Former NBA star Scottie Pippen has claimed that referees used to make an unbelievable request to Michael Jordan after matches.
American legend Jordan is often regarded as the NBA’s greatest player of all time.
During what was a truly glorious career, Jordan won six NBA championships whilst playing for the Chicago Bulls and has also played for the Washington Wizards.
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After his retirement, Jordan continues to be one of the biggest sportspersons in the world due to his work with Nike.
Pippen, who also won the NBA six times, once revealed that referees used to ask if they could get a pair of Jordan's shoes.
As reported by CBS Sports, legendary writer Jack McCallum told an incredible story about interviewing Pippen.
He revealed: "The first person I talked to was Scottie Pippen, it was just kind of coincidentally. I remember saying to Scottie, you know, how little I kind of knew him, even though I was in his presence for 100 stories. Every time I'd go to Chicago, I'd end up doing a Michael story, and sort of the story or Scottie's career was being overshadowed by Michael.
"And sure enough, during the interview, that's what we ended up talking about, and Scottie said -- does anybody have a deeper voice than that guy by the way? Imitating Pippen: 'Well, that's OK, I knew that's what we'd talk about, but that's OK.'"
McCallum continued: "He told me an anecdote the first 20 minutes. I will just never forget this. There's like 10 quotes that stand out for me from doing those interviews, and one of Scottie's was: 'The referees used to ask me if I could get a pair of Michael's shoes. They weren't asking for Joe Dumars' shoes.'"
In total, Jordan won six NBA Championships, six NBA Finals MVPs, five regular season MVPs, and one NBA Defensive Player of the Year.
Furthermore, he was an 11x All-NBA, 9x All-Defensive, 14x NBA All-Star, 10x NBA Scoring Champion, and 3x NBA Steals Champion.
Topics: NBA, Basketball, Michael Jordan
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