{"id":1123516,"date":"2020-03-24T14:07:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T18:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1123516"},"modified":"2020-04-19T20:45:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T00:45:39","slug":"how-did-the-players-drafted-ahead-of-scottie-pippen-fare-in-the-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/how-did-the-players-drafted-ahead-of-scottie-pippen-fare-in-the-nba\/","title":{"rendered":"How Did the Players Drafted Ahead of Scottie Pippen Fare in the NBA?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Scottie Pippen was the fifth overall pick in the 1987 NBA draft<\/a> and made a decent career for himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chicago Bulls had specifically targeted Pippen in the draft but believed that he'd be gone by the time they made their selection at No. 8. Thus, they engineered a trade with the Seattle Supersonics. The Sonics chose Pippen with the fifth overall pick and traded him to Chicago for Olden Polynice, whom the Bulls selected with the eighth pick, and future draft picks. The rest, as they say, is history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scottie Pippen went on to win six NBA titles with the Bulls and was a seven-time All-Star and a seven-time All-NBA selection. He won two Olympic gold medals and was named to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1997. It wasn't easy living in the shadow of Michael Jordan<\/a> but Pippen thrived in the role, becoming a great player in his own right. Pippen is a two-time Hall of Fame inductee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But how did those four players selected before Pippen in the '87 draft fare in the NBA?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Robinson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Of the four players taken before Pippen, first overall pick David Robinson was the only other to even make an NBA All-Star team, doing so 10 times in his 14-year career with the San Antonio Spurs.<\/a> It took Robinson two years to get to the NBA due to his commitments to the Navy but he thrived immediately, averaging 24.3 points and 12 rebounds en route to winning Rookie of the Year honors in 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout his career, the man known as “The Admiral” continued to build an impressive list of accolades. He was the Defensive Player of the Year in 1992, the same year he won a gold medal alongside Scottie Pippen and the Dream Team. He was the NBA MVP in 1995. Robinson was a 10-time All-NBA selection and an eight-time All-Defensive selection. Robinson also won two NBA championships and, like Pippen, was named to the 50th Anniversary All-Time Team. He's also a two-time Hall of Fame inductee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armen Gilliam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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