Ever since Kerr became a coach, he's always been looking for Scottie Pippen type players. Players around 6'6 to 6'10 who can distribute like a point guard, rebound and play extremely amazing lock down defense (Draymond Green, Iggy and Wiggs). Pippen is the blueprint of what the Warriors hope to develop Kaminga into.
I was a sophomore in high school when Scottie Pippen got drafted and after his first season I was his biggest fan. I modelled my game after Pippen and people noticed.
@@mannyneva1760 factz!!!! lol these are the fake Pippen fans. They not real Pippen fans they just have a strong disdain for Jordan lol. They use Pippen as a prop to try to diminish Jordan legacy lol
@@martinsimek only one that wasn’t was Krause cuz that was his man…but by 91 and then in 95 he wanted to trade him…period and that’s a fact he even picked up the name Shitty Pippen after 5e 90 season…you’re wrong and don’t know what the fk you’re talking about
I guess I just never saw MJ like I saw Scottie Pippen. Dude just did it all. When MJ could not fulfill his duty as main scorer Scottie just put on that hat and put on a show. And when he would come thundering down the court like a BULL, or would fly to the hoop like an AMERICAN EAGLE...just my all time favorite player. Edit: Chicago Bulls please please please remaster those 6 seasons! You would have a whole new set of fans who witnessed the wonder of that team.
That's a tough call. Pippen might rank in the top 10 of small forwards. But the position is loaded with all-time greats. Problem for ranking Pippen that high is the others in the top 10 were leaders and number one options on their team. Pippen might rank near Worthy.
@@JohnnyRugged06 That's a great debate. Worthy's scoring numbers are suppressed due to playing with Jabbar, Magic and Scott. He would score closer to Dominique if he was the No. 1 option. Pippen better defender and distributor.
I always remembered Scottie being pretty clutch..hitting threes and long range twos... had a great bank shot. Could drive to the basket as well as MJ in his prime.
Kenny Smith's comments about Pippen being a swiss army knife was a really great compliment imo and described Pippen very accurately. Great and underrated player
Put Scottie on half of the teams right now and he’s that Franchises best player on day one. Pippen would probably be a perennial 1st and 2nd team player and the best perimeter defender. Mike knew who he had with him but somehow he’s become so underrated over time.
Manny must have Neva watched Scottie play... Hahahaha.. did you just really say that Terry Cummings was better than Scottie Pippen are you freaking kidding me. Worthy up there in the same conversation but was never the defender or even close to the defender that Scotty was
Scottie Pippen was one of the Top 10 greatest two way players All tine ! 10 All Defensive player ; Scottie right up there with Larry Bird on intelligence , ; incredible all around player. No weaknesses ! Bravo Scottie ! 👏🏀🙋♂️🏆❤
My favorite thing about Pippen was how he ran a fast break. Watching basketball today (from high school to the NBA) and seeing teams pull up for 3 on a break or GETTING NOTHING from a 2-on-1 or a 3-on-2 break drives me insane. Pippen would NOT let that happen!
Pippen was my favorite player. Mike was Mike, the GOAT, but Pip was a beast in every facet of the game... ran the floor like a PG, could Score like a SG, rebound like a PF, and played GOAT-level Defense. How great was Scottie Pippen? So great that he didn't even have to score a point but he could control the entire game (as Steve Kerr once said).
@@PIP...33 Jordan most definitely belongs on the most "complete" players list as well... Dream the GOAT though??? I have him among the Top 10-15 best players ever, but he doesn't have enough Rings to be considered the best ever. Also, as great as Wilt was during the regular season he was pretty average in the playoffs... with his terrible FT shooting likely costing him at least a couple more Championships.
@@MAGA-kv1nj TERRIBLE FREE THROWS ?? U MEAN JORDAN TERRIBLE REBOUNDING COSTING HIM 2ND ROUND CAOUSE JORDAN CANT REBOUND DEFEND CENTERS BLOCK ...ARE U BLIND ??? YES U R.
@@MAGA-kv1nj SO U TR LIAR. OK BIRD IS BETTER THAN JORDAN. JORDAN NEVER WON 1 GAME VS BIRD. DONT U DARE TO SAY BIRD HAD BETTER TEAM CAUSE U DIDNT MENTION THAT RUSSELL HAD 9 HOF THATS WHY WILT HAVE NO MANY RINGS U LIAR. JORDAN IS NOBODY IN HISTORY TILL HE SEES 2ND ROUND ONCE IN CAREER.
I watched Scottie in college at UCA and he was a man playing a bunch of kids. His game was the perfect complement to MJ's. If an opposing team focused solely on stopping MJ then Scottie would light them up. He made Michael better, which is hard to comprehend.
people don't realize that they lacked a rim protector on those squads. They didn't need one because they were beasts on the perimeter and help defense. They can also switch everything due to their length.
He was elite, really elite player. Without Pippen there wouldn't be as many chips for Bulls. He was able to do anything on the court. The greatest duo in NBA is without any doubts MJ and Scottie
@@PikeBishop1 Man Jordan averaged 95-100 per game, 30 rebounds, 0 assists (because no one else was able to score), 8 steals a game, 8 blocks and defended all 5 players at all times. Did it all by himself. Amazing!
Scottie made himself into a superstar. Let’s be honest, his first few years were less than stellar. Once he came into his own, his game was beautiful thing to watch. Fluid…poetry in motion
Nah bruh - you are BUGGIN - Mike MOLDED Scottie - before Mike did that and toughened him up, Scottie was actually a bit of a bitch ass dude. I love them both but this is real talk. It was MJ whuppin Scottie's ass in practice that turned Scottie into the player he was once he blossomed, it was beautiful but I'm sorry, without MJ ridin him in practice every day, Scottie never becomes that level of player.
@@zoesh2441 It’s open for debate, but it is debatable. Top 50, 6 Chips, HOF, and half of a consensus top 5 duo…that puts you in the superstar debate. If EVERYBODY knows who you are, that also puts you in the debate.
What Scottie Pippen did against Mark Jackson in the East Finals (Pacers) was one of the greatest defensive performances of all time. Had Mark Jackson on the SHU Program.
@@dwightlove3704 of course he did. But Pip's impact was huge that series especially in game 4. When he switched on Magic that game, the momentum shifted.
@@eddieG667 Point taken here is a GREAT WHAT IF WHAT IF SEATTLE kept Pippen's draft rights in '87 he would have been the ONLY POINT GUARD WITH SIZE to deal with Magic Johnson in the Western Conference.Pippen might have had career stats just like Magic.
I'll tell you why Scottie was a MVP caliber player. Prime Jordan retires, and the very next season, Scottie leads the Bulls to 55 wins which was only 2 less than the prior season with Jordan. The Bulls lost in 7 games to the Knicks that year--the same Knicks team that later lost in 7 to the Rockets in the finals. And there was a blown call that cost them that series against the Knicks. That's how close they were to advancing in the playoffs and potentially facing the Rockets in the finals that year. For all you young folks who never got to see him play live, you don't know how underrated and underappreciated he is today. If Pippen didn't block Charles Smith 2-3 times in '93, the Knicks win their 3rd game of the series and may have closed it out. Pippen saved the season for the Bulls in '93. I could go on. He was on the short list every year of his prime of one of the best facilitators in the league. He was a top 5 defender in every season in his prime. He was arguably the 2nd best player in the league after Hakeem Olajuwon in '93-'94. As a Knicks fan that watched him help the Bulls eliminate the Knicks several times, I know how good he really is, and even though I hated that nasty dunk he threw down on Ewing, I consider it the best in-game dunk of all time. I also respect his game and believe he deserves much more recognition that he received.
Well what about the 94-95 season when Pippen was imploding all season long and the Bulls was a 500 to sub 500 team and was barely a playoff team and Pippen literally begged Jordan to come back and once Jordan finally returned the Bulls went 13-4 b4 Jordan returned the Bulls was 34-31. Pippen was definitely a good player but he was not on Jordan level #factz.
As far as the 94 playoffs against the Knicks in the ECSF. The Bulls was down 2-0 and if it wasn't for Kukoc the Bulls was on the verge of losing and possibly getting swept Pippen literally quit on the Bulls , but not one time did u mentioned that lol. I wonder why ,oh because it doesn't fit ur glamorization of Pippen as a player lol. Also the 2nd round of the playoffs is no closer than the 1st round. If u not in game 7 of the 3rd round then thatz not close fella. Since when do they give us ECSF 2nd round trophies??? Lol.
As far as young folkz well seems to me like ur young ur self fella or ur having revisionist history lol. Don't really know how Pippen was underrated and underappreciated when he was on the 92 Dream Team, Top 50 NBA player and Ultimately a Hall of Famer. Jordan always gave Pippen his credits, Phil Jackson and Pippen teammates gave him credit. The problem is u think Pippen is on Jordan level and hez not #factz. Let's keep it a buck the only reason why all of sudden Pippen has been brought up is because of when lebron went to Miami. See the Bronsexuals uses Pippen as a prop to diminish Jordan game. People claim to be big Pippen fans but it's only because they have a strong disdain for Jordan lol . Pippen was Jordan best teammates is what Jordan is on record saying.
In the 93 playoffs the Bulls won that series against the Knicks 4-2. Pippen didn't save Jordan because if the Bulls would've lost then it would've been a game 7. Big difference between a game 7. Also Jordan was getting double and triple teamed so his teammates stepped up with wide open shots lol. U obviously didn't watched that series because u just regurgitating ur Master Teacherz Shannon Sharpe and Nick Wright (WRONG) talking points. Jordan acknowledged he needed his teammates thatz why he was tough on them in practice so for series like that they'll be ready to step up unlike Lebum always tryna do everything like a dummy. Lol. Go study up fella because nba2k is not reality fella lol
Greetings from Poland. Like always Mr David. Before i watch... Thx for Pippen topic. Thats my favorite player. He can make kaszanka from most modern player. (kaszanka is polish food somth like sousage with blood and meet inside). I love Scottie. now i start watching. Scotti your one of the best ever. I hope we meet someday in food shoop in Poland. My son want to meet you. He has eight and he know you are my favorite forever. Greetings from Marcin Gortat home city - Łódź in Poland. ps. i hate emotikons but here only for Scotty :)
Hello Sean. Just wanted to send your channel some love. Phenomenal channel, with first class content! I'm in my mid 40s (45), and so for me, the 80s and 90s (1980-1997) is where it's at! I will always prefer this era. Modern day NBA is boring and almost cartoonish, in a way. Cheers!! Keep putting out top notch content!!!
The thing that solidified Scottie's greatness to me (and I was already a believer) was watching Pippen on the dream team. There were games where the supposed "greatest PG of all time" Magic Johnson would go to the bench. Stockton wouldn't even get in the game, and Pippen would run the point and the offense would get BETTER! Pippen could probably have made a legitimate case for the greatest PG of all time if he was in that position.
I definitely get what you're saying and I feel the same way. Because he did so many other things on the court, that took alot away from his full point guard potential look. I like to see Stockton try and cover what Scottie did.
I’m a Pistons Bad Boys fan who knew after our 1990 Championship, we were on borrowed time because along with MJ…. we knew that we were gonna have our hands full with Scottie Pippen and the next season we were right because he was a PROBLEM for us when we were swept in 1991 and it was confirmed against the Lakers in the finals.
Davivd Pippen would have been the ONLY POINT GUARD with size to deal with Magic Johnson in the Western Conference in the '80s.The Sonics are probably still kicking themselves for this trade.
@@dwightlove3704 The difference was with Scottie, you didn't have to pair him up with a smaller elite defender (Michael Cooper) when he played the point, because Scottie could guard anyone on the perimeter at an elite level. Actually, there was no one better than Scottie at that. So the Bulls could play larger whenever Scottie played the point and have a huge match up advantage in rebounding and post or perimeter offense. Unfortunately, if Pippen moved down to the 1, there was no one to replace him at the 3. If Kukoc played the 3, then Rodman couldn't play center like he would often do in the 4th quarter. They would have to use their jumbo lineup of Pippen, Jordan, Kukoc, Rodman and Longley (Phil actually preferred Harper, MJ, Pippen, Kukoc, Rodman at the end of games, although he would often switch offense and defense during fouls), but Longley couldn't play big minutes for whatever reason (conditioning, skill, foul trouble, etc.)...
@@OlJackBurton If Seattle had been able to get it's hands on Gary Payton and put on 25 lbs move up to 205 he would have been even better defender. Plus they had Xavier McDaniel who was no slouch on defense. Team Payton with Pippen your thoughts on this.
Man, in the 90's watching as an Australian teenager... MJ was out of this world, but my favourite player was Scottie. I could never do what Michael did, but I could learn to play defence like Scottie. He was the best wingman for MJ. I just wish he got paid like he deserved.
Was a Knicks fan growing up in the 90's, but I loved many other players throughout the league. Scottie was def one of the best to ever play. People get caught up in the Jordan hype, but there were so many good squads on the Bulls and Scottie was the glue just as much as Michael was in that era, if not more so when Jordan took that baseball hiatus.
Loved it when Scottie came to Portland. Dude also had one of the greatest smiles on the court. When he smiled at ya you knew he just got ya! Scottie was a bad man!
Scotty made huge shots in so many games. He usually good games in close out games in each series and in the finals. He would also guard everything from point guards to power forwards.
I had season tickets to the Blazers when Scottie was there and he was unbelievable. It's hard for me rank him other than he was an all-time great, at least top 20. I saw him in the NIke locker room a few times when the Dream Team was practicing on our court. He and David Robinson had the most incredible bodies -- remember how those guys looked. Then you see him and those incredible long muscles.
Scottie would have been a franchise superstar in majority of the teams. Good scorer, good passer, even better defender. See how many all defensive first team he has. Should have won at least one defensive player of the year award. Except he was on the bulls. Scottie was amazing. Could do it all and was unselfish (majority of the time). However He knew his role when MJ was around (pre retirement). I rate him very highly and was actually my favourite player even ahead of MJ.
Sean David I really love your channel bro! Lifelong Bulls fan who witnessed the MJ pre-Pip days as well as the championship years. Great channel! Please keep up the great work.
I'm old enough to remember when Jordan left those 2 years to play baseball and Pippen went off leading the Bulls to the playoffs and winning All star MVP that year. Pippen really doesn't get his due as an all time great. A top ten talent drafted from a small school balling like that.
@@rusted8157 absolutely Hakeem deserved the MVP, his stat line was insanely good. Top ten in all major categories as a true 5. That Dream Shake was unstoppable. I miss the old NBA, when Disney started influencing the game it went soft and unwatchable👍
@@rusted8157 I like Scottie as a player. I watched that season as well. My prime basketball viewing years, and I agree its a good argument, but while impressive and definitely all star caliber 22, 8, 5 and 3 was not and is not MVP caliber.
@@rusted8157 You know what? That's fair. I honestly forgot they had an excellent run in the playoffs. However, in my opinion a lot of these comments on this vid (not necessarily yours) are hyperbole and rose colored glasses.
@@rusted8157 I did. Scottie let me down big time in game 7 vs NY. Regular season the team played they asz off. But didn't have a clutch performer in close out in the playoffs. You didn't see that?
Grew up in The Chi and got a chance to see all the games. While everyone else was a Jordan fan, I was a Pippen fan. He did everything for the team. Including leading the team in every category one year.
Scottie made being unselfishness a asset as important as shooting or defending. He is the greatest player at making his teammates better. One of the greatest players of all time.
🤨idk about him makin his teammates better than anyone ever, u can say bird magic Bill Russell hell even mj made Scottie better but he’s definitely all time great
@@JC-po5zy Pippen made MJ better, too. Bulls were a disaster waiting to happen in late 1997 with Scottie out until 10/1/1998 (24-11). At the end of the season they were 62-20.
The Bulls don't have the rings without Scottie, the man who revolutionized the Point Forward position. Listen to Grant Hill talk about this man and the Worm too. One of the best ever esp. on D. "The fundamentals are built into his Swag"
I have a huge issue with Scottie Pippen. It's not about his playstyle, his recent beef with Jordan, or anything like this. No my main issue is that he is used by some fans and analysts to diminish MJ legacy. The Jordan - Pippen relation is the epitome of a player that never win alone. Jordan never won without Pippen, and Pippen never won without Jordan. The same way every legend never won alone, Bill Russell had Bob Cousy or John Havlichek, KAJ had Magic and vice versa, Bird had McHale, Tim Duncan had David Robinson and Tony Parker, Shaq had Kobe and vice versa, LeBron had Wade, Irving or Davis, Steph Curry had Klay Tompson. You'll see with every all-time great an all-time great lieutenant. Some of them being also an all-time great.
It doesn't matter if he is used to diminish the myth of MJ. But the fact is that MJ and Bill Russell are the two GOATs of basketball, new and old respectively. I love Lebron but he was just a bit worse than MJ was and he had that awful 2011. Lebron would have had to have won 6 chips for the conversation to be interesting but he is at 4 chips, 4 fmvps and 4 mvps. MJ was 6 fmvps, 6 chips and 5 mvps. MJ has had a greater career. Modern era IMO: 1) MJ 2) Lebron 3) Magic 4) Bird 5) Kareem 6)Duncan 7) Kobe 8) Hakeem 9) Shaq 10) Curry
They are just giving Pippen his respect. Everyone knows how great Mike was there's no taking that away but if you let people tell it Jordan did it all alone. Jordan was a beast but he had a great sidekick plus team around him and a great coach who won 5 more rings with the same offense using another Jordan type player later on with the Lakers.
@@slimjimmy4070 Facts, people are so keen on deifying MJ even though he is the modern GOAT of basketball. They do this to make make out that he was on a different league than the other top 10 players but he wasn't, he currently sits at number one but can be surpassed in the future.
Pippen had one last second game winning shot in his career. That is the shame as Kukoc had 3 or 4 game winners in the 1995-96 season. It was the right call by Phil.
@@falcons2123 I think that’s somewhat overdoing it. The fact the never had that “signature moment” or moments is a reason he is so underrated. But in rewatching key games he had several key shots. They all had moments. Ron Harper had key steals and blocks (another underrated player). Yes Pippen choked on some free throws, but he is very appreciated by his peers. You could critique lots of HOF players but I think Pippen deserves his place on the top 75 team
@@your_royal_highness no doubt he's def a top 75 but he wasn't known for coming up big in key moments which is why it seems MJ was the one who always came thru in the clutch bc pippen before 1991 just wasn't that guy. The Detroit Pistons knew that Scottie was the one to go after. Look at those playoffs when the Pistons were destroying the Bulls. MJ was still scoring 35-40 ppg. Pippen wasn't so great in those series which was the main reason they kept losing. Once pippen stepped his game up the hills never lost again with MJ and pippen
Sacrificed his career for the Jordan era,he was always great in his own right,people don't realize,give the man his credit,his Portland stint after the bulls was fire.
Pippen was a trash bag at first and after the 1990 season the city wanted his ass traded..Portland went to the western conference finals the year before Pippen. How much did he really help
"His Portland stint after the Bulls was fire" is some sweet revisionist history. The Jailblazers formed on his watch; the supposed real "leader" of the Bulls. Perhaps he was playing too much of the Good Cop in Portland. And we shouldn't overlook his lost season with the Rockets the year prior. How on Earth do the Trailblazers lose to the Lakers with such a big lead, and an extremely loaded line-up (1 through 12), and all Pippen has to do is lead and be 66% of what he needed to be on the Bulls? He was certainly a great player on the Bulls, but if you're not sacrificing, you're not winning. That goes for every player on successful teams. In a vacuum, Pippen doesn't get enough credit, but amongst LeBron and Kobe fans, he's become an extremely overrated All Time great; propped up just to make Jordan seem weaker. Jordan carried Pippen a lot in 3rd and 4th quarters in a TON of basketball games; specifically in the playoffs where Pippen (as a scorer) turned into a brick-shooter, and the Big Fade. How many memorable crunch time plays did Pippen ever pull off on those 6 Championships? He's as clutch as Chris Webber, and I'd actually argue that Karl Malone was MORE clutch than Pippen; despite his reputation. Pippen is one of the All-Time great disappearing acts in the game's biggest moments. It's all there to see, or rather, not see!
@@rusted8157 Scotty didn't sacrifice a damn thing. There was plenty of room for Scotty to maximize his game, which he often did. He was a great player, but he was among the many people who benefited from being a part of the Bulls organization during the Michael Jordan era.
I have to disagree about not having a signature playoff moment. It was on the defensive end. The change of the series started when Scottie switched to guard Magic.
Pippen had many signature playoff moment. The blocks on the knicks to finish the series,the pass to kukoc while sliding across the court to end the Jazz,guarding Magic,the dunk on ewing etc. To promote Pippen is to demote Jordan and that’s really what it comes down to so people just don’t do it. People love to talk about the migraine against the Pistons but they never talk about the fact that Jordan could have closed them out in that game and Pippen was only this role player!!!! Well he failed but again he gets the pass. If Pippen isn’t on that team Jordan may win 2 at most and maybe none if he had to deal with Pippen,Kemp and Payton.
@@VCthaGOATdunker Perhaps. The shift was cataclysmic. At the moment he started defending it felt as if the series was no longer in doubt and was 4 straight victories from that moment on.
@@globaloutdoorinnovations7511 I agree as Charles Smith in 93 Easter Conference Finals. 2 consecutive blocks to seal the game. Quintessential Scottie Pippen. ruclips.net/video/Aai_dFuhNbQ/видео.html Oh
Thanks for the video. I always loved Scottie Pippen's play. I'm reading the book these days and it's truly a great read. Sure, you feel the bitterness toward The Last Dance and Jordan's involvement in that (thing that in my opinion was overemphasized by the press and for marketing), but also you can read of the great respect he has for MJ. For me, in a few words, the Bulls wouldn't have been the 6 champion Bulls without Scottie... full stop... Pip was the glue and the soul of the team. UN-Replaceable.
He was a super nice guy to everyone even after the championship game they were in the harbor a day in My memories I'll take to the grave we meaning All of us who were there fantastic thanks 👍
Crazy to think he could've won at least 2 more titles with the 2000-2002 Lakers because they were trying to sign him. But I get why he didn't: he was done playing the unheralded sidekick. He would've been 3rd or even 4th option to Shaq, Kobe, and Rice. He wasn't chasing rings anymore and wanted to be the man.
@@danielcarter5816 agree that he wasn't going to be scoring 20 points at that point in his career, but if you look at Portland, he and Steve Smith were the alphas on that squad. Yeah, Sheed was the best scorer like you said, but he still treated Scottie like a vet and so did the other young players. So, to clarify, he didn't want to be someone's b*tch again and probably saw himself not being able to give orders to Kobe and Shaq.
I had to pause Jalen rose scottie had several signature moments his defense on magic when Jordan got in foul trouble is in the last dance magic even talked about how scottie made him work for every inch his defense and leadership in game 6 against Portland down by 16 in the fourth and Michael on the bench he shut down Drexler and led the bulls on one of the greatest 4th quarter comebacks in finals history and him coming back for the 2nd half against Utah in game 6 when he's fighting back spasms leave it up Jalen to say scottie is the most disrespected super star then disrespect em lmao
Pippen's main weakness was his shooting. Just look at his fg%. Even his ft%. They're way lower than other star forwards. And look at his highlights, they're all drives and dunks. He's still a top all star player despite the shooting. But shooting is/was essential, in his position, to be considered an MVP. He did everything else at MVP levels. But you can't be an average shooter, and an average free throw shooter, and be an MVP. Magic also wasn't a great shooter. But he sank his free throws. You're a liability if you're shooting 60% from the line.
@@coloneldusty4476 yeah, you're probably right. I'd have to rewatch him to see his affect on the court. I do love that he was a facilitator, and that he knew what to do, and when, in most situations. And looking back, his 3p% brought down his fg%. But his 2p% was in line with dr. J's. he wasn't even all that bad from 3. But it was just a growing phenomenon that didn't affect dr. J's stats.
Scottie's signature moment is when he blocked Charles Smith shot several times at the end of Game 5 of the 1993 ECF. If Scottie doesn't make those plays, the Knicks win that game, likely wins the Series, which means there is no first Bulls 3-peat.
No no no. Ask any Bulls fan from back then Pippen's signature moment was that dunk on Ewing. That and always remember unfortunately when Bulls lost in playoffs because Pip refused to go into the game. I also remember Pip was I believe third in MVP voting the year Jordan went to play baseball. Bulls would have made the finals is it wasn't for a bogus call by Hue Hollins, I remember that play involved John Starks.
It a lot people that don't know basketball that doesn't give this man his credit and its sad too see I saw it my own eyes when was playing he was LBJ before LBJ
Scottie Pippen had a signature moment! The time he pouted about not getting the ball and sat cross-armed on the bench. ruclips.net/video/bYcjCoy7R4I/видео.html
jordan didnt shoot threes like pip, pippen for three ,bang. the fudementals are built into his swagg, who got more steals, assists and he was a feared defender,the world said jordan is the star but honestly scottie was the life and soul of that team and the glue that held them together
LMAO there is no Bulls without drafting Jordan. And Jordan was a better 3point shooter than Pippen. Pippen only shot well during the shorter line 95-97.
Ppl act like Pip wasn't doing all that work qtrs 1-3 and to allow Mike to have the energy to close. Pip was a Dawg! I brought the 33 before I got the 23. Pip was that dude!
I watched the bulls since 86. Scottie was awesome. I always remember he was great at shooting off the glass and dunking and defense. He’s the best player I’ve seen shooting from the side of the glass
For me that was one of the greatest dunks ever or for me the dunk that made me loose my shit the most, I still remember that moment, I was alone in the living room and when he made that dunk I started screaming and jumping up and down the couch, my mom came out of her room scared, like she thought there was a fire or something, she looks at me and goes "son what, what? whats wrong?" and im just screaming, like a mad ape " AHHHHHHH AHHHHH" she is like " what?" and i, still screaming, point at the TV, were they were repeating the dunk of the 10th time. My mom went from a dumbfounded look to an angry look real fast "get yo ass to bed, right now, dammit, before i beat your ass" turns around to leave but before that takes one look at the last replay of the dunk and I heard her say "oh shit" and goes back into her room. What a moment. Love you u mom!!
Pip has iconic moments......the whole season when mike was out, the dunk against the bullets playoffs, playing with the hurt back against Utah, the dunk on Patrick, locking magic down in the finals but mostly just consistent hard nose basketball at the highest level.
See we all forget that Scottie was pretty close to a championship without Michael twice. And like Robinson, Barkley, Malone, Stockton, he won a gold medal twice. A gold medal is like a ring to me.
Maybe it’s just the marketing and commentary that didn’t market Pippen enough. Even the most legit sports rely on constant subliminal messages or redundant bias in commentary to make things players do look so much better or at least shine a proper spotlight on someone’s talent. If media stoked enough of Pippen’s ego I really think he would’ve had more leverage in his negotiations and recognition. A lot of it has to do with actual substance and talent (which pippen had in spades), the other half is the proper marketing (I think that’s where he didn’t get the help).
As a Chicagoan that was the right age at the right time, without a doubt, Scotty was LOVED by the city... Second only to, even more unbelievably, BJ Armstrong. I'm sure Scotty loves Chicago. He got mad love and had a platinum hood pass. People want MJs autograph, but people wanted hugs from scotty and to hang out.
Super-intelligent-basketball-machine with loads of swag indeed!! His unique versatility & dominance in his game, should never be overlooked! There so many instances during their Jordan era play-off runs, where Pippen really held their game together. Moments when the entire team, even Jordan, couldn't step up or find that flow, where Pippen comes out of nowhere & just ignited. Keeping his team in the game. Could've lost so many without him out on the field. And he was able to disrupt & be critical on ALL fronts! Re-watching his games, makes you realize quickly, that he was a true power-house & had a unique influence when game-time was on. One of the greatest, no doubt!!!
It's such a Shame that Scottie Pippens basketball legacy has been tarnished by off court stuff, hopefully he can find peace. But I thank you for this video, reminds fans how good and respected he is as a basketball player. Just imagine if the Supersonics were able to keep Scottie at the time he was drafted? Would've been one of Jordan's greatest rivals.
i remember in september 1991 when i went to NIKE exhibition called " FORCE TOUR " at Paris France with scottie pipen charles barkley and david robinson, PIPEN WAS so quick so hight so strong
Scottie's signature moment was defensively locking down Magic Johnson for the Bulls first championship. Scottie absolutely suffocated Magic. It was the key to winning the series.
Ever since Kerr became a coach, he's always been looking for Scottie Pippen type players. Players around 6'6 to 6'10 who can distribute like a point guard, rebound and play extremely amazing lock down defense (Draymond Green, Iggy and Wiggs). Pippen is the blueprint of what the Warriors hope to develop Kaminga into.
Damn, you noticed that too! Great minds work alike!🦾 it’s basically the blueprint in the NBA now ever since the warriors started the “death lineup!”
Good observation!!!
agree !! I START FRANCHISE WITH PIPPEN OLAJUWON OR GARNETT. MOST COMPLETE PLAYERS I WITNESS IN MY 40 YEARS
Iggy and Green were there beforehand it was Mark Jackson’s blueprint
@@PatrickBarnestheWizard mark jackson sucked as a coach.
Pip was and is my favorite all time player. Such a force on both ends. Unselfish plays and his focus was incredible. Jordan and pip best duo
Shaq and kobe ;)
I START FRANCHISE WITH PIPPEN OLAJUWON OR GARNETT. MOST COMPLETE PLAYERS I WITNESS IN MY 40 YEARS
@@mattscheib6801 THEY RIGGED RINGS AND FOUGHT IN 2003/04
@@mattscheib6801 ALSO I ENJOY TO WATCH PENNY + HIM MORE THAN KOBE. LAKERS WAS MOST BORING GAMES EVER
@@PIP...33 yea Anfernee Hardaway and Shaquille O'Neal. They put Orlando on the map and that period of the NBA was just more entertaining to watch.
Yes, Pip is my fav. player of all time:)
my favourite player, one of the best type of teammate you could ask for, his consistency is amazing.
Most underrated player in history
He’s a great teammate as long as you don’t ask him to be the inbounder when it’s a play for the the game winning shot 😂😂😂
@@gglove183 unless MJ is there :) then he don't mind lol. But Pip was the main guy in '94 no doubt.
I was a sophomore in high school when Scottie Pippen got drafted and after his first season I was his biggest fan. I modelled my game after Pippen and people noticed.
After Pippen first season they were questioning if he was the right pick
@@mannyneva1760 factz!!!! lol these are the fake Pippen fans. They not real Pippen fans they just have a strong disdain for Jordan lol. They use Pippen as a prop to try to diminish Jordan legacy lol
@@mannyneva1760 no they weren’t.
@@mannyneva1760 where you hear that at?
@@martinsimek only one that wasn’t was Krause cuz that was his man…but by 91 and then in 95 he wanted to trade him…period and that’s a fact he even picked up the name Shitty Pippen after 5e 90 season…you’re wrong and don’t know what the fk you’re talking about
I guess I just never saw MJ like I saw Scottie Pippen. Dude just did it all. When MJ could not fulfill his duty as main scorer Scottie just put on that hat and put on a show. And when he would come thundering down the court like a BULL, or would fly to the hoop like an AMERICAN EAGLE...just my all time favorite player.
Edit: Chicago Bulls please please please remaster those 6 seasons! You would have a whole new set of fans who witnessed the wonder of that team.
Better rewatch. MJ did more
Scotty was a stone-cold, straight-out-of-your-nightmares monster. He's #10 on my all-time list.
That's a tough call. Pippen might rank in the top 10 of small forwards. But the position is loaded with all-time greats. Problem for ranking Pippen that high is the others in the top 10 were leaders and number one options on their team. Pippen might rank near Worthy.
@@ProfessorofTruth Pippen was better than Worthy.
@@JohnnyRugged06 That's a great debate. Worthy's scoring numbers are suppressed due to playing with Jabbar, Magic and Scott. He would score closer to Dominique if he was the No. 1 option. Pippen better defender and distributor.
Top 10? You're high.
I always remembered Scottie being pretty clutch..hitting threes and long range twos... had a great bank shot. Could drive to the basket as well as MJ in his prime.
He was clutch on the bench crying against Portland when MJ played baseball! 🤣👎
Kenny Smith's comments about Pippen being a swiss army knife was a really great compliment imo and described Pippen very accurately. Great and underrated player
Finally someone speaks up for Scottie! He was one of the best 2 way player and teammate.
He is the greatest two way point forward in NBA history
@@munchinohill532 without question! He new the game well in my opinion and came to play every night!
Greatest team defender of all time
Put Scottie on half of the teams right now and he’s that Franchises best player on day one. Pippen would probably be a perennial 1st and 2nd team player and the best perimeter defender. Mike knew who he had with him but somehow he’s become so underrated over time.
And they lose
Yep
@@mannyneva1760 middle school response .
@@marksc1929 sure it is…to fanaticals 🤣 Pippen the most overrated player all time…Worhty Cummings Wilkins etc etc were all better
Manny must have Neva watched Scottie play...
Hahahaha.. did you just really say that Terry Cummings was better than Scottie Pippen are you freaking kidding me. Worthy up there in the same conversation but was never the defender or even close to the defender that Scotty was
7 All NBA, 10 All Defensive team selections, 2nd most selections in the 90s. Very few had a teammate like him.
Scottie Pippen was one of the
Top 10 greatest two way players
All tine !
10 All Defensive player ; Scottie right up there with Larry Bird on intelligence , ; incredible all around player. No weaknesses !
Bravo Scottie !
👏🏀🙋♂️🏆❤
@@GaryFox11000 You're crazy. He was very good and an excellent teammate/# 2 to Mike while being versatile. But incredible and no weaknesses?!
Arguably the greatest perimeter defender all time and other than Hakeem and Rodman he was the next best defender of his era.
@@dedricklane4899 Incredible and no weaknesses though?
@@SeeThomasHowl every player has weakness but we’re here to celebrate his strengths and his strengths are why he’s among the absolute all time greats.
Chicago bulls would not have won 6 nba titles without Scottie Pippen. One of my favorite player on the Chicago bulls roster.
👍
I'm 55 and watched almost every game my bulls played and it brought tears to my eyes because how great they were.....🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
My favorite thing about Pippen was how he ran a fast break.
Watching basketball today (from high school to the NBA) and seeing teams pull up for 3 on a break or GETTING NOTHING from a 2-on-1 or a 3-on-2 break drives me insane. Pippen would NOT let that happen!
Pippen was my favorite player. Mike was Mike, the GOAT, but Pip was a beast in every facet of the game... ran the floor like a PG, could Score like a SG, rebound like a PF, and played GOAT-level Defense. How great was Scottie Pippen? So great that he didn't even have to score a point but he could control the entire game (as Steve Kerr once said).
WILT GOD
OLAJUWON GOAT
AND I START FRANCHISE WITH PIPPEN OLAJUWON OR GARNETT. MOST COMPLETE PLAYERS I WITNESS IN MY 40 YEARS
@@PIP...33 Jordan most definitely belongs on the most "complete" players list as well... Dream the GOAT though??? I have him among the Top 10-15 best players ever, but he doesn't have enough Rings to be considered the best ever. Also, as great as Wilt was during the regular season he was pretty average in the playoffs... with his terrible FT shooting likely costing him at least a couple more Championships.
@@MAGA-kv1nj OLAJUWON WON RING ALONE NOW SHOW ME JORDAN 1 RING IN CAREER OR U CANT SPEAK HERE ANYMORE.
@@MAGA-kv1nj TERRIBLE FREE THROWS ?? U MEAN JORDAN TERRIBLE REBOUNDING COSTING HIM 2ND ROUND CAOUSE JORDAN CANT REBOUND DEFEND CENTERS BLOCK ...ARE U BLIND ??? YES U R.
@@MAGA-kv1nj SO U TR LIAR. OK BIRD IS BETTER THAN JORDAN. JORDAN NEVER WON 1 GAME VS BIRD. DONT U DARE TO SAY BIRD HAD BETTER TEAM CAUSE U DIDNT MENTION THAT RUSSELL HAD 9 HOF THATS WHY WILT HAVE NO MANY RINGS U LIAR. JORDAN IS NOBODY IN HISTORY TILL HE SEES 2ND ROUND ONCE IN CAREER.
I watched Scottie in college at UCA and he was a man playing a bunch of kids. His game was the perfect complement to MJ's. If an opposing team focused solely on stopping MJ then Scottie would light them up. He made Michael better, which is hard to comprehend.
Scottie wasn’t “lighting” shit up. He averaged like 16-20ppg
Agreed, with those two the sum was greater than the parts.
@@zoesh2441And how many assists? Scoring isn't the only part of the game....
Scottie my favorite player of all time
Can you imagine bringing the ball down and trying to score on Pippin, Jordan and Rodman. My God, give it up.
people don't realize that they lacked a rim protector on those squads. They didn't need one because they were beasts on the perimeter and help defense. They can also switch everything due to their length.
Don't forget, Ron Harper was no slouch on defense!
@@MambaAllDay Absolutely! He was smart, strong and quick. The Bulls were amazing!
I always admired Scottie, he was a perfect fit to the MJ's Bulls era.
He was elite, really elite player. Without Pippen there wouldn't be as many chips for Bulls. He was able to do anything on the court. The greatest duo in NBA is without any doubts MJ and Scottie
Same here. I was a big fan of his game.
Greatest outlet passer to MJ ever.
@@PikeBishop1 Man Jordan averaged 95-100 per game, 30 rebounds, 0 assists (because no one else was able to score), 8 steals a game, 8 blocks and defended all 5 players at all times. Did it all by himself. Amazing!
@@17thN.O who does it by themselves?
I grew up watching Jordan and had the same respect and excitement watching Scottie, Dennis, Kukoc, Kerr, Longley
Love Scottie, this was a great video 🔥🔥🔥
Scottie made himself into a superstar. Let’s be honest, his first few years were less than stellar. Once he came into his own, his game was beautiful thing to watch. Fluid…poetry in motion
Nah bruh - you are BUGGIN - Mike MOLDED Scottie - before Mike did that and toughened him up, Scottie was actually a bit of a bitch ass dude. I love them both but this is real talk. It was MJ whuppin Scottie's ass in practice that turned Scottie into the player he was once he blossomed, it was beautiful but I'm sorry, without MJ ridin him in practice every day, Scottie never becomes that level of player.
Y’all use the word superstar very loosely these days
@@zoesh2441 It’s open for debate, but it is debatable. Top 50, 6 Chips, HOF, and half of a consensus top 5 duo…that puts you in the superstar debate. If EVERYBODY knows who you are, that also puts you in the debate.
After he kinda modeled Mj style play he got better
@@Lu7.k He never modeled MJ style ?
Do we really need this? Man, don't get things wrong. We will never forget player Scottie Pippen.
He's my favorite player
What Scottie Pippen did against Mark Jackson in the East Finals (Pacers) was one of the greatest defensive performances of all time. Had Mark Jackson on the SHU Program.
He did that to Magic too. That's part of the reason why Phil and Tex didn't like a ball handler dominating the ball and always had the ball moving.
@@eddieG667 Hey Magic turned out just fine in his career.
@@dwightlove3704 of course he did. But Pip's impact was huge that series especially in game 4. When he switched on Magic that game, the momentum shifted.
@@eddieG667 Point taken here is a GREAT WHAT IF WHAT IF SEATTLE kept Pippen's draft rights in '87 he would have been the ONLY POINT GUARD WITH SIZE to deal with Magic Johnson in the Western Conference.Pippen might have had career stats just like Magic.
@@eddieG667 Magic Johnson did a interview and a COIN FLIP kept him from being drafted by Chicago in the late '70s.
I'll tell you why Scottie was a MVP caliber player. Prime Jordan retires, and the very next season, Scottie leads the Bulls to 55 wins which was only 2 less than the prior season with Jordan. The Bulls lost in 7 games to the Knicks that year--the same Knicks team that later lost in 7 to the Rockets in the finals. And there was a blown call that cost them that series against the Knicks. That's how close they were to advancing in the playoffs and potentially facing the Rockets in the finals that year.
For all you young folks who never got to see him play live, you don't know how underrated and underappreciated he is today. If Pippen didn't block Charles Smith 2-3 times in '93, the Knicks win their 3rd game of the series and may have closed it out. Pippen saved the season for the Bulls in '93. I could go on. He was on the short list every year of his prime of one of the best facilitators in the league. He was a top 5 defender in every season in his prime. He was arguably the 2nd best player in the league after Hakeem Olajuwon in '93-'94. As a Knicks fan that watched him help the Bulls eliminate the Knicks several times, I know how good he really is, and even though I hated that nasty dunk he threw down on Ewing, I consider it the best in-game dunk of all time. I also respect his game and believe he deserves much more recognition that he received.
Well what about the 94-95 season when Pippen was imploding all season long and the Bulls was a 500 to sub 500 team and was barely a playoff team and Pippen literally begged Jordan to come back and once Jordan finally returned the Bulls went 13-4 b4 Jordan returned the Bulls was 34-31. Pippen was definitely a good player but he was not on Jordan level #factz.
As far as the 94 playoffs against the Knicks in the ECSF. The Bulls was down 2-0 and if it wasn't for Kukoc the Bulls was on the verge of losing and possibly getting swept Pippen literally quit on the Bulls , but not one time did u mentioned that lol. I wonder why ,oh because it doesn't fit ur glamorization of Pippen as a player lol. Also the 2nd round of the playoffs is no closer than the 1st round. If u not in game 7 of the 3rd round then thatz not close fella. Since when do they give us ECSF 2nd round trophies??? Lol.
As far as young folkz well seems to me like ur young ur self fella or ur having revisionist history lol. Don't really know how Pippen was underrated and underappreciated when he was on the 92 Dream Team, Top 50 NBA player and Ultimately a Hall of Famer. Jordan always gave Pippen his credits, Phil Jackson and Pippen teammates gave him credit. The problem is u think Pippen is on Jordan level and hez not #factz. Let's keep it a buck the only reason why all of sudden Pippen has been brought up is because of when lebron went to Miami. See the Bronsexuals uses Pippen as a prop to diminish Jordan game. People claim to be big Pippen fans but it's only because they have a strong disdain for Jordan lol . Pippen was Jordan best teammates is what Jordan is on record saying.
In the 93 playoffs the Bulls won that series against the Knicks 4-2. Pippen didn't save Jordan because if the Bulls would've lost then it would've been a game 7. Big difference between a game 7. Also Jordan was getting double and triple teamed so his teammates stepped up with wide open shots lol. U obviously didn't watched that series because u just regurgitating ur Master Teacherz Shannon Sharpe and Nick Wright (WRONG) talking points. Jordan acknowledged he needed his teammates thatz why he was tough on them in practice so for series like that they'll be ready to step up unlike Lebum always tryna do everything like a dummy. Lol. Go study up fella because nba2k is not reality fella lol
@@g24deez Well what about...damn man he's just giving Scottie his respect it's not an attack on Jordan we all know who good Mike was.
Great video. Scottie Pippen is my favourite player of all time. I tried my best to model my game after him.
Greetings from Poland. Like always Mr David. Before i watch... Thx for Pippen topic. Thats my favorite player. He can make kaszanka from most modern player. (kaszanka is polish food somth like sousage with blood and meet inside). I love Scottie.
now i start watching. Scotti your one of the best ever. I hope we meet someday in food shoop in Poland. My son want to meet you. He has eight and he know you are my favorite forever.
Greetings from Marcin Gortat home city - Łódź in Poland.
ps. i hate emotikons but here only for Scotty :)
Hello Sean. Just wanted to send your channel some love. Phenomenal channel, with first class content! I'm in my mid 40s (45), and so for me, the 80s and 90s (1980-1997) is where it's at! I will always prefer this era. Modern day NBA is boring and almost cartoonish, in a way. Cheers!! Keep putting out top notch content!!!
The thing that solidified Scottie's greatness to me (and I was already a believer) was watching Pippen on the dream team. There were games where the supposed "greatest PG of all time" Magic Johnson would go to the bench. Stockton wouldn't even get in the game, and Pippen would run the point and the offense would get BETTER! Pippen could probably have made a legitimate case for the greatest PG of all time if he was in that position.
I definitely get what you're saying and I feel the same way. Because he did so many other things on the court, that took alot away from his full point guard potential look. I like to see Stockton try and cover what Scottie did.
I’m a Pistons Bad Boys fan who knew after our 1990 Championship, we were on borrowed time because along with MJ…. we knew that we were gonna have our hands full with Scottie Pippen and the next season we were right because he was a PROBLEM for us when we were swept in 1991 and it was confirmed against the Lakers in the finals.
Davivd Pippen would have been the ONLY POINT GUARD with size to deal with Magic Johnson in the Western Conference in the '80s.The Sonics are probably still kicking themselves for this trade.
@@dwightlove3704 The difference was with Scottie, you didn't have to pair him up with a smaller elite defender (Michael Cooper) when he played the point, because Scottie could guard anyone on the perimeter at an elite level. Actually, there was no one better than Scottie at that. So the Bulls could play larger whenever Scottie played the point and have a huge match up advantage in rebounding and post or perimeter offense. Unfortunately, if Pippen moved down to the 1, there was no one to replace him at the 3. If Kukoc played the 3, then Rodman couldn't play center like he would often do in the 4th quarter. They would have to use their jumbo lineup of Pippen, Jordan, Kukoc, Rodman and Longley (Phil actually preferred Harper, MJ, Pippen, Kukoc, Rodman at the end of games, although he would often switch offense and defense during fouls), but Longley couldn't play big minutes for whatever reason (conditioning, skill, foul trouble, etc.)...
@@OlJackBurton If Seattle had been able to get it's hands on Gary Payton and put on 25 lbs move up to 205 he would have been even better defender. Plus they had Xavier McDaniel who was no slouch on defense. Team Payton with Pippen your thoughts on this.
Man, in the 90's watching as an Australian teenager... MJ was out of this world, but my favourite player was Scottie.
I could never do what Michael did, but I could learn to play defence like Scottie.
He was the best wingman for MJ. I just wish he got paid like he deserved.
100% i was huge MJ fan when i was a kid but now I see it
Was a Knicks fan growing up in the 90's, but I loved many other players throughout the league. Scottie was def one of the best to ever play. People get caught up in the Jordan hype, but there were so many good squads on the Bulls and Scottie was the glue just as much as Michael was in that era, if not more so when Jordan took that baseball hiatus.
Loved it when Scottie came to Portland.
Dude also had one of the greatest smiles on the court. When he smiled at ya you knew he just got ya! Scottie was a bad man!
Scotty made huge shots in so many games. He usually good games in close out games in each series and in the finals. He would also guard everything from point guards to power forwards.
Scottie Pippen was absolutely phenomenal and amazing I don't believe Michael Jordan would have won all these championships without him
MJ would've won with Sean Elliott if he was on the Bulls
I had season tickets to the Blazers when Scottie was there and he was unbelievable. It's hard for me rank him other than he was an all-time great, at least top 20. I saw him in the NIke locker room a few times when the Dream Team was practicing on our court. He and David Robinson had the most incredible bodies -- remember how those guys looked. Then you see him and those incredible long muscles.
Scottie would have been a franchise superstar in majority of the teams. Good scorer, good passer, even better defender. See how many all defensive first team he has. Should have won at least one defensive player of the year award.
Except he was on the bulls. Scottie was amazing. Could do it all and was unselfish (majority of the time). However He knew his role when MJ was around (pre retirement). I rate him very highly and was actually my favourite player even ahead of MJ.
The archetype of what every all-around basketball player should be
Sean David I really love your channel bro! Lifelong Bulls fan who witnessed the MJ pre-Pip days as well as the championship years. Great channel! Please keep up the great work.
I'm old enough to remember when Jordan left those 2 years to play baseball and Pippen went off leading the Bulls to the playoffs and winning All star MVP that year. Pippen really doesn't get his due as an all time great. A top ten talent drafted from a small school balling like that.
@@rusted8157 absolutely Hakeem deserved the MVP, his stat line was insanely good. Top ten in all major categories as a true 5. That Dream Shake was unstoppable. I miss the old NBA, when Disney started influencing the game it went soft and unwatchable👍
@@rusted8157 I like Scottie as a player. I watched that season as well. My prime basketball viewing years, and I agree its a good argument, but while impressive and definitely all star caliber 22, 8, 5 and 3 was not and is not MVP caliber.
@@rusted8157 You know what? That's fair. I honestly forgot they had an excellent run in the playoffs. However, in my opinion a lot of these comments on this vid (not necessarily yours) are hyperbole and rose colored glasses.
@@rusted8157 Scottie ain't drag that team. BJ and Horace stepped up and became all stars. There was no dragging.
@@rusted8157 I did. Scottie let me down big time in game 7 vs NY.
Regular season the team played they asz off. But didn't have a clutch performer in close out in the playoffs.
You didn't see that?
Maen, its always enjoyable seeing this maen ...and bsst due ever ... every single video of tbese 2 is thd best bSketball show ...
I lived through his career. MJ is the goat, but he is so much unreachable, that Scotty was my idol. I always wanted to play like Scotty.
Smh
@@coreythomas3633 thx
Grew up in The Chi and got a chance to see all the games. While everyone else was a Jordan fan, I was a Pippen fan. He did everything for the team. Including leading the team in every category one year.
Scottie made being unselfishness a asset as important as shooting or defending. He is the greatest player at making his teammates better. One of the greatest players of all time.
🤨idk about him makin his teammates better than anyone ever, u can say bird magic Bill Russell hell even mj made Scottie better but he’s definitely all time great
@@JC-po5zy Pippen made MJ better, too. Bulls were a disaster waiting to happen in late 1997 with Scottie out until 10/1/1998 (24-11). At the end of the season they were 62-20.
@@wloonie you bugging
YOU LEBRON THE BEST UNSELFISH PLAYER EVER.
@@JC-po5zy YOU LEBRON THE BEST UNSELFISH PLAYER EVER. Or bill Russel
Scottie signature moment. Dunking on the knicks from the free throw line. It’s burned into my memory.
The Bulls don't have the rings without Scottie, the man who revolutionized the Point Forward position. Listen to Grant Hill talk about this man and the Worm too. One of the best ever esp. on D. "The fundamentals are built into his Swag"
Same as without mj, bulls will not win a single chip
Best play I ever saw was Pip to Kukoc on an inbound pass for a Slam Dunk.
I have a huge issue with Scottie Pippen. It's not about his playstyle, his recent beef with Jordan, or anything like this. No my main issue is that he is used by some fans and analysts to diminish MJ legacy. The Jordan - Pippen relation is the epitome of a player that never win alone. Jordan never won without Pippen, and Pippen never won without Jordan. The same way every legend never won alone, Bill Russell had Bob Cousy or John Havlichek, KAJ had Magic and vice versa, Bird had McHale, Tim Duncan had David Robinson and Tony Parker, Shaq had Kobe and vice versa, LeBron had Wade, Irving or Davis, Steph Curry had Klay Tompson.
You'll see with every all-time great an all-time great lieutenant. Some of them being also an all-time great.
It doesn't matter if he is used to diminish the myth of MJ.
But the fact is that MJ and Bill Russell are the two GOATs of basketball, new and old respectively.
I love Lebron but he was just a bit worse than MJ was and he had that awful 2011. Lebron would have had to have won 6 chips for the conversation to be interesting but he is at 4 chips, 4 fmvps and 4 mvps.
MJ was 6 fmvps, 6 chips and 5 mvps.
MJ has had a greater career.
Modern era IMO:
1) MJ
2) Lebron
3) Magic
4) Bird
5) Kareem
6)Duncan
7) Kobe
8) Hakeem
9) Shaq
10) Curry
They are just giving Pippen his respect. Everyone knows how great Mike was there's no taking that away but if you let people tell it Jordan did it all alone. Jordan was a beast but he had a great sidekick plus team around him and a great coach who won 5 more rings with the same offense using another Jordan type player later on with the Lakers.
Plus it's actually the other way around people downplay Pippen's importance to up MJ's legacy even though most know how great Mike was.
@@slimjimmy4070 Facts, people are so keen on deifying MJ even though he is the modern GOAT of basketball. They do this to make make out that he was on a different league than the other top 10 players but he wasn't, he currently sits at number one but can be surpassed in the future.
Still to this day my favorite player of all time.
It's interesting how Scottie went from being 6' 7'' to 6' 8'' and 6' 9''. Maybe Scottie was even a 7-footer in disguise. 😄
On the 2nd 3peat his defense was amazing !,
Pippen had one last second game winning shot in his career. That is the shame as Kukoc had 3 or 4 game winners in the 1995-96 season. It was the right call by Phil.
Bc by the time Kukoc got there scottie was known for shrinking in big moments
@@falcons2123 I think that’s somewhat overdoing it. The fact the never had that “signature moment” or moments is a reason he is so underrated. But in rewatching key games he had several key shots. They all had moments. Ron Harper had key steals and blocks (another underrated player). Yes Pippen choked on some free throws, but he is very appreciated by his peers. You could critique lots of HOF players but I think Pippen deserves his place on the top 75 team
@@your_royal_highness no doubt he's def a top 75 but he wasn't known for coming up big in key moments which is why it seems MJ was the one who always came thru in the clutch bc pippen before 1991 just wasn't that guy. The Detroit Pistons knew that Scottie was the one to go after. Look at those playoffs when the Pistons were destroying the Bulls. MJ was still scoring 35-40 ppg. Pippen wasn't so great in those series which was the main reason they kept losing. Once pippen stepped his game up the hills never lost again with MJ and pippen
Best vid yet! Great job…
Pippen> lebron I said what I said
Scottie is every coach dream … he is a great defender a great shooter , he is the corner stone of the triangle offense he liberated MJ offensively
Sacrificed his career for the Jordan era,he was always great in his own right,people don't realize,give the man his credit,his Portland stint after the bulls was fire.
I wish he could have got a ring without MJ just to shut some silly people up.
Pippen was a trash bag at first and after the 1990 season the city wanted his ass traded..Portland went to the western conference finals the year before Pippen. How much did he really help
"His Portland stint after the Bulls was fire" is some sweet revisionist history. The Jailblazers formed on his watch; the supposed real "leader" of the Bulls. Perhaps he was playing too much of the Good Cop in Portland. And we shouldn't overlook his lost season with the Rockets the year prior.
How on Earth do the Trailblazers lose to the Lakers with such a big lead, and an extremely loaded line-up (1 through 12), and all Pippen has to do is lead and be 66% of what he needed to be on the Bulls?
He was certainly a great player on the Bulls, but if you're not sacrificing, you're not winning. That goes for every player on successful teams. In a vacuum, Pippen doesn't get enough credit, but amongst LeBron and Kobe fans, he's become an extremely overrated All Time great; propped up just to make Jordan seem weaker. Jordan carried Pippen a lot in 3rd and 4th quarters in a TON of basketball games; specifically in the playoffs where Pippen (as a scorer) turned into a brick-shooter, and the Big Fade. How many memorable crunch time plays did Pippen ever pull off on those 6 Championships? He's as clutch as Chris Webber, and I'd actually argue that Karl Malone was MORE clutch than Pippen; despite his reputation. Pippen is one of the All-Time great disappearing acts in the game's biggest moments. It's all there to see, or rather, not see!
@@rusted8157 Scotty didn't sacrifice a damn thing. There was plenty of room for Scotty to maximize his game, which he often did. He was a great player, but he was among the many people who benefited from being a part of the Bulls organization during the Michael Jordan era.
Well, his Rockets stint sucked balls. Snottie Quitten, they called him.
Everyone who watched 90's basketball knows that Pippen is an all-time great.
I have to disagree about not having a signature playoff moment. It was on the defensive end. The change of the series started when Scottie switched to guard Magic.
Is that really a 'moment' though. Seems like more of a period of success, though you could argue that's even better.
Pippen had many signature playoff moment. The blocks on the knicks to finish the series,the pass to kukoc while sliding across the court to end the Jazz,guarding Magic,the dunk on ewing etc. To promote Pippen is to demote Jordan and that’s really what it comes down to so people just don’t do it. People love to talk about the migraine against the Pistons but they never talk about the fact that Jordan could have closed them out in that game and Pippen was only this role player!!!! Well he failed but again he gets the pass. If Pippen isn’t on that team Jordan may win 2 at most and maybe none if he had to deal with Pippen,Kemp and Payton.
@@VCthaGOATdunker Perhaps. The shift was cataclysmic. At the moment he started defending it felt as if the series was no longer in doubt and was 4 straight victories from that moment on.
@@globaloutdoorinnovations7511 I agree as Charles Smith in 93 Easter Conference Finals. 2 consecutive blocks to seal the game. Quintessential Scottie Pippen.
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Pippen guarding Magic didn't change the series, and Jordan was Magic primary defender not Pippen
Thanks for the video. I always loved Scottie Pippen's play. I'm reading the book these days and it's truly a great read. Sure, you feel the bitterness toward The Last Dance and Jordan's involvement in that (thing that in my opinion was overemphasized by the press and for marketing), but also you can read of the great respect he has for MJ. For me, in a few words, the Bulls wouldn't have been the 6 champion Bulls without Scottie... full stop... Pip was the glue and the soul of the team. UN-Replaceable.
As the nineties Chicago Bulls fan Scottie Pippen was second to MJ favorite player. But I lost all that respect after he Betrayed the GOAT .
He was a super nice guy to everyone even after the championship game they were in the harbor a day in My memories I'll take to the grave we meaning All of us who were there fantastic thanks 👍
Crazy to think he could've won at least 2 more titles with the 2000-2002 Lakers because they were trying to sign him.
But I get why he didn't: he was done playing the unheralded sidekick. He would've been 3rd or even 4th option to Shaq, Kobe, and Rice. He wasn't chasing rings anymore and wanted to be the man.
Nigga ave 10 in Portland? Playing side kick to Rasheed? Damon? Sabonis? He could have ave 10 in LA and won????
The man averaging 10 points?
@@danielcarter5816 shoot, Mitch Richmond and Isiah Ryder "won" with them lol. All you had to do was ride the bench or play 5 minutes a game.
@@eddieG667 so we agree
@@danielcarter5816 agree that he wasn't going to be scoring 20 points at that point in his career, but if you look at Portland, he and Steve Smith were the alphas on that squad. Yeah, Sheed was the best scorer like you said, but he still treated Scottie like a vet and so did the other young players.
So, to clarify, he didn't want to be someone's b*tch again and probably saw himself not being able to give orders to Kobe and Shaq.
Thanks for the video and really appreciate the moments of history that you bring back
I had to pause Jalen rose scottie had several signature moments his defense on magic when Jordan got in foul trouble is in the last dance magic even talked about how scottie made him work for every inch his defense and leadership in game 6 against Portland down by 16 in the fourth and Michael on the bench he shut down Drexler and led the bulls on one of the greatest 4th quarter comebacks in finals history and him coming back for the 2nd half against Utah in game 6 when he's fighting back spasms leave it up Jalen to say scottie is the most disrespected super star then disrespect em lmao
Awesome videos and thank you
Pippen's main weakness was his shooting. Just look at his fg%. Even his ft%. They're way lower than other star forwards. And look at his highlights, they're all drives and dunks.
He's still a top all star player despite the shooting. But shooting is/was essential, in his position, to be considered an MVP.
He did everything else at MVP levels. But you can't be an average shooter, and an average free throw shooter, and be an MVP.
Magic also wasn't a great shooter. But he sank his free throws. You're a liability if you're shooting 60% from the line.
He was a slasher like Dr J. He didn’t need to be a great shooter.
@@coloneldusty4476 yeah, you're probably right. I'd have to rewatch him to see his affect on the court. I do love that he was a facilitator, and that he knew what to do, and when, in most situations.
And looking back, his 3p% brought down his fg%. But his 2p% was in line with dr. J's.
he wasn't even all that bad from 3. But it was just a growing phenomenon that didn't affect dr. J's stats.
Always enjoy your content. Keep it up! Make the videos longer though! Lol
Scottie's signature moment is when he blocked Charles Smith shot several times at the end of Game 5 of the 1993 ECF. If Scottie doesn't make those plays, the Knicks win that game, likely wins the Series, which means there is no first Bulls 3-peat.
No no no. Ask any Bulls fan from back then Pippen's signature moment was that dunk on Ewing. That and always remember unfortunately when Bulls lost in playoffs because Pip refused to go into the game. I also remember Pip was I believe third in MVP voting the year Jordan went to play baseball. Bulls would have made the finals is it wasn't for a bogus call by Hue Hollins, I remember that play involved John Starks.
It a lot people that don't know basketball that doesn't give this man his credit and its sad too see I saw it my own eyes when was playing he was LBJ before LBJ
Scottie Pippen had a signature moment! The time he pouted about not getting the ball and sat cross-armed on the bench.
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A basketball machine, no truer words ever spoken
jordan didnt shoot threes like pip, pippen for three ,bang. the fudementals are built into his swagg, who got more steals, assists and he was a feared defender,the world said jordan is the star but honestly scottie was the life and soul of that team and the glue that held them together
LMAO there is no Bulls without drafting Jordan. And Jordan was a better 3point shooter than Pippen. Pippen only shot well during the shorter line 95-97.
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And no he wasn't. Seem to remember him maybe coming 4th in '94. Maybe higher. But was never deserving of that award. Not quite.
Ppl act like Pip wasn't doing all that work qtrs 1-3 and to allow Mike to have the energy to close. Pip was a Dawg! I brought the 33 before I got the 23. Pip was that dude!
MJ was just doing nothing in quarters 1-3. What was the Bulls record in 1998 without Pippen?
Not only was his game underrated but his signature shoes are as well. The Uptempos are 🔥
I watched the bulls since 86. Scottie was awesome. I always remember he was great at shooting off the glass and dunking and defense. He’s the best player I’ve seen shooting from the side of the glass
For me that was one of the greatest dunks ever or for me the dunk that made me loose my shit the most, I still remember that moment, I was alone in the living room and when he made that dunk I started screaming and jumping up and down the couch, my mom came out of her room scared, like she thought there was a fire or something, she looks at me and goes "son what, what? whats wrong?" and im just screaming, like a mad ape " AHHHHHHH AHHHHH" she is like " what?" and i, still screaming, point at the TV, were they were repeating the dunk of the 10th time. My mom went from a dumbfounded look to an angry look real fast "get yo ass to bed, right now, dammit, before i beat your ass" turns around to leave but before that takes one look at the last replay of the dunk and I heard her say "oh shit" and goes back into her room. What a moment. Love you u mom!!
Great video.
Pip has iconic moments......the whole season when mike was out, the dunk against the bullets playoffs, playing with the hurt back against Utah, the dunk on Patrick, locking magic down in the finals but mostly just consistent hard nose basketball at the highest level.
Blocks on Charles Smith.. Eventhough a couple of them blocked his shot.. lol
This is dope, Scottie's always been that dude to me
Scottie Pippen was a beast but he was a number 2 he was not the main go to guy but his defense was crazy as hell
See we all forget that Scottie was pretty close to a championship without Michael twice. And like Robinson, Barkley, Malone, Stockton, he won a gold medal twice. A gold medal is like a ring to me.
Maybe it’s just the marketing and commentary that didn’t market Pippen enough.
Even the most legit sports rely on constant subliminal messages or redundant bias in commentary to make things players do look so much better or at least shine a proper spotlight on someone’s talent.
If media stoked enough of Pippen’s ego I really think he would’ve had more leverage in his negotiations and recognition. A lot of it has to do with actual substance and talent (which pippen had in spades), the other half is the proper marketing (I think that’s where he didn’t get the help).
Pip is a alltime great. I love Pip game
Agreed Scottie was a beast a lot of people have selective memories or something! I remember though and they do too
One of the best in game dunkers of all time . So smooth and stylish .
His son is also very good. Looking forward to watching his career. I used to watch his daddy when I was young.
One of my favorites
Soo explosive n fun to watch
As a Chicagoan that was the right age at the right time, without a doubt, Scotty was LOVED by the city... Second only to, even more unbelievably, BJ Armstrong.
I'm sure Scotty loves Chicago. He got mad love and had a platinum hood pass. People want MJs autograph, but people wanted hugs from scotty and to hang out.
Super-intelligent-basketball-machine with loads of swag indeed!! His unique versatility & dominance in his game, should never be overlooked! There so many instances during their Jordan era play-off runs, where Pippen really held their game together. Moments when the entire team, even Jordan, couldn't step up or find that flow, where Pippen comes out of nowhere & just ignited. Keeping his team in the game. Could've lost so many without him out on the field. And he was able to disrupt & be critical on ALL fronts! Re-watching his games, makes you realize quickly, that he was a true power-house & had a unique influence when game-time was on. One of the greatest, no doubt!!!
It's such a Shame that Scottie Pippens basketball legacy has been tarnished by off court stuff, hopefully he can find peace. But I thank you for this video, reminds fans how good and respected he is as a basketball player. Just imagine if the Supersonics were able to keep Scottie at the time he was drafted? Would've been one of Jordan's greatest rivals.
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i remember in september 1991 when i went to NIKE exhibition called " FORCE TOUR " at Paris France with scottie pipen charles barkley and david robinson, PIPEN WAS so quick so hight so strong
i have always said that without Scottie you wouldn't have had 90's Jordan. 6'8" PG that could do it all.
I grew up watching the 90s bulls being and although MJ was the man, Scottie was always my favorite player. He just did it all. The freaking man.
Scottie's signature moment was defensively locking down Magic Johnson for the Bulls first championship. Scottie absolutely suffocated Magic. It was the key to winning the series.
I agree 100% with this sentiment.
always the bridge between Jordan, Jackson and the other role players =) The approachable M.O.P