<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class="bi">Pippen Proved 'Helpful'</div> <div> <span style="font-style: italic">Oct 12</span> - Was Scottie Pippen nearly a Mavericks assistant coach?</p> </p> "We don't want to go down there," Mavs coach Avery Johnson said, "but he was very helpful, we'll just leave it at that."</p> </p> "One of the things that he was really persistent about, that we kind of saw on film, we've applied to our workouts and it's been very helpful," Johnson said. "So he was very helpful and we appreciate the time that he spent with us." -- <font color="#000000">Fort Worth Star-Telegram</font></p></div></div>
