Pippen Belittle Kobe’s 81
Scottie Pippen has a blog post about Kobe’s 81 points saying just how possible it is today to score many points.
I had so much respect for Pippen but after reading his blog post dismissing Kobe’s greatness of 81 points was due to lack of defense plus the fact that it should not be compared to His Airness; damn, loser Pippen. Now let’s break down each and every stupid argument of the sidekick.
Scottie Excerpt #1:
In the era when Michael played, it was a physical game. Defense was promoted. Guys took pride in it. Today defense is no longer a part of the game…
He argues here that in Michael Jordan’s time the level of defense was so much higher than it was today. The rules did not allow easy baskets and thus reaching 40 points was a big deal. He also notes how Patrick Ewing, Oakleys and the Masons would put a hand in your face.
Oh darn, nba.com reports that Michael played 1,072 games in his career. So don’t tell us that those entire 1,072 games defense choked you. You did not play Ewing, Oakleys and Masons 1,072 games man. 1,072 games without a chance of scoring 81 points let alone 60++ points without overtime (The only time Michael reached the 60 point mark.) You got blown out games and still Michael did not even score 56 points in 3 quarters as Kobe did.
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