“This Really Made it Look Weird”: Admitting to Have Ruined Michael Jordan’s Friendship, Larsa Pippen’s 2-Decade Old Picture Leaves NBA Fans Gasping

When Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen were winning back-to-back championships in the Chicago Bulls dynasty, they didn’t think their relationship would be what it is now in 2023. The former teammates have been trading jabs publicly since Jordan’s The Last Dance premiered. That’s not the only complication in their severed relationship. Pippen’s ex-wife Larsa opened up about how she might have had a role to play in the soured friendship.

Scottie Pippen went through a nasty divorce with Larsa Pippen in which she made away with half of his retirement fund. She goes on to date Marcus Jordan, MJ’s son. Moreover, he is 16 years younger than her. Now a single meme has put it into perspective, much to the amusement of fans.

Larsa Pippen admitted she ruined a friendship

The Real Housewives of Miami star is hosting a podcast with her beau, Marcus, where they got candid about their relationship. But it was another podcast appearance where she admitted to causing a rift between Scottie and Michael.

She told host, Jana Kramer that despite the popular assumption, she didn’t know Marcus his entire life. She had not been with Scottie around his last year with the Chicago Bulls and was in school when Scottie was at the prime of his career. She would meet Marcus only as an adult.

But to everyone’s shock, Larsa stated she had not met the Jordan family until after her split from Scottie. In fact, she only met MJ 3 years ago. Despite being in the clear, Larsa is well-aware that she has a part in the feud between the former teammates.

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“I feel like it’s probably awkward for them, for my ex, and [Michael], but I get it,” she said.

Larsa and Marcus’ relationship is only one of the factors in the whole drama between former teammates. That hasn’t stopped the online commentary and they continue to be subjected to the meme treatment.

Fans go wild at the Larsa Pippen-Marcus Jordan meme

Marcus Jordan was born in 1990, a year before his dad Michael Jordan won his first NBA championship alongside his teammate, Scottie Pippen. The Bulls teammates won the fifth of their sixth titles in 1997. That was also the year when Pippen married Larsa. Marcus was seven years old at that time.

The timeline is not lost on anyone who has been keeping up with this complicated web of ex-friendships and relationships. But the NBA Memes Twitter page made a simple post on it that gave it a visual aid. The tweet carried a single line, “The NBA back in the 90s.” It accompanied a collage of two pictures taken around the same time.

One is Scottie and Larsa during the early stages of their relationship. The second was of Jordan carrying a little Marcus. The reactions were instant.

Some fans praised the tweet for its artfulness as it made a point without saying much.

A few basketball terms crept into the discourse as well.

But it was not lost on fans how “weird” the comparison looked.

This fan sarcastically sums up the sentiment.

What did you think of this meme? Do you agree with Larsa’s confession?

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