Would Pippen be a top 5 player in today's NBA?

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nikka talk about about how "tough" the 90's were. how great the defenses were. how guys like curry would struggle, yet a guy who averaged 22/9/6 without jordan would somehow be worse in 2016?
 

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He's not whoever thinks that is a fool

kd
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all better than draymond green

way too premature on Giannis. He needs to put it together for a full season first

When you miss a ton of games like Griffin (47) and Davis (21), you aren't adding more value to your team than someone that played the full schedule + a full postseason slate at an elite level. Green was top 10 in 2016.
 

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way too premature on Giannis. He needs to put it together for a full season first

When you miss a ton of games like Griffin (47) and Davis (21), you aren't adding more value to your team than someone that played the full schedule + a full postseason slate at an elite level. Green was top 10 in 2016.

:dwillhuh: he already did

green a role player.Jimmy,Cousins,Kahwi,kyrie irving and melo better than green too
 

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:dwillhuh: he already did

green a role player.Jimmy,Cousins,Kahwi,kyrie irving and melo better than green too

No, he didn't. Post all star break taking full reigns over the Bucks offense is when he exploded. We need to see that over a full season because as it stands he did not have the impact of a top ten player in the league.

The best defender in the NBA and a big offensive plus is not a role player. Green is a star. With the exception of Kawhi, none of those players had a better season in '16.
 

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Pips giving the clamps to melo bron kd kawhi and Paul George.... remember 2012 lebrons D??? Pip had that shyt for like 10+ years fam
 

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Top-5? Probably not. Top 10? Definitely. I don't think this should be up for debate either.

He's the prototype for the modern NBA, especially defensively. Then add in the ball handling and passing, along with 15-20 a night. Very few in today's league possesses his skillset.
 

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I've heard people argue he was better than lebron. Pippen on last years cavs without lebron would have probably made it to the finals too... And pippen on Gs instead of curry. Gs would probably be better lol.

damn, so much fail in one post, almost like this dude has never even watched the game of basketball before.
 

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Pippen wouldn't even be a top 10 player

KD
Westbrook
Kawaii
Paul George
Lebron
Anthony Davis
James Harden
Demarcus Cousins
Stephen Curry
Klay Thompson

some of ya'll shouldn't be allowed to post bc you don't understand the game. Pippen put up around Klay's ppg AND played about triple the quality of defense that he did and rebounded and shyt as well. All thompson does is shoot well. How in thee fukk is klay thompson better than Pippen? shyt, Pippen is prb better than harden also.
 

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Pippen would average 25 7 and 7 in today's NBA as the number 1 option for a team so if he wouldn't have been top 5 he would definitely be somewhere in the top 10 though. He would be more offensive minded and that defense would still be elite and he would get the same type of praise that someone like Kawhi gets.
 
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