Scottie Pippen And Michael Jordan’s Former Teammate Offers Grim Thoughts On The Future Of Their Friendship

Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan have been retired from professional basketball for well over a decade now yet, for the past few months, the two have been heavily discussed within the world of sports. This was sparked by the blunt thoughts Pippen shared about Jordan in his recently released memoir, Unguarded. The former small forward not only criticized ESPN’s The Last Dance and His Airness’ involvement in it, but he also claimed that his former teammate “ruined” basketball. In the aftermath, numerous former Chicago Bulls players have weighed in on the situation. Now, Charles Oakley (who has chimed in before) has a grim assessment of the future of Jordan and Pippen’s friendship. 

Charles Oakley played three seasons with the Chicago Bulls and, during his last, he played alongside both Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. Despite only playing with the duo for a single season, he still competed against them for years and saw their dynamic both on and off the court. Recently, Oakley hasn’t backed down from questions about the two or The Last Dance (which he thought was mostly accurate) and hasn’t minced words. So when he recently appeared on The Bill Simmons Podcast and was asked whether his former teammates would ever speak again, he gave a very honest answer:

This actually lines up with past sentiments that Charles Oakley has made in regard to the championship-winning duo. He previously addressed Scottie Pippen’s feelings and seemed to respect his thoughts. However, Oakley surmised that the feud wasn’t actually due to The Last Dance but to something that may have occurred between Pippen and Michael Jordan during their playing days. What that might have been the NBA veteran couldn’t say. Even though he doesn’t think the