NBA Hall of Fame inductee Scottie Pippen accused his former coach, Phil Jackson, of being racist as Pippen doubles down on earlier comments regarding an incident that occurred in the 1994 playoffs.

Pippen was on the Dan Patrick Show when he addressed comments he previously made in an interview with GQ about a playoff game in 1994 between the Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks.

Pippen famously refused to return to the game with the score tied at 102 and 1.8 seconds left in the game. Pippen was frustrated with Jackson’s decision to draw up a play to give the final shot of the game to a rookie, Toni Kukoč, who ended up scoring the game-winner.

“I felt like it was an opportunity to give (Kukoč) a rise,” Pippen told GQ. “It was a racial move to give him a rise. After all I’ve been through with this organization, now you’re gonna tell me to take the ball out and throw it to Toni Kukoč? You’re insulting me.”

In his interview on the Dan Patrick Show, Pippen made it clear that his opinion has not changed. “Why would Toni, who’s a rookie, get the last-second shot and you put me out of bounds? That’s what I mean racial,” Pippen said.

Dan Patrick proceeded to ask Pippen if he thinks Jackson was a racist, to clarify his thoughts on the perceived racist intent.

“Oh, yeah,” Pippen said. “Do you remember Phil Jackson left the Lakers, went and wrote a book on Kobe Bryant, and then came back and coached him? I mean, who would do that? You name someone in professional sports that would do that.”

“And you’re Jackson, who sits in the locker room and tells the players ‘this is a circle, and everything stays within the circle because that’s what team is about.’ But you as a head coach open it up and now you go out and try to belittle—at that time probably one of the greatest players in the game.”

Pippen was referring to The Last Season, a book published in 2004 after Jackson left the Lakers after winning three championships alongside Kobe Bryant. The book focused on the locker room tension and was critical of Bryant.

Jackson would return to the Lakers and end up winning two more championships with Bryant.

There are very few times where sports commentators get serious.

Whether it be because they’re discussing a game for a living or to hide behind a veil when they make controversial statements, it allows over-the-top personalities like Chris “Mad Dog” Russo to flourish. But on Thursday, long-time sports pundit Dan Patrick hit on a serious topic.

The 62-year-old sportscaster made an announcement about a medical condition he’s been suffering from. While the issue wasn’t public knowledge, he had been suffering in pain because of it and also saw his moods and memory affected by its treatment.

“I’ve been holding a secret,” he said. Patrick announced that he was suffering from polymyalgia rheumatica, an inflammatory disorder that causes sever muscle pain and stiffness around the arms and shoulders. He said the condition had been affecting him for most of the past decade. “It’s like having the flu and you’re not nauseous,” he described it to listeners of The Dan Patrick Show.

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“I hated getting out of bed,” Patrick said. He also told listeners that there was one Saturday morning where he couldn’t tie his shoes or even walk.

Patrick divulged that he was prescribed the steroid Prednisone for the condition. However, while it did help the pain and inflammation, it also caused an onset of depression and suicidal thoughts. Patrick turned to self-medicating with alcohol and even once took Vicodin in order to play a round of golf.

When that treatment began to no longer work, doctors suggested “light chemo”, which was administered once a month through an IV. Patrick said that brought on “headaches every day” and memory loss. He added, “Brain fog is what I have.”

“That’s what I want you to know,” he told listeners emotionally. With just five more treatments, Patrick looks to have relief in sight. But still, he knows that it will be an often uncomfortable period for himself. “Boy, I’ll be a joy to be around then,” he joked.