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NBA icon Michael Jordan delighted the basketball world by coming out of retirement in March 1995.<\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/p>\n

Jordan rejoined the Chicago Bulls following his baseball stint with the Birmingham Barons and only came back since Scottie Pippen was still on the team.<\/p>\n

The Bulls almost traded Pippen to the Seattle SuperSonics for Shawn Kemp following the 1993-94 season. However, the deal got squashed at the last minute, allowing Jordan to return to Chicago near the end of the 1994-95 season.<\/p>\n

During All-Star Weekend in 2008, Jordan told J.A. Adande of ESPN that he probably would have remained retired in 1995 had the Bulls traded Pippen to the SuperSonics for Kemp.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could have played with Shawn,\u201d Jordan said. \u201dBut I wouldn\u2019t have been as comfortable as I was with Scottie.\u201d<\/p>\n

After hearing about the Seattle rumor, Pippen was dead set on leaving the Bulls in February 1995 and nearly got his wish. The Los Angeles Clippers offered Chicago two first-round picks and the right to swap picks the following two seasons.<\/p>\n

However, Pippen changed his mind since Ron Harper had said playing for the Clippers was like being in jail.<\/p>\n

\"Scottie<\/p>\n

Eight days after the Clippers failed to acquire Pippen, Jordan quit baseball because of a labor dispute and the rest is history.<\/p>\n

Behind Jordan and Pippen, the Bulls won three straight NBA titles in 1996, 1997 and 1998. Ironically, they beat the SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA Finals in six games.<\/p>\n

During his second run with the Bulls, Jordan averaged 29.4 points. He won two MVPs, three scoring titles and three Finals MVPs.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Pippen put up 19.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game from 1995-96 and 1997-98.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to forget Jordan never won a playoff series without Pippen. That\u2019s probably why Jordan appreciated Pippen so much since he knew how valuable Pippen was.<\/p>\n

Jordan and Pippen won six championships together in the \u201990s and went undefeated in the NBA Finals. In Episode 2 of ESPN\u2019s \u201cThe Last Dance\u201d docuseries, Jordan talked about his favorite partner in crime.<\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/p>\n

\u201cI would never be able to find a tandem, another support system, another partner in the game of basketball like Scottie Pippen,\u201d Jordan said. \u201cHe was a pleasure to play with. He helped me so much in the way that I approached the game, the way I played the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever they speak Michael Jordan, they should speak Scottie Pippen. When everybody says, well, I won all these championships, but I didn\u2019t win without Scottie Pippen and, you know, that\u2019s why I consider him my best teammate of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pippen may have refused to go into a playoff game in 1994 and thrown a chair on the court in 1995, but his basketball talents were impeccable.<\/p>\n

After all, there\u2019s a reason Jordan never wanted to play for the Bulls without Pippen by his side.<\/p>\n

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