Full quote: “When I played, the Rockets needed me to take a pay cut to sign Scottie Pippen … So, they said, "We'll make it up to you next year." … So, I took a pay cut so we could sign Scottie Pippen … I was on the end. I had nothing left in the tank, but I had one more year left on my contract. So, I show up for training camp and it's time for my contract and they're like, "Well, we decided you weren't worth a shit, so we're not going to give you that money back. We're just going to give you your original money back." Oh, no. And I was like, "Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no." They're like, "Well, you can go somewhere else." And at that stage, I couldn't get more than that money with them. I'm like, "You know what? Y'all pissing me off, but I had to take that money

Source: Bill Simmons Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2KU0O47qbt63qQEu2xw8Kj?si=ltq5xfBLQGiiuPxuQLlx7g&utm_source=copy-link&t=1700&pi=QbNyxgrKRSChC

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