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Old 12-10-2005, 04:00 PM
mblax10 mblax10 is offline
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Default Bulls retire Pippen\'s #33, 1.8 seconds

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.
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Old 12-10-2005, 04:23 PM
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Default Re: Bulls retire Pippen\'s #33, 1.8 seconds

everyone makes mistakes
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Old 12-10-2005, 04:31 PM
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Default Re: Bulls retire Pippen\'s #33, 1.8 seconds

Pretty stupid mistake.
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Old 12-10-2005, 04:40 PM
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Default Re: Bulls retire Pippen\'s #33, 1.8 seconds

Who cares? One of the very best ever. Certainly top 40, arguably top 30. Whether or not one thinks Pippen deserves to be on the NBA's 50 Greatest list is pretty much a litmus test for whether or not one understands the game IMO.
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Old 12-10-2005, 05:02 PM
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Default Re: Bulls retire Pippen\'s #33, 1.8 seconds

I remember reading a good article from Bill Simmons regarding this issue. He paid his dues as the #2, won 3 championships, and brought the Bulls (who look mediocre on paper w/o MJ) to another ECF. He deserved to take that shot and he felt betrayed.
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Old 12-10-2005, 05:17 PM
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Default Re: Bulls retire Pippen\'s #33, 1.8 seconds

Does anybody have ESPN Insider that can cut and paste ?

this article
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Old 12-10-2005, 05:24 PM
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Default Re: Bulls retire Pippen\'s #33, 1.8 seconds

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Pretty stupid mistake.

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As opposed to a smart one?
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Old 12-10-2005, 05:27 PM
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Default Re: Bulls retire Pippen\'s #33, 1.8 seconds

I was just saying that it was very stupid of him to do this.
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Old 12-10-2005, 05:32 PM
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Default Re: Bulls retire Pippen\'s #33, 1.8 seconds

Pippen was so amazing.
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Old 12-10-2005, 05:35 PM
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Default Re: Bulls retire Pippen\'s #33, 1.8 seconds

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I was just saying that it was very stupid of him to do this.

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I know [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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