Nahhh I think that hate for Krause was REAL lol. Scottie elated in dogging him out and also in torching Kukoc.
But yea I get the thing regarding MJ and him more than likely just blowing smoke because of finances but I think the bitterness is real because the Last Dance portrays him as sort of a surly quitter when he didn’t get his way but Scottie is also choosing not to see that the Doc also showed WHY he was being a surly quitter and of i’m not mistaken most of the public reaction was aimed at Krause, there was very little backlash that went Scottie’s way. I mean hell fans are still booing the MEMORY of Krause in 2024 almost a decade after his death. If Scottie showed up courtside at a Bulls game he’d get hella love. Scottie’s peers speak extremely highly of him. MJ spoke extremely highly of him.
I think that a lot of negative feelings got amplified because of the timing of the documentary. It was Covid and all people could do was shut themselves in and discuss whatever wave could momentarily break the country out of its collective funk. The Last Dance was definitely a wave in pop culture, but in any normal year it would have been replaced in the news cycle a week or two after it aired.
This 100%
It’s on Scottie how he was portrayed in the entire 90s.
He signed the trash deal, married the trash woman and willingly stayed in Chicago under MJs shadow.
He also quit on his team publicly and needed a backiatomy along with a lobotomy since he had migraines as well.
Should’ve left after the 3rd chip and forced his way out west to the Lakers since they were trash back then and years away from Shaq.
Whatever went down from 91-99 was his choosing. He wanted to win and he did. But keep the smoke where it belongs (on both Jerrys) and not on Toni or anyone else on that team from rhat decade. He knew he played with a sociopath but that same sociopath was the golden goose of the league so he gets a free pass.
But it wasn’t like Scottie we being lil bro’d. He had a Nike deal and ANY team would’ve been happy to trade for him and rebuild around his dumb ass.