The End: Michael Jordan Cut Ties With Scottie Pippen Over…
Chicago Bulls legends Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen will never be friends again after Pippen admitted in his book he didn’t give Jordan condolences after James Jordan was killed in 1993.
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith spoke to Jordan in November 2021 after Pippen’s book came out.
“His father passed away after the first three-peat,” Smith said. “So you had year one without Michael Jordan, year two. You had the three years you were with him for the second three-peat to express your condolences. You never did it. Michael Jordan never even thought about that until he saw it, and then he realized, ‘Wait a minute, you didn’t give me condolences on purpose. I didn’t even think about this.’ He’s (Pippen) crossed the line. Him and Jordan, it’s over. Take it from me. It’s over.”
Here’s what Pippen wrote in his book that made Jordan incensed:
“Another opportunity, if you can call it that, came during the summer of 1993, and I feel horrible every time I think about it,” Pippen wrote. “Michael’s father, James Jordan, had been murdered. The two were inseparable. When I heard the news, I should have reached out to Michael right away. Instead, I went through the Bulls’ PR department, and once they told me no one from the organization had been in contact with him, I gave up. Having lost my own dad three years before, I might have been able to offer Michael some comfort. To this day, he and I haven’t spoken about his father’s death.”
Jordan and Pippen won three NBA championships before James Jordan was killed and three more after.
