Kobe Bryant analyzes film of Scottie Pippen's defense | 'Detail' Excerpt | ESPN 

Same. I'm listening in my car. He's missed already

Your comment tore my heart out of my chest.

PeterDan Mabalot I feel ya man. Just hearing him talk about the game that he loved with such passion, is very cathartic for me. Imagine these young players like Jayson Tatum, who Kobe did a “Detail” video analyzing Tatum’s game. Imagine what an absolute gift that is for Jayson to have this personalized lesson from his hero and idol and someone he strived to be like as a kid, who’s one of the greatest to ever play the game. It’s beautiful, really. All these players who have a Kobe detail video have this great gift that im sure they will all cherish and watch many times for the rest of their lives. If I was one of them and The Great Kobe Bryant made a video just about me and trying to teach me what he’s learned in his decades of accumulating vast knowledge on what it takes to be the absolute best. Paying it forward, teaching me (the next generation of NBA players) ways to better hone my craft. That’s something straight from Kobe they will have forever and it’s something beautiful that came from all this terrible tragedy.

Same here

@@deepdirt very well said. Although Kobe became a master of his craft, he was always a student of the game. My GOAT.

I never knew how good pippen was in tell he played for my hometown team Portland. I know he was at the end of his career but that guy was amazing.

Sad part is lots of people still don’t understand his greatness. We all know MJ is great but he is not 6-0 in the finals without Scottie. He is the original Lebron essentially. Lebron better scorer with Scottie better defender but size wise and skill wise the same. I’m always hyping Scottie

@DrinkwithaMexican Wtf you on about?

@@jasonmoser24 Competing against the Bulls would have made Lebron even better!

Lebronze medal james is SOFT and a QUITER.....PERIOD

Horace Grant, then Ron Harper were excellent defenders too. I don't know if Jordan makes top ten ever. Maybe among guards. But big men are too dominant defensively.

Be the 17-18 warriors

@@bobebober2155 Jordan won a DPOY and has the highest all defensive first team selections in NBA history. Not all defence is done at the rim. 🙄

@@bobebober2155 The dude averaged 3 plus steals and a 1 block in one season...

@@bobebober2155 jordan is easily top 10. Stopping the guard , stops the big man. What jordan did on defense he did better then anyone. Its all about how well you play your role.

his determination and work ethic too. Thats why I love Kobe.

Yes because any great basketball player is gonna tell you how important it is to play defense. There are definitely stars in today's game that just don't really care about being scored on. Back then players took being scored on personal.

But with today's shooter's and how much they spread the floor, it'd be a lot tougher.

Dudes one of the best defenders ever, but he's clearly at the elbow when he recovers to help at the block. Big difference in the NBA.

In today's game that 3 point shooter would've taken that open shot quick 😂

mazzb305 that guy wasn't a great shooter. If it were a better shooter they would've pressed hardee

darkchild4neverever no sir, you mean Steph, Klay and KD that's it for your argument. David Robinson said it best those 3 are unique and don't represent the rest of the L. We saw this in the playoffs with real pressure. Rockets were a CP3 injury away from dethroning the Warriors. They would melt/fold/implode under the Bulls Doberman defense.

DooDa lmao who says he's unappreciated? Everyone knows and loves Scottie pippen

+DooDa Underappreciated? 😂😂

Young man. Please don’t speak on what you don’t know. Scottie had his own shoe, and helped Jordan finally overcome the pistons. No one under appreciates pippen. Kukoc and Harper. Yeah. Maybe.

YouCanCallMeLizzy Rodman is also under appreciated along with the rest of the team. Don’t get me wrong they are appreciated but the greatness of Michael Jordan outshines a lot of it

Andrew Jackson you crazy. No one at the time of the bulls run trashed any bull player like they do Kevin love. That’s under appreciation. The team stayed together so long.....BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS APPRECIATED AND VALUED. Rodman and pippen are hall of famers. Please explain how that equals “under appreciated.”

6'7"

War On Convention Films Scottie was 6’8”

@@malikjames9035 He may well be but back when he was playing they always listed him as 6'7 and Jordan as 6'6. Height listings in the NBA aren't very accurate though as people know i.e. Allen Iverson

War On Convention Films I looked up his height and it says 6’8” not 6’7”

6’7

Now this is the comment that I like!

Great comment, and sooooo true!!!

@riikerman well for sure we know Michael was better, but doesnt mean Scottie wasnt a great player though

CAME HERE JUST TO SEE HOW SCOTTIE CARRY OVERRATED JORDAN ANDF HOW USA MEDIA WILL LIE BOUT PIPPEN GREATNESS TELLING HOW HE WAS ROLE PLAYER

@@wiltchamberlaingodofnba2072 They made each other great Bat-Man and Robin ..

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE.

Of course kobe recognized. He still remembers scottie in the wcf and how for a lot of that series shutting kobe down or making him struggle.

If he watched MJ I'm sure he seen Scottie as well, I sure did, That full court press the Bulls used was Dangerous.

Totally agree and my fav. Player of all time...

👏I agree 100 percent 33 times over 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

True..Plus Scottie would fit into todays era perfectly and cause problems. His style of defense (with his length and lateral speed/quick footwork) would mean he'd still be a real problem..and he'd finally get a few DPOY awards.

The Detail segments are remarkable in part bc Kobe's pointing out how **little** has changed, in terms of many aspects of the game.

@@contramundum2.0paradigmshi10 Dude, Pippen was pretty much Draymond Green with a ton more offensive game and more elevation on his jump... if Pippen was playing D on Lebron he would be ruining him... cause he was strong and athletic and very fast... he would be able to play him full court... also he almost never fouled when he poked to ruin the ball carriers dribbling flow... Scottie if he wasn't the best defender he was by far the most annoying defender you could ever have against you... he didn't give a tenth of a second of peace and quiet to shoot the damn ball...

@@sportschool3537 .... Well said indeed!!

But you must uderstand alot of people are closed off to reason and greatness fi its not the greatness of their percieved fav. LeBron himself could say cottie couldve guarded me out the game and the LeBron sheep would still say its BS.

You could just have written the 4 letter word kobe, instead you went for KB24 lol

That was a hybrid zone defense the bulls would run.

Exactly able to lock down a player one on one but what made him even more dangerous is he guarded the basketball while keeping track of his matchup

Why'd he have to do that thing with that other woman after he had kids with Vanessa??? Messed up his reputation for life..

??

drServitis And what difference does it make to you?

drServitis nope not one bit no one is perfect and that chick just wanted money kobe ain’t do nothing get your facts right too many people try and be an opportunist now a days kobe always gonna be a legend everyone looks up too 👌

y'all didn't know this guy lol

RetroR0bbie Do not forget Harper

truth he was rad.

RetroR0bbie Harper was a very solid defender too!

You have not included Harper, who was excellent also

agreed harper was a total beast.

Yesssssss!

Okay

To not win DPOY

@@christianbrianenad9803 That was a complete travesty. He should have had multiple DPOYs, even in a league with Dennis Rodman, Hakeem Olajuwon, Dikembe Mutombo, David Robinson, Gary Payton and Michael Jordan. The fact that he played alongside two all world defenders like MJ and Rodman (and Harper and Grant were also excellent defenders) really hurt his chances for league DPOY, but he was easily the best defender of those three, and that is saying a lot...

The DPOY is decided by the media, when picking all team defense, that’s done by coaches. The years where people were getting DPOY, Scottie was getting the most votes for all team defense ahead of the DPOY. That tells you something. People look at numbers and stats. That’s fine but that doesn’t tell you everything. Plays disrupted, players making mistakes or bad decisions or taking bad shots because of the defender gets lost and forgotten. That’s the things the players and coaches know best.

@gerizzyYMcrew Scottie Pippen is the best perimeter defender of all-time

@@christianbrianenad9803 Travesties like Pippen and Duncan not having DPOYs are shameful, especially when they got it robbed from overrated center and mere shotblockers like Mutombo, when you had streaks of DPOYs awards just for that.

And also think of the confidence that would give Scottie. He would know whoever he is guarding in the league is not as good as Jordan.

Definitely

J M it’s both.

J M just because he enter the game later doesn’t mean he has less capacities tan Jordan.

well he did avg like 37 the year before scottie came lol

Shawn Orjiakor Absolutely 👍🏾👊🏾✌🏾🇳🇬🇺🇸

ayo30s 👍🏾🇳🇬 Love.

well said shawn👌🏻

Shawn Orjiakor Time minded? What are you talking about?

RarelyVegan I was talking about people who doesn't appreciate his insight on the game and make stupid jokes.

I think him being listed as a top 50 player in 96 and making the HOF is props...

Anyone with a brain has given him props since the early 90s

ppl dont wanna give him props cause that takes away MJs greatness

@@SanctumROTMG NO lol. Im the biggest Pippen fan on earth. Jordan is the greatest player EVER and its not close. One has nothing to do with the other. Pippen is CLEARLY a top 25 player of all time. Probably top 20

@@brianwilliams5662 Jordans top 10 but defenitly not top 5 lol hes had way too much help

SCOTTIE IS NEVER FORGOTTEN!

Dafuq you talking?!?!?! Scottie is NEVER forgotten. Mans a true Don.

Is it a forgotten art? Or an outlawed art? NBA does not want defense today.

He was a good speaker too. Very engaging to listen to. He had a lot to offer in his post nba career.

SS454LS6 facts....

He would give Steph and bron problems and frustrate them out there game

He did the same to Magic. He bodied Magic so tight from sideline to sideline it took Magic 10 seconds from getting the ball to reach the spot to start the offense.

Chris Pham exactly. Yes they had the goat but they wouldn't be as good those teams in that era was considered NBA golden era

Too bad Jordan dominated after the Golden era. Jordan looked great against those Philly, Celtic, Rocket, Piston and Rocket teams. He couldn't beat those teams with what he had, but he damn sure tried his best and gave it 110%. That Rodman, Pippen, Kukoc team would've given most 80s team problems, even with MJ being 90% of what he as in the late 80s and early 90s.

Chris Roberts W

Chris Roberts kawhi cause he actually play proper perimetre players.

Gary payton and jordan are better defenders.

Kawhi Leonard

Only knock was he never won DPOY. Cooper & Moncrief did.

Ruined his back even more

@ThePHiLsTeR Isaiah just be hating too!

He’s also a simp

Exactly. I would take Pippen over guys like prime Westbrook and prime Harden easily, but Westbrook and Harden kill Scottie stats wise.

Binh Nguyen especially the second play

Binh Nguyen , and he did it in such a brilliant ways, saving most of his fuel up to the last buzz, and he reads the game ahead thus making him fully aware of his timing and angles of defenses. Now let it be a message to everyone out there on why Pipen was with the Dream Team, and why he stood there giving his speech at the hall of fame.

SECOND PLAY SHOWS HOW OAKLEY WAS TRASH SHOULD HAVE DUNKED THE BALL ON SCOTTIE. EWING GOT LAZY OR NERVOUS HE WAS OPEN.

Steve Kerr said Scottie Pippen could score 4 points and still dominate the game....

Those long limbs with that athleticism and his brilliant BBIQ made him a terror defensively.

Good choice. Hed be a great pick to start a franchise.

LORDE OWS THE KING great players usually are terrible coaches. Id rather him do this

And too much money to deal with the bullshit involved being a head coach

LORDE OWS THE KING I’d prefer him to be an assistant coach considering they teach the players the most technique. Or maybe be like Steve Nash to Durant where he just constantly teaches players that are like him

CPGoat #3 True, they usually doesn't work because his expectations are so high they don't really know how to develop or give the players with less talent the opportunity to grow. There gonna go with the players who are closest to what they used to be when they played.

LORDE OWS THE KING Can't see Kobe being a coach, that would be like the basketball version of the movie Whiplash.

Yep they just say Lebron on drose!!! N we reply Lebron on Jason terry

Best defensive player I've ever seen and specifically against guards

I agree, the ones who put Kahwi in the same sentence with these greats are the most obvious, Kahwi would be an average player against that era, he actually wouldnt be in the NBA ..... Mr. I take the day off....... all pussys now

​@@venom-dq4rb Are you kidding me? Kawhi Leonard is pretty much the modern-day Scottie Pippen with that 7'3" wingspan and that defensive mind of his. He's a 2x defensive player of the year in an era where hand-checking is illegal. Just imagine how much better his defense would be if he's able to hand-check you with those big hands. And add that with his Jordanesque offense? You're kidding yourself if you don't think Kawhi would be an NBA player in the 90s.

@@chowderchowdown I agree with you about Kawhi. And I am a huge Pippen fan and I'm from Pippen's era. Kawhi is one of the few playing today who could play the all-around game they did in the 90s.

Horace and Rodman were indeed both absolutely great. Horace Grant, very underrated, not mentioned much but so critical for that first threepeat.

Taelan Baylor. You are definitely out on a fucking limb...by yourself.

Shaq and Kobe more dominant...from 88 to 98 post season only Jordan scored 30 or more 100 plus times compared to pippens 5..pips main job is to lock down so I give him a bit of a pass plus MJ was a Dogg on the offensive end, so I understand given Mike the ball and gtfo the way..but compared to Shaq and Kobe from 00 to 04 post season only Shaq scored 30 Or more 36 times to Kobe's 32....it was odd for Mike and pippen to both have monster offensive games... With Shaq and Kobe it was just a guessing game for when they would explode for 75 to 80 combined points...

percoset overdose here

True, Scottie didn't score that much but he ha made an impact almost everywhere, they were playing very modern basketball, being almost interchangeable (on defense, on offense of course MJ was a one-of-a-kind artist) positionless wings at around 6'6" - 6'8", playing all-world defense, bringing down the ball in turns, so versatile. In the second threepeat they also had Ron Harper who wasn't what he used to be but was yet another tall wing that could defend, they were very versatile on defense, kind of like what the Warriors are doing today with the so many interchangeable parts (Draymond, Iggy, Harrison Barnes/KD, Livingston). Shaq and Kobe sabotaged themselves their dominant team-up, they sure could have won more together. But 6 out of 8 for MJ and Scottie is legendary stuff.

Tom Brady also laughed when watching film on Ed Reed

Big respect for a contemporary's craft

Mac Price Scottie Pippen is my all time favorite too

Fuck Kawhi!!! Scottie ONLY!

CBear7833 nah kwahi that dude you prolly saying fuck kwahi cause he got out that situation from the spurs. Media been trying to go at the man but you can't really hate him🤷🏾‍♂️

Scottie's my all-time favorite as well.

Im right there with you man...Pip was THAT man

MrGenexxx 3 rings because of shaq, hero ball, refusing to shoot in playoffs, snitching on shaq. That’s your goat?

? Lebron is not talking

J Lo cuh he not the goat

Keita and Fabinho Apologist Kobe had 2 more Rings without Shaq. Where have you been? LOL

Cat Lord ok and lebron only won because of wade bosh love and Kyrie. Mj only won cause he had Scottie. Magic only won cause he had Kareem and james worthy. Seriously what kind of logic is that

n Rodman

He was the FIRST point forward. That term was created to describe him.

@@jonathanblaze1648 I think probably bird was the first, maybe not full time as scottie in his prime, but he's the first one I think, could be wrong I know, but he did a lot of ball handling and assisting for his Celtics

what happened?

@@michaelspoto8720 he died :(

@@raferalstonisgoat4457 how???

Michael Spoto helicopter crash

lmao

Urban Legend You do realize Jordan still led the league in steals like 4 times, won defense player of the year, averaged like 1.3 blocks a game and guarded the team's best player more then Pippen and pretty much messed him up. Pippen was great and could guard the team's best player at times (91 finals-height match-up-Jordan playing point so already doing alot) but wasn't a better defender then Jordan.

Chris Johnson You do realize with Pippen's lockdown defense on the opposing teams best player or point guard, allowed Jordan's great speed, athletics & IQ roam around the floor to lead the league in steals all of those times, right???

travis blair you realize that jordan had the same or even more steals per game without pippen in the team right?

Chris Johnson you have never played basketball obviously 80% of great defensive plays never appear on a stat sheet.

and attack the weak side because Pippen and Grant had the heavy load

Rio Rogers True

Todays nba is about scoring.... so sad

jordan michael todays nba is about skill.Its harder to defend like that when niw there is way more skill and spacing.

Rio Rogers nobody? The claw?

Antwan Semloh ok. He's TBD..and that's a hard maybe. I left out pat Beverly. He's the only one that has this much intensity anymore, but even then he's a slouch on offense and conserves energy.

Gregory Burns just stop.

It's kind of annoying that some players like Rodman couldn't really develop an offensive game though. It's nice to see defense taken to the highest level but it's better to see people with a D game like this and some decent offensive ability.

Ahuzam Azeem I agree

it was a nightmare for teams having to deal with those two

You guys has to watch 2nd playoff game between bulls vs magic . Bulls were 18 points down. Magic was great offensive team. SHUT THEM DOWN on 3rd quarter. You have to be supremely physically fit to spend that energy. They played like life or death in that 12minute

I thinking meant with became passion and intensity. Understanding what's is required from the individual. I don't think he expects people to just be that great.

@Juice is right, it's the mentality Kobe is talking about; understanding that games are won on the defensive side too, and it's nearly as much fun to get a good defensive stop as it is to run a smooth offensive play.

@@JamesRMeans yep... but good offensive plays give the big contracts... only tats on defence that bring contracts are steals and blocks... and they are the most meaningless ones... you get what? 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks per game? Sure... that's 3 possessions out of 80-100 that you defend... that's literally NOTHING... but the morons of the NBA don't look at who contests shots the best, they look at blocks... who's a better defender? Rudy Gobert or Al Horford? Horford never blocks but his defense is amazing at disrupting the offensive player... same thing... who's the better defender, Lebron James or Kobe Bryant? Not even close... Lebron has a lot of blocks and steals... but his defense is mediocre cause he lacks fundamental defensive awareness and footwork that Kobe had in bunches... Kobe was one of the best defenders of all time if not THE BEST perimeter defender ever... Anyway... players these days play for CONTRACTS and only that... so they focus on stats...

@@sportschool3537 Correct me if hearing you wrong, but are you saying most GM's today are idiots...

Every NBA player is more than capable of playing elite defense, you just gotta want it. All that these players care about today is shooting 3s

Kobe is the Peyton Manning of basketball in terms of knowledge of the game.

Then he would dunk on you at the other end!

Mines too!

@Julio Zuniga-Tabarez that's a dynamic crazy dual shaq and mj

Imagine Jordan with any above average center.

Nick Mackey jordan with wilt or kareem would be insane

Kobe>>>mj skill wise

@@JohnSmith-cr1oj Player Efficiency Rating Kobe PER-22.9 24 th place. MJ PER-27.9 1 th place. MJ"s best teammatest"s perfomamnce in the Finals series: Pippen- 21 ppg fg-48%. Kobe "s best teammatest"s perfomance in the Finals series: Shaq- 38 ppg. fg-61% 15 rpg 3 blk.

Top 500 maybe

@@well.thy.one. Ahh, so you know nothing about basketball i see. Its ok, everyone starts somewhere.

those people are wrong. the only reason pippen wasnt more popular is that he had the goat in his team. the second-best player of a team doesnt get nearly as much recognition as the best, specially if the best also happens to be the goat. but his amazing talent is undeniable.

Only skip says that dumb shit

Hes def top 50 but you cant say pippen was a superstar

Harper defened small forwards a lot and I think Jordan can guard a four. I think I saw him play defense on Anthony Mason for example, that's how strong he was.

Some GS fans think they can beat this Bulls!

@@jheyzbondmoto-klista6856 how ..? Harper & Jordan is gonna clamp klay and steph and nobody could stop Jordan Draymond is gonna get destroyed by Rodman Pippin is killing igoudala The matchup don’t even be in gs favor

@@antonioartemus7739 ikr?!

If they played today their death lineup would be kerr, jordan, pippen, kukoc, and rodman at the 5. You still got defense in the main 3 but you alsohave reliable spacing in kerr, kukoc, and pippen can hit a set 3.