Things we know – Scottie Pippen was a very good basketball player during his tenure with the Chicago Bulls.
Also, Scottie Pippen is mildly crazy.
The basketball great recently suggested that he was LeBron James before the real LeBron James. Does that make a lot of sense? Not really, but I’ll let Scottie Pippen try to explain himself.
“I was LeBron James before LeBron James,” Bulls great Scottie Pippen told Northeast Ohio Media Group. “It’s not even close.”
Pippen will turn 50 in September, but he could easily pass for 35. It doesn’t seem like that long ago when he was a dominating force on both ends of the floor. At 6-7, he played some point-forward and would take the opposing team’s best perimeter player out of the game.
Playing alongside Jordan, arguably the greatest player to ever play the game, in many ways took away from Pippen’s greatness and often excludes him from the James discussion – even though Pippen and Jordan led the Bulls to six NBA titles.
“I’m no slouch, but when comparing LeBron’s game, I’m usually left out,” he said.
Pippen has a point in one regard – he played a handful of positions, like LeBron James and could guard multiple positions. Outside of that though, there’s really no comparison.
Perhaps Michael Jordan will chime in with his thoughts….
