NBA Legends Explain Why Scottie Pippen Was A MVP Player

It wasn't for Scotty, Jordan wouldn't have that many rings, and if Magic Johnson didn't get AIDS in 91, and they would have faced the Bulls in 92, magic would of had six rings

The bulls were great defensive team pippen, Jordan, rodman that's why they would beat warriors

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Kenny Smith is tripping, the Bulls made a deal with the Sonics to get Pippen. Next he'll be telling us how he was in an All-Star game and Barkley will be like "Yeah, gettin Hakeem Olajuwon some water" 😆😆😆

Not sure why Pippen gets hate.

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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!

Boricua hispanic india n black iam. Pippen play all posición play like jordan dunk n play like John stockton steal the ball n play like bird 3 point shot .pippen was like super héroe for the Bulls .kobe say that pippen was a guineo. For me pippen was like Super héroe .

Scottie was better than Jordan!! If we talking facts now..popularity Jordan wins all day and was right with scottie but scottie was a tad better!!!

Wherever you put Tony Scottie's right behind him! ask Coach Phil Jackson

Scottie Pippen was absolutely phenomenal and amazing I don't believe Michael Jordan would have won all these championships without him

Boricua hispanic india n black iam...Kobe say pippen was a genius in the nba the all round players pippen they say about jordan he the best players ever not both pippen n jordan was the best two person . better that kobe n shaq because kobe n shaq was with problem who are better. 1993 jordan went to play other sport 1994 pippen was mvp if jordan stay with the bulls .. Pippen n jordan mitht have 8 champions ring.

Scottie was great in the day but he is tarnishing his legacy in larger years.

MJ has disrespected Pippen their entire careers. I’m amazed he held his tongue as long as he did about it. I love MJ and he is the 🐐 but he owes a tremendous amount of his success to Scottie. He should have given him some of the proceeds from the Last Dance. Disgraceful he didn’t.

Alsooooo those 2 losses were against the goat Larry bird

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Scottie was always my favorite player on those Bull's team's. And I'm not taking nothing from M J. He is M J.

Boricua Hispanic India n black Iam.. 1992 the dream team best player was Pippen shot down 5 player's n we was the most valuable player in that team Pippen was doing his talent all his skills use in the dream team was doing all positions he was amazing player better than all the players. Some people say he look like MVP in the dream team. Check Google dream team Pippen.

Talking about not having big moment in the finals, how about clutch steal in the 6th game of 97 finals and pass to kukoc to seal the deal, totally overlooked

Scottie was the play maker in the first three quarters. Made sure everybody got their hands on the ball and got open. Fourth quarter everybody stepped aside and let Jordan do what he want.

Tickets punched when you D-up Magic.

CAREER FINALS

Jordan..... 34 ppg... 6.0 apg... 2.8 TO's.. 48%
Pippen..... 19 ppg... 5.9 apg... 3.3 TO's.. 42%

Ball-dominators like Lebron or Magic are too ball-dominant at carry-job volume to beat top teams, so they need all-time scoring help and can't win with secondary producers like Wiggins or Pippen.. By definition of being passers, they need all-time scorers to pass to.. For example, Lebron lost with 18 on 38% from Mo in the 2009 ECF and never beat a top 5 SRS team with poor scoring and efficiency from a sidekick (no carry-jobs vs top teams in 2 decades) - aka he needs better scoring help than Mo, while Jordan won with those stats from Pippen all the time.. Pippen averaged 17.6 on 41% for the entire 2nd three-peat playoffs (96-98' Playoffs), including 2 Finals of 15.7 on 40% and 16 on 42% in the 97 and 98' ECF..

Unlike ball-dominators like Luka/Lebron that impose spot-up roles, expert jumpshooters like MJ, Curry or Kobe can score 40 while the ball moves and teammates assist them, so their skillset has sufficient teammate development, fits and strategic capacity/coaching to win organically and with less scoring help - this contrasts with Lebron's skillset of abnormal ball-dominance for his size/posiiton, which imposes spot-up roles that stall young players, thereby needing ready-made stars to win (more scorng help).

FYI

The 2009 Cavs had #3 defense versus #19 for 1990 Bulls, while 09' Mo > 90' Pippen across the board offensively:

09' MO........... 17.2 PER... 2.3 BPM... 3.1 VORP.... 0.165 WS/48.,.. #3 team defense
90' PIPPEN.... 16.3 PER... 1.8 BPM... 3.0 VORP.... 0.087 WS/48.. #19 team defense

^^^ So the stats confirm that the 06-10' Cavs had more help on both sides of ball than the 1990 Bulls - this includes top 5 defenses vs #19 for the Bulls and far more offensive help (Pippen had lower PPG, efficiency, PER and WS than all-stars Mo/Big Z or the Hughes/Jamison acquisitions).. This matters because it shows that Lebron had a better team on both sides of the ball, yet Jordan still beat him to titles by winning the following year, while Lebron lost as the favorite for 2 more years.. Lebron's 3 straight losses as the favorite from 09-11' made oddsmakers scared in 2012, so they made Lebron's veteran super-team the underdog to baby Westbrick in the Finals.

The reality is that rookie Jordan was forced to carry 8 seeds in the playoffs, while Lebron avoided bad playoff teams, low seeds, or the 8 vs 1 matchup by waiting 3 years to have a veteran high seed before entering the 06' Playoffs.. The all-star duo of Lebron/Zydrunas added a HOF coach and a 22/5/5 all-defender to make the 06' Playoffs, yet they were only winning 45 games until Lebron's stiff arm got all-star spacing in 2009 - that's hardly an all-time level of carrying.. And Kyrie played 12 of 14 games in the 15' East Playoffs, while Love was the best 2nd option in the 18' East, so the only time that Lebron took a 1-star team to the Finals was when everyone was doing it (Iverson, Kidd, Dwight).

Ultimately, Lebron ran away from fossils that were 32-34 years old in 2010 (KG/Pierce/Allen), while Jordan stayed and persevered against a prime dynasty that was 27-29 in 1991 (Isiah/Dumars/Rodman).. People forget that Lebron failed to win the East with homecourt in 09' and 10', so he took the top 3 first options in the conference and put them on 1 team (the "decision") - this league dilution and consolidation of power on 1 team actually locked down the league with 3 chips in 6 years and preseason favorite status for 6 straight years (11-16').. i.e. Durant's only mistake was waiting 6 years to respond.

Pippen had plenty of defining moments.. stop it

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That kenny Smith segment. Imagine if Scottie got Drafted to the Rockets to play with Hakeem... Sheesh.

Honestly, Pippen was nothing but the second best player of a team..a role player..a sixth man in today’s era..but if you’re try to put him up against the goat discussion, don’t!! Jordan is the goat!!

"There is no Michael Jordan without Scottie Pippen." -MJ

Scottie deserved to take that shot.

Not to mention he had to have pockets built into his sock so his helmet wouldn't get tangled in muggsys spokes and lose the mystique

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.

Pip was, and always will be my favorite player
Honestly, if not for that horrible call against the Nicks in 94' and the game 7 4th quarter when no one on Portland could make a shot for 6 minute aginst the Lakers in 2000, Scottie might have 8 rings right now, and then who would we consider the GOAT?

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

Jalen Rose, it was not those Clutch Closers that Made Michael over Scottie after each Game, it was Michael taking 8.5 Shots per Game more than that of Scottie.

MJ said it himself. There's no Michael Jordan without Scottie Pippen. 'Nuff said.

jordan never was and he is not a GOAT.

Great story on Mr Scottie,Pippen.

Honestly he was suppose to win MVP for one of those finals

Love the Bulls as a team but much much much respect to Scottie he deserves it hard worker skilled what a play maker he is the Predator

Scottie signature moment : vs Atlanta “last dunk”. At Portland vs Utah, he took an early 3 point last shot. Come on.

who better than lebron or kobe? Pippen!

thats because Jalen, Pippen did the dirty work example he guarded Magic and made itnhard for him ninn there championship meetings, his defense and did it all.

Yes I always think back on that bull ** call in that Bulls ,New York playoff game while Jordan was retired and Scottie took over.Scottie was robbed.

Pippen is my favorite Bulls player of all time. Not the best Bulls player of all time. IJS! As a basketball player, he was the most outstanding #2 player on a Champioship team ( six chips )! Pip could do it all. A do it all player.

Pippen the best legendary player also MJ

Scottie is the best also

Scottie Pippen was so awesome the bulls went from 3-peating with jordan to being 23 and 25 and nowhere near the playoffs before Jordan came back and saved them.

The greatest small forward ever 6 rings yo no Pippen no rings

Steve kerr is one of them legend too