Dont get me wrong Jordans great but as you know he did score 63 against a great Boston team in the playoffs and they still lost...
2007-07-16 13:23:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball
ZERO!!
Jordan's record in playoff games without Pippen is a whopping 1-10.....that's 1 WIN and 10 LOSSES!
Jordan was never even able to get his team out of the first round of the playoffs until Pippen joined the Bulls.
Jordan would have continued to ballhog his way to defeat, and even in the watered-down 1990's, one superstar on your team would not be enough.
Jordan without Pippen= a "bald-headed Dominique"...too easy
2007-07-16 13:45:32 · answer #1 · answered by Hoopfan 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, it's an open-ended thought. Ok, remove Pippen from the equation. Would someone else have hopped into his place?
What about Rodman, or Kerr.
We've looked at the major players, but banking on the Bulls not getting a ring until they got Pippen, It might have cost Jordan a ring or two, but In the long run, the same question would be, if Jordan didn't try out for Baseball, would they have run 8 in a row?
I'd say the Bulls would have gotten 6, without pippen. It just would have taken a different format.
2007-07-16 13:33:29 · answer #2 · answered by steveraven 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
None. I think Pippen is the perfect complement to Michael Jordan. It's just like Kobe and Shaq, Kobe is the perfect complement to Shaq. Take away anyone of them, no championship. In the history of the game there is no ONE, Basketball is a team sports got to remember that.
There would be no great player if his teammates don't help him. Perfect example: Lebron James, everybody considers him great right now, but how will he prove it if he can't win a championship? And how would he be able to win if he won't have any help? So again there is no One in basketball only a team, definitely Michael Jordan needs a Scottie Pippen and all those other guys to win a championship.
2007-07-16 14:43:13 · answer #3 · answered by Darth Revan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am saying at least one. now here me out Pippens gone. Michael Jordan is the most dominate player period what quality player would not want to come to the Bulls and play along side Jordan for a championship??? so I can bet the Zen master would of brought in another player to help Jordan and players such as Kerr and Rodman would of steped up and played harder.
2007-07-16 14:49:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
None. Pippen doesn't get the respect he deserves. He's top 10 in my all time greats. W/o a versatile defensive monster running the point forward, i doubt jordan would have gotten any of those rings.
2007-07-16 13:52:39 · answer #5 · answered by sandmansdream 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
None. Just like he would have no rings if his team didn't play in the 90's during the worst era of the NBA. They didn't and wouldn't come close to the finals back in the 80's ( maybe if they were in the weak Western Conference with the Lakers).
2007-07-16 13:56:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
he didn't win a single playoff series without pippen
how the hell could he have won a championship without him?
but on the other hand pippen won multiple playoff series without MJ in Chicago in 94, Houston and Portland (15 minutes away from NBA playoffs)
2007-07-16 13:32:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
He would defenitely not win any rings at all. He might not have even gone to the Finals w/o him. They needed each other to play as well as they did.
2007-07-16 15:26:19 · answer #8 · answered by Lollipop 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i totally know where you are coming from, but i would say he would get 1 championship.
2007-07-16 17:10:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1or 2 no more
2007-07-16 13:48:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋