It appears TMZ Sports has found the one old-timer willing to give the Golden State Warriors a little credit. Problem is, he may be a bit biased.
TMZ caught up with former NBA forward Mychal Thompson, father of Warriors guard Klay Thompson, who laughed off Scottie Pippen's belief that the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls would sweep the record-setting Golden State squad.
"It doesn't surprise me. That's the way he's supposed to feel," Thompson said. "They're one of the greatest teams ever. [Pippen] is one of the greatest players ever, and that's the way he's supposed to feel. But I think the Warriors would win."
Pippen, who was Michael Jordan's co-pilot on those Bulls teams of the 1990s, said over the weekend that Chicago would win a hypothetical seven-game series in four. He also said he'd be able to do the impossible and find a way to fluster MVP favorite Stephen Curry.
"I think that my size and length would bother [Curry] a little bit," Pippen said, per ESPN.com.
Thompson, for his part, gave much more credit to the Bulls. That said, he remained boastful about his son's team in a way t ...
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Klay Thompson’s Dad, Mychal, Responds to Scottie Pippen About Bulls vs. Warriors
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