interview for GQ was published. As it turns out, the Chicago Bulls legend could not care less. Pippen’s scandalous statements have made headlines with some folks criticizing him for […] The post Scottie Pippen’s hilarious one-e...2021
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• Michael Jordan reveals what he told Phil Jackson when he said he was retiring in 1993
Michael Jordan shockingly retired from the NBA after the Chicago Bulls defeated the Phoenix Suns in the 1993 Finals for the team’s third straight championship. Everyone in Chicago was stunned since MJ was the best basketball player in the world and coming off three consecutive rings. In the latest episode of The Last Dance, Jordan […] The post Michael Jordan reveals what he told Phil J...2020
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• Carmelo Anthony Says He'll Remain with Knicks for 2016-17 Season
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