Lets settle this once and for all, How good was Scottie Pippen???

[daemonova]

we know he couldn't do it in Houston, with a fat undersized Barkley and an aging Olajuwon

we know he couldn't do it in Portland, because that team had no disicpline

we know he couldn't do it without Mike in Chicago

so where is he at??

 

[jdubnyce]

Top 40

 

[the cool]

Snottie drippen

 

[Tony D'Amato]

If 40yr old Jordan was on that Portland team, they woulda won a championship. That situation just proved Pip definitely wasn't a leader

 

[Panther]

Top 25

 

[Newzz]

we know he couldn't do it in Houston, with a fat undersized Barkley and an aging Olajuwon

we know he couldn't do it in Portland, because that team had no disicpline

we couldn't do it without Mike in Chicago

so where is he at??

What do you consider "do it"? Scottie Pippen did his THANG in 1994 and in 1995 up until Jordan returned....even finishing 3rd in the MVP race in 1994.

In Houston, they just didnt mesh well. He played awful in the playoffs that year, as well as The Dream, and it was a blatant case of too many Chiefs and not enough Indians. Pip WANTED to prove badly that he could win a title without MJ and didnt wanna play the "sidekick" (or 3rd wheel) role in Houston (think Kobe's mindset from 2004-2009).

He stayed there for only that 1 season, but I believe Dream, Chuck, and Pip wouldnt have never figured it out at that particular stage of their respective careers.

In Portland, it wasnt because the team had no discipline, it was because they couldnt stop Shaq & Kobe. The Blazers lost to the Lakers in the playoffs in 2000, 2001, and 2002.....3 of Pip's 4 years in Portland. The Lakers were also NBA Champions those years as well, so you cant hold that against him/Blazers.


Scottie Pippen is a top 5 SF since the NBA-ABA Merger (LeBron, Bird, Durant, Erving, Pippen) and should be respected as such.

 

[Tony D'Amato]

What do you consider "do it"? Scottie Pippen did his THANG in 1994 and in 1995 up until Jordan returned....even finishing 3rd in the MVP race in 1994.

In Houston, they just didnt mesh well. He played awful in the playoffs that year, as well as The Dream, and it was a blatant case of too many Chiefs and not enough Indians. Pip WANTED to prove badly that he could win a title without MJ and didnt wanna play the "sidekick" (or 3rd wheel) role in Houston (think Kobe's mindset from 2004-2009).

He stayed there for only that 1 season, but I believe Dream, Chuck, and Pip wouldnt have never figured it out at that particular stage of their respective careers.

In Portland, it wasnt because the team had no discipline, it was because they couldnt stop Shaq & Kobe. The Blazers lost to the Lakers in the playoffs in 2000, 2001, and 2002.....3 of Pip's 4 years in Portland. The Lakers were also NBA Champions those years as well, so you cant hold that against him/Blazers.


Scottie Pippen is a top 5 SF since the NBA-ABA Merger (LeBron, Bird, Durant, Erving, Pippen) and should be respected as such.

Sheed was getting techs and JR Rider was doin silly sh1t all the time. That team lacked discipline. The Jailblazers

 

[Jplaya2023]

we know he couldn't do it in Houston, with a fat undersized Barkley and an aging Olajuwon

we know he couldn't do it in Portland, because that team had no disicpline

we couldn't do it without Mike in Chicago

so where is he at??

In houston scottie, charles, and dream were all flabby n sick They get a pass

Portland had a bunch of dum nikkas and scottie was fried.

He had 1 and 1/2 year in chiago to win and they were a hugh hollins foul away from destroying the pacers in the ECF before losing to houston in 7 games in the finals.

top 40 of all time

 

[luckyse7enz]

What do you consider "do it"? Scottie Pippen did his THANG in 1994 and in 1995 up until Jordan returned....even finishing 3rd in the MVP race in 1994.

This often goes unmentioned about Pippen.

 

[Brozay]

This often goes unmentioned about Pippen.

Actually, I feel like it gets mentioned alot

 

[unit321]

He was good.

 

[red222]

Actually, I feel like it gets mentioned alot

What people fail to remember is that Hue Hollins screwjob was to get to CF not Finals.

 

[No Homo]

Scottie was very very good ..damn good. His gift and curse tho was playing with Mike similar to kobe playing with shaq those early yrs

 

[Ronnie Lott]

If 40yr old Jordan was on that Portland team, they woulda won a championship. That situation just prived Pip definitely wasn't a leader

 

[nomoreneveragain]

Great Player

Even Jordan said in his HOF Speech, he didn't win no rings without Scottie Pippen.