- Things have turned sour between Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen
- Jordan also has problems with Charles Barkley, his former best friend
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Charles Barkley can't wait for the Bulls' upcoming Ring of Honor ceremony next month, which will awkwardly reunite Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen.
The pair won six championships together in Chicago and turned the 90's Bulls into perhaps the greatest NBA dynasty of all time.
But things have turned sour between Jordan and Pippen in recent years, with the latter saying the five-time MVP was 'terrible to play with' on the 'Give me the hot sauce'podcast. Jordan's son, Marcus, 32, is also now dating Pippen's ex-wife, Larsa, 49.
Now the former teammates — along with the rest of the 1995-96 championship roster — will be reunited on Jan. 12 during halftime of the Bulls' game against the Warriors.
And Barkley can't wait to see what happens.
Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan won six championships together on the Bulls
But Pippen's ex-wife, Larsa, and Jordan's son, Marcus, are now dating in an unexpected twist
Charles Barkley can't wait to see the awkwardness at the Bulls' Ring of Honor ceremony
'You know what? I have to go!' he said on the phone Then Patrick Show. “I'm just going to sit in the corner and stare… please, please, don't have it [on] I have to work one evening because I want to go there and be a fly on the wall.'
Larsa and Scottie filed for divorce from each other in 2016 after 19 years of marriage, while she and Marcus started dating last year.
Other members of the championship roster include legendary coach Phil Jackson and Hall of Fame forward – and noted loose cannon – Dennis Rodman.
'I'm telling you something. I'll just have to go to Chicago that day to see it,” Barkley continued. “I mean, you talk about the weirdest, most awkward… awkward stuff doesn't do it justice… no one's going to watch the Warriors or the Bulls, let's get that out of the way. But everyone will have their cameras trained on it [the Ring of Honor inductees].
After the release of the hit docuseries “The Last Dance,” which chronicled the Bulls dynasty, Pippen took aim at Jordan in his memoir “Unguarded.”
“I was nothing but a prop,” he said, as published in an excerpt of the book published in GQ. “His 'best teammate of all time,' he called me. He couldn't have been more condescending if he had tried.
Pippen and Jordan are seen in happier times in 2012, at the former's birthday party
He also said the show “glorified Michael Jordan, but didn't give me and my proud teammates nearly enough credit,” and claimed Jordan was given “editorial control over the final product.”
If Barkley actually shows up at the event, things could be frosty between him and Jordan as well.
The formerly close friends fell out after Barkley, a TNT NBA analyst, criticized Jordan's ownership of the Hornets in 2012 (he sold the team in August).
The pair have not spoken since, Barkley said on podcastAll smoke' this year.
He added 60 minutes“You can be good at something, but that doesn't give you the right to be a jerk.”