I just had a conversation where someone was convinced that Scottie Pippen was better than Dame Lillard and I was not so easily convinced. How do you guys feel? I feel like yes pippen was a better 2 way player, but dame was significantly better offensively and was the main option on his team. I’ve seen pippen without jordan… and…

  • RandoCollision@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Pippen was a baller. The Bulls don’t win 6 chips without him. People who consider him to be Jordan’s sidekick don’t realize that almost every other player would have also been second fiddle to Jordan.

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      1 year ago

      Literally every player ever would’ve been second fiddle to Jordan

    • Professional-Ant8445@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Bulls don’t win 6 rings without him, but the Bulls also would have won 6 rings if you give MJ any other 90s all star instead of Pippen.

      If you swap Pippen in Chicago with Alonzo Mourning in Charlotte for example. The Bulls probably still win 6 chips and the Pippen-led Hornets never make it out of the first round.