Scotty Maurice Pippen Sr., also known as Scottie Pippen is an American former professional basketball athlete. He was born on September 25 in 1965. He was a member of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 17 years, and won six NBA championships with his team the Chicago Bulls. He is considered to be one of the best small forwards of all time, Pippen, along with Michael Jordan, played an significant role in turning the Bulls into an Olympic team as well as making the NBA around the world during the 1990s.Pippen was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team eight times in succession as well as the All-NBA First Team three times. He was a seven-time NBA All-Star and was the NBA All-Star Game MVP in 1994. The Chicago Bulls named him one of the 50 best basketball players of all time during the 1996-97 NBA season. He is also one of four players who had their jersey retired by them (the other three were Jerry Sloan and Bob Love). He played a main role in both the 1992 Chicago Bulls Championship team as well as the 1996 Chicago Bulls Championship team that were chosen as two of the Top 10 teams.
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