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Scottie Pippen crowns Michael Jordan
LISLE, Ill. -- Scottie Pippen said Friday he believes Michael Jordan is the greatest player in NBA history, despite remarks he made last month regarding Miami Heat forward LeBron James on ESPN Radio's "Mike and Mike In The Morning."
"The comments that I made were basically giving LeBron some props as a player, not to dismantle any player like Michael," Pippen said after a youth camp session at the Bulls/Sox academy. "We all know that he's the greatest player that ever played the game.
"I think it was taken a little bit out of context. I felt like I was drawing more of a conclusion from the statistics more than the accolades."
Pippen made the comments as the Heat eliminated the Chicago Bulls from the Eastern Conference finals.
"Michael Jordan is probably the greatest scorer to play the game," Pippen said last month. "But I may go as far as to say LeBron James may be the greatest player to ever play the game because he is so potent offensively that not only can he score at will but he keeps everybody involved.
"You have to be on your P's and Q's on defense. No guy on the basketball court is a threat to score with LeBron James out there. Not only will LeBron dominate from the offensive end as well, but he's also doing it on the defensive end, which really makes him the complete package. He's able to get in those passing lanes, shoot those gaps and create transition opportunities where he is pretty much unstoppable."
Pippen said he's spoken to Jordan multiple times since he made the comments and there is no rift between the former teammates.
"I talk to Michael all the time," Pippen said. "There was no problem between me and Michael. I think [the media] chewed into it a little too much."
Pippen didn't appear to be very bothered by the backlash caused by his remarks.
"Ya know what? I kind of rolled off into the sunset, went down south and enjoyed no media, no TV and just enjoyed life," he said. "So I didn't really get a lot [of flak] from [the comments] as much as probably the organization had to deal with it. But I'm ready to move on from it."
Nick Friedell covers the Bulls for ESPNChicago.com and ESPN 1000.
http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nb...ory?id=6701584
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You getting Madden 12? We should get serious like we were about 10.
mos def...
lol madden
NCAA 12 is gonna blow all that gay n!gger outa the water
NCAA has always had a better offline experience. Pretty fun turning one star programs into juggernauts.
Madden has always blown away NCAA online. Unless you like Cart McCry and Teboq, or any mobile QB becoming jesus on NCAA.
Agreed...I'll be getting both..NCAA for the offline and Madden for online...
lol USC rated an A-
Bout an entire letter grade too high, tbqh.
The Nead....
For
Snead!
B+
u mad
Nah, brah.
You fidsta buy NCAA?
If you get gold I will. How long does it usually take before some scro uploads the player names?
They sometimes let people get the game early so they can do it, so it might be out the day the game is out. I'll get gold, brah. I have no idea what to spend my money on.
Probz gonna change the way I look. Getting stopped by the cops erryday sucks.
Get you a two-a-days cut and some fresh new threads.
Juron Criner 5th highest receiver rating in the game
NC= F
Wonder if they allow them in bowls in the game?
Probably gonna shop at Hollister and Ed Hardy.
Pippen and MJ are friends, people were acting like Scottie was trying to bash him..
Won the NT with them last year.
all sides are wrong
the greatest player of all time was Russell
second was Chamberlain
third greatest all time was Sabonis
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