[mblax10]

Last night the Bulls retired Scottie Pippen's #33 jersey. I'm a Bulls fan and unfortunatley think many fans will never forgive him for sitting out the last 1.8 seconds in the 94 playoffs vs. the Knicks. Phil Jackson called a play for Toni Kukoc to take the game winning shot not Pippen, so Scottie refused to take the floor for the final play (Kukoic hit the game winner, and Hue Hollins gave the series to the Knicks in game 7 so it turned out to be irrelevent.).

Pippen was one of the best all-around players of the 90's, and well-deserving of being selected to the Dream Team and the NBA's 50 greatest players list. Those who say he was Jordan's sidekick must not have been watching the Bulls that much. Pippen was a great compliment to Jordan and the Bulls would not have won 6 championships without Pippen (obviously they don't win without Jordan either, but Jordan needed Pippen to put the team over the top.)

In his return to the Bulls, Pippen seemed to do a great job teaching some of the young Bulls which contradicts his selfish image.

More times than not when somebody mentions Scottie Pippen, they bring up 1.8 seconds. Does that one decision tarnish his image? I'm also curious what non-Bulls fans feel about this.