Pippen vs Barkley’s “sorry fat butt”

1999 war of words between Scottie Pippen and Charles Barkley. Pippen, Barkley play the feud In an interview for ESPN’s SportsCentury series Wednesday, Scottie Pippen used the words “fat” and “selfish” to describe teammate Charles Barkley, who criticized Pippen in an Up Close interview Tuesday for wanting to leave the Houston Rockets. Barkley said he sacrificed greatly to make salary-cap room on the Rockets for Pippen, who signed a five-year, .2 million contract before last season. “For him to want to leave after one year, it disappointed me greatly,” Barkley said Tuesday. “The Rockets went out of their way to get Scottie and the fans have treated him well, so I was just disappointed in him.” Pippen was offering no apologies Wednesday and reiterated that he wants to play elsewhere, preferably for the Lakers and Phil Jackson. “I wouldn’t give Charles Barkley an apology at gunpoint,” Pippen said, never raising his voice. “He can never expect an apology from me. … If anything, he owes me an apology for coming to play with his fat butt.” Pippen said he was the one who should be disappointed. “He’s a very selfish guy,” Pippen said of Barkley. “He doesn’t show the desire to want to win. That’s my reason for wanting to get away from playing with him anymore because he just doesn’t show the dedication. “I probably should’ve listened to Michael (Jordan) a year ago when he said that Charles will never win a championship because he doesn’t show any dedication.” Pippen wasn’t …