Pippen still remembers the first time he met Michael Jordan.
It was in the summer of 1987, in the suburbs of Deerfield, a satellite city of Chicago, at the Multiplex training center. Pippen walked into the training field with then Bulls head coach Doug Collins.
Doug Collins introduced Pippen to the Bulls players who were training, saying this was the team's rookie and he wanted to greet everyone.
At that time, there were three people in the gym, one was Jordan, and the other two were Pete Miles and Sedale Threatt; Pippen knew Pete Miles, who came from Little Rock University in Arkansas.
Pippen had participated in the summer league in Little Rock with him.
Just as Pippen was about to greet Miles, he suddenly heard Jordan's voice.
He said: "Oh Xie Te, we've got another boy from Arkansas."
His words were full of irony and disdain, making Pippen feel very awkward, being an introverted, silent Southern boy at that time.
