Basketball Honors Pippen, Malone and Olympics Teams:
| Author: Michael Licata |
| Date: 08//14/10 |
Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, the 1960 and 1992 U.S. Olympic
Men's team were inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
It was a long time coming for Malone and Pippen. Pippen was the greatest
number two on any NBA team, ever. Shaq and Kobe, Kobe and Pau, Timmy and
Manu, all great duos, but none will replicate the success of Pippen and
Jordan. Shaq and Kobe always had the question of who came first? That was
never the question between Jordan and Pippen. Kobe is coming close to being
Jordan, but it's going to be harder to duplicate the success that Pippen
had. LeBron James and Dwayne Wade could have that success, but there will be
the question of who's number 1?
Pippen was always second to Jordan. They're the only two players that won
all six titles with the Chicago Bulls. Pippen didn't play well when Jordan
played baseball for two seasons. He learned quickly that winning was fun
without taking too much of the credit. Pippen deserved every honor and title
he received after being an unheralded draft pick out of Central Arkansas. He
played great defense for the Bulls. It was his play against Magic Johnson in
the 1991 NBA Finals that turned the tide of the series in favor of the
Bulls. It was also symbolic because it showed how a 6'9 forward go up
against a 6'8 guard that could do all positions. It was the beginning of the
hybrid swing player that changed the NBA landscape.
Malone scored more points in his career than every body except Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar. He did everything except win a championship. Malone didn't
miss more than two games in a season, until the final season with the Los
Angeles Lakers. He played all 82 games for 10 times in his career. That's an
impressive stat given the recent trend of players taking nights off against
lesser teams. Most players don't even play 80 games in a given season.
Malone was a great professional that shaped the way power forwards play the
game. He would out-hustle veterans and youngsters for every rebound. He was
a great professional and very much deserved the honor of induction into the
Basketball Hall of Fame.
The U.S. Olympics teams were inducted, one as the greatest amateur team in
the history of basketball. The 1992 Dream Team for their influence on the
international stage. The 1992 team ushered in the modern era and many
international players point to that team as the reason for the evolution of
international basketball. It was a great celebration of two great players
along with the two best teams ever assembled.
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