3ba11
01-01-2023, 10:47 AM
Everyone got their regular numbers on Pippen like Worthy, Kersey, Dumas, Schrempf, Rice, Dominique - you name it.
Pippen never locked anyone up as the primary defender, while the Bulls' only had the #7 defense during the 1st three-peat - this was worse than their ECF or Finals opponents (91' Pistons, 91' Lakers, 92' Knicks, 92' Blazers, 93' Knicks).
In addition to having a weak individual and team defensive record, Pippen never got DPOY and finished behind MJ nearly every year in voting.
So there's only evidence that Pippen was an overrated defender and no actual evidence that he did what everyone says (he didn't provide great team defense and didn't lock anyone up - this is the historical record).
The only reason that Pippen gets credit for defense is because reporters struggled to report on him - they would search for a critical time in the game where Pippen was hitting big shots but could never find any, so inflating Pippen's defense became a "thing" that has gotten bigger as time passed.. Iman Shumpert recently lied about Pippen by saying it wasn't a mismatch to put him on centers - that's a massive lie - it was considered a mismatch to put Pippen on PF's like Malone or Barkley let alone centers like Ewing or Shaq..
It all started in the 91' Finals where MJ guarded Magic for the entirety of Games 1, 4, 5 and most of Game 3 (1st, 4th and OT) - but he got no credit for it because reporters wanted cumbaya and to credit his teammates with something.
Pippen never locked anyone up as the primary defender, while the Bulls' only had the #7 defense during the 1st three-peat - this was worse than their ECF or Finals opponents (91' Pistons, 91' Lakers, 92' Knicks, 92' Blazers, 93' Knicks).
In addition to having a weak individual and team defensive record, Pippen never got DPOY and finished behind MJ nearly every year in voting.
So there's only evidence that Pippen was an overrated defender and no actual evidence that he did what everyone says (he didn't provide great team defense and didn't lock anyone up - this is the historical record).
The only reason that Pippen gets credit for defense is because reporters struggled to report on him - they would search for a critical time in the game where Pippen was hitting big shots but could never find any, so inflating Pippen's defense became a "thing" that has gotten bigger as time passed.. Iman Shumpert recently lied about Pippen by saying it wasn't a mismatch to put him on centers - that's a massive lie - it was considered a mismatch to put Pippen on PF's like Malone or Barkley let alone centers like Ewing or Shaq..
It all started in the 91' Finals where MJ guarded Magic for the entirety of Games 1, 4, 5 and most of Game 3 (1st, 4th and OT) - but he got no credit for it because reporters wanted cumbaya and to credit his teammates with something.