{"id":1572442,"date":"2023-06-19T18:57:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T22:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1572442"},"modified":"2023-06-19T18:57:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T22:57:18","slug":"scottie-pippen-led-michael-jordan-all-major-postseason-stats-but-one-during-chicago-bulls-6-nba-title-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/scottie-pippen-led-michael-jordan-all-major-postseason-stats-but-one-during-chicago-bulls-6-nba-title-runs\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottie Pippen Led Michael Jordan In All Major Postseason Stats But One During the Chicago Bulls' 6 NBA Title Runs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Let's make something clear from the get-go. If you've come here thinking this piece is in any way designed to knock Michael Jordan<\/a> or to suggest Scottie Pippen<\/a> was the better player, prepare to be disappointed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The overall point here is to show just how much the two needed one another during the Chicago Bulls<\/a>‘ six NBA championship runs in eight years in the 1990s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because let's get real. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As great as Jordan was, he doesn't win those six titles without Scottie. And as overall embarrassing as his Hall of Fame speech<\/a> was, the five-time NBA MVP at least made sure to acknowledge that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Pippen, who never won a title after leaving Chicago and has to know he wouldn't have a single ring without No. 23, did the same during his enshrinement. In fact, Scottie even had Jordan present him and dubbed MJ “the best teammate,” although Pip's stance on his longtime running mate has changed drastically in recent years after feeling slighted during The Last Dance<\/a><\/em> docuseries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this writer's humble opinion, Pippen was indeed slighted during the documentary. But do I think he needed to take things to the level he did in the aftermath? Absolutely not. To call Michael Jordan a “horrible player” in any context is simply absurd. However, Pippen's stance on Jordan not being able to take the Bulls to the next level until he arrived is accurate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cLeBron James will be the greatest statistical [player] to ever play the game of basketball. [Michael Jordan] was a horrible player.\u201d

- Scottie Pippen

(h\/t @DieHardCBfans<\/a> )

pic.twitter.com\/8EN5xOpJOG<\/a><\/p>— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) May 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>