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Damn...that must be some monster good hydro Pippen is smoking...
http://content.usatoday.com/communit...chael-jordan/1
Sacrilege? Scottie Pippen says LeBron James may be better than Michael Jordan
10:45 AM
By Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY
Scottie Pippin says Lebron James of Miami Heat may be better player already than his old Chicago Bulls teammate Michael Jordan.
Has Scottie Pippen lost his mind? Or is he spot-on saying that LeBron James of the Miami Heat is already a better player than Michael Jordan?
Pippen favorably compared James to his running mate on six Chicago Bulls championships teams during ESPN2's Mike and Mike in the Morning Friday.
"Michael Jordan is the greatest scorer to ever play the game. I may go so far as saying LeBron James may be the greatest player to ever play the game," said Pippen, surprising even co-hosts Mike Greenberg and Chris Broussard.
Pippen's comment immediately blew up on Twitter with Jordan fans screaming and James fans saying they agreed.
"Whoah. Scottie Pippen biting the hand that fed you," said one tweet.
What do you think? Sound off below.
Damn...that must be some monster good hydro Pippen is smoking...
Agree with the scorer's le for Jordan, a little to early to anoint James the greatest all-around player yet but he definatly is in a league of his own currently with the way he can influence the game all over the court.
Commandante Guevara understands where Pippen is coming from. Lebron's physical prowess is superior to any other mortal. Now he is hitting the shots and his shooting ability increases tenfold in the clutch situations. NBA = Lebroned.
Still, rather early to call such statements given that the greatest ever got 6 straight championships. I still give the nod to MJ.
Lebron has proven all obstacles except one. Skillwise, clutchwise, consistency wise, leadership wise (something guys like Kobe never had). But now he has to prove he can be at this level for 6 seasons or longer.
I agree. All around do everything, I can't see a weakness if he's hitting his jumpers. Passing, rebounding, defense, blocks, steals. He's the perfect player.
I mean the MVP of the league, known for his speed and quickness, and 5" shorter then Lebron, couldn't get past him, couldn't shoot over him, I mean he's just amazing.
Plus, don't forget that he's still getting better, we haven't even seen the finished product yet.
Agree 100%. And Pippen said it well, "may be".
Some one post that video quote from the "bad teacher" movie
Yeah Scottie, I'm going to have to give the nod to MJ for now:
Michael Jordan's Career Achievements
- Five MVP awards.
- Ten All-NBA First Team designations.
- Nine All-Defensive First Team honors.
- Fourteen NBA All-Star Game appearances.
- Three All-Star MVP.
- Ten scoring les.
- Three steals les.
- Six NBA Finals MVP awards.
- 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award.
- He holds the NBA record for highest career regular season scoring average with 30.12 points per game, as well as averaging a record 33.4 points per game in the playoffs.
- In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN.
Larry Bird said LeBron was going to be the greatest as well. But good luck with competing against MJ's achievements.
I'll drop my thoughts on this after the Finals..
LeBron James is just unreal right now. Hes definitely the best player in the playoffs.
people that said "LeBron cant close games" during the regular season.
What a ing idiot this Pippen. James is not even in the same class as Jordan. Jordan is the GOAT. Anyone who says differently is an idiot.
You bitter already ? That your beloved bulls choked and your mavs are about to do the same ?
Can't wait. I have bookmarked this thread. I have also forwarded this thread to 1000 of my closest friends and relatives. I have also put 4 different alarms on my mobile devices to remind me of this thread after game 4,5,6 or 7 of the finals.
In the meantime could you please post another pic of your mom's vagina?
No but James has a trio. Wade and Bosh are amazing players as well. None of them are at the level of Jordan. It is unbelievable that people still compare anyone to Jordan.
it figures that Batman's Robin is saying the other Batmans's Robin may be the greatest.
It's just the battle of the Robins.
Well, Bird was comparable player to MJ . . . so he may know a thing or two.
Anyone notice that Scottie NEVER said that Lebron IS the greatest, just that he MAY be the greatest. No false statement there. Lebron definitely has a chance to be the greatest. But he has to want to be the greatest to achieve it. Jordan wanted to win more than anyone he played with. Lebron hasn't shown that yet.
But we're definitely seeing something from him in this past series.
MJ had good luck. Magic retired too soon, the talent around the league watered down due to expansions. For example the bad boys Pistons lost some key players due to the expansion.
He was highly marketable and the league accommodated the officiating and rules to make him more effective.
Not to say he wasn't the greatest scorer of the NBA or that he didn't play defense, he was absolutely great, but it's good to remember that Magic and Bird did many things way better than him.
But you said one thing that that separated Jordan from Bird and Magic, his defense. Jordan was a dominant defender. Him and Pippen were one of the most dominant defensive duos ever. Bird was known to make plays but he was never a lock down defender, and Magic was laughable on defense at times.
I'll admit I was wrong about LeBron but wouldn't go this far quite yet. We'll soon be witnesses...
He won't be if they lose to the Mavericks. That's for sure.
..witnesses to what? your a heats fan for Gods sake...H-E-A-T-S fan...
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