Originally Posted by
3ba11
The 2000 Pacers didn't have 4 guys averaging 17 ppg or more in the Finals like the 91' Lakers did, so Pippen's 20 ppg was below-par because he didn't have to share the load with other scorers at 3rd or 4th option like Worthy did on those Lakers..
Yet a hobbled Worthy still did whatever he wanted to Pippen because that's what Worthy always did to Pippen - Pippen was barbeque chicken to anyone decent and the record shows this - he never locked anyone down as the primary defender - everyone got theirs on Pippen
And 91' Pippen was his best playoffs yet it doesn't compare to Kobe's best playoffs as 2nd option or 1st... Pippen's best playoffs or series doesn't even compare to Klay's... lol... Pippen is in the lower tier of winning sidekicks that never achieved elite 1st option stats (Klay, Pippen, Rip Hamilton, Terry, Pau, Siakam) - these guys are several tiers below the winning sidekicks that won FMVP or achieved elite 1st option stats like Kobe, Curry, Worthy, Wade, AD, Iggy, Dumars, Parker, Kyrie, etc.