On September 9, 1994, Michael Jordan came back from baseball briefly to play in a charity game organized by Scottie Pippen and New York Knicks Guard John Starks got to witness Michael one up Scottie
In 1994, New York Knicks guard John Starks got to see how Michael Jordan prepared himself for a comeback to basketball.
Jordan may have been playing minor league baseball, but he wasn't ready to give up basketball entirely. The signs he was going to return came on Sept. 9 when he played in the Scottie Pippen Charity Game. It was the last event held at the old Chicago Stadium before the opening of the United Center one year later.Jordan played alongside Starks, Charles Oakley, Vernon Maxell, Mitch Redmond, Jason Kidd, and Gary Payton. Pippen teamed with Ron Harper, Toni Kukoc, B.J. Armstrong, Antonio Davis, Nick Anderson, Eric Murdock and Isaiah Rider.
"I'm on Michael's team, which I was thankful for that, I'm playing on his team," he said. "And Scottie called himself stacking the team against him. He said before he went out 'Just give me the ball and move out the way.' So I was on the court, and everybody gave him the ball, him and Scottie was one-on-one for the majority of the whole game, and he lit Scottie up for like 55, 60 points.
Zachary Draves is a contributor to Back In the Day Hoops On SI. He can be reached at [email protected] and on Instagram @zdraves0633.
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