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...Barkley scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds a game last year. The Rockets became his team after Hakeem Olajuwon continued to struggle after two knee surgeries. Barkley rebuked his teammates and played harder than anyone else, knowing that he is running out of chances to win a championship...
This comes after Pippen told ESPN that Barkley was "fat" and "selfish." Considering Barkley had a better year than Pippen, what does that make Scottie? How about "lazy" and "a quitter" and "a whiner" and, most of all, "overrated" and "overpaid...
...didn't play like a winner last year when the Rockets lost Game One of their playoff series against the Lakers? Pippen blamed Barkley for fouling Shaquille O'Neal prematurely. It was Pippen who dribbled the ball off his foot with eight seconds left. Earlier in the year, Pippen publicly wondered why the Rockets had traded for him if they were going to misuse...
...Pippen wants to quit. He now refuses to play on the same team as Barkley, whom he called one of his best friends last season. Barkley even defended Pippen for having such a miserable season earlier this week...
Before the season began last year, Barkley, a free agent, promised Pippen he would re-sign if Scottie were traded to the Rockets. They agreed to come on board together, and now Barkley is making the trip to the doctor's office to have the knife in his back removed...