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5A Chicago Bulls Ring of Honor ceremony featuring Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman and many more sounds like a fun time for all. It wound up getting ugly instead.
None of Jordan, Pippen and Rodman showed up for the Bulls' ceremony honoring their inaugural Ring of Honor class at halftime on Friday, with all of them sending video addresses to at least acknowledge the event. Jordan's video wasn't what we would describe as emotional.
Other honorees included Phil Jackson, Toni Kukoc, Artis Gilmore, Tex Winter, Chet Walker, the entire 1995-96 team, Jerry Sloan, Bob Love, Dick Klein and Jerry Krause.
It was that last name which caused the ceremony to enter disgraceful territory.
To put it mildly, Krause, the Bulls' general manager from 1985 to 2003, is not popular among Chicago fans. Jordan famously despised him and he is widely blamed for the exit of Jackson in 1998, which precipitated the collapse of the team's dynasty. Krause died in 2017, so he wasn't able to defend himself when the team's legacy was re-examined in ESPN's "The Last Dance." Instead, the whole documentary became a chance for everyone to dump on Krause.