The Celtics were also anxious because if they couldn't help the Bulls secure T-Mac, it meant they would also lose Pippen.
At the venue, T-Mac walked onto the stage, looking baffled, and took the Philadelphia 76ers' cap.
Until he shook hands with Stern and walked into the interview studio, T-Mac still hadn't grasped what had happened.
Philadelphia?
They never even gave me a trial!
The commentators began talking about T-Mac's basketball career, and naturally, they had to mention his tragic fatherless childhood.
The play styles of Black players varied widely, but their childhood stories were strikingly consistent.
However, this trend of comparing hardships would be thoroughly ended by 2024.
When a rookie wearing number 55, who had undergone heart surgery and lived with an unemployed mother, two siblings in school, and a father about to be jobless, entered the league, no one could claim to have had a sadder story than his.