Scottie Pippen has had an eventful week. Pippen has criticized a variety of people in various ways, ranging from negatively comparing Kevin Durant to LeBron James (and provoking KD’s wrath), to seriously criticizing Ben Simmons, to accusing Phil Jackson of being a racist.
Charles Barkley was one of the people that enraged Pippen. On Inside the NBA, Pippen made light of the fact that he has never won a championship, then quipped of Barkley’s reputation as a tough player, “He only got arrested for throwing some small white kids out of a window.” Unless there were refs present, I’ve never seen him fight a Black man. He portrays himself as a harsh guy in his character. I don’t know anyone who he’s whooped.”
Barkley appeared on the Dan Patrick Show on Friday to answer to Pippen, and he basically claimed that he’s saying these things because he has a book to sell.
“I’m disappointed in Scottie, because he’s burning every bridge,” Barkley said. “I know he has a book coming out. Listen, Scottie was a very good player, I’ve always liked Scottie, too. I’ve always liked him, I’ve never had a disagreement or an argument with him. But he’s taking shots at me, and I’m just laughing, because I’m like, ‘Yo, man, you do know we’re, like, 60 years old. We don’t have beefs anymore, we’re like 60.’
“I was disappointed he’s taking shots at Michael, Phil Jackson, and myself,” Barkley went on to say. “But I understand he’s got a book coming out. And I just think it’s silly and stupid, to be honest with you. Listen, hey, we know you’ve got a book coming out, stop trying to take shots at big fish, he’s big game hunting. You come after myself, you come after Michael, you come after Phil Jackson, and we know you’ve got a book coming out. But it really just makes you look stupid and silly in the long run, to be honest with you.”
With how things have gone here, we fully expect Pippen to respond sooner rather than later.
