your_airness:
as good as pippen was he's not in the top 20, probably not even in the top 25
the 50 greatest was chosen in 1997, and today's players like duncan, KG, kobe, lebron, and wade
in my mind are all greater than pippen, in 3 to 5 years i might even add durant to the list
to be in the top 20 you must be the clear #1 on your team, not batman's robin
is drexler greater than pip? the answer is YES, even pip has 5 more rings
drexler didn't win any rings when he was a blazers because other all time greats stood in his way
he faced isiah/dumars in 1990 final, magic johnson in 1991 west conf, and then Jordan in 1992 final
it's just bad luck when you are at your best there are others who are even better
as for pip he couldn't even beat patrick ewing when he was the man in 1994
and if it was bulls vs the pacers i don't think pip could beat reggie miller either
Drexler played Robin to be NBA champ did he not?
Does that mean he wasn't good enough to win and was better at playing number 2?
How is that greater than Pippen?
I am strictly following your logic.
How about Barkley, he failed to win championship and later joined Rockets as number 2 did he not?
How about Malone, he wasn't good enough so later he joined Lakers as number 3? number 4?
How about Robinson, he couldn't do it as number 1, but did it as number2, did he not?
So out of Dream Team, aka the greatest team ever, Mullin won nothing, Mailman/Stockton won nothing, Ewing won nothing, Barkley won nothing... and so on.
They can't be in top 20 as per your logic.
You missed the whole argument I am making, hence you should read my 1st line from 1st post again.
I am saying give Pippen the credit he deserves instead of saying he is just a number 2 to MJ ON HIS HALL OF FAME CEREMONY.
He has proven that, he could on demand play a very good number 1 if not the greatest during 94/95, did he not?
Did he not carry the team to Eastern Conference Final?
Every teammate from Bulls said Pippen is the best teammate ever, the player they want to play with, did they not?
Phil Jackson said Pippen was the voice of the team, did he not say that?
Pippen was the member of Dream Team, was he not?
I don't know about Drexler being top 5 greatest SG of all time, but I think Pippen is right about the same if not better as a SF.