Pippen my favorite athlete ever, but fukk all that right now.
MJ SON fukkING YOUR WIFE
He soundin' like a hoe. MJ a "horrible player"????
I hope Future drops a huge single and get MJ to make a cameo in the video
Pippen my favorite athlete ever, but fukk all that right now.
MJ SON fukkING YOUR WIFE
God damn breh....It’s wild. Jordan son hitting spots Scottie didn’t even know existed and got his wife feelin like she 25 again. It couldn’t be me…
I say this all the time.If MJ was in this era and pick and choose his teammates like Lebron, he'd be alright.
You are absolutely right, but show me where MJ never gave props to Scottie. Even in the last Dance MJ gave him his props, despite disagreeing with him on choosing to sit out over his contract.Before we bash Scottie too much, let's remember how important he was to MJ and those Bulls teams.
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Batman definitely needed Robin in that instance.
Such a stupid debate that's been bought up by pro Lebron fans such as Shannon and Nick Wright.
Jordan was gonna break through once the team around him got better and he matured to take a different coaching philosophy of getting his teammates involved
If MJ was in this era and pick and choose his teammates like Lebron, he'd be alright.
scotties skillsets are more common
. i can find that in multiple current number 2 options to fulfill his role on that team
defense , facilitator... scoring 18 points a game in the playoffs
michael is a 1:1
Sounds like he'll fit right in here with the rest of the Bron stans![]()
Pippen's 10 & 13 ppg in the playoffs his first two years really took the Bulls to another level...Jordan was 1-9 in the playoffs without him. I guess he was just playing for stats![]()
To be fair to Scottie I’m curious what question was asked and what his full answer was
One thing he seemed to say that I agree with is that there’s no greatest player ever because it’s a team game
Who cares if a current #2 can do it? In the 1990s, Scottie was literally the ONLY forward in the NBA with that skillset. No one else was defending multiple positions at a GOAT level while also being an elite facilitator, a capable #1 option, and a floor spacer.
Scottie's skill set meant that MJ could lay back and be a secondary facilitator and #3 or #4 defender, rather than having to take the lead on both of those. It meant that the Bulls could put a pure shooter like Paxson or Armstrong or Kerr at the other guard spot, and it didn't hurt the offense cause Scottie was facilitating anyway. It meant that the Bulls could put a defense-focused player with size like Harper there too, and it still didn't hurt the team cause Scottie had the passing and scoring taken care of and was stretching the floor himself. It meant the Bulls could play a no-defense scorer like Kukoc at the other forward spot and Scottie would take care of forward defense, or a no-offense forward like Rodman there, cause Scottie had the offensive responsibilities handled.
Let's pretend that MJ got a different sidekick instead of Scottie. Who were the elite small forwards of the early 1990s not named Scottie Pippen? We're talking guys like Dominique Wilkins, Glen Rice, Chris Mullin, Jerome Kersey, Chuck Person.
Well, none of those guys can distribute. So now the Bulls have to get a pass-first point guard to put next to MJ. They can't just grab yet another #1/#2 option, they're gonna be stuck with some Bimbo Coles or John Bagley type, someone who can't space the floor and shoot the ball nearly as well as Paxson or Armstrong or Kerr. And now since MJ is next to both a SF and a PG who can't defend wings at an elite level, he's gonna be responsible for ALL the elite defense. Either he's gonna have to defend the other team's star all game, or they're gonna go off. And it was so disruptive to other offenses when they had Pippen and MJ causing problems simultaneously, but now it's just MJ by himself and he's gonna be tired too.
That's the difference Pippen makes. He increased the roster versatility, he improved the spacing, he vastly increased the defense, and he kept MJ fresh on both ends to focus on scoring, all while being just as good a scorer himself as nearly all the other elite SFs of his day.