NBA legend Scottie Pippen put Michael Jordan back on top Monday after previously stating that LeBron James “will be the greatest statistical guy to ever play the game of basketball.”
“He was the greatest player, definitely in basketball,” Pippen said when asked about Jordan. “For sure, I mean, you look at the MVPs that he was able to achieve.”
Pippen also mentioned how it was a team effort for the Chicago Bulls to win six NBA championships during that era as well.
The comments reflect the opposite of what Pippen recently said about the G.O.A.T discussion. In a May 2023 appearance on Stacey King’s “Gimme The Hot Sauce” podcast, Pippen called James the best.
“And there’s no comparison to him,” Pippen said. “None. So does that make him the greatest player to ever play the game? I’ll leave that up for debate because I don’t believe there’s a great player because our game’s a team game, and one player can’t do it.”
LeBron James broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time scoring record just two months before Pippen made those comments. Pippen’s opinion on the debate has varied in the past, flipping his answer multiple times.
Many felt it was because of their sometimes rocky relationship, which was publicly strained after the release of the Last Dance documentary in 2020. Pippen made multiple statements about Jordan before reconciling in early 2022.
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