“Similar to the previous eight, they glorified Michael Jordan while not giving nearly enough praise to me and my proud teammates.” Scottie Pippen wrote in his book Unguarded which was released a year later after the infamous Netflix docuseries. The Last Dance was a major talking point for any basketball fan. With the jury still out, about the intention of MJ to look down on his teammates. Many teammates like Pippen even did ‘No Bull Tour’ to place the emphasis back on teammates. But Dennis Rodman, one of the instrumental pieces, had a different point of view.

Appearing on the Got Sole Podcast, The Worm made his intentions clear and said, “I just think that a lot of players got really got bent out of shape because it was Michael’s voice. It was only Michael.” The 5x Champion continued, “I think Scotty got bent out of shape because I think Scotty should have been in there with Michael to narrate it.”

Dennis Rodman made it clear that he “loved” the series because it had a couple of episodes dedicated to him. Additionally, he was thankful for this and didn’t expect it when the crew was filming during the season. The 7X Rebounding champion also explained it helped him to gain more popularity, which he never needed in the first place.

Last year, while speaking to Joe Buck, Dennis Rodman revealed a story where he overshadowed Michael Jordan. “Michael said, ‘Oh my god Dennis, when I went home for Halloween, my kids, they were dressed up like Dennis Rodman, ‘” revealed Rodman. It did annoy MJ, but it was all in a fun spirit.

Although Dennis Rodman did not have a lot of problems with the docuseries, Pippen was relentless in his memoir, where he even brought out the DPOY award, which MJ won in 1988.

Unlike Dennis Rodman’s constructive criticism, Pippen went all out to attack Jordan

Earlier this year, Michael Jordan stayed quiet on the DPOY controversy, even when Yahoo Sports’ reporter Tom Haberstroh claimed that there was a vast difference between MJ’s home and road game stats. But similar to how Jordan dealt with The Last Dance issue, His Airness once again did not reply to critics or Scottie Pippen.

But the former teammate of Jordan was hell-bent on proving his legacy, that he was no sidekick, which was the portrayal in the series. In his interview with GQ in 2021, Pippen made it clear that MJ was good, but he was not the only one responsible for the team’s success. Plus, he also aired another key issue.

Pip stated that Michael received $10 million for his role while other teammates and he didn’t earn a dime, as he highlighted the point of being filmed for the majority of the time throughout the season. Just because Dennis Rodman did not feel bad doesn’t mean only Pippen had the problem. But did you feel the teammates were disrespected or discredited? And should the feud be going on even 4 years after the documentary was released?

Stay tuned for more such updates and join us for the exciting second episode of the “Dual Threat Show” as our host BG12 sits down with Georgia Bulldogs star and Mountain West All-Freshman Team Selection, Asia Avinger.