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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Andrew Lawrence

Scottie Pippen and the heady rise of the athlete turned crypto bro

Scottie Pippen, shown here at this summer’s Paris Olympics, has promoted a token based around a ball in the 1991 NBA finals.
Scottie Pippen, shown here at this summer’s Paris Olympics, has promoted a token based around a ball in the 1991 NBA finals. Photograph: DeFodi Images/Getty Images

Scottie Pippen is selling out his NBA legacy again, to be world champion of crypto.

In his heyday, the hall of famer was happy to be the Robin to Michael Jordan’s Batman. But time, Netflix’s Last Dance documentary and the compounding embarrassment of his public divorce from the ex-girlfriend of Jordan’s eldest son, Marcus, appear to have made him so bitter about playing second fiddle that he has apparently moved to contemplating whether the NBA’s 90s dynasty needed another hero.

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