Scottie Pippen was once the most versatile player in the NBA.
The ‘Robin’ to Michael Jordan’s ‘Batman,’ Pippen played point guard, shooting guard, small forward, guarded power fowards and everything in between.
Pippen was the NBA’s most complete player, or as he told NEOMG, he was ‘Lebron James before LeBron James.”
“I was LeBron James before LeBron James,” Bulls great Scottie Pippen told Northeast Ohio Media Group. “It’s not even close.”
Pippen’s game will never truly be appreciated in its fullness, because he played with Michael Jordan. But in his prime, only LeBron could stuff a stat sheet similarly.
I’m no slouch, but when comparing LeBron’s game, I’m usually left out,” he said.
“They want to compare him to the greatest, whether it be Michael Jordan or Magic Johnson, but he’s more closer to myself,” Pippen said. “It’s natural for folks to say that, but if you look at how he plays the game and how I played the game, you’ll see more similarities with us.”
If it makes Pippen feel better, LeBron James has stated how much he watched Pippen’s game when growing up and how he incorporated those facets into his own game.