Some players from the Bulls’ championship teams still seem to be unhappy about Michael Jordan’s “The Last Dance” documentary, which premiered in 2020. Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant, and Luc Longley will take their show on the road this month with the “No Bull” tour in Australia.
The speaking engagements begin Friday in Tasmania before the former players travel to Melbourne and Sydney.
The tour’s website promises Australian basketball fans that Pippen and his cohorts will discuss playing with Jordan, being coached by Hall of Famer Phil Jackson, and the adversity they faced during their dynasty.
Throughout the 1990s, Pippen served as the Robin to Jordan’s Batman. The pair won six championships together. Grant, a power forward, manned the frontcourt for the first three championships from 1991-93. The 7-foot Australian Longley joined the organization for the next three titles from 1996-98.
“I speak my mind. This is going to be a no bulls—- tour,” Grant said this week. “Believe me.”
“The Last Dance,” which was released in weekly installments in 2020, was billed as the ultimate catalog of the Bulls’ dynasty. In recent years, Pippen has taken umbrage with his portrayal in the documentary.
“They glorified Michael Jordan while not giving nearly enough praise to me and my proud teammates. Michael deserved a large portion of the blame,” Pippen wrote in his memoir in 2021. “The producers had granted him editorial control of the final product. The doc couldn’t have been released otherwise. He was the leading man and the director. I had expected much more.”
• Liam Griffin can be reached at lgriffin@washingtontimes.com.
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