Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Scottie Pippen

 Scotty Maurice Pippen Sr., also known as Scottie Pippen is an American former professional basketball player. He was born on on September 25 in 1965. He played for 17 years as a player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) which included six NBA championships as a member of the Chicago Bulls. Pippen is considered to be one of the best small forwards ever. He played an important part in the development of the Bulls into a championship team and helped to popularize the NBA in the early 1990s. He was a seven-time NBA All-Star, and the NBA All-Star Game MVP for 1994. The Chicago Bulls retired his jersey in 1996 and 1997, making him one of the four players selected among the top 50 players in NBA history. He was a key player on both the 1992 Chicago Bulls Championship team and the 1996 Chicago Bulls Championship team, that were chosen as two of the Top 10 Teams in NBA History. His bio on the website of the Naismith Basketball Hall Of Fame reads that "the multi-dimensional Pippen played the court as a point guard, attacked the boards like a power forward and hit the nets with the agility of an offensive guard". In his 17-year career He played 12 seasons with the Bulls and one with the Houston Rockets and four with the Portland Trail Blazers, making the playoffs 16 times in a row. Pippen was selected for the NBA 75th anniversary team in October 2021.

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