Scottie Pippen’s Awful Joke Was Removed From Michael Jordan’s ‘Last Dance’
Scottie Pippen’s Awful Joke Was Removed From Michael Jordan’s ‘Last Dance’
Scottie Pippen was a central figure in Michael Jordan’s ‘Last Dance’ documentary.
Because of that, a massive feud erupted between Jordan and Pippen that lives on to this day.
Even now, Pippen has some very disturbing things to say about Jordan.
Recently, Jason Hehir, the director of ‘The Last Dance’ docuseries, spoke with Pablo Torre. During that conversation he revealed that Pippen actually made a horrible joke about former Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Krause that the NBA made him take out of the documentary.
“The one thing the NBA pushed back on in the entire process was a clip where Scottie, in the locker room, they were joking around saying what they were going to do when they won the title, and Scottie — I’m paraphrasing — basically said, ‘I’m going to stick a cattle prod up Jerry Krause’s butt, and give that guy a heart attack,'” Hehir recalled.
“Everybody laughed, and it wasn’t like, ‘Oh my god, keep the cattle prods away from Scottie’. He said it in the heat of the moment… So I included that in our rough cuts because I wanted people to see what this guy was going through day in and day out. And that’s the one thing that they (NBA) made me take out in the three or four years of doing this.”
It’s easy to see why the league wouldn’t want footage of Pippen saying that getting out. That said, despite their best efforts – it’s out there now.
A graduate from the University of Texas, Anthony Amador has been credentialed to cover the Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys, San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks and high school games all over the Lone Star State. Currently, his primary beats are the NBA, MLB, NFL and UFC.
