he's not praised by kobe fans. he's praised by EVERYONE. i got that info dead from WIKIPEDIA> so thats beat writer info they put up there. during the time things happened. not 100 years later living on this MJ is god nostalgia.
jordan was a monster among monsters. but lets be real. that fool wasnt winning a thing without another legend in pip and other very very good players in ho grant, kukoc, kerr. and another legend in rodman.
just like shaq needed another legend in dwade to win without kobe. just like kobe needed another legend....wait. is gasol a legend? you see that? kobe got 2 good ones. with a guy that wasnt a legend.
Pippen was a great player but don't over rate him. he was basically danny granger with iggys defensive abilities. an elite defender, and a good number two option. He wasn't a dude you could build a championship contender around. you can build a finals worthy team around shaq or dwight. they both made there as the number 1 options. You can even build a finals team around wade. but how many finals did pippen make it to as the number 1 option? IF prime pippen was in the league right now he be ranked number 4 among small forwards. barely over people like granger and rudy gay but easily behind Lebron, durant and even melo.