The Chicago Bulls marked a major occasion last week, as Thursday, January 11, marked the NBA organization’s inaugural Ring of Honor ceremony. A number of notable franchise alums were celebrated during the event, including coach Phil Jackson as well as the entire ‘95-’96 championship roster. Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen were also amongst the honorees, though both were notably absent. This turn of events happened amid the pair’s (one-sided) feud with one another. Now, thoughts from two of the team’s key execs have surfaced amid the news that both of the hall of farmers skipped out on the festivities.
After the event was announced in December 2023, there was a lot of speculation regarding how it might go down if the feuding former teammates were to have both shown up. It would seem that those fireworks – which even Charles Barkley was anticipating – weren’t meant to go off. Chicago Bulls team owner Jerry Reinsdorf didn’t discuss the drama between his two former star players while speaking to the Chicago Sun-Times after the ceremony. What the sports executive share his two cents on were the actual absences of the iconic athletes:
