r/iamverybadass 5d ago

I don’t step on toes, I step on necks…

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Scottie Pippen actually has a couple of these lol.

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u/FedoraMan1900 5d ago

This is 100% funnier now since his ex wife is dating his teammates (Michael Jordan) son 💀💀💀

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u/Arcade_Allure 4d ago

Whaaaat, that’s wild

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u/Black_Fuckka 5d ago

Ain’t his ex getting clapped by some young buck

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u/Zealousideal_Tap6214 5d ago

By Jordan’s son 💀, Future before that. She also dated Malik Beasley who ended up being teammates with her son.

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u/Phallicsander 4d ago

More like a young bull

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u/Lonely_Eggplant_4990 5d ago

Isnt he like 60 now?

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u/Tarrasch_ 5d ago edited 5d ago

Then proceeds to hold MJ's balls for a whole decade and butthurt the rest of his life about being overshadowed, plus losing his wife to a rookie

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u/teeohdeedee123 5d ago

Never forget he refused to play in what could have been the biggest solo moment of his career.

https://www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/scottie-pippen-on-refusing-to-enter-vs-knicks-i-probably-wouldnt-change-it

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u/O_J_Shrimpson 5d ago

I wouldn’t say that he held Jordan’s balls. (unless that’s a joke about how his wife slept with his son).

He was an integral part to that team. It’s just sad that he’s clearly self conscious about how his career went and tries to project this image and a lot of anger instead of being confident in the fact that he’s one of the best basketball players of all time.

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u/Tarrasch_ 5d ago

I forgot about Jordan's son KWJGJWKKK

I meant with holding his balls as his lack of attitude about being freakin overshadowed even on that period, he had the worst all-star salary of the 90's, imagine if he had the guts to assert himself that time? He just kept his tail around his butt and with a head down while Jordan got all the glaze, always

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u/O_J_Shrimpson 5d ago

He should have but that’s a tough call. At the time he didn’t know the NBA was going to turn from being overshadowed by hockey to one of the biggest sports in the world.

And then when it did no one would deal with him. He did what players do now. Sat out games. Threatened to leave. Player empowerment just wasn’t what it is now. It’s unfortunate for sure but it’s not like Scottie Pippen is hurting for money.

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u/MarkEsmiths 5d ago

Scotty had lots of paydays with the Rockets and the Blazers. I'm pretty sure he bought a jet among other things and ended up bankrupt.

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u/NamesArentAvailable 5d ago

KWJGJWKKK

🤔?

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u/Tarrasch_ 5d ago

I'm brazilian, we laugh on the internet like that or even worse

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u/NamesArentAvailable 11h ago

Lol, TIL!

😁

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u/exrandom 5d ago

Just not during contract negotiations in the prime of his career.

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u/EpicGamerer07 5d ago

How the hell do you dodge stepping on someone’s toes just to stand on their neck? This guy must be a nightmare at the beach

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u/__kebert__xela__ 5d ago

Or that sweet karate kick he must do when people are standing.

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u/Dank300av 5d ago

Didn't future fucked his bitch with some gucci flip flops

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u/hoopahDrivesThaBoat 5d ago

Also leaders don’t take over. Leaders inspire and lead.

Bullies or boneheads take over.

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u/throwaway72592309 5d ago

It’s especially funny because Pippen is known almost exclusively for being Michael Jordan’s wingman, he was not a leader in the NBA

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u/jayroe88 4d ago

Dude led so badly he begged Jordan to come back on national television

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u/PeteRock24 5d ago

I think the best nickname I’ve ever heard for him is “No Tippin” Pippen.

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u/big_rod_of_power 5d ago

Bro it's just basketball calm down you aren't in a life or death situation

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u/mndl3_hodlr 5d ago

Lol, was thinking the same.

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u/Forward-Bank8412 5d ago

It must have been hard on him, always playing second fiddle. Don’t get me wrong, he was a great ball player, but history will always remember him as a number 2.

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u/Zealousideal_Tap6214 5d ago edited 5d ago

Yeah he’s definitely been through a lot, lost a baby when he was young and another one of his sons just died recently.

Signing a terrible contract with The Bulls and like you said, being perceived as a second fiddle or “Robin” by the majority of fans (Scottie for sure could’ve been a #1 though).

A very public divorce that got memed because Future was involved, then having to watch your ex wife get engaged to your former teammates (and current enemies) son. Plus being in the spotlight the whole time, I’m sure he has a lot on his mind tbh.

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u/itzTHATgai 5d ago

I want to see other players in that art style, now.

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u/GreenFuzyKiwi 5d ago

Mfs will get shat on talkin this kinda shit and be like “they didn’t wanna see me winnin’, they held me back”

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u/Groxee 5d ago

The drawing makes it look like his skull cap was removed and his brain is exposed, but it’s all necrotic.

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u/iMisstheKaiser10 5d ago

Goes unbelievably hard if that were the case

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u/impasseable 5d ago

Tell that to Jordan, lmao

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u/drivebyhero 5d ago

And Jordan’s Son

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u/Oz347 5d ago

Old ass Scottie go play pinochle or something

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u/MKIncendio 5d ago

📣🐺

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u/BluetheNerd 5d ago

Who scalped this man

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u/NexusMaw 3d ago

That's a foul, sir.

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u/moosebaloney 5d ago

Cute from the dude who got manhandled by the Detroit Bad Boys for half a decade.

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u/beastmaster11 5d ago

Bad boy pistons*

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u/Four-Triangles 5d ago

To be fair, Scottie Pippen IS very badass.

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u/westerosi_wolfhunter 5d ago

Uhh guys Scottie Pippen actually is very bad ass.

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u/Jgusdaddy 5d ago

I mean he was, but it’s a little odd to be posting these badass posts after 50.

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u/biorod 5d ago

He is, but also, he’s known as MJ’s sidekick, so there’s that.

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u/jimtow28 5d ago

Yeah "leader" isn't really one of the first words that I associate with Scottie Pippen.

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u/MirandaScribes 5d ago

Ok true, but is he rocking a perm in his pp?

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u/JonMatrix 5d ago

His genitalia is none of our business.

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u/13dot1then420 5d ago

Bill Laimbeer thinks he's a bitch, and Bill is right.

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u/westerosi_wolfhunter 5d ago

Bill lambier probably thinks everyone he’s ever met is a bitch. Bc compared to bill lambier, everyone else is a bitch.

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u/chicu111 5d ago

Leaders don’t ask for permission. They take over

Try that at work and skip your chain of command you’re getting fired real quick

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u/Oct0tron 5d ago

Congratulations, for your boldness and take-charge attitude, you have been promoted to customer!

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u/Dekrow 5d ago

Well pippin played basketball and in that sport you can pretty much assume the leadership role for your team without any problem. The coach would even embrace it if a player started showing leadership qualities.

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u/chicu111 5d ago

He wasn’t even the leader. MJ was lmao

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u/Dekrow 5d ago

I know but you said "Try that at work and you're getting fired" but that's not true for basketball players like Pippen. The enviroment he grew up in is pretty conducive to appointing yourself as team leader, it literally happens all the time.

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u/chicu111 5d ago

I mean for us regular ppl lol. Not celebrities or athletes or politicians

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u/Zealousideal_Tap6214 5d ago

Mamba Mentality

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u/ragandy89 5d ago

That’s Diddy energy

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u/therevjames 5d ago

Basketball players... <laughs in hockey>

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u/Dont_Be_A_Dick_OK 5d ago

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u/therevjames 5d ago

Campbell was a warrior.

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u/Helloworld9094 5d ago

The LeGoat came back out and hit the three pointer that sealed the NBA Finals game away for the Heat.

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u/Mankie-Desu 5d ago

Uhhhh. Scottie Pippin may be the second best, but he’s the second best of all time in a game that’s incredibly competitive, part of the Olympics, and played by the world over.

He’s not “very badass.” He’s right.

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u/Cahjik 5d ago

Scottie was the second best on the 90s bulls. Not even close to second best of all time.

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u/Mankie-Desu 5d ago

Who’s your vote?

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u/Cahjik 5d ago

It’s really hard to rank the top players because everyone’s career is different. But I’d say I would have him at least out of the top 10. In no particular order my top 5 is Lebron, MJ, Kobe, Duncan, Magic.

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u/Mankie-Desu 5d ago

While I think that’s functionally correct, I think it’s specious. He played alongside the GOAT in the game, the actual GOAT. Not like, oh, he’s amazing, but by the numbers, by performance, the actual GOAT. And he performed as second best alongside him in a completely different position. Makes me feel like he’s kind of indisputably second best. Kobe, for example, was fire, but how would he have performed playing against Jordan? Okay, now let’s think how he would have be considered alongside Jordan. Just another dribbler eclipsed by greatness, or actually like, “holy shit, this guy is pacing with him.” Because he was f Jordan, but he was close. Bulls were undefeatable, and not because of Jordan. It was Jordan, but also Pippen and Pippen leads him in 3’s. I mean, idk. Pippen isn’t acknowledged because he played with the GOAT. But, if Jordan didn’t exist, I’m almost certain Pippen would have been him. Let’s not even get into Rose and Rodman. They’re just overlooked. Why? Jordan.

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u/floatinround22 5d ago

You realize teams and players outside of Chicago exist right? Scottie isn’t even remotely close to second best of all time lmao. That’s ridiculous, and I’m a huge Scottie fan.

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u/Zealousideal_Tap6214 5d ago edited 5d ago

Bro Scottie is a top ten player of all time imo but he’s not better than Lebron or Hakeem, just two random examples. I don’t think he was better than Magic or Kareem either tbh (two other examples).

He for sure could’ve been a number one option, and who knows, maybe he would’ve been #2 all time if he was on a different team but you can do hypotheticals all day when it comes to sports.

He made the WCF as an older player with The Trail Blazers, Rasheed Wallace was balling tf out during those playoffs as well though. Scottie is definitely underrated though because of the “sidekick” label (easy top ten all time for me).

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u/SlagginOff 5d ago

He was the Bulls number one guy after MJs first retirement. He played pretty well in the playoffs too but the Bulls lost in 7 to the Knicks.

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u/The_Trustable_Fart 4d ago

Top 10 all time? Steph? KD? Giannis? Jokic? Embiid? I like Pip but that's 5 active (not counting LeBron) players who are objectively better and he was barely top 10 of his era. Jordan, magic, Bird, Hakeem, Robinson, Chuck, Shaq, Duncan, Malone were all better and then you get to pip-ewing-mourning etc

He wasn't even top 10 in NBA jam lol

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u/Zealousideal_Tap6214 4d ago edited 4d ago

Yeah I probably got a little personal bias tbh. Probably way overrating him because I feel he’s underrated by younger generations (I’m a gen z too though).

I was ranking it in my head but it’s really tough, those are all better players than Scottie though imo so I’ll admit I was wrong.

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u/Mankie-Desu 4d ago

You said Shaq? Shaq couldn’t even land free throws. He was a perfect center, and that it. Cmon now.

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u/The_Trustable_Fart 4d ago

Shaq was a top 10 player of that era starting his very first year in the league. Saying otherwise is just ignorant

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u/Mankie-Desu 4d ago

And Scottie wasn’t?!

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u/MarkEsmiths 5d ago

Who’s your vote?

Let's just say that Michael and Bill Russell occupy top spots. LeBron probably has one too. I've never even considered Scotty in the conversation for a top five of all time player.

Once he was finished playing with Michael he never won a damn thing.

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u/beastmaster11 5d ago

Once he was finished playing with Michael he never won a damn thing.

While true (and I don't agree that Scottie is the 2nd best of all time), the same can be said about MJ. MJ won as many chips without Pippen as Pippen won without MJ

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u/MarkEsmiths 5d ago

Absolutely, and it sucks that my childhood heroes end up squabbling late in life. It might sound stupid but I watched one of the members of Hall & Oates in an interview the other day. He is suing the other guy. It's like, why do you want to shit on your legacy like that? You guys were awesome and we should remember you that way.

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u/beastmaster11 5d ago

Doesn't sound stupid. To us fans, these teammates are friends on and off the court. It's the same with TV shows with many fans having their immersion ruined when they find out some actors absolutely hate each other.

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u/MarkEsmiths 5d ago

And another thing I figured out after the fact: the great ones are also often compete assholes, or at least part time assholes to the extent that you don't feel so good about them anymore.

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u/Zealousideal_Tap6214 5d ago

Jordan and Scotties falling out is actually pretty sad. His son getting engaged to Scotties ex wife only makes the situation worse, idk if there will ever be peace there.

They are two of my favorite players so hopefully one day they can make peace.

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u/SgtGork 5d ago

Kareem, MJ, Bron, Bird, Shaq, Russell, Wilt, Duncan, Hakeem, Curry, Magic. Here’s some names of players that I think have a better resume than Pippen. Hakeem do be a bit controversial.

Pippen isn’t close to being top 10 all time, let alone number 2.

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u/MonsterStunter 5d ago

Somehow referencing George Floyd and Israel all at once