Scottie Pippen, who needs no …

Scottie Pippen, who needs no introduction, except to say his first NBA season was Michael’s fourth, met Jordan when Bulls training camp commenced in 1987: “Michael was a little distant. He was more … he was competitive, that was kind of his drive in those days,” Pippen said. “I remember Michael said, ‘Well, we got another one of those Arkansas boys’ when I was drafted. Knowing the Bulls had drafted Pete Myers, he was an Arkansas kid, from the University of Arkansas (at Little Rock). He was actually from Mobile, Alabama. That’s kind of all I remember.”