As a guest on The Dan Patrick Show on Monday, Pippen elaborated further on some comments he made in a GQ feature by Tyler Tynes. Pippen went on to say Jackson was a “racist”, and that was the motive behind drawing up a play during Game 3 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Bulls and Knicks. In a tie game with 1.8 seconds remaining, the decision was to have Pippen inbound the ball to his Croatian teammate Toni Kukoc for the game-winning shot.
Shaq believes all the recent comments from Pippen are to promote his new book and bourbon, and also says Jackson isn’t a racist.
“I don’t want to get involved in other people’s beef, but Phil is definitely not a racist, O’Neal said. “What he said about Barkley makes a lot of sense, but he’s coming out with a new drink and a new book. Maybe this is all marketing.”
Shaq believes all the recent comments from Pippen are to promote his new book and bourbon, and also says Jackson isn’t a racist.
“I don’t want to get involved in other people’s beef, but Phil is definitely not a racist, O’Neal said. “What he said about Barkley makes a lot of sense, but he’s coming out with a new drink and a new book. Maybe this is all marketing.”
