The Rockets were an older team, so they were actually helped when the 1998-99 season was shortened to 50 games due to the lockout. Charles feud began in the first placeįor those unaware of why Barkley and Pippen began feuding in the first place, it all dates back to 1999 when the two were teammates with the Houston Rockets.įollowing the Chicago Bulls’ “Last Dance” season in 1997-98, Pippen was traded to Houston to team with Barkley and Hakeem Olajuwon, both of whom were near the end of their respective careers. So how did this whole thing get started in the first place? Why the Scottie vs. “I’m not no fake tough guy, I don’t pretend to be a tough guy but I am tougher than Scottie Pippen.” Charles Barkley on Scottie Pippen I don’t walk around saying I’m Billy Badass, but I can promise you one thing - I’m tougher than Scottie Pippen, let me put that to rest right now. “I’m damn sure tougher than Scottie Pippen. Barkley says he’s ‘damn sure tougher’ than Pippen (L-R) Charles Barkley Scottie Pippen | Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Carlos Tischler/Getty Imagesĭuring an appearance earlier this week on the Waddle and Silvy show on ESPN 1000 in Chicago, Barkley finally decided to truly clap back at Pippen and had this to say: Barkley said it was “silly and stupid” for men their age to “have beefs” and essentially tried to laugh the whole thing off.īut he must have had a change of heart this week as he threw another log on the fire. Speaking on Turner Sports’ The Steam Room podcast, Sir Charles simply said it was “unfortunate” that Pippen was taking shots at everybody but understood why he was doing so as Scottie is releasing an autobiography this fall and is already promoting it. Not long after the interview was released, Barkley responded by saying he wasn’t going to respond. I don’t know nobody he done whooped.” Scottie Pippen on Charles Barkley I ain’t never seen him fight a Black man unless there were referees around. “He only got arrested for throwing some little white guys out of a window. And while he did say Charles was “a great player,” he also said, “when you talk about success in winning, you don’t speak of Charles Barkley’s name.”īut that wasn’t the comment that made headlines. At one point during the interview, Pippen brought up Barkley. You got to get in shape to play basketball.' So I'm going to do my job no matter what.In one of the most candid interviews he’s ever given, Pippen spoke with GQ earlier this summer and took shots at Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson, and several others. But he's a great kid, but I'm like, 'Yo, man. Get him in the pool or something like that. 1, I'm like, 'Dude, you got to get in shape to play basketball.' They don't make him practice. " Joel Embiid hates me because I call him lazy. A former 76er, Barkley compared his rift with Jordan to one he has with a current Sixers star. Like, 'I can ask Charles anything and I know he's going to give me a straight answer.' But part of my job is, because I can't go on TV and say 'Another general manager sucks' and then just because Michael's like a brother to me say 'He's doing a fantastic job.' That would be disingenuous."īarkley said part of his job as a broadcaster is to sometimes be critical of people and teams he likes personally. "But I thought that was one of the reasons we were great friends. And that's very hard for any celebrity, but especially somebody of his stature. Very few of your friends are going to be honest with you. "Listen, if you're famous, and Michael at one point was the most famous person in the world, everybody around you is either on the payroll or letting you buy drinks and dinner and flying around on your private jet.
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