Scottie Pippen, my favorite player of all time. All around pure basketball player. I feel blessed to have witnessed his whole career. Best Wing defender of his era. It's a damned shame how Hugh Hollins possibly costed the Bulls a 1994 ring. Also obvious how the refs sabotaged the Blazers in game 7 of 2000 West conf finals......Pip could of possibly had 2 rings without MJ.....1994 & 2000.....Would of been great, but 6 rings wasn't too shabby.😆 My favorite Pip career moment was when he had arguably the best playoff dunk of all time on top of Ewing sending Patrick bouncing into the floor in game 6 1994 East Conf Semifinals at the old Chicago Stadium vs Knicks on top of Ewing off . Patrick Ewing wasn't happy about being on that poster....LoL. I attended that game, and the Stadium rumbled like an Earthquake.........Good Ole Days....
9 man rotation,5 new faces 55 wins.With the straight 5th year of being 55 plus wins.And All Star MVP.Scottie got robbed of not being MVP this year and got robbed at a chance of not going to the finals in that game 5 against Pat Ewing,Starks, and Oakley.Nobody wanted to the jordan-less Bulls make it.Thats why Scottie will always be my favorite player
Olajuwon was MVP though. Who was his second best teammate on a 58 win team? OTIS THORPE!?!? 27 and 12 on 53% shooting with almost 4 assists and 5.3 stocks (steals and blocks). Pippen averaged 22/8.7/5.6 with 3.7 stocks on 49% shooting. Second best player in the league.
To me, this 1993-1994 Bulls team is the biggest knock against Michael Jordan's legacy. Even though, Scottie Pippen was an All-Star and named to the 1992 Dream Team, a lot of people still viewed the 3-Peat Bulls as Michael Jordan carrying a bunch of Chumps!! And for Michael Jordan to suddenly retire shortly before this 1993-1994 season and they still go on to win 55 games(just 2 games fewer than they did the previous year) was remarkable. There needs to be some sort of documentary on these 1993-1994 Bulls because of how well they played. NOBODY thought they'd be this good without Michael Jordan. This is great video here because you have one of the great NBA minds of all time in Hubie Brown breaking down how the Bulls still remained a great team after Michael Jordan retired. Pippen elevated his game to MVP status, Horace Grant and B.J.Armstrong became All-Stars, and the Bulls were the 2nd best defensive team in the NBA. The addition of Kukoc was also key. I recall they took Kukoc late in the first round or early in the 2nd round a few years before this(around 1990), and his legend grew overseas. There was a lot of hype about his arrival to the NBA. Adding Kukoc was like adding a high lottery pick.
+seeehorn I don't think it's a knock on Jordan's legacy(the man was still grieving the murder of his father), more of a testament to Scottie's greatness.
+seeehorn This same team also started the next season, 1994-95 33-31 record, and with Jordan's return went 14-4, and then 72-10 the next year. Look at the huge improvement in that time span of players like Luc Longley, who Jordan demanded more productivity from and you will see why Jordan is the greatest leader ever.
+Prince Cyrill And I stand by my original statement. Look at Dennis and his behavior in 94-95 and how much he couldn't get behind David Robinson. Look at the difference of playing alongside MJ did for him...
My favorite player and I modeled my HS school game after him and Rodman... Love MJ, but he gotta loosing career record without Scottie Pippen. Like Pippen said he probably the best scorer ever and I would say the best defender at the 2Gaurd spot... The media is full of $h!t....
@@cashflodigitalsportsnetwork MJ was averaging 35 PPG while Pippen was coming off the bench averaging 7 PPG the first year MJ won a playoff series. He also averaged more asissts and rebounds than Pippen.
Ain't nobody said Jordan didnt need pippin. Jordan even said they'd be no Jordan without scottie pippen. Some of ya'lll be reaching for shit that's not even there. In other words, you're dilllusional
This was Scottie Pippen in his prime, poetry in motion. Everyone forgets that the Jordan-less Bulls were would-be champions in 1994, save Hugh Hollins. Nobody talks about Scottie's MVP-level play that year. Scottie Pippen and the Bulls were so fun to watch that year. Scottie Pippen was always a champion, but that season in particular, he was the star of stars, a champion independent of Michael Jordan, a lock for the Hall of Fame. People forget - its okay, we'll keep it our little secret.
If the Bulls had won 58-60 games they would have had homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs and they were really tough at home. The Bulls/Knicks series came down to home court advantage (and Hugh Hollins garbage call on Pippen in Game 5). Also if the Bulls win close to 60 games after losing Jordan I have no doubt Pippen would have been the MVP that year.
Talk about a true rivalry New York and Chicago still draws vitriol 24 years after it was at it's peak. That's sweet. Long live this rivalry. The Bulls and Knicks both had their fairshare of true rivalries and this one was probably the hottest one at the hottest time to watch NBA 🏀 Basketball.
Pip really turned the corner that year. With MJ hitting curve balls, Scottie showed just how good he could be and should have been MVP. When MJ returned, well we all know what happened - 72 wins.
One thing I noticed is that, Pippen tended to play with "new faces" or bench player more, and still bring up good numbers, 55 win good ppg apg rpg,etc. I think it is pippen likes to pass the ball to his open teammate, and Triangle offense is designed for everyone moving without the ball and screening and such, which fits pippen playing style well.
The 93-94 season showed pip wasn't just a sidekick, that he was top 5 in the NBA, definitely the best all around player and best perimeter defender pip was a 94 foot defensive threat, people don't give him any respect because he only averaged 22 ppg but the team dropped 10 ppg scored only 98 ppg and his scoring went up 3.5 ppg from 18.6 in 92-93, he helped make Armstrong and grant all stars, missed 10 games still won 55 games and gave up 3 less points per game than 92-93, went in with purpose to the 94 all star game and won MVP, olajawon, Shaq, Robinson, malone, Barkley, Ewing none of them control the game like pip, he sets up the offense, guards the other teams best player without double teams and is the help on a double team without getting beaten by his own assignment, he can guard 1-4 from baseline to baseline, he deflects passes, disrupts the oppositions offense and makes it harder to get in their offensive sets, strip steals, fronts the post steals, poke away from behind steals, jumps the passing lanes, blocks, rundown blocks, the absolute best at taking and drawing charges and offensive fouls, he can shoot from mid range and three, can create his own shot, get to the basket, draw fouls and find open teammates for easy looks, rebounds, passing and ball handling are excellent 1st ever point forward, Michael and Scottie benefited from going head to head everyday, they're the one guys who can honestly guard one another because they're the best players in the league at their positions offensively and defensively, do you think anyone has a shot at stopping MJ when he faces pippens D every single day in practice...scottie pippen should've been the 93-94 MVP and DPOY and Phil Jackson should've been coach of the year to lose MJ and still win 55 games
Scottie Pippen should have won the MVP in Mike's absence from the game this year. Scottie is one of the all time greats, who can hurt teams in so many ways.
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It was great how he wouldn't go back on the floor in 1994 because Jackson didn't give him the clutch shot. Then he accused Jackson of being a racist. Nice guy. Couldn't you see Jordan doing something like that?
dlawson688 Bulls didn’t lost all the 10 games. I think they won 3. If Pippen had played, they would have won 6-7. So Bulls would have had a 58-59 win season without MJ.
"Pippen missed 10 games this year and durin' that time period they lost 6 of da 10." "What type of record would they of had if he had participated?"- Hubie Brown "They might of had a 60 win season"- other announcer Good question and good answer.
@doddi1984 I think you're forgetting that Scottie missed 10 games because of surgery to his ankle in '94. The Bulls went 4-6 in his absence. If Pippen was there the whole season the Bulls most likely win 58+ games and take first place in the East and have home court advantage throughout the playoffs. Taking 1st seed in the east after Jordan's sudden retirement would have locked the MVP for Pippen especially after replacing Jordan with a CBA scrub in Pete Myers.
People Mention Scottie like he was a backup the man is top 50 all time and he could do everything exceptional every trick in the bag he had it and without him Jordan doesn’t get outta the second round
If not for that phantom call in Game 5 against the Knicks, this Bulls team, without Michael, at least, gets back to the finals to play for a 4-peat. This 93-94 team was surprisingly good, without Michael.
Overrated, my ass. The Pat Riley era Knicks were overrated. Could only ever beat the Bulls, AFTER Michael left. And even then, they were on the verge of the same collapse from 1993, which was losing 4 straight after taking a 2-0 lead. Why did the Knicks struggle so badly with a Jordan-less team? Knicks were as overrated as they come. And phantom call save the Knicks in that series.
Agent of Chaos If Kukoc misses the buzzer beater, they go to OT. The Knicks needed a phantom foul call to win Game 5, at home, to save their butts. A Bulls team, without MJ, beats them again without that foul call. And what did the Knicks win again? What did they ever win during the Pat Riley era?
Agent of Chaos Dude, please. Momentum would not have saved them in OT. The Knicks needed a phantom foul call to avoid suffering another 2-0 collapse for the second consecutive year. And what did they win?
Knicks needed a phantom foul call to avoid another 2-0 series collapse. And like I said, what did the Knicks win that year, if they were SO much better? So much better they finished 2 games ahead of a Jordan-less Bulls team, that lost 6 out of 10 games without Scottie in the line-up. And needed 7 games and a phantom foul call to finally beat the Bulls. So much better they struggled against a 47-win Pacer team, needing to come back from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter and needing a Ewing put-back dunk to win Game 7.
Pippen was right when he said.. that he was the lebron b4 lebron... Similar style of play (minus the defense)... Playing for the team, definitely could score.. but looks to pass and do the right thing
Pippen was not a very good scorer. His half court offense was atrocious at times. He shot in the low 40s in many playoff series, including the one against the undermanned Knicks team.
pippen in my opinion best all around small forward he filled up every stat layer n he did so much more that dnt show up on stats...like locking dwn the best scorer on the team while still droppin points(which is hard to do playin 100% off n def) running the offense like a guard and kould play 4 positions (5 if he was 6"11)guarding small guards which alot players in this new era kan't do..90'S basketball was the shit i loved watchn pippen play thats whho made me love doing everything on da kourt
LeeDiddy990: if they played that damn good w/out Jordan, imagine if they had Jordan...champions for (4) sure (u know wut I mean) and I really love how Pippen carried this team on his back w/out his big brother Mike
Pippen was an absolute terror at the point forward with the triple threat option: the man got the All-Star game's MVP but he got screwed from the NBA's MVP by a worthy candidate in David Robinson the ADMIRAL!! lol!! This is when the wonder boy became the cape crusader meaning Robin turned into Batman!!
You can tell just how much they were missing Horace Grant in 1994-1995. Had he still been around when MJ returned I think they could have given the Rockets a fight in the finals that year.
they added kukoc In his prime and still had Horace this year. luc and bj. it was the best all around n deepest bulls team in 90s. they had bj and Horace in their prime n added luc, kukoc, kerr, In their prime. this was a really really deep team. U put a in shape prime jordan on this team with no retirement this is their best team n woulda posted a 70 win season
TheSands83 kukoc was a rookie bench player putting in minuscule numbers at best with no D. Kerr was a nobody with absolutely no game. Just a white replacement for Craig hodges. Certainly none of them were in their prime. Pippens number 2 go to guy was horace grant. Just stop and take that in. Horace Grant a guy who was a 14pt a game guy in his best season. Just shows how good Pippen was as he got the best from everyone on the team to get the wins they did. And all without hogging the ball and trying to put up 30 a night. Jordan couldn't do that. All he did was go and score 30 but that didn't help the team as they still lost.
martinsimek MJ won 50 games with a rookie Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant. Also how he only score and won DPOY that season? He averaged 32-8-8 the next season and made it to the conference finals
Games the Bulls lost witout Pippen that year Celtics- 32-50 (record that year) (1 point loss) Sonics- 63-19 (1 pt loss) Blazers- 47-35 Kings- 28-54 (2 pt loss) Rockets- 58-24 Spurs- 55-27 So out them 6 losses witout Pippen, I think they coulda won 2, maybe 3 games wit Pippen considering all of them were road games. Bringin' there record to about 58-24.
When Pips jumper was falling he was as good as ANYONE in the league. ANYONE. Even if his shot wasn't falling he was still running the offense and offering nba 1st team level defense. Same can't be said for Curry...
Scottie played great in this game and during that year. image if the bulls had a good shooting guard because if they did they would've went to the finals without jordan because pete myers averaged only 7.9 points a game and clearly held them back.
it shows how good this buls team was without jordan. they took the knicks to game 7. knicks almost lost to the bulls without jordan. if m.j didn't retire they would of won 4 in a row best team ever imo
+Big Bopper Real talk! Scottie led the Bulls that year in every stat except blocks where he was 2nd. The NBA made sure PIP and Kukoc were not going to win MJ. Remember all those phantom fouls in the ECSF vs. the Knicks? Especially the one allegedly on Pip, and Hubert Davis hit the game winning free throws? It's OK cuz fate doesn't lie or cheat. That's why Houston got they @$$, and the BULLZ bombed on the Rockets that season. So David Stern and committee knew what was up! PEACE!
The old Chicago Stadium was always so much louder than the United Center... probably cuz the Stadium was smaller and the fans were right on top of you. Nothin like goin to the Stadium...
What's funny about this Bulls team is everyone makes a big deal about MJ being gone this season and if he had been there then 8 straight and blah blah blah...this team was a couple buckets/missed calls away from beating the Knicks WITHOUT Jordan and facing a Pacers team they likely would've beaten in the conference finals. Would they have beaten Houston? Maybe, maybe not. But the problem with this team wasn't that they didn't have Jordan, it was that they had literally nobody to replace him at SG. Pete Meyers was the equivilant of a D-League player.
If Pip had played those first 10 games, bulls win 60 games in 94, have home court against the Knicks, make it to the Finals and maybe win the title in 94. Such a maddening what if. If hugh hollins swallows his whistle in round 2 like he should have, Bulls coulda won it without Mike too.
Pippen is my fav all time player and I grew up watching the Bulls so believe me when I say this. Pip was a great defender but Bron still would have gotten his. Brons job would obviously be harder and he would have a slightly reduced FG %, but not shutting him down. Example of Pip guarding an elite player is 1996 ECF series against Penny Hardaway. Yes the bulls swept but Penny still averaged 25.5 ppg on .469 FG %. Not exactly shut down, Penny still got his.
If only these Bulls could've made it past the Knicks could they've beaten the Pacers in the ECF? Could they've beaten the Rockets? This team was definitely underrated.
mazaratiablum: you should be more than you were 15 years old at the time. I wish I was your age back then. I remember the late 90s though. but I wish I was older to watch the earliy-mid 90s also
@ballerb123456 I remember, didnt get to watch many games cuz I was in the hospital. But Scottie was 1b too me. No1 else matched up well w/Scottie. Always wanted his jersey
i dont want to hear none of that MJ did it by himself BULLSHIT. no one wins a championship by themself. the closest player was Lebron James. He didnt have much in clevland. Jordan had pippen who is an Allstar MVP and a contender for the 1994 MVP. people get caught up way too much on the Michael Jordan HYSTERIA.
looking back i'm puzzled that the bulls management didn't have a plan one year after Jordan's first retirement. they didn't bring people in to strengthen the squad but instead they let Horace Grant go when he was at his prime, and they also lost Cartwright and Williams. Players like Harper, Kerr, Longley and Buechler made big contributions in their second 3 peat, but you wonder how much of an impact they could have made had Jordan not returned. if i was old enough to be a more serious bulls fan back in the day i would be crying everyday why the ownership and management were spending more money on the team. I mean if they had a legitimate big man in the middle like Elden Campbell they could still be a very good team.
They didn't want to pay Grant and Pippen was increasingly pissed off about getting paid shit. If they had paid grant that would enraged Scottie even further. There is video of him doing an interview next season before MJ returns and Pippen is talking candidly about how he wants to be traded.
David you reminded me how Pippen was openly discussing about his potential trade to Phoenix during the 95 all star game. The Bulls were ready to rebuild like they eventually did in 99.
pippen is the one who taught mike? that's utter nonsense. come on, please watch more games before you say that. mj is always team player. but when you possess so much skills and raw talent offensively you just cant let it wasted.
I love Pippen but the politics people play with information is shady. People use this season to curtail the Jordan legend so they can pedastalize their fave guy. Pip and Jordan were both great and human so they both were fortunate to have one another and they both helped each other's legacies and helped the Bulls own the NBA for a decade and were the first franchise to slay the drooling NBA media from Boston and LA. Since then, thank you Spurs & Warriors for equaling that effort. Fuck LA and fuck Boston. MJ is still #1 and Pippen was #2 in the 90s. Idc about MJ vs LeBron, Bird or Magic. For the 90's CHI reigned supreme and we will have our day again. My peace ☮️.
@MaxAime... without wasting to much time..... Lebron has a long way to go to catch Wade, let alone Kobe. Forget 5 rings, for get records, for get wins, for get learning to lead..... But if Lebron (with his new teammates) can win at least 3 out of 5 championships, then he should be great. but here he has it Wade and Bosh for 5 years, win at least 3 rings, or he is no different then Vince, T-Mac, AI, Sir Charles, Karl, Dominque, Patrick, ........ no shame in being great, but not winning it all!
Erik Hopkins yes look at 6:19 in this video. Pippen goes to the bench and hi fives everyone except kukoc leaving kukoc hanging lol. There was definitely animosity (mostly from Pippen). 1.8 was destined to blow up in Chicago
The Cavs couldn't even beat the Bulls without Jordan, if it weren't for those fucks we would have won a ring in the '90s, although a lot of other teams could lay claim to that as well.
***** Yeah, I think 93-94 was our first year with Fratello. We were always pretty competitive with him but he could never win in the playoffs. Lenny was a great coach but he couldn't get over the hurdle of Jordan. But I think 93-94 also showed that the Bulls were much more than just Jordan. They took the Knicks to 7 and if a few plays go their way that series, they would have beaten the Knicks that year too, who were one win away from winning the championship themselves.
Kim Martin That's why everybody in Ohio loves the Buckeyes, particularly the football team; because they're the only thing that wins consistently. Even looking at Cincy's teams, the Reds won a World Series in 1990, but besides that they haven't really won anything either. Until the last 5 or so years, the Bengals were just as much of a joke as the Browns. But the Buckeyes are always winning, just like they won the national championship this year. The Cavs definitely have a shot this year though, and the Indians could be pretty damn good too. The Browns...well, same old shit.
Kim Martin I don't really follow hockey but from what I know the Blue Jackets are basically the Browns in the NHL. They're a joke that never wins. What happened to the original Browns was a travesty, but I think (or at least hope) that people have put that behind them and see the Browns are in complete shambles. There's no reason to long for the golden days when you could have them right now, if we can ever get anybody in place who knows what the fuck they're doing. I think Pettine is a solid coach, but Farmer seems like a jackass, and Haslam seems like an even bigger jackass. Not a good combination. And hand in hand with the terrible front office the Browns always have is horrible draft busts. You're not gonna have success in the NFL with horrible drafts, and you're never gonna find a great quarterback with horrible drafts.
Kim Martin Actually Nash got traded. And to correct you on a post earlier, the Blue Jackets actually have made the playoffs twice in their history. They made it the year you mentioned and last year as well. This year they seem a bit competitive but they're definitely not a playoff team.
Scottie got robbed in 94, teams points ppg dropped 10 ppg, 5 new players added, and only lost 2 more games then the year before when they still had MJ, Scottie shouldve won the MVP at the very least DPOY, if it wasnt for that b.s foul call at the end of game 5 against the knicks Scottie wouldve took em to the ECF finals against Indiana, if they had kept scott Williams they mightve won in 95 when MJ came back because he was tough rebounding defender they were missing
Larry Bird is the best SF of alltime, you might wanta check out Dr J too, or Elgin Baylor or Dominique cant forget your boy John Havlicek either soon Lebron will have to be mentioned too but i only mention guys that are near the end of their carers or already retired
Boricua hispanic india n black iam.Pippen was the great player. Went to playoff with out jordan. So if you see LeBron yo see pippen .lebron say i see my self in pippen. Pippen lern from jordan.
meaning?this was an amazing effort by pippen,he was second only to hakeem that season,he is probably the best all round and defensive player of his era and one of 15-20 best players of all time and yes,skip bayless is an idiot cause he doesnt get it...but,come on,lebron?!if you say lebron would do less with this bulls team than pippen did,you are out of your mind,he had much worse teammates in 2007 and took cavs all the way to finals,horace grant,b.j.armstrong and kukoč are far better players than any lebrons teammate from season 2006-07...nevertheless,this season is a clear evidence of pippens greatness
Scottie Pippen, my favorite player of all time. All around pure basketball player. I feel blessed to have witnessed his whole career. Best Wing defender of his era. It's a damned shame how Hugh Hollins possibly costed the Bulls a 1994 ring. Also obvious how the refs sabotaged the Blazers in game 7 of 2000 West conf finals......Pip could of possibly had 2 rings without MJ.....1994 & 2000.....Would of been great, but 6 rings wasn't too shabby.😆 My favorite Pip career moment was when he had arguably the best playoff dunk of all time on top of Ewing sending Patrick bouncing into the floor in game 6 1994 East Conf Semifinals at the old Chicago Stadium vs Knicks on top of Ewing off . Patrick Ewing wasn't happy about being on that poster....LoL.
I attended that game, and the Stadium rumbled like an Earthquake.........Good Ole Days....
The blazers missed 13 straight shots in game 7. They choked. In fairness, that team was a prison riot.
I will never forget the Knicks game and Blazers up by 13 in the 4th getting cheated by the fakers
@@chrisdell5679 you mean the jailblazers.
9 man rotation,5 new faces 55 wins.With the straight 5th year of being 55 plus wins.And All Star MVP.Scottie got robbed of not being MVP this year and got robbed at a chance of not going to the finals in that game 5 against Pat Ewing,Starks, and Oakley.Nobody wanted to the jordan-less Bulls make it.Thats why Scottie will always be my favorite player
Thats what the fuck im saying. Mr Fuckin Do it all. The grant hill with D. The Lebron with heart and D. The Majic Johnson Stopper
One of the sickest all around players ever.
The735Truth who won the mvp that year?
Olajuwon was MVP though. Who was his second best teammate on a 58 win team? OTIS THORPE!?!? 27 and 12 on 53% shooting with almost 4 assists and 5.3 stocks (steals and blocks). Pippen averaged 22/8.7/5.6 with 3.7 stocks on 49% shooting. Second best player in the league.
Hakeem Olajuwon...who deserved it.
Scottie was a beast !
To me, this 1993-1994 Bulls team is the biggest knock against Michael Jordan's legacy. Even though, Scottie Pippen was an All-Star and named to the 1992 Dream Team, a lot of people still viewed the 3-Peat Bulls as Michael Jordan carrying a bunch of Chumps!! And for Michael Jordan to suddenly retire shortly before this 1993-1994 season and they still go on to win 55 games(just 2 games fewer than they did the previous year) was remarkable. There needs to be some sort of documentary on these 1993-1994 Bulls because of how well they played. NOBODY thought they'd be this good without Michael Jordan.
This is great video here because you have one of the great NBA minds of all time in Hubie Brown breaking down how the Bulls still remained a great team after Michael Jordan retired. Pippen elevated his game to MVP status, Horace Grant and B.J.Armstrong became All-Stars, and the Bulls were the 2nd best defensive team in the NBA. The addition of Kukoc was also key. I recall they took Kukoc late in the first round or early in the 2nd round a few years before this(around 1990), and his legend grew overseas. There was a lot of hype about his arrival to the NBA. Adding Kukoc was like adding a high lottery pick.
+seeehorn and they got fucked on a foul call game 7 at New York he barely touched like theyre 2 fingers touched cmon now
+seeehorn I don't think it's a knock on Jordan's legacy(the man was still grieving the murder of his father), more of a testament to Scottie's greatness.
+seeehorn This same team also started the next season, 1994-95 33-31 record, and with Jordan's return went 14-4, and then 72-10 the next year. Look at the huge improvement in that time span of players like Luc Longley, who Jordan demanded more productivity from and you will see why Jordan is the greatest leader ever.
+Prince Cyrill And I stand by my original statement. Look at Dennis and his behavior in 94-95 and how much he couldn't get behind David Robinson. Look at the difference of playing alongside MJ did for him...
+Chris Dell Look at how Ron Harper actually gave MORE to the Bulls in 95-96 than 94-95.
Pip did it all. Falcon crest . Will always be my all time favorite . Long live 33
love seeing pip dominate like this... he does it all
Michael's retirement gave pippen a chance to prove himself as an all time great
Fact!
exactly.
Facts! 💯!
And he did. A B.S. foul call in game 5 against New York, cost them a shot to win without Mike and I'm a Knicks fan.
MrRudyc85 that was the worst call in NBA history
How dare you fools say pippen wasn't needed by Jordan. Dude was sweet af.
My favorite player and I modeled my HS school game after him and Rodman...
Love MJ, but he gotta loosing career record without Scottie Pippen. Like Pippen said he probably the best scorer ever and I would say the best defender at the 2Gaurd spot...
The media is full of $h!t....
@@cashflodigitalsportsnetwork MJ was averaging 35 PPG while Pippen was coming off the bench averaging 7 PPG the first year MJ won a playoff series. He also averaged more asissts and rebounds than Pippen.
@@handlebucket6285U can argue pippen was more team oriented player than Jordan
@@woketv781 no
Ain't nobody said Jordan didnt need pippin. Jordan even said they'd be no Jordan without scottie pippen. Some of ya'lll be reaching for shit that's not even there. In other words, you're dilllusional
I was very proud of Scottie in this season, he gave everything sans having MJ there. And got pretty far into the playoffs too.
This was Scottie Pippen in his prime, poetry in motion. Everyone forgets that the Jordan-less Bulls were would-be champions in 1994, save Hugh Hollins. Nobody talks about Scottie's MVP-level play that year. Scottie Pippen and the Bulls were so fun to watch that year. Scottie Pippen was always a champion, but that season in particular, he was the star of stars, a champion independent of Michael Jordan, a lock for the Hall of Fame. People forget - its okay, we'll keep it our little secret.
this comment is literally perfect and true in every letter!
You could say the Phantom call in game five of the New York series cost the Bulls a chance at returning to the Finals a fourth time.
If the Bulls had won 58-60 games they would have had homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs and they were really tough at home. The Bulls/Knicks series came down to home court advantage (and Hugh Hollins garbage call on Pippen in Game 5). Also if the Bulls win close to 60 games after losing Jordan I have no doubt Pippen would have been the MVP that year.
Talk about a true rivalry New York and Chicago still draws vitriol 24 years after it was at it's peak. That's sweet. Long live this rivalry. The Bulls and Knicks both had their fairshare of true rivalries and this one was probably the hottest one at the hottest time to watch NBA 🏀 Basketball.
Love that 93-94 bulls team
As a lifelong Bulls fan, I was so crushed at the end of that season. But the Bulls gave the Knicks all that they could handle still.
And to think that Pippen kinda started slow in his rookie season but boy did he step it up a 1000 knotches after that...brilliant player
Scottie is fantastic! This totally reminds me of Lebron's performances when he was with the Cavs
Pippen could do it ALL. Post up, pass, rebound, shoot the mid, hit the open three and was a great defender with tons of length.
Pip really turned the corner that year. With MJ hitting curve balls, Scottie showed just how good he could be and should have been MVP. When MJ returned, well we all know what happened - 72 wins.
One thing I noticed is that, Pippen tended to play with "new faces" or bench player more, and still bring up good numbers, 55 win good ppg apg rpg,etc. I think it is pippen likes to pass the ball to his open teammate, and Triangle offense is designed for everyone moving without the ball and screening and such, which fits pippen playing style well.
The 93-94 season showed pip wasn't just a sidekick, that he was top 5 in the NBA, definitely the best all around player and best perimeter defender pip was a 94 foot defensive threat, people don't give him any respect because he only averaged 22 ppg but the team dropped 10 ppg scored only 98 ppg and his scoring went up 3.5 ppg from 18.6 in 92-93, he helped make Armstrong and grant all stars, missed 10 games still won 55 games and gave up 3 less points per game than 92-93, went in with purpose to the 94 all star game and won MVP, olajawon, Shaq, Robinson, malone, Barkley, Ewing none of them control the game like pip, he sets up the offense, guards the other teams best player without double teams and is the help on a double team without getting beaten by his own assignment, he can guard 1-4 from baseline to baseline, he deflects passes, disrupts the oppositions offense and makes it harder to get in their offensive sets, strip steals, fronts the post steals, poke away from behind steals, jumps the passing lanes, blocks, rundown blocks, the absolute best at taking and drawing charges and offensive fouls, he can shoot from mid range and three, can create his own shot, get to the basket, draw fouls and find open teammates for easy looks, rebounds, passing and ball handling are excellent 1st ever point forward, Michael and Scottie benefited from going head to head everyday, they're the one guys who can honestly guard one another because they're the best players in the league at their positions offensively and defensively, do you think anyone has a shot at stopping MJ when he faces pippens D every single day in practice...scottie pippen should've been the 93-94 MVP and DPOY and Phil Jackson should've been coach of the year to lose MJ and still win 55 games
Scottie Pippen should have won the MVP in Mike's absence from the game this year. Scottie is one of the all time greats, who can hurt teams in so many ways.
It was great how he wouldn't go back on the floor in 1994 because Jackson didn't give him the clutch shot. Then he accused Jackson of being a racist. Nice guy. Couldn't you see Jordan doing something like that?
Greatest small forward ever...
not anymore bro
Erm...top 5.
The truth
Larry Bird> Scottie Pippen
Dumisa Tony Johnson bird’s body betrayed him at a early age
Exactly! If the 94 Bulls had even, say, John Starks as their SG, the Bulls would've probably won over 60 games and probably the championship.
did it say pippen missed 10 games and they still managed to win 55 games? Imagine if he played and they won half those games.... 60wins without mike?
Yup
dlawson688 Bulls didn’t lost all the 10 games. I think they won 3. If Pippen had played, they would have won 6-7. So Bulls would have had a 58-59 win season without MJ.
Would've could've should've
they wouldve had home court advantage versus the knicks
wow all I gotta say is ALL THIS WHILE JORDAN-LESS!!!....AMAZING! JUST AMAZING! Scottie Pippen = the ghost of 23!!!
Greatest Sidekick ever IMO!!!
"Pippen missed 10 games this year and durin' that time period they lost 6 of da 10." "What type of record would they of had if he had participated?"- Hubie Brown
"They might of had a 60 win season"- other announcer
Good question and good answer.
Not sure Jordan would have done better that year without Pippen
If they go 4-6 without Scottie, winning 60 would demand them to still go 9-1 with Scottie.
@@PhilBurr100 they could have gone 7-3 with scottie and had a 58-24 record
Better than the previous year with Jordan!
@@שריאללרר True that lol
@@PhilBurr100 i'm not sure Jordan would have gone 58-24 or even 55-27 that year without Scottie
Pretty interesting
He should have won MVP and defensive player of the year monster year this was his prime
Bruh!
@doddi1984 I think you're forgetting that Scottie missed 10 games because of surgery to his ankle in '94. The Bulls went 4-6 in his absence. If Pippen was there the whole season the Bulls most likely win 58+ games and take first place in the East and have home court advantage throughout the playoffs. Taking 1st seed in the east after Jordan's sudden retirement would have locked the MVP for Pippen especially after replacing Jordan with a CBA scrub in Pete Myers.
Amazing
Never new that about 10 missed games
Would have had a better record than the previous year with Jordan!!
Woulda shoulda coulda.
People Mention Scottie like he was a backup the man is top 50 all time and he could do everything exceptional every trick in the bag he had it and without him Jordan doesn’t get outta the second round
If not for that phantom call in Game 5 against the Knicks, this Bulls team, without Michael, at least, gets back to the finals to play for a 4-peat. This 93-94 team was surprisingly good, without Michael.
Overrated, my ass. The Pat Riley era Knicks were overrated. Could only ever beat the Bulls, AFTER Michael left. And even then, they were on the verge of the same collapse from 1993, which was losing 4 straight after taking a 2-0 lead.
Why did the Knicks struggle so badly with a Jordan-less team? Knicks were as overrated as they come. And phantom call save the Knicks in that series.
Knicks were saved from another 2-0 collapse by a phantom foul call.
Agent of Chaos If Kukoc misses the buzzer beater, they go to OT.
The Knicks needed a phantom foul call to win Game 5, at home, to save their butts. A Bulls team, without MJ, beats them again without that foul call.
And what did the Knicks win again? What did they ever win during the Pat Riley era?
Agent of Chaos Dude, please. Momentum would not have saved them in OT.
The Knicks needed a phantom foul call to avoid suffering another 2-0 collapse for the second consecutive year.
And what did they win?
Knicks needed a phantom foul call to avoid another 2-0 series collapse. And like I said, what did the Knicks win that year, if they were SO much better? So much better they finished 2 games ahead of a Jordan-less Bulls team, that lost 6 out of 10 games without Scottie in the line-up. And needed 7 games and a phantom foul call to finally beat the Bulls. So much better they struggled against a 47-win Pacer team, needing to come back from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter and needing a Ewing put-back dunk to win Game 7.
Pippen was right when he said.. that he was the lebron b4 lebron... Similar style of play (minus the defense)... Playing for the team, definitely could score.. but looks to pass and do the right thing
Pippen was not a very good scorer. His half court offense was atrocious at times. He shot in the low 40s in many playoff series, including the one against the undermanned Knicks team.
PiP was outstanding ...
Small Foward "GOAT"
pippen in my opinion best all around small forward he filled up every stat layer n he did so much more that dnt show up on stats...like locking dwn the best scorer on the team while still droppin points(which is hard to do playin 100% off n def) running the offense like a guard and kould play 4 positions (5 if he was 6"11)guarding small guards which alot players in this new era kan't do..90'S basketball was the shit i loved watchn pippen play thats whho made me love doing everything on da kourt
This game is dedicated to all Scottie pippen hatter's right skip baylesssssss
LeeDiddy990: if they played that damn good w/out Jordan, imagine if they had Jordan...champions for (4) sure (u know wut I mean) and I really love how Pippen carried this team on his back w/out his big brother Mike
Pippen was an absolute terror at the point forward with the triple threat option: the man got the All-Star game's MVP but he got screwed from the NBA's MVP by a worthy candidate in David Robinson the ADMIRAL!! lol!! This is when the wonder boy became the cape crusader meaning Robin turned into Batman!!
Yeah, people usually don't give pippen the credit he deserves, which is a shame considering he was a fantastic player.
You can tell just how much they were missing Horace Grant in 1994-1995. Had he still been around when MJ returned I think they could have given the Rockets a fight in the finals that year.
still love Pippeeeeeeeeen!!!!
they added kukoc In his prime and still had Horace this year. luc and bj. it was the best all around n deepest bulls team in 90s. they had bj and Horace in their prime n added luc, kukoc, kerr, In their prime. this was a really really deep team. U put a in shape prime jordan on this team with no retirement this is their best team n woulda posted a 70 win season
TheSands83 kukoc was a rookie bench player putting in minuscule numbers at best with no D. Kerr was a nobody with absolutely no game. Just a white replacement for Craig hodges. Certainly none of them were in their prime. Pippens number 2 go to guy was horace grant. Just stop and take that in. Horace Grant a guy who was a 14pt a game guy in his best season. Just shows how good Pippen was as he got the best from everyone on the team to get the wins they did. And all without hogging the ball and trying to put up 30 a night. Jordan couldn't do that. All he did was go and score 30 but that didn't help the team as they still lost.
martinsimek MJ won 50 games with a rookie Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant. Also how he only score and won DPOY that season? He averaged 32-8-8 the next season and made it to the conference finals
@@martinsimekkukoc was 25 yrs old😂😂😂 n he was their best clutch scorer… wow it’s obvious u don’t know your basketball
@@martinsimekthere were 3 all stars on the 94 bulls dummy bj had become a very good player in 94😂
@@martinsimekjordan won 3 in a row
Games the Bulls lost witout Pippen that year
Celtics- 32-50 (record that year) (1 point loss)
Sonics- 63-19 (1 pt loss)
Blazers- 47-35
Kings- 28-54 (2 pt loss)
Rockets- 58-24
Spurs- 55-27
So out them 6 losses witout Pippen, I think they coulda won 2, maybe 3 games wit Pippen considering all of them were road games. Bringin' there record to about 58-24.
The Bulls beat the Rockets and Spurs when they had Pippen. and they easily beat the below .500 teams,
Can anyone upload game 3 of this series? Thanks in advance.
pip was a beast
No disrespect to Hakeem, but considering that the Bulls played this season without the GOAT, Pip should have won the MVP award.
daammmn...this guy was ballin
I wonder if Jordan without Pippen on this bulls team would have won 55 games and reached 7 games against NY
@Jay Thompson Jordan never reached ecsf without Pippen
Was swept twice by the celtics in 86 and 87
@Jay Thompson in 87 bulls lost in the first round to the celtics
Absolutely not. Jordan would not allow Grant and Armstrong to reach All-star status because he is not as good of a team player as Pippen.
And in 85 he was swept by the bucks
When Pips jumper was falling he was as good as ANYONE in the league. ANYONE. Even if his shot wasn't falling he was still running the offense and offering nba 1st team level defense. Same can't be said for Curry...
Scottie played great in this game and during that year. image if the bulls had a good shooting guard because if they did they would've went to the finals without jordan because pete myers averaged only 7.9 points a game and clearly held them back.
lol love those space goggles on horace grant
it shows how good this buls team was without jordan. they took the knicks to game 7. knicks almost lost to the bulls without jordan. if m.j didn't retire they would of won 4 in a row best team ever imo
+Big Bopper Real talk! Scottie led the Bulls that year in every stat except blocks where he was 2nd. The NBA made sure PIP and Kukoc were not going to win MJ. Remember all those phantom fouls in the ECSF vs. the Knicks? Especially the one allegedly on Pip, and Hubert Davis hit the game winning free throws? It's OK cuz fate doesn't lie or cheat. That's why Houston got they @$$, and the BULLZ bombed on the Rockets that season. So David Stern and committee knew what was up! PEACE!
Stop it
Both of you
The old Chicago Stadium was always so much louder than the United Center... probably cuz the Stadium was smaller and the fans were right on top of you. Nothin like goin to the Stadium...
that dunk at 5:23 = the awesome
he should have beeen mvp that year 55 wins and he was hurt for ten of them
what was the final series score of the Bulls/Cavs ?
i'm with you on that one...
he's better than what he gets credit for, because he's unselfish.
Greatest small forward...EVER...
What's funny about this Bulls team is everyone makes a big deal about MJ being gone this season and if he had been there then 8 straight and blah blah blah...this team was a couple buckets/missed calls away from beating the Knicks WITHOUT Jordan and facing a Pacers team they likely would've beaten in the conference finals. Would they have beaten Houston? Maybe, maybe not. But the problem with this team wasn't that they didn't have Jordan, it was that they had literally nobody to replace him at SG. Pete Meyers was the equivilant of a D-League player.
MVP
MVP
SP33
If Pip had played those first 10 games, bulls win 60 games in 94, have home court against the Knicks, make it to the Finals and maybe win the title in 94. Such a maddening what if. If hugh hollins swallows his whistle in round 2 like he should have, Bulls coulda won it without Mike too.
pippin would of shut down lebrun james also no doubt about pippin is one of the best defenders ever.
Pippen is my fav all time player and I grew up watching the Bulls so believe me when I say this. Pip was a great defender but Bron still would have gotten his. Brons job would obviously be harder and he would have a slightly reduced FG %, but not shutting him down. Example of Pip guarding an elite player is 1996 ECF series against Penny Hardaway. Yes the bulls swept but Penny still averaged 25.5 ppg on .469 FG %. Not exactly shut down, Penny still got his.
can someone upload game 2 of this series.
If only these Bulls could've made it past the Knicks could they've beaten the Pacers in the ECF? Could they've beaten the Rockets? This team was definitely underrated.
The Pacers and Rockets were both pretty good shooting teams compared to the methodical Knicks they would've actually been more difficult matchups.
where is the rest of Pippen 1994 highlights at
mazaratiablum: you should be more than you were 15 years old at the time. I wish I was your age back then. I remember the late 90s though. but I wish I was older to watch the earliy-mid 90s also
perfect wing player.... loul deng should watch this
if you took scottie off this 94 teaam and replaced him with michael do they win the title that year?
@ballerb123456 I remember, didnt get to watch many games cuz I was in the hospital. But Scottie was 1b too me. No1 else matched up well w/Scottie. Always wanted his jersey
@MaxAime PREACH! MJ never had a winning record without Scottie anyway.
dude what if magic was on the 1994 bulls it would be amazing lol
It's so weird to see players take mid range jumpers.
i dont want to hear none of that MJ did it by himself BULLSHIT. no one wins a championship by themself. the closest player was Lebron James. He didnt have much in clevland. Jordan had pippen who is an Allstar MVP and a contender for the 1994 MVP. people get caught up way too much on the Michael Jordan HYSTERIA.
MaxAime i think 1994 olajuwon is the closest cuz he is the only all star on that team and they actually won a championship
MaxAime wade?
Damn, Scottie Pippen got robbed of a 4peat championship that year.
no...the both said they need each other...
my idol d best
looking back i'm puzzled that the bulls management didn't have a plan one year after Jordan's first retirement. they didn't bring people in to strengthen the squad but instead they let Horace Grant go when he was at his prime, and they also lost Cartwright and Williams. Players like Harper, Kerr, Longley and Buechler made big contributions in their second 3 peat, but you wonder how much of an impact they could have made had Jordan not returned.
if i was old enough to be a more serious bulls fan back in the day i would be crying everyday why the ownership and management were spending more money on the team. I mean if they had a legitimate big man in the middle like Elden Campbell they could still be a very good team.
They didn't want to pay Grant and Pippen was increasingly pissed off about getting paid shit. If they had paid grant that would enraged Scottie even further. There is video of him doing an interview next season before MJ returns and Pippen is talking candidly about how he wants to be traded.
David you reminded me how Pippen was openly discussing about his potential trade to Phoenix during the 95 all star game. The Bulls were ready to rebuild like they eventually did in 99.
pippen without mike , mvp
@TheBrucifer1 Too bad they'll never have the same respect that Pippen and MJ had.
Pippen is to D- Wade, as MJ is to Lebron.
pippen is the one who taught mike? that's utter nonsense.
come on, please watch more games before you say that. mj is always team player. but when you possess so much skills and raw talent offensively you just cant let it wasted.
I love Pippen but the politics people play with information is shady. People use this season to curtail the Jordan legend so they can pedastalize their fave guy. Pip and Jordan were both great and human so they both were fortunate to have one another and they both helped each other's legacies and helped the Bulls own the NBA for a decade and were the first franchise to slay the drooling NBA media from Boston and LA. Since then, thank you Spurs & Warriors for equaling that effort. Fuck LA and fuck Boston.
MJ is still #1 and Pippen was #2 in the 90s. Idc about MJ vs LeBron, Bird or Magic. For the 90's CHI reigned supreme and we will have our day again.
My peace ☮️.
Phil screwed Pippen on the shot vs NY. Pippen earned to make or miss that winning shot.
@MaxAime... without wasting to much time..... Lebron has a long way to go to catch Wade, let alone Kobe. Forget 5 rings, for get records, for get wins, for get learning to lead..... But if Lebron (with his new teammates) can win at least 3 out of 5 championships, then he should be great. but here he has it Wade and Bosh for 5 years, win at least 3 rings, or he is no different then Vince, T-Mac, AI, Sir Charles, Karl, Dominque, Patrick, ........ no shame in being great, but not winning it all!
what's wrong with Hubie Brown's hair?
i dont think he ever misses in a fast break
Mike won all those chips with plumbers u do realize all this with Scotty missing 10 games
1.8 cost him the MVP!
Erik Hopkins yes look at 6:19 in this video. Pippen goes to the bench and hi fives everyone except kukoc leaving kukoc hanging lol. There was definitely animosity (mostly from Pippen). 1.8 was destined to blow up in Chicago
6:13
The Cavs couldn't even beat the Bulls without Jordan, if it weren't for those fucks we would have won a ring in the '90s, although a lot of other teams could lay claim to that as well.
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Yeah, I think 93-94 was our first year with Fratello. We were always pretty competitive with him but he could never win in the playoffs. Lenny was a great coach but he couldn't get over the hurdle of Jordan.
But I think 93-94 also showed that the Bulls were much more than just Jordan. They took the Knicks to 7 and if a few plays go their way that series, they would have beaten the Knicks that year too, who were one win away from winning the championship themselves.
Kim Martin
That's why everybody in Ohio loves the Buckeyes, particularly the football team; because they're the only thing that wins consistently. Even looking at Cincy's teams, the Reds won a World Series in 1990, but besides that they haven't really won anything either. Until the last 5 or so years, the Bengals were just as much of a joke as the Browns. But the Buckeyes are always winning, just like they won the national championship this year.
The Cavs definitely have a shot this year though, and the Indians could be pretty damn good too. The Browns...well, same old shit.
Kim Martin
I don't really follow hockey but from what I know the Blue Jackets are basically the Browns in the NHL. They're a joke that never wins.
What happened to the original Browns was a travesty, but I think (or at least hope) that people have put that behind them and see the Browns are in complete shambles. There's no reason to long for the golden days when you could have them right now, if we can ever get anybody in place who knows what the fuck they're doing. I think Pettine is a solid coach, but Farmer seems like a jackass, and Haslam seems like an even bigger jackass. Not a good combination.
And hand in hand with the terrible front office the Browns always have is horrible draft busts. You're not gonna have success in the NFL with horrible drafts, and you're never gonna find a great quarterback with horrible drafts.
Kim Martin
Actually Nash got traded. And to correct you on a post earlier, the Blue Jackets actually have made the playoffs twice in their history. They made it the year you mentioned and last year as well. This year they seem a bit competitive but they're definitely not a playoff team.
Kim Martin
I don't know if they'll do it this year but they should be able to win one over the next 3-4 years, maybe even a couple.
I would take prime Pip over Lebron anyday
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@dlawson688 no thats not what i wrote LEBRON is closest thing to mike
Scottie got robbed in 94, teams points ppg dropped 10 ppg, 5 new players added, and only lost 2 more games then the year before when they still had MJ, Scottie shouldve won the MVP at the very least DPOY, if it wasnt for that b.s foul call at the end of game 5 against the knicks Scottie wouldve took em to the ECF finals against Indiana, if they had kept scott Williams they mightve won in 95 when MJ came back because he was tough rebounding defender they were missing
Larry Bird is the best SF of alltime, you might wanta check out Dr J too, or Elgin Baylor or Dominique
cant forget your boy John Havlicek either
soon Lebron will have to be mentioned too but i only mention guys that are near the end of their carers or already retired
@MaxAime you mean kobe is the closet thing to mike!
Boricua hispanic india n black iam.Pippen was the great player. Went to playoff with out jordan. So if you see LeBron yo see pippen .lebron say i see my self in pippen. Pippen lern from jordan.
Cj mccollum dad.. scottie mccollum
I mean... Forget about Jordan lol!
imagine LeBron on this team lol
meaning?this was an amazing effort by pippen,he was second only to hakeem that season,he is probably the best all round and defensive player of his era and one of 15-20 best players of all time and yes,skip bayless is an idiot cause he doesnt get it...but,come on,lebron?!if you say lebron would do less with this bulls team than pippen did,you are out of your mind,he had much worse teammates in 2007 and took cavs all the way to finals,horace grant,b.j.armstrong and kukoč are far better players than any lebrons teammate from season 2006-07...nevertheless,this season is a clear evidence of pippens greatness
antonio basic I'm talking about the cavs
Mark Howell
sorry,misunderstanding
antonio basic u good