Talk:Scottie Pippen

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Contents 1 Outside of NBA 2 Point Forward 3 Early Life 4 Picture

[edit] Outside of NBA

The man did a few things outside of his nba career like Slam City perhaps a section should be created, or the retirement section be changed to a more general purpose headline.Atirage 13:30, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Someone needs to mention how he's a punk. -Amit

• Feel free to mention any documented incidents of punk-ness. The time he refused to play when PJ drew up a play for Kukoc would work...

I'm deleting the information about Pippen's desire for a comeback from retirement, since it is subsequently restated in the section marked "Return."

[edit] Point Forward

I'm changing the language regarding point forward, and Pippen's role. While he is a fine example of the position, the term was widely used to describe Paul Pressey long before Pippen ever enjoyed the NBA. Before Pressey, Rick Barry has point forward duties. One could even argue for Magic Johnson as a point forward (if for no other reason due to height)--making the Lakers unusual for being a 1-guard, 3-forward team. On D, it was usually Byron Scott who guarded the other team's PG, not Magic; with Kareem in the middle blocking shots, the Lakers could afford to cheat on defense in this manner.

--EngineerScotty 21:38, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Agreed, I'm removing "point forward" from his official position (it's not an official position anyway - it's a avid basketball fan's term, if anything (in other words, a little too esoteric for the common reader)). It is an anachronistic term that did not exist during Pippen's heyday. Having said that, I should stress that Pippen's style of play is discussed further in the article. --Downwards 04:30, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Early Life

Somebody needs to add Scottie's early life... For instance how he didn't play basketball for a while and then played in college —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.47.208.34 (talk • contribs)

Scottie Pippen is not a member of phi beta sigma checked with nationals and some personnal friends of his. Nope he is NOT —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.209.140.19 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Picture

lol, I love how the picture came from his mugshot :D Armyrifle 18:00, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Hahaha, I know. I know Scottie has one of the happiest looking mugshots of all time, but could somebody find a picture of him playing or something? At least not in jail. --Freepablo 22:56, 1 May 2007 (UTC)