Pippen: It's racist for Phil Jackson not to let me shoot the killer ball

Bull star Scotty Pippen recently spoke in an interview about the famous "refusal to play at a critical moment" incident in 1994.

"Looking back, you have to see what Scotty Pippen meant to the Bulls, and Tony Kukoc to the Bulls, who deserves to shoot the last goal of the game."

"If you know Scotty Pippen, going into the NBA, beating the Pistons, we beat all the opponents and won three championships. So without Michael Jordan, shouldn't you give Scotty Pippen a chance to shoot the last shot? That is, without Michael Jordan's year, I can't get a shot? I'm already tired of all the dirty work. ”

"Why let Tony, a rookie shoot the last ball, let me serve? So I said he (Phil Jackson) was racist doing that. That's Scotty Pippen's team, and Scotty Pippen's performance in the Bulls that year reached MVP level, right? Then why don't you give him a chance to succeed. Michael Jordan wasn't there, so who's next? ”

The reporter said that this means that Pippen said that Phil was a racist. Pippen replied, "I have no problem with that. He is. Do you remember writing a book criticizing Kobe Bryant after he left the Lakers, and then returning to the Lakers to coach him again? Who else would do that? You can name anyone who does that at a professional sports session. I think he wants to make Kobe Ugly, but that's what he shouldn't have done, he's the head coach. You, as the head coach, should tell everyone in the locker room that this is an inner circle and don't pass anything out. Because that's the team. Are you, as a manager, speaking out and belittling probably one of the greatest players in history? ”

The reporter said he thought it was Phil's "disloyalty" and didn't think it was racial discrimination. Pippen replied, "That's what you say, I have my opinion." But I'm the one who's been in a locker room with him, I've been training with him, and you're watching him from a distance. ”

Reporters said that Phil also arranged a kill-and-shootout for Steve Cole when Jordan was on the team, but Jordan had no opinion. Pippen said: "This is a question that I should not answer. But he didn't arrange a kill for Steve Cole, he arranged it for Michael Jordan. ”

Jordan told Cole that he would pass the ball to him when the video recorded the timeout, and Pippen said: "Do you know who those cameras on our bench are working for?" Do you know who Michael said that? This is the plan, this is said for the camera. That's not talking about our tactics, it's about the camera. What if John Stockton hadn't gone to the bag, trust me. But he was preparing for his documentary because he knew he was in control of the camera. Basically, it can be said that these cameras are for Michael Jordan, not for the Chicago Bulls. They're doing all kinds of documentaries, "Come Fly with Me," those Air Jordan videos, and that's not really natural. ”