Was that a pin dropping?

The Enigmatic One wrote:
> In article <4o5Vf.156$Fl.97@fed1read09>, mcnulla.RemoveThis@hotmail.com says...
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>> he's probably biased by the major questions asked about himself. like
>> why he never did anything without jordan or why he stayed out of that
>> game. it's sad that he's resorted to calling out players that carry
>> their teams the way he did for all of one season (94).
>
> Erm.
>
> While I'll agree that Pippen might not be the best judge of basketball
> talent....

Will not argue that...=)

>well, he's got a whole lot more to hang his hat on than
> Garnett does. Yeah, carried that team for all of one season, but all
> the way to the East finals (or was it a round earlier, still.)

Short of the ECF by one bad call. 55 wins regular season. He averages 22 on 50%, 8 rbs and 5 1/2
asts.
He had about the same stats the next year when they won 47 for 5th seed and Jordan was back for the
last 17 games.


Blazers would not have got to the WCF nor to a game 7 in that series without Pippen either. Likely
Minny would have beat them in the first round that year without Pip. No one ever had a higher BBall
IQ. I remember him in series by the 2nd game knowing all the opponents signals and plays and call
them on defense.
And for the last two years he drug them and Cheeks to the playoffs with Pippen doing most of the
coaching... I had only a mild appreciation for his game until I watched him as a blazer for 4 years.

>Yeah,
> he didn't win a championship without Jordan, but Jordan didn't win
> any without him.

Jordan did not try either.


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why does he keep quitting?"
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"Terraholm" <terraholm_SpamNo_.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Blazers would not have got to the WCF nor to a game 7 in that series
> without Pippen either. Likely Minny would have beat them in the first
> round that year without Pip. No one ever had a higher BBall IQ. I remember
> him in series by the 2nd game knowing all the opponents signals and plays
> and call them on defense.
> And for the last two years he drug them and Cheeks to the playoffs with
> Pippen doing most of the coaching... I had only a mild appreciation for
> his game until I watched him as a blazer for 4 years.

He was a Blazer for 4 years? Why did it only seem like 2? Strange to think
that the end of the Bulls dynasty was around the halfway point of his
career.

brink
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brink wrote:
> "Terraholm" <terraholm_SpamNo_ RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Blazers would not have got to the WCF nor to a game 7 in that series
>> without Pippen either. Likely Minny would have beat them in the first
>> round that year without Pip. No one ever had a higher BBall IQ. I
>> remember him in series by the 2nd game knowing all the opponents
>> signals and plays and call them on defense.
>> And for the last two years he drug them and Cheeks to the playoffs
>> with Pippen doing most of the coaching... I had only a mild
>> appreciation for his game until I watched him as a blazer for 4
>> years.
>
> He was a Blazer for 4 years? Why did it only seem like 2?

Because he was out part of the last two seasons with surgeries?

Strange
> to think that the end of the Bulls dynasty was around the halfway
> point of his career.

More like 2/3s and it was well past the end of his prime when he left, he was 33 years old.
He was at Chicago for 11 years, Houston 1, Portland 4. then 1 back in Chicago for 23 games.
He had back surgery in the summer after he left the bulls too.


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you can ask a mare,
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Dave McNulla wrote:
> brink wrote:
>
> he's probably biased by the major questions asked about himself. like
> why he never did anything without jordan or why he stayed out of that
> game. it's sad that he's resorted to calling out players that carry
> their teams the way he did for all of one season (94).

I generally agree, although I gotta say that Pippen did do all right
without Jordan. MVP-caliber season.
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