He stunk up the joint tonight in Dallas (5 pts), so I dont see a reason why his punk ass wont play tomorrow. And you bet your ass I'll be booing him like usual. He is not worth it anymore. I mean who the hell gives a rats ass about Scottie Pippen now? He is not even a good role player anymore. Still its fun booing his butt.
He's playing, and I think he's starting. I'll be booing as loud as I can, just like I have the last 3 seasons. Dont forget he's the reason we have Cato (but I have to give my props to Cato this year, he is looking alot better).
So, what's the reason that you guys don't like Pippen? Could it be the fact that he wanted to run a fast paced game like the Rockets play now but couldn't since Rudy had "Geriatric" team at the time that played below the rim (Hakeem and Barkley)? Or was it that Rudy didn't want to dig into his old play-books and start a new offense because that would be too much work? Or was it because we ran the same play over and over and over again, and Pippen wanted some ball-motion? Could it have been that the Rocket ran the same boring offense that they had been running for 5 years and hadn't figured out that it wan't going to win them a ring again.
How about the fact that he stabbed a teammate in the back? How about the fact that he refused to take blame for his playoff blunder? How about the fact that he completely took away our bargaining power by opening filthy mouth in public? **** Pippen!
Boo hoo! He was right. He was frustrated of the sorry as*, stagnant offense, and you blame him for moving on? All I remember was that he was only used on the 3-point line like some 'rent-a-Horry." Boring! And, did you really believe we were going to get to the Finals with Hakeem at that time in 99? "Stabbed in the back?" Who Barkley? So, when Barkley speaks it's "speaking your mind." But when Pippen speaks it's, "stabbing in the back." When Pip joined I was like, "Great! We are actually going to get back to some run and gun playing." Nope...same 'ole crap! Dump it in to Hakeem and kick it out to the 3-point shooters...yawnnn......with the exception that Hakeem couldn't jump just made things worse. For a while there the most exciting player was Matt Maloney.
DavidS, Think about it. The Rockets had 300 lbs Charles Barkley, and 35 yr old Hakeem Olajuwon. You wanted them to RUN n GUN? Have you completely lost it? If Pippen wanted to, he'd adjust to what we were doing. He did it out of being a whiny b**** with the "my way or the highway" attitude. He's been like that his whole career. He only starts to play with his teammates when everything just dandy with him. Bull****. If he could run the offense and hit all those open 3's, we were contenders. But he couldn't and DIDN'T do it. Oh, and Pippen opened his mouth so that he could get traded. barkley opens his mouth because he wants to win. That's the difference.
Pippen cost us game one against teh alkers that year,he is and always will be a overrated player. and he is to arogant to see it.
It was just a bad situation in the first place. Pip was never a 3-point specialist. His game reminds me of what Boki can become with a decent outside shot. But not just a 3-point shooter. Leave that job for Bullard, Kerr, and Paxton.
It's very convenient you call him an "overrated player" after his 16th season. So, I guess you have the ability to see what type of player he would have become if Jordan never would have played with him? Hmmm??? Six rings without Jordan? No... But, he's no more overrated than Kevin McHale or James Worthy. They were All-Stars. And deserved it. Could they have lead their respective teams to titles without their leaders (Bird/Magic)??? Not likely. But that should not diminish their accomplishments of being part of the 50 greatest players that ever played the game. Give him his due.
Im still quite honestly failing to see how anyone can back up Scottie Quitten if your a Rockets fan. This man came here, b****ed, played bad, demanded the offense go through him instead of Hakeem (who was still averaging 19 pts a game at the time), and then demanded to be traded and all we really ended up with was Cato and your going to back him up?!? F that!
DavidS makes a very good point IMO. Before the Pippen trade happened and during the time that rumors were flying around, I was against this trade from the beginning. At that time both Hakeem and Charles still had a little bit left in the tank and I didnt see Rudy changing our offense to incorporate Pippen. And in the end, I dont think he really did. Rudy tried to make Pippen into a Robert Horry by using him as a post entry passer and a spot up shooter. Yes plays were run for Pippen and the offense did change slighlty, but not enough IMO. The type of offense we ran did not fully utilize all of Pippen's skills. So in the end, I dont blame Scottie for wanting to leave. That being sad, the way he left was very unprofessional and I agree that he deserves heat for that. Very uncalled for. Is Pippen the goat for the playoff loss in LA? Partially yes. But there were others on our team that put us into a position to lose also. Pippen's gaff is just the most memorable. Also, even the greatest of players make mistakes that lose games. Hakeem and Barkley included. Last, as far as the words that were exchanged between Pippen and Barkley, well, there are obviously alot of people that dont like Charles Barkley and have called him names and whatnot. Being that it happened at the time that it happened just made Pippen look even more like a punk than it would have if he had just left and didnt take any cheapshots at his teamates.
As I recall, Rockets did try to use Pippen's skills but he simply didn't do anything. The Rockets got him to basically do a lot of the things that Clyde had done but the bottom line is that Pippen didn't even do the least of what Clyde did even though they were such similar players and Pippen wasn't as old. Rudy didn't turn Pippen into a stationary 3pt shooter, Pippen did that to himself and then b****ed that it was everyone else's fault. Pretty much sums up his Rockets tenure: make a mistake and then blame anyone but himself. I really wanted the guy to succeed with the Rockets but I think he earned a lot of the disappointment from fans all on his own.
Why would he? What has he done without Jordan? Rudy probably realized it after he got here. The guy is way over rated.
