Talk:Scottie Pippen

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 (Why don't you? Marzolian (talk) 21:11, 27 March 2011 (UTC))

• 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...

(That incident is mentioned already. Marzolian (talk) 21:11, 27 March 2011 (UTC))

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

No Tippin' Pippen

• How about his "No Tippin' Pippen" reputation? It's fairly well known in Chicago. Sources:

Chicago Tribune NY Post/Chicagoist CNN/Sports Illustrated Chicago Magazine —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.15.107.149 (talk) 21:13, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Family life?

There's nothing about his family life, parents, siblings, wedding, or where he lives now.Marzolian (talk) 21:11, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

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)

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)

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)

The 1994 playoff game against the Knicks was tied 102-102 when Chicago called timeout, not 100-100 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.49.90.88 (talk) 17:52, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Who is the retarded idiot that chose that pic. It looks awkward. How about find a decent pic to use. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Svenlesstires (talk • contribs) 18:48, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Pippen without Jordan

So is there anyway that someone could find actual sources for the material under Pippen without Jordan? That and it could use a serious re-write. Much of it is needlessly melodramatic and very little of it is sourced to anything. The tone, the content and the structure all reads more like a blog than an article of any kind. There's only a couple mentions to anything substantive that Pippen did during those two seasons. Most of it just consists of overly exaggerating language and flowery prose about a couple of supposedly controversial anecdotes which aren't sourced to anything. It apparently is just the writer's rambling about his/her impressions of those incidents. It's just really, really sloppy. Maybe if I have time later I'll try to re-write some of it, but it's pretty shoddy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdlund (talk • contribs) 20:59, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Hall of Fame Eligibility

The Hall requires that the player be "fully retired from basketball" for five years. Does that mean him playing in Europe in 2008 mean he isn't eligible until 2013 or 2014?

Duplicate copy

Cleanup is needed as the same slam dunk episode over Patrick Ewing is mentioned at length twice within the article, in the "Pippen without Jordan (1993—1995)" and "Legacy" sections. Much of the two anecdotes are the exact same copy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.174.166.231 (talk) 14:38, 15 September 2010 (UTC)