This clip summarizes Scottie Pippen so well. Does an amazing dunk, actually further than anyone else who ever did it, does it on one try without traveling...and no one remembers it.
Pippen was a monster. People can talk all about Le Bron's physicall presence, but I always remember Pippen and I am not shocked by Le Bron. NBA had greater physical freaks in the past that it has now IMO.
This is why I have hated the NBA's coverage of Pippen saying things like he stepped inside the line ummm did you see when MJ did it? Was it perfect everytime? Second of all they are over exaggerating his height 6'9? What the hell he was 6'7. Michael Jordan was the greatest basketball player in my opinion he doesn't need these stupid commentators trying to diminish Pippen to make Jordan seem better.
People only ever comment on Jordans free throw line dunk that won him the competition - Jordan was inside the line because he double clutched. If you watch his one in 1985 - Jordan even put tape across the floor before the line so everyone could see where he leapt from - outside the line.
daveberg69 Michael Jordan did not jump from outside the line. That video is on RU-vid and I have watched it multiple times. Pippen actually has jumped farther in this video than some of Jordan's others. Pippen had around the same vertical leap Jordan had, and had longer arms and was taller. Because he was taller, and less creative in his dunks, he is not remembered as favorably which is fine. But Pippen could dunk on ANYBODY in NBA History.
You need to go back and watch again. Jordan TAPED the line in 1985. He jumped from the top of the tape, not on it, or over it. Jordan's other attempts years later were inside the line as he added the flared legs and double clutch.
daveberg69 Even on the one with tape the tips of his toes was on the line. But I will give it to him anyway, also Pippen's was essentially the same spot that Jordan jumped from. His freethrow line dunk just didn't look as good as Jordan's but if you read my comment my main issue is the erroneous height the announcer is giving for Pippen.
Look at this . This guy tripped over just before jumping off the free throw line and still made it to the hoop. Wow can anyone else appreciate how good he was
Jordan and Pippen are the only two who dribbled up the court for theirs... incredible. Vince and T Mac could've been the next MJ/Pip if Toronto didn't fuck it all up!
MJ dunks from the free-throw line and it's one of the greatest dunks ever. Pip dunks from the free-throw line (even further than MJ) and the commentator doesn't even raise his voice. That's Scottie's career in a nutshell. Will forever remain underrated.
It was not as good as Jordan because of Jordan being shorter and more style points, but it was better than Dr. J because Pippen didn't travel. Pippen would have gotten more elevation it he took off one foot farther. The Pippen dunk was a solid 50.
UfosAreRealFresno u don't get what is being stated. U can still travel in a dunk contest u idiot. And yes a judge can penalize u for it by taking some points away u dumb fucktard. And not traveling is far more impressive than traveling and performing his dunk. Idiot.
I never heard of any player saying he's smaller than he is, loads say they're taller, i.e. Sir Charles but never smaller! One of the few guys to actually do it from the line and not half a step inside.
I know what you mean. The rules do specify the distance between free throw line and board. I just calculated the distance between free throw line and center of the ring by substracting radius of the ring and distance between the nearest point of the ring to the board. Since players dunk the ball into the ring instead of onto the board, it makes more sense to compare in my way. But anyway thank for helping those rookies understand more about basketball . ^_^
Yeah Pippen was a G.O.A.T.! Deserved multiple Defender of the Year titles. Easily the best defenders of all time and he never complained when he should’ve but at least he got his rings. Not to knock the current players but the fact is they just don’t play defense like the players did back then. Glad to have witnessed the highest level of basketball in my era.
WTF PIPPEN IS A BEAST MAN, HOLY SHIT ONLY PLAYER TO DUNK FROM BEHIND THE FREE THROW LINE! WTF ARE THE JUDGES THINKING THAT IS A PERFECT SCORE FOR A PERFECT DUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't care what anyone says, that was a legitimate dunk from the free throw line. Scottie's foot was directly on the line, as a matter of fact, I would consider his dunk to be better then jordans free throw line dunk. Probably the best dunk from the free throw line of all time.
Yes, I've been trying to find it online. It happened around 2001, it was in the paper either Wash Post, Times, or maybe even the B-more sun. I showed 1 of my roomates 2 years ago, cause they didn't believe it either.
that was too good these days nobody actually jumps from behind the line on the free throw line dunk. pause it right before he takes off it's right behind the line. awesome
i totally agree with your assessment. dribbling it is much tougher than running up with ball in hand. this dunk looked more like brent barry from the foul line.
Mj did it once in the dunk contest and his foot was half over, but still looked like he flew and looked better than pippens. But Scottiest was further than Jordans. Scotties toe barly touched the line. Try and watch the video and pay attention
The commentator makes the point that Pippen "stepped inside the line", when he hardly crossed it. On Jordan's famous free throw line dunk he stepped in half a foot further than that. However, Jordan's dunk is much more beautiful, he's much more graceful in the air.
@happybrownbear1 He is under appreciated by fans. When people talk about best players you never hear SCOTTIE PIPPEN. You hear Jordan, Kobe, Magic, Kareem abdul, Hakeem, etcc.
If Pippen is 6'7," (I think he is 6-8 to 6-9), then guys like Kobe, Drexler, Penny, and R. Miller listed at 6-7 too, are shorter because Pippen looks a bit taller. Also, player heights are often inaccurately listed. Kobe's wife measured him at home to be 6-4 3/4 because she couldn't believe he was 6-7. Reggie Miller stated that Jordan is actually 6-4 to 6-5. Shaq stated he was really 6'11" and not over 7 feet.
He jumps not that high, the reaches the rim due to his long arms, look how much he has to extend his body in the final part, Mj's Hangtime is unparalled!!
@miguelinino Jim Pollard would occasionally dunk from the free throw line during warmups earning him the nickname "The Kangaroo Kid". Unlike the others, Wilt Chamberlain did not require a full running start, but instead began his movement from inside the top half of the free throw circle. Dr.J. was "just" the first to do this dunk during the slam dunk contest.
FANTASTIC DUNK even we can see his foot beyond the line...incredible...but if you take a look at the jordan,s dunk in 1988 i can see his head at the same high than the basket; here pippen has his head 10 inches under...
@frusionnn actually, there is another thing you have not noticed, pippen is taller, has longer arms, and michael's head was in the same height than the basket, and pippen had to stretch himself a lot, michael even did some moves in the air, see?
+MTNtf2 I've seen quite a few of his and based on how he looks in flight, his trajectory, his arc, his landing place, etc. I think he could take off from the top of the key. but watch Mike Conley's dunk he took off from at least 8-10 inches BEHIND the line....it wasn't pretty, it didn't have the same air under neath him like James, more like a straight line to the hoop lol... but as far as pros go, I havent seen any one else take off from where Mike Conley did.
Ops. It's exactly the other way round. In Europe they use the international rules. NBA does have a much further 3-point line but closer free throw line. In international rules the free throw line is 4.45 meter from the center of the ring. In NBA that's 13'9'' from the center of the ring. It's 4.191 meter. Much closer than that in the international rules. So anyone who can dunk from the international free throw line definitely dominates those just make it from the NBA free throw line.
Honestly its not as flashy as how Jordan does it, but Jordan always stepped way over the line when he did it. Scottie didn't travel either. I always wanted to see someone hit one of these in a game.
@EGarrett01 the thing is, yea you're right. but if you take a closer look, jordan was half a foot closer and pippen barely got this in. the ball hit the rim and he forced it in where as jordan has almost half his forearm in the rim.
@stevel920 does not matter. Pippen was clearly behind the line when he took flight. Jordan was a step (give or take a few) in front of the line in '88 & he got a 50. Pippen should have gotten a 50 out of it also. and I have no idea why the fans didn't react as great to this dunk by Pippen as they did to Jordan's in '88. I guess this dunk contest should have been in Chicago also.
Nope - check when MJ did it in 1985 - he even taped the line so everyone could see where he took off from. His later free throw line dunks were slightly over the line as he added a double clutch to them for flavour.
@RBG02005 Just as an example, in 1997, out of the entire playoffs (19 games), only four were one possession games (or ended in a one possession game, margin not bigger than 3 points) So no, most of the playoff games were not close. While I doubt Jordan would've won 6 rings without Pippen, it's not out of this world to think he couldn't have done it at least once without him.
@benched4lyfe - No, he didn't Look up the 1985 dunk contest. Jordan even put tape down on the line to mark where he jumped form. Jordan's other freethrow line dunks were possibly even better because he actually double pumped the ball - no-one has ever done that from the foul line apart from MJ.
@thunderrazor Yes sorry I should have clarified - Pippen was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team eight times (all consecutive) and the All-NBA First Team three times. He was a seven-time NBA All Star and was the NBA All-Star Game MVP in 1994. He was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History - I think comparisons with any legendary player is appropriate when he is listed in the top 50 of all time. That is my point. You can't say he is "nothing" compared with Jordan.
Scottie Pippen is so underrated it's not even funny. I mean, he could do EVERYTHING on the basketball court, shoot, score, pass, rebound, defend, dunk, dribble, you name it, Scottie could do it. People will say that Pippen never won without Jordan, yet it is also the same vice versa. Plus, Pippen has actually accomplished a 55 game win season without Jordan - in 1993-1994. Also probably the best perimeter defensive player of all time. So underrated, it's not even funny...
how in the WORLD did they give Pippen a 46/47 on this dunk when his foot was clearly on/behind the free throw line before he took flight?! Michael Jordan stepped just a little bit inside the line & he was awarded a 50, but Pippen was not?! UNDERRATED MUCH?!?!?!
@rizzaman12 TOTALLY AGREE, man. But you got to understand that you can't be too much appreciated when you play in the same team that Michael Jordan play. He was a beast, but MJ just stole all the flashes and the attention in Chicago. I still believing that if Scottie played in another team of the NBA, if he had the oppurtunity to be "the man" of a team, shoting and scoring when he wanted, in his prime, he could be easily one of the best players ever. *sorry for the bad english
@33bullsfan at this time pippen was listed at 6'9.... as the announcer says... he is 6'7 without shoes ... sum players use there barefoot measurements some use with shoes.. it all depends on what effect your going for.. if u want to intimidate u add height.... if u want to slip by the radars unseen u take the low one...
@Tranzorz33 What?? rofl MJ had a 48 inch vertical. 48 inch! That's insane, even comparing it to the NBA athletes of today, it dwarfs most, if not all. MJ was a solid 6'6", not 6'51/2". And he had baseball mitts as hands, they were so big. Pippen is 6'8", not close to 6'10", he's 6'8". With an incredible wingspan. But he's not nearly as athletic as Jordan, although Pippen is plenty athletic. Longer arms, not near the sheer leaping ability. And Pippen jumped maybe a foot farther away too....
@MrBenbolt You have a strong opinion, and I won't hate... But it was Jordan's free-throw dunk that was a little further, check out his '85 dunk entries. The commentator even said on Pippen "he stepped inside the free-throw line just a little bit.." And if you remember, Jordan was already blowing away the NBA statistics before Pippen arrived in his first years (remember his 63 points against the best team in the NBA in '86?)
@33bullsfan The small forward position is usually filled by a utility guy the only ones who stand out to me are Larry, Scottie, Dr. J, and James Worthy. If I had to pick just one I think Scottie would be the hardest one reject. He's got ridiculously long arms and he's the most athletic dynamic and versatile maybe not the shooter or team leader bird is, and not capable of taking a game over quite as well as Dr. J. One on one it's a draw between Bird and Dr J. For 5 on 5 I'd take Scottie.
Definitely a real FT line dunk..... but Scottie was an inch or two taller than MJ, had 9 foot long arms, and MJ double pumped. Still impressive though.
@ButterMilkPancakes Well I think the reverse is true, too. I think Pippen will have eventually won a championship, if Jordan never came back (in due time of course). Remember the 80s when Jordan used to score like 40-50 most games? The Bulls never won a championship and no one helped Jordan. When Pippen came along he grew tremendously and Jackson got some other key figures to assist them. Then and only then did they win a championship...
@MrBenbolt - Actually, no it's not. Jordan dunked from the line exactly in 1985. But people tend to show his other free throw line dunks in the higlights because he double pumps the ball.
My mistake. Search 'James White all dunks turkey allstar weekend'. at 5:33 you can see him do a windmill free throw line dunk from BEHIND the free throw line. Really cool.
Scottie is remarkable in body extension when making dunks, probably better than Michael. While Michael has a wonderful sense of balance. I think they are head to head in slam dunk.
@dwagner92 I think he almost won an mvp the season jordan retired was easily one of the best years of pippens career...I think the bulls won a lot of games that year too.
I'm talking about james white in the other video that blackchillwing is talking about. I have all the respect in the world for scottie pippen, I live and grew up in chicago during the Jordan and Pippen days. ^this video is a 10 ft rim obviously. I hate whenever anyone says something about a current player being better than michael or they underrate Pippen and Rodman. so. yeah.
@7odallah I disagree. Grant Hill was superb in his prime. Scoring, rebounding, assists. But he was not - by far - the defender Scottie was. Pippen was the most destructive defender in the NBA in his days.
add James White to your list. He takes off on the free throw line, then brushes his teeth, combs his hair and then dunks. Seriously you guys check what he can do
