Always thought: No Pippen, and MJ is just a well-known dunker from the 90s-era.
Pippen doesn't get nearly enough credit, I suspect he held Michael's feet to the fire, as in "You don't play defense, the your offense is just flashy bullshit". And I think MJ had similar effect on Pippen. "you just a defensive player, you sell yourself short as a basketball player".
amazingly, pre-Pippen Jordan had as much success in the playoffs (damn near same record) as ex-MJ Pippen had. They were brothers.
Never thought Pippen got enough credit, and part of it is him not being as flashy and marketable.
MJ 6, Pippen 6. Niether could get over the hump without the other.
Still think Milwaukee is probably the best team in the east this year, and that NBA is looking to promote a patsy in the East for LeBron to roll over. I'm going to laugh pretty hard if Miami overcomes the odds and sticks it to both LeBron AND the league. Will be a VERY tall task tho. NBA might have to pull 2016 Draymond shenanigans, and ban Bam or Dragic or Herro for a few games.
Always thought: No Pippen, and MJ is just a well-known dunker from the 90s-era.
Pippen doesn't get nearly enough credit, I suspect he held Michael's feet to the fire, as in "You don't play defense, the your offense is just flashy bullshit". And I think MJ had similar effect on Pippen. "you just a defensive player, you sell yourself short as a basketball player".
amazingly, pre-Pippen Jordan had as much success in the playoffs (damn near same record) as ex-MJ Pippen had. They were brothers.
Never thought Pippen got enough credit, and part of it is him not being as flashy and marketable.
MJ 6, Pippen 6. Niether could get over the hump without the other.
Still think Milwaukee is probably the best team in the east this year, and that NBA is looking to promote a patsy in the East for LeBron to roll over. I'm going to laugh pretty hard if Miami overcomes the odds and sticks it to both LeBron AND the league. Will be a VERY tall task tho. NBA might have to pull 2016 Draymond shenanigans, and ban Bam or Dragic or Herro for a few games.