Scottie Pippen and Phil Jackson. What has that been like?
MJ: Well, it’s been a long road but a long, prosperous road. Sure, there’s been some bumps along the way, but you have so much respect for the people who have gone into the trenches with you, who have come from the bottom with you to the top. A lot of these guys that I’m playing with now never experienced when Chicago Stadium only had 6,500 people in it and to some degree, Scottie and even Phil haven’t experienced that. When I first started, that was the scenario. When they came, there was pretty much 11,000 season-ticket holders, and we evolved from that point forward. And we’ve been through the roads of disappointments with Detroit, and the injuries here and there, and yet we’ve compiled an unbelievable record, and unbelievable success in the month of June. That builds camaraderie between friends and players and coaches to the point that to rebuild, or to start over, or to have that with someone else you basically have to go through the same processes. You can’t skip steps to earn th
