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Scottie Pippen is entering documentary recreation – NBA legend tells us He’s teaming up with a great filmmaker, and they’re making a series chronicling the 1990-1991 Chicago Bulls, focusing on the actual ball game from the title-clinching game!
“We’re trying to make a documentary about this basketball because we hope there are a lot of stories to be told,” Pippen said. Babcock node TMZ Sports Activities TV Gift (airs nightly on FS1).
“I think that ball really was the beginning of a dynasty and almost, I have to say, the end of an ideal dynasty on the Los Angeles Lakers, which we knew for many years in the 80s as ‘Showtime,’” said Scottie, explaining the importance of the basketball.
After all, the ’91 NBA Finals faced the LA Lakers, led by Johnson Magic, James Worthy, Sam Perkinsand Vlade Divacas opposed to the Chicago Bulls, powered by a 27-year-old player Michael Jordan and Pippen, 25 years old.
After losing game one to the Lake Show, the Bulls won the next four, sending the Lakers – who won ships in 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987 and 1988 – packing their bags… and ending their dynasty for good.
The Lakers wouldn’t win another title for a decade… once Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal I bought it for the city.
As for the Bulls, it was the start of one of the most dominant dynasties of all time… and the first of six NBA titles (’91, ’92, ’93, ’96, ’97, ’98).
Scottie says he teamed up with manufacturing company Hidden Empire Dean Taylor (DT is working with Floyd Mayweatheralso, in another venture)… who will bring the vision to life.
“I think it will be something extra throughout the season. I’m working with a team, but my preference is to see this ball really tell a story of what basketball was like in the 90s and what our journey was like to get to our first championship.
There’s more… Pippen, who has kept the sports ball for 33 years, is planning to sell a piece of the ball to basketball fans around the world, turning it into a digital token on the blockchain.
“What we end up with the ball is we tokenize it and imagine that this ball is a real-world asset. And so, we want to make this ball as useful as possible. So what we’re doing is giving that ball back to the group and allowing them to see the value and also build the value of this asset,” Pippen said.
In other words, Scottie is promoting fractional ownership of one of his most valuable possessions.
“I held this ball and held it tight with my championship rings and I also have six duplicate championship trophies. So I keep that as close to my heart as those things because I feel like that ball was something very meaningful to me. Even at that moment, after I got it, I just knew this was going to be the start of something specific.
No word on when the doc will be released… but judging by “The Final Dance,” there’s a lot of interest in the ’90s Chicago Bulls!