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Scottie Pippen’s comments when appearing on Patrick Bet-David’s podcast have divided the basketball fraternity. The Bulls legend had a series of controversial takes. Among the wildest though was his opinion on what his legacy would be without Michael Jordan. “I still get my six [championships],” he said on the podcast. And his take has Draymond Green feeling concern for the six-time champion.

Like most players from his era, Green grew up watching the Chicago Bulls dominate. The tandem of Pippen and Jordan continues to remain iconic for their back-to-back three-peats. And as a defensive-minded forward “I’m a big Scottie fan” Green said about the Bulls legend. However, his recent statements fostered concern within the Warriors forward.

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“I don’t know what Scottie going through, man, but I send my love because I’m dead-ass, man, because you start making comments like Scottie been making lately, and people start to remember you for those comments and not necessarily for being Scottie Pippen. And I don’t like that,” the four-time champion said about Pippen.

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To a large extent, at least the modern generation is beginning to gravitate toward those sentiments due to Pippen’s rift with his former teammate. Amidst it all, his achievements are getting overshadowed. According to Draymond Green, the Bulls icon feels Jordan didn’t reciprocate love for the efforts he put in during his playing career.

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Moreover, with the way their situation transpired, Green also wishes that the same doesn’t happen with his favorite teammate, Stephen Curry.

“What I am saying is, if somewhere down the line 20 years from now, I want to have dinner with Steph Curry, I will hope that I can have dinner with Steph Curry. You know what I’m saying? Like with all that you’ve been through with somebody like you go through these journeys of winning championships, them shit’s not easy. And to go on those journeys and not even be able to sit down and have dinner, like I feel like that’s Scottie’s outcry,” he said on the Draymond Green Show.

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