Dell's Pointless Lists - Greatest NBA Small Forwards

[Liquidrob]

Your memory is off. Pippen didn't sit just to sit. He sat because Phil decided to give the final shot to Kukoc and NOT Pippen. Yeah Pippen acted like a punk but it was understood Pippen was the man on that team and Phil drew up the play for Kukoc to start with. You're misrepresenting what happened with your wording.

No, my memory is fine, pippen sat himself on the bench, he was supposed to be a 'decoy' and he turned into a little bitch because Phil gave it to Toni

also, 'decoy' stands for 'he isnt a great shooter so lets give it to the euro'

 

[FirstTimer]

No, my memory is fine, pippen sat himself on the bench, he was supposed to be a 'decoy' and he turned into a little bitch because Phil gave it to Toni

also, 'decoy' stands for 'he isnt a great shooter so lets give it to the euro'

Yeah Pippen was such a bad shooter he shot 49% from the field that year....

 

[Liquidrob]

Yeah Pippen was such a bad shooter he shot 49% from the field that year....

You really think Pippen was a great shooter? If you do than you should just stop posting in this thead

 

[Vinsane]

You really think Pippen was a great shooter? If you do than you should just stop posting in this thead

Career: .473 FG%, .326% 3PT, .704 FT%

 

[FirstTimer]

You really think Pippen was a great shooter? If you do than you should just stop posting in this thead

I never said he was a "great" shooter. But to try and allude to the fact that he wasn't a good shooter in general or specifically that season is absurd seeing as he shot nearly 50%. Not sure how saying Kukoc is a better shooter than Pippen is slighting Pippen as the player that he was. Big deal. Kerr was a better shooter than Jordan it doesn't downgrade MJ at all. All it goes to show is that MJ was a better teammate than Pippen on the floor in a lot of ways. It doesn't make Pippen drastically less of a great player IMO. His numbers and accomplishments stand on their own merits.

Also LOL at Pippen being a "decoy" on that play. Phil drew it up to have Pippen to take the ball out of bounds. How is that a decoy? Did the Knicks have to respect Pippens ability to shoot from out of bounds? Decoy=something along the lines of Pippen in the play running of screens to draw defenders away to open up a screen slip chance for someone of someone else coming off another screen with less defensive pressure as the result of Pippen drawing defense.

 

[Liquidrob]

Career: .473 FG%, .326% 3PT, .704 FT%

wat are you saying? that Socttie Pippen was a great shooter?

anyone who watched basketball during that era would never say Pippen was a 'great shooter', they wouldnt even say a 'very good shooter'

maybe the Pippen nuthuggers would say we was a 'better than average' shooter at best

 

[FirstTimer]

Pippen was a good shooter. Nothing more. Nothing less.

 

[Senser81]

I would say Pippen was a good enough shooter.

 

[ralaw]

Did you guts know up until this season (Ben Gordon) Pippen was the Bulls all-time leader in 3pt field goals made? I was surprised when I heard that, because I never saw Pippen as that type of shooter. I knew he had good fg% numbers, but I always saw him at best as a decent shooter from 3pt range, but nothing special.

 

[FirstTimer]

Did you guts know up until this season (Ben Gordon) Pippen was the Bulls all-time leader in 3pt field goals made? I was surprised when I heard that, because I never saw Pippen as that type of shooter. I knew he had good fg% numbers, but I always saw him at best as a decent shooter from 3pt range, but nothing special.

Yeah in Pips final years with teh Bulls he was taking over 400 3's a season.

 

[dell71]

Pip was a pretty good shooter. However, don't get too pumped up about his career fg%. That's as much an indication of him having pretty good shot selection as anything else. After all, Dennis Rodman's career fg% is .521, 39th best all time & I don't think anyone would call him a good shooter.

 

[FirstTimer]

Pip was a pretty good shooter. However, don't get too pumped up about his career fg%. That's as much an indication of him having pretty good shot selection as anything else. After all, Dennis Rodman's career fg% is .521, 39th best all time & I don't think anyone would call him a good shooter.

Yeah Pippen had great shot selection but FG% obviously takes a higher priority over Rodman who shot 52% while averaging 7.3 PPG and making mostly bunny putbacks for most of his career while Pip shot 47% averaging 16 PPG his career and taking mostly jumpers from the SF, Point forward position.

 

[dell71]

Yeah Pippen had great shot selection but FG% obviously takes a higher priority over Rodman who shot 52% while averaging 7.3 PPG and making mostly bunny putbacks for most of his career while Pip shot 47% averaging 16 PPG his career and taking mostly jumpers from the SF, Point forward position.

Agreed, just used Rodman to make my point since that was the first person to pop into my mind.