 What is the origin of your bad feelings toward LJ? It's not really much about me about him. You know, he posed right to me I don't see where his game is at the level where he can come out and criticize anybody as a player The history behind the Scotty Pippin and Larry Johnson beef Scotty Pippin was not one to shy away from a feud on the basketball court whether it was Isaiah Thomas Well, I can't speak for Michael, but uh, no, I did not Okay, I don't mind Michael Jordan saying I didn't want Isaiah to be on the dream team Charles Barclay, I wouldn't get y'all barclay an apology at gunpoint He could never expect an apology from me Anything you owe me apology for coming and play with a star at that point. All Larry Johnson There was always someone to go back and forth with not to mention it was the 1990s and the NBA was a lot different back then To many it was not only the golden era of basketball But also the best era for trash talking with Larry Bird fading out of the game The league still had players like Michael Jordan, Gary Payton, Charles Barclay and Reggie Miller and at the end of the era Kevin Garnett and Kobe Bryant who were all great trash talkers It made the game fun and exciting a game within a game So this beef between Scotty Pippin and Larry Johnson at the time was actually very typical for the era Just another exchange between two rival players except this one We can look back on and relive the feud that was lit in 1997 and break it all down in 2020 so with that said if you enjoy these types of videos, please let me know by smashing that like button It literally takes one second of your time and it helps my channel out tremendously And if you're new around here and you enjoy these types of videos every single week Be sure to hit that subscribe button for more and with that said let's get on to the video Let's rewind to the start of the regular season back in 1997 The two guys he has exchanged pleasantries with this year have been Larry Johnson and Jeff Van Gundy Pippin spoke to Jim Gray Pippin had made some remarks about how the New York Knicks made a terrible move in the off-season as they lost their toughness by replacing Anthony Mason with Larry Johnson. I think that Mason gives you a lot more than what Johnson can give you Mason at the time was one of the New York Knicks hardest players Michael Jordan in a statement said Mace was one of the toughest competitors of our era and many players would attest to that statement But nevertheless, they traded him away for Larry Johnson Many think the Knicks dug their own hole by way of the LJ trade although some don't want to discuss it Larry Johnson was just coming off his stint in Charlotte and looked like a very promising player Despite the fact that he was dealing with major back injuries at the time But surprisingly Johnson didn't retaliate to Pippin's comments Well, he didn't up until they faced off against each other for the first time in the 1997 NBA season During their first matchup against one another you could see the tension between LJ and Pippin from the moment the ball was tipped But that night belonged to Jordan as he dropped 51 points and was having a little fun of his own with the New York Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy Jordan with 49 Jordan now has 51 The balls in the Knicks would go back and forth But the balls would end up being the game by one point and like I said MJ had 51 points But the New York Knicks fall to Chicago in the first of four games this year They're 28 and 12. I noticed on the last basket. You took a hard look at the Nick bench I did Thanks Mike after the game Larry Johnson had some words for Scotty Pippin, you know, whatever Scotty thinks about me fine You know, he posed no threat to me. He knows what I think about him Which is nothing, but then Pippin after the game would go on to say that Larry Johnson was garbage Something to say to he's garbage. I don't think Scotty size. I think he said he's He might as well have been sitting over there with Spike Lee all he's doing is being a cheerleader for them He's trying to get the monkey off his back This led to a highly anticipated second matchup between the two teams I talked to Larry Johnson before the game. He said this is the ultimate pickup game played in the ultimate place It's Patrick and his boys against Michael and his boys to see who is the best today Because not only did you have the beef between Larry Johnson, Scotty Pippin It was also MJ and Van Gundy one of that earlier meeting against the Knicks in Chicago Michael Jordan lit up the Knicks for 51 points and you may recall Jordan lashing out verbally at Nick coach Jeff Van Gundy Michael upset that Van Gundy had said that Jordan uses friendships and stature to con some of his opponents We talked about this earlier with Michael and asked is this still ongoing. It's kind of downplayed a little bit But it's never forgotten. I think you know when you hear certain things like that You put them in your memory bank and you use them whenever you feel you had to need to and You know, that's why I hadn't really forgotten it in the second game between the Knicks and the Bulls Larry Johnson made it His mission to shut down Scotty He purposely only took four shots the entire game and tried to hassle Pippin defensively And this time it was LJ's turn to talk as Johnson decided to add even more fuel to the fire within the Bulls and Knicks rivalry Pippin finished that game with just 14 points while shooting a shocking four from 18 from the field Whilst Johnson also didn't have the best game scoring only seven points He did take credit for shutting down Pippin defensively though Jordan didn't have the greatest shooting night either But he still dropped 36, but in the end the Bulls would lose and the Knicks won Which meant that it was Larry Johnson's time to head to the media that night Larry Johnson had some words for Scotty And he responded to his remarks from their first matchup by telling Pippin to pipe down He said he needs to shut his mouth now. All he needs to do is give the ball to number 23 That's his best play right there here 23 bail us out. He needs to shut his mouth Larry Johnson Referring to Pippin needs to shut his mouth. He's a bum and to be fair. He wasn't lying Scotty did have an awful game But either way Pippin didn't like the remark that LJ made. It's not really much about me about him It's what's the comment that he made about myself about our team You know how he felt like that we were as a team Michael's Cotellers if you want to say that definitely when he made the comment about me personally, you know, it It was kind of touching at that moment for me to top it off Pippin also questioned Van Gundy's coaching by putting Larry Johnson on Michael Jordan But instead MJ nearly won them the game in the end Then gun is not at the level of Michael or Phil. You know, he's trying to live off what Pat Raleigh is done for the next Which is nothing Jeff Van Gundy said that when you have number 23 on your team, it allows people like you To get very cocky Do you resent that? No, not at all. Then why the barb toward the coach of the Knicks Well, I didn't make any comment towards thank on the other than you know him putting LG on Michael, I mean LG not being able to defend me And then you put him on one of the greatest scores in the game that was kind of a I guess a tough decision. That's not saying a lot for Banked on this coaching again Jordan didn't mount a comeback in that second game after dropping 51 in the first game But unfortunately for the Bulls it wasn't enough and the Knicks would go on to win the game So on to a highly anticipated third game of their season series before the game Pippin had this to say about Larry Johnson After he previously criticized Pippin after the game prior He hasn't been able to accomplish anything to the level that where he's opened up people eyes to think that you know He's a great player in this game or he has made a mark at this this level You know the comment that LG made or I spoke first or whatever You know it was it was motivation to look forward to seeing them again But for us it's a game of which we can experiment with mess around with some of our bench players Let them get experience against a team that we consider a violent violent I didn't mean to use that word but a viable opponent for us in the playoffs and to start off the game It was clear Pippin was out for business. He tapped everybody up besides LG and it was on a lot of jarring between Murray Johnson and Scottie Pippin That's something that began about a month ago when Following the March 9th game here at the Garden between the Knicks and Bulls Pippin and Larry Johnson got into it and Larry Johnson Recruiting to Pippin needs to shut his mouth. He's a bum. All he does is get up there and hand the ball to number 23 That's his best play and that certainly started things and it's showing itself here now in their matchup tonight Which has been very physical and Pippin's been getting his shots and looking for them early And a loose ball foul That's guy Pippin had something to say to surprising. He's usually a quiet man. He's garbage That's very nice. He's trying to get the monkey off his back meaning Larry Johnson He throws to all the money that was spent to get Larry Johnson here to nothing Knicks on top Pippin off the weed meant by Johnson Scotty off the glass Pippin out front Team talent wise Pippin out front got a Pippin. It's a screen from Lonley and Pippin's been hot from the outside Hip to the fade away Throughout the game. It was no question The media had blown this rivalry out the fans were enjoying it But the Bulls made it their mission to openly feed Scotty Pippin as much as they could in fact Pippin had 33 points through the first three quarters and by the time the fourth quarter came around They switched LJ on to Mike and instead in the last quarter It was MJ the greatest of all time He would end up dropping 20 points in the fourth quarter and led his team to victory Pippin had responded off his horrific game against the Knicks just a month before as he went for 33 points whilst Jordan went for 34 and the Bulls got the win a hundred five two hundred three Larry Johnson would finish with 19 points and six rebounds which was respectable But the Knicks still lost Pippin had the game tying still and had the last laugh So with that said let me know what you think about this story this rivalry between Larry Johnson Scotty Pippin and after all it was a feud that was turned into something bigger something special It was a rivalry with an rivalry and it's these types of player rivalries and player beef that we missed today in the Current years of the NBA and to me it makes the game exciting Let me know what you think about the feud between LJ and Pippin and let me know if you have any other videos You'd like me to make similar to this one with that said I hope you guys enjoyed the video if you could leave a like that would be greatly appreciated less aim for a thousand likes And if you're new around here and you enjoy NBA content every single week be sure to hit that subscribe button It's been your boy Nick Smith. 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