Scottie Pippen praised LeBron James and said that Michael Jordan “was a horrible player”

Scottie Pippenwhich he formed together with Michael Jordan an unforgettable duo in the NBA during the 1990s, dished out praise for LeBron James and harshly criticized his ex-partner in Chicago Bulls.

During an interview he gave to Die-Hard Chicago Bulls FansPippen embarked on the endless discussion about who is the best basketball player in history, if Michael Jordan or LeBron James, and sided with the Los Angeles Lakers player.

“LeBron James will be the best player statistically talking who has ever played basketball. There is no comparison with him. Does that make him the best player to ever play? I will leave it for debate, because I don’t think there is a great player because our sport is a team sport and one player can’t do everything,” he said.

Immediately afterwards, he pointed against Jordan: “I have seen Michael Jordan play before I came to the Bulls and you also saw it. He was a horrible player and horrible to play with.. It was all 1 vs. 1, all bad shots.”

“Suddenly, we became a team and we started winning, and everyone forgot who they were,” he added.

It is not the first time that Pippen has targeted Jordan. Without going any further, in his memoirs he wrote: “I will go so far as to say that Mike ruined basketball. In the 80s, in the parks, you had everyone moving the ball and passing to help the team. That stopped in the ’90s. Kids wanted to ‘be like Mike.’ Well, Mike didn’t want to pass the ball, but he didn’t want to take rebounds or defend the best player on the opposing team either.”

“He wanted us to do it all for him. That’s why I’ve always believed that LeBron James is the best to ever play this game, he does it all and represents everything this game is about,” he added.

Pippen shared the field with Jordan in the six rings won by the Chicago Bulls, in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 and 1998.

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