"Pippen is not a top 50 player"-Skip

[god shamgod]

Where do you rank him all-time? Where would he rank in today's league? Do you think Paul George is better than him?

All time top 50-55.Now I thought about it In todays league pippen would be a top 6-10 player(lebron,durant,kobe,paul,westbrook and maybe curry are the only players I can think of who are better) cuz of the style of play it's not physical,he can slash and finish and his overall game would thrive but his jumper would get exposed when teams zoned up.Defensively you can't do shyt like the 90's so I don't know if he'd be as effective as an defensive player

As of right now I can't say george is better but he definitely has the potential to be better.I gotta see george do his thing for another 2-3 years

 

[GreatestLaker]

All time top 50-55.Now I thought about it In todays league pippen would be a top 6-10 player(lebron,durant,kobe,paul,westbrook and maybe curry are the only players I can think of who are better) cuz of the style of play it's not physical,he can slash and finish and his overall game would thrive but his jumper would get exposed when teams zoned up.Defensively you can't do shyt like the 90's so I don't know if he'd be as effective as an defensive player

As of right now I can't say george is better but he definitely has the potential to be better.I gotta see george do his thing for another 2-3 years

That's actually a really good point. One of Pippen's strength as a player was his ability to take out a player by maning up on him. In today's league you aren't allowed to play that type of physical defense. So because of that he wouldn't have the same kind of impact that he had in the 90's.

 

[mitter]

Players I would take over Pippen without question. (In no particular order)

1. Dirk
2. Duncan
3. Garnett
4. Magic
5. Chris Paul
6. Kobe
7. Wade
8. Lebron
9. Durant
10. Shaq
11. Hakeem
12. Kareem
13. Wilt
14. Karl Malone
15. Charles Barkley
16. David Robinson
17. Jordan
18. McGrady

Then you have players like John Stockton, Dr. J, Clyde Drexler, Grant Hill, Gary Payton, Patrick Ewing etc. that were around the same level as him. Its hard to come up with 50 players that were definitely better than Scottie. Pippen at his peak was arguably a top 5 player in the league. So I have to say yes he is top 50.

I'd take Pippen over McGrady, Robinson, Barkley, Malone, Durant (for now), Wade, Paul, Dirk and KG.



Guys who HAVE to be ranked ahead of Pippen:

Wilt
Shaq
Russell
Kareem
Magic
Bird
Dr. j
Hakeem
MJ
Duncan
Baylor
West
Robertson
LeBron
Kobe


The next group of guys who come after that (Moses Malone, Rick Barry, John Havlicek, etc.) is the general level Pippen is at

 

[GreatestLaker]

I'd take Pippen over McGrady, Robinson, Barkley, Malone, Durant (for now), Wade, Paul, Dirk and KG.

That's just crazy to me. We are talking about these players being in their primes right? How can you take Pippen over Robinson, Malone and Barkley when they were considered much better players than he was and they played in the same era? We saw them play against each other.

Pippen is not better than any of those players.

 

[Eternal Tecate]

the more this dude posts he exposes himself you're one of those stat nikkas.You clearly didn't watch the bulls play

I've probably seen more games than you have

 

[Eternal Tecate]

I love how it's implied "stat nikkas" don't watch the games. I watch more than you do and also know stats yet somehow I'm the uninformed one.

 

[mitter]

That's just crazy to me. We are talking about these players being in their primes right? How can you take Pippen over Robinson, Malone and Barkley when they were considered much better players than he was and they played in the same era? We saw them play against each other.

Pippen is not better than any of those players.

Look how soft Malone and Robinson were in the playoffs

Go check how many early-round playoff exits the Jazz had against teams they were FAVORED to defeat

Barkley didn't play any defense. Pip was a better two-way player

 

[GreatestLaker]

Look how soft Malone and Robinson were in the playoffs

Go check how many early-round playoff exits the Jazz had against teams they were FAVORED to defeat

Barkley didn't play any defense. Pip was a better two-way player

Pippen was just as soft in the playoffs. Those players still had a bigger impact than Pippen.

 

[Bolzmark]

I think you would struggle to find 50 players better than Pippen. Especially when you remember to include DEFENSE. I don't know Skips list, but once he gets down to 30 or so I think there will be a lot of type faces at dudes he thinks are better than Pip.