NBA Legends Explain Why Scottie Pippen Was A MVP Player 

my favourite player, one of the best type of teammate you could ask for, his consistency is amazing.

Ever since Kerr became a coach, he's always been looking for Scottie Pippen type players. Players around 6'6 to 6'10 who can distribute like a point guard, rebound and play extremely amazing lock down defense (Draymond Green, Iggy and Wiggs). Pippen is the blueprint of what the Warriors hope to develop Kaminga into.

Pip was and is my favorite all time player. Such a force on both ends. Unselfish plays and his focus was incredible. Jordan and pip best duo

I was a sophomore in high school when Scottie Pippen got drafted and after his first season I was his biggest fan. I modelled my game after Pippen and people noticed.

Yes, Pip is my fav. player of all time:)

Scotty was a stone-cold, straight-out-of-your-nightmares monster. He's #10 on my all-time list.

I guess I just never saw MJ like I saw Scottie Pippen. Dude just did it all. When MJ could not fulfill his duty as main scorer Scottie just put on that hat and put on a show. And when he would come thundering down the court like a BULL, or would fly to the hoop like an AMERICAN EAGLE...just my all time favorite player. Edit: Chicago Bulls please please please remaster those 6 seasons! You would have a whole new set of fans who witnessed the wonder of that team.

I always remembered Scottie being pretty clutch..hitting threes and long range twos... had a great bank shot. Could drive to the basket as well as MJ in his prime.

Kenny Smith's comments about Pippen being a swiss army knife was a really great compliment imo and described Pippen very accurately. Great and underrated player

Can you imagine bringing the ball down and trying to score on Pippin, Jordan and Rodman. My God, give it up.

Love Scottie, this was a great video 🔥🔥🔥

Chicago bulls would not have won 6 nba titles without Scottie Pippen. One of my favorite player on the Chicago bulls roster.

Finally someone speaks up for Scottie! He was one of the best 2 way player and teammate.

7 All NBA, 10 All Defensive team selections, 2nd most selections in the 90s. Very few had a teammate like him.

Pippen was my favorite player. Mike was Mike, the GOAT, but Pip was a beast in every facet of the game... ran the floor like a PG, could Score like a SG, rebound like a PF, and played GOAT-level Defense. How great was Scottie Pippen? So great that he didn't even have to score a point but he could control the entire game (as Steve Kerr once said).

I'm 55 and watched almost every game my bulls played and it brought tears to my eyes because how great they were.....🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I watched Scottie in college at UCA and he was a man playing a bunch of kids. His game was the perfect complement to MJ's. If an opposing team focused solely on stopping MJ then Scottie would light them up. He made Michael better, which is hard to comprehend.

My favorite thing about Pippen was how he ran a fast break. Watching basketball today (from high school to the NBA) and seeing teams pull up for 3 on a break or GETTING NOTHING from a 2-on-1 or a 3-on-2 break drives me insane. Pippen would NOT let that happen!

I always admired Scottie, he was a perfect fit to the MJ's Bulls era.

Do we really need this? Man, don't get things wrong. We will never forget player Scottie Pippen.

I grew up in the 90’s and Scottie was always my favorite Bull; he meant everything to the team and it was easy to see his value when you watched the games!!! Use to love when Toni Kukoc got in the game as well!

I'll tell you why Scottie was a MVP caliber player. Prime Jordan retires, and the very next season, Scottie leads the Bulls to 55 wins which was only 2 less than the prior season with Jordan. The Bulls lost in 7 games to the Knicks that year--the same Knicks team that later lost in 7 to the Rockets in the finals. And there was a blown call that cost them that series against the Knicks. That's how close they were to advancing in the playoffs and potentially facing the Rockets in the finals that year. For all you young folks who never got to see him play live, you don't know how underrated and underappreciated he is today. If Pippen didn't block Charles Smith 2-3 times in '93, the Knicks win their 3rd game of the series and may have closed it out. Pippen saved the season for the Bulls in '93. I could go on. He was on the short list every year of his prime of one of the best facilitators in the league. He was a top 5 defender in every season in his prime. He was arguably the 2nd best player in the league after Hakeem Olajuwon in '93-'94. As a Knicks fan that watched him help the Bulls eliminate the Knicks several times, I know how good he really is, and even though I hated that nasty dunk he threw down on Ewing, I consider it the best in-game dunk of all time. I also respect his game and believe he deserves much more recognition that he received.

What Scottie Pippen did against Mark Jackson in the East Finals (Pacers) was one of the greatest defensive performances of all time. Had Mark Jackson on the SHU Program.

Hello Sean. Just wanted to send your channel some love. Phenomenal channel, with first class content! I'm in my mid 40s (45), and so for me, the 80s and 90s (1980-1997) is where it's at! I will always prefer this era. Modern day NBA is boring and almost cartoonish, in a way. Cheers!! Keep putting out top notch content!!!

I grew up watching Jordan and had the same respect and excitement watching Scottie, Dennis, Kukoc, Kerr, Longley

Scottie made himself into a superstar. Let’s be honest, his first few years were less than stellar. Once he came into his own, his game was beautiful thing to watch. Fluid…poetry in motion

Put Scottie on half of the teams right now and he’s that Franchises best player on day one. Pippen would probably be a perennial 1st and 2nd team player and the best perimeter defender. Mike knew who he had with him but somehow he’s become so underrated over time.

Sean David I really love your channel bro! Lifelong Bulls fan who witnessed the MJ pre-Pip days as well as the championship years. Great channel! Please keep up the great work.

Great video. Scottie Pippen is my favourite player of all time. I tried my best to model my game after him.

Man, in the 90's watching as an Australian teenager... MJ was out of this world, but my favourite player was Scottie. I could never do what Michael did, but I could learn to play defence like Scottie. He was the best wingman for MJ. I just wish he got paid like he deserved.

Thanks for the video and really appreciate the moments of history that you bring back

Greetings from Poland. Like always Mr David. Before i watch... Thx for Pippen topic. Thats my favorite player. He can make kaszanka from most modern player. (kaszanka is polish food somth like sousage with blood and meet inside). I love Scottie. now i start watching. Scotti your one of the best ever. I hope we meet someday in food shoop in Poland. My son want to meet you. He has eight and he know you are my favorite forever. Greetings from Marcin Gortat home city - Łódź in Poland. ps. i hate emotikons but here only for Scotty :)

Scotty made huge shots in so many games. He usually good games in close out games in each series and in the finals. He would also guard everything from point guards to power forwards.

The archetype of what every all-around basketball player should be

Loved it when Scottie came to Portland. Dude also had one of the greatest smiles on the court. When he smiled at ya you knew he just got ya! Scottie was a bad man!

On the 2nd 3peat his defense was amazing !,

The thing that solidified Scottie's greatness to me (and I was already a believer) was watching Pippen on the dream team. There were games where the supposed "greatest PG of all time" Magic Johnson would go to the bench. Stockton wouldn't even get in the game, and Pippen would run the point and the offense would get BETTER! Pippen could probably have made a legitimate case for the greatest PG of all time if he was in that position.

I'm old enough to remember when Jordan left those 2 years to play baseball and Pippen went off leading the Bulls to the playoffs and winning All star MVP that year. Pippen really doesn't get his due as an all time great. A top ten talent drafted from a small school balling like that.

100% i was huge MJ fan when i was a kid but now I see it

Still to this day my favorite player of all time.

Was a Knicks fan growing up in the 90's, but I loved many other players throughout the league. Scottie was def one of the best to ever play. People get caught up in the Jordan hype, but there were so many good squads on the Bulls and Scottie was the glue just as much as Michael was in that era, if not more so when Jordan took that baseball hiatus.

I had season tickets to the Blazers when Scottie was there and he was unbelievable. It's hard for me rank him other than he was an all-time great, at least top 20. I saw him in the NIke locker room a few times when the Dream Team was practicing on our court. He and David Robinson had the most incredible bodies -- remember how those guys looked. Then you see him and those incredible long muscles.

Scottie my favorite player of all time

Scottie signature moment. Dunking on the knicks from the free throw line. It’s burned into my memory.

Scottie made being unselfishness a asset as important as shooting or defending. He is the greatest player at making his teammates better. One of the greatest players of all time.

I lived through his career. MJ is the goat, but he is so much unreachable, that Scotty was my idol. I always wanted to play like Scotty.

Maen, its always enjoyable seeing this maen ...and bsst due ever ... every single video of tbese 2 is thd best bSketball show ...

Best vid yet! Great job…

It's interesting how Scottie went from being 6' 7'' to 6' 8'' and 6' 9''. Maybe Scottie was even a 7-footer in disguise. 😄

The Bulls don't have the rings without Scottie, the man who revolutionized the Point Forward position. Listen to Grant Hill talk about this man and the Worm too. One of the best ever esp. on D. "The fundamentals are built into his Swag"

The video I was waiting for

Awesome videos and thank you

Pippen had one last second game winning shot in his career. That is the shame as Kukoc had 3 or 4 game winners in the 1995-96 season. It was the right call by Phil.

I have to disagree about not having a signature playoff moment. It was on the defensive end. The change of the series started when Scottie switched to guard Magic.

Always enjoy your content. Keep it up! Make the videos longer though! Lol

A basketball machine, no truer words ever spoken

Scottie Pippen had a signature moment! The time he pouted about not getting the ball and sat cross-armed on the bench. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bYcjCoy7R4I.html

As the nineties Chicago Bulls fan Scottie Pippen was second to MJ favorite player. But I lost all that respect after he Betrayed the GOAT .

I watched the bulls since 86. Scottie was awesome. I always remember he was great at shooting off the glass and dunking and defense. He’s the best player I’ve seen shooting from the side of the glass

Scottie Pippen was absolutely phenomenal and amazing I don't believe Michael Jordan would have won all these championships without him

I had to pause Jalen rose scottie had several signature moments his defense on magic when Jordan got in foul trouble is in the last dance magic even talked about how scottie made him work for every inch his defense and leadership in game 6 against Portland down by 16 in the fourth and Michael on the bench he shut down Drexler and led the bulls on one of the greatest 4th quarter comebacks in finals history and him coming back for the 2nd half against Utah in game 6 when he's fighting back spasms leave it up Jalen to say scottie is the most disrespected super star then disrespect em lmao

I have a huge issue with Scottie Pippen. It's not about his playstyle, his recent beef with Jordan, or anything like this. No my main issue is that he is used by some fans and analysts to diminish MJ legacy. The Jordan - Pippen relation is the epitome of a player that never win alone. Jordan never won without Pippen, and Pippen never won without Jordan. The same way every legend never won alone, Bill Russell had Bob Cousy or John Havlichek, KAJ had Magic and vice versa, Bird had McHale, Tim Duncan had David Robinson and Tony Parker, Shaq had Kobe and vice versa, LeBron had Wade, Irving or Davis, Steph Curry had Klay Tompson. You'll see with every all-time great an all-time great lieutenant. Some of them being also an all-time great.

Grew up in The Chi and got a chance to see all the games. While everyone else was a Jordan fan, I was a Pippen fan. He did everything for the team. Including leading the team in every category one year.

Everyone who watched 90's basketball knows that Pippen is an all-time great.

Sacrificed his career for the Jordan era,he was always great in his own right,people don't realize,give the man his credit,his Portland stint after the bulls was fire.

Scottie's signature moment is when he blocked Charles Smith shot several times at the end of Game 5 of the 1993 ECF. If Scottie doesn't make those plays, the Knicks win that game, likely wins the Series, which means there is no first Bulls 3-peat.

This is dope, Scottie's always been that dude to me

Great video.

Pippen's main weakness was his shooting. Just look at his fg%. Even his ft%. They're way lower than other star forwards. And look at his highlights, they're all drives and dunks. He's still a top all star player despite the shooting. But shooting is/was essential, in his position, to be considered an MVP. He did everything else at MVP levels. But you can't be an average shooter, and an average free throw shooter, and be an MVP. Magic also wasn't a great shooter. But he sank his free throws. You're a liability if you're shooting 60% from the line.

Scottie is every coach dream … he is a great defender a great shooter , he is the corner stone of the triangle offense he liberated MJ offensively

Great video, Sean, but you always turn out great content. Cue the saxophone!

Pippen> lebron I said what I said

jordan didnt shoot threes like pip, pippen for three ,bang. the fudementals are built into his swagg, who got more steals, assists and he was a feared defender,the world said jordan is the star but honestly scottie was the life and soul of that team and the glue that held them together

One of my favorites

He was a super nice guy to everyone even after the championship game they were in the harbor a day in My memories I'll take to the grave we meaning All of us who were there fantastic thanks 👍

*an 🙄 And no he wasn't. Seem to remember him maybe coming 4th in '94. Maybe higher. But was never deserving of that award. Not quite.

His son is also very good. Looking forward to watching his career. I used to watch his daddy when I was young.

Not only was his game underrated but his signature shoes are as well. The Uptempos are 🔥

About time.

Agreed Scottie was a beast a lot of people have selective memories or something! I remember though and they do too

For me that was one of the greatest dunks ever or for me the dunk that made me loose my shit the most, I still remember that moment, I was alone in the living room and when he made that dunk I started screaming and jumping up and down the couch, my mom came out of her room scared, like she thought there was a fire or something, she looks at me and goes "son what, what? whats wrong?" and im just screaming, like a mad ape " AHHHHHHH AHHHHH" she is like " what?" and i, still screaming, point at the TV, were they were repeating the dunk of the 10th time. My mom went from a dumbfounded look to an angry look real fast "get yo ass to bed, right now, dammit, before i beat your ass" turns around to leave but before that takes one look at the last replay of the dunk and I heard her say "oh shit" and goes back into her room. What a moment. Love you u mom!!

Thanks for the video. I always loved Scottie Pippen's play. I'm reading the book these days and it's truly a great read. Sure, you feel the bitterness toward The Last Dance and Jordan's involvement in that (thing that in my opinion was overemphasized by the press and for marketing), but also you can read of the great respect he has for MJ. For me, in a few words, the Bulls wouldn't have been the 6 champion Bulls without Scottie... full stop... Pip was the glue and the soul of the team. UN-Replaceable.

Scottie Pippen was a beast but he was a number 2 he was not the main go to guy but his defense was crazy as hell

i remember in september 1991 when i went to NIKE exhibition called " FORCE TOUR " at Paris France with scottie pipen charles barkley and david robinson, PIPEN WAS so quick so hight so strong

Loved his game

always the bridge between Jordan, Jackson and the other role players =) The approachable M.O.P

As a Chicagoan that was the right age at the right time, without a doubt, Scotty was LOVED by the city... Second only to, even more unbelievably, BJ Armstrong. I'm sure Scotty loves Chicago. He got mad love and had a platinum hood pass. People want MJs autograph, but people wanted hugs from scotty and to hang out.

Best play I ever saw was Pip to Kukoc on an inbound pass for a Slam Dunk.

Any video giving Pip his due is a 👍🏾!

He has it all ...... 💙

It's such a Shame that Scottie Pippens basketball legacy has been tarnished by off court stuff, hopefully he can find peace. But I thank you for this video, reminds fans how good and respected he is as a basketball player. Just imagine if the Supersonics were able to keep Scottie at the time he was drafted? Would've been one of Jordan's greatest rivals.

See we all forget that Scottie was pretty close to a championship without Michael twice. And like Robinson, Barkley, Malone, Stockton, he won a gold medal twice. A gold medal is like a ring to me.

Great story on Mr Scottie,Pippen.

Du bist mein ablumme mr david. Love.your show

Soo explosive n fun to watch

Pip has iconic moments......the whole season when mike was out, the dunk against the bullets playoffs, playing with the hurt back against Utah, the dunk on Patrick, locking magic down in the finals but mostly just consistent hard nose basketball at the highest level.

#33Pippen my favorite NBA🏀 player of all-time bsides #32Magic 2 unselfish ez 2 get along wit natural born leaders on tha Court dat kan play every position 1-5! Hall of Fame Dream Teamers🇺🇸

I love to hear people talk good sense......Scottie is the shit with no equivocation!

That Pete Meyers bounce pass was off just the right amount to disarm everyone and give Pippen that extra half second to wind er up and go farken BOOOM

Pip is a alltime great. I love Pip game