Scottie Pippen "I should've won Defensive Player of the Year, but media was too obsessed with Jordan

[ChatGPT-5]

Love Pip but he's going out sad

Breh more mad at MJ than Future for smashing his wife

Original Will Smith

 

[UpAndComing]

Not sure who's the best ever, but Ben deff has a case

Him, Rodman, and Kevin Garnett are the only players in NBA history who can TRULY guard 1 to 5

 

[wire28]

More than one thing can be correct. Yes he should have won. Also he is coming off bitter and petty as hell.

 

[Osmosis]

Jordan should have never won the award

 

[bigde09]

Scottie is right. For all he did for that team he was one of the best defenders in the league. Playing with Jordan he was never going to get his full due.

When did Jordan steal votes from Scottie? I'm confused by the logic

 

[get these nets]

Jordan OPENLY campaigned for Pippen to get DPOY during the second three-peat era.

With as many First Team All Defense teams that Pippen made(8 consecutive), he should have broken through one year and gotten the crown.
The (full)year Jordan retired, the Bulls record was only 2 more losses.

 

[Primetime21]

Jordan should have never won the award

These are the voting results the year he won. Since you know so much, who should have won?

1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year voting - Newspapers.com

 

[cobra]

this dude owes his career to MJ but still wants to be bitter 20+ years later. It’s just sad to see Pip down like this

MJ hasn’t won anything without pippen

 

[keond]

He coulda pointed out how fukked up it was he never won DPOY without invoking MJ

 

[Professor Emeritus]

These are the voting results the year he won. Since you know so much, who should have won?

1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year voting - Newspapers.com

Hakeem, easily.

Chicago and Houston had similarly ranked defenses, but Hakeem was the absolute center of Houston's defense and they were much worse with him off the court, whereas MJ was great but their effort was more balanced with Oakley, Grant, Corzine, and young Pippen all having a big impact defensively. MJ ended up winning in large part due to his gaudy steal/block numbers, but he gambled a ton and when Phil Jackson came in he critiqued MJ for that, saying he often gambled rather than playing sound defense. Hakeem actually had just as many steals+blocks as MJ did, plus he impacted a LOT more shots on the defensive end, impacted more players on the court, and made fewer mistakes.

 

[El Jefe]

GOAT/Jordan brand need to release a collab kicks with FUTURE - I NEVER LIKED You edition... PRONTO

 

[Shadow King]

Should won in 2000 with the blazers


Both their legacies change forever if they win

There's no change in Jordan's legacy with a Blazers ring. Pippen was over the hill and part of an ensemble cast, winning in 94 or even getting to the Finals is a different story.

 

[bigde09]

I’d pay good money to see a Jordan vs Pippen 1 on 1 game

Mike would shyt on him.

 

[Shadow King]

nikkas are asking what year Pippen should've won when the post clearly says it

Anuerysms

 

[The_Sheff]

He isn’t lying.