nobody said he didnt
im only making a argument for jordan
people throw "well pippen played with jordan" out there like it was the same as what bird, magic, lebron and kobe had/got around them
people say, well jordan didnt win shyt without pippen, people neglect all them years that jordan couldnt win shyt with pippen. and when the blueprint to beat the bulls was to double jordan and make his teammates beat you. and knock pippen down a few times cause he soft. people forget that part of the story. people forget that in the 96,97,98 the 2nd 3 peat era pippen point totals went down from the reg season vs the playoffs.
its just not the same as bird having mchale next to him, or magic having kareem, or kobe having shaq. nights when them dudes was off the other player could take over a certain way. if jordan wasnt going ham, that was normally a loss.