MrZackavelli I like Scottie. His dunks have nothing to do with flying or great elevation. He might be "only" 6'8-9'' but his standing reach compares to >7 footers. I do not like the posts were they claim Scottie having 50' vert. Scottie had 30' max vert. and most of these dunks are done with much less. With 50'' he would be head and shoulders over the rim. (Rim is at 120', he is 81'. So to get his head to the rim level he needs 39' but in most of these dunks he is 15-20'' below he rim with his head, which makes it 19-24'' verts)
Pippen was a violent drunker. Defended everyone from point guard, to center. Points, rebounds, assists. One of the best stealers of all time. Pippen ain't easy.
I think what MJ did for Pip was demonstrate the fire and killer instinct necessary to win sustainably and in big games. Pip would have been great regardless but with MJ he became all time great.
It comes with the territory. Ewing was one of the greatest rim protector. Every rim protector gets dunk on. Just like every great dunker seek contact in order to dunk on player
the dunk on charles smith at 2nd position is he most underrated and spectacular dunk of bulls era, at garden, rivalry at his best, crazy facial anda foul, what else.. pippen is way better than lebron for me, best all around player
Personally, I love #2, because of the collision on the air. They literally bounced off each other in opposite direction and that hit looked hard as fuck.
this is my fav dunk too, real poster dunk and one, crazy hit and got the power to finish it, at garden, damn i wish i was not so young to go to garden watching that nigga play
Love how Pippen would show you the ball and still dunk on you, like saying here it is, good luck trying to block it ! Made for some of the best facial dunks, i honestly feel that he did it on purpose to try and increase the chances of demoralizing his opponents as much as possible...so beautiful...
Finally! Some respect for the #2 dunk over Smith. No one ever talks about that one cause it happened in Jordan's return double nickle game against the Knicks. Best ever!
Like few others here I personally prefer #2 dunk. It's the quintessence of Scottie's dunking style: one arm, raised to the sky. Like a Greek God. Pure classical beauty. And nasty like thunder from Zeus.
@nuggets93 Pipen is one of the greatest players of alltime. He understood his role in the Bulls. That's what makes a team. Knowing what your job is and accepting it. On any other team he would have been the franchise player because he could do it all. He got the chance to lead the Bulls when Jordan first retired, and he was the best player in the league (should have won the1993/94 MVP). He was also on MVP form for the 1995 and 1996 seasons.
Pips was elastic. That dude would stretch and stretch, then stretch some more. Everyone knows which dunk was going be #1, but #2 was just as special. Number 5 was good as well, that one was on Zo.
Pippen rules! I play NBA Jam on both my Blackberry and my iPad. As soon as you win 5 in a row in the Challenge, you unlock Scottie Pippen. From there, you're unstoppable :)
Nobody ever thinks about how good Pip really could have been. He did what we don't see in today's game- he saw all of Jordan's talents, moves, tricks than anyone else during their time. He saw what a truely great player he is and ACCEPTED that. He accepted the fact that this was JORDANS team, and not his. He dealt with the fact of being Robin instead of Batman. That's a true hero. God knows what kind of player Scottie would have been if he was the center peice. Think of Wade and LBJ in 2days gam
scotty was an amazing player but no one recognized until now.... jordan was even more amazing but pippen helped him be amazing... damn never forget the lil guy
