<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Scottie Pippen, holder of six rings, the greatest sidekick of all-time is set to retire after 17 years in the NBA. All $5.3 million of Pippen's guaranteed salary will count against the NBA salary cap. If Pippen were to agree to forfeit some money -- a long-shot possibility -- it could help the Bulls' payroll for purposes of the luxury-tax threshold. He will retire with career averages of 16.1 points, 6.4 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.96 steals per game. His 208 career playoff games rank second to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 237. </div> Full Story
I figured this would be coming. He hasn't been fully healthy in a couple seasons and his age has really begun to show. I do think he should forfeit some of that money though. That's just my opinion though. Give the team you played most of you career with and the team that gave you six rings, give back a little money.
dont forfeit any money.....the bulls made more money of pippen that pippen did off the bulls....so why give them more. anyways....pippen is great...my personal model for how i've developed my game. He's the total package
Why should he give some money back? They knew he was old, and should have known better than to pick up a player and agree to pay him for that long. He "earned" it. That's like saying that MJ should donate money to the Bulls.
I thought he retired already. But yeah, he shouldn't have to give any money back. They shouldn't have made that deal in the first place.
I loved Pippen as a player, he was always shadowed in MJ's greatness. Probably one of the most well-rounded players to ever play the game.
Pippen is a respectable person and player, and he will be missed in this league. He was a great role model for the younger players and I hope he wants to get into coaching later on down his life, I think he would make a good coach.
Pippen, like MJ, has always been a Bull at heart. Personally, I wouldn't take advantage of the Bulls' business decision and would forfeit some money to see the team I love increase their chances of succeeding.
He didn't like the bulls management, they skimped him all kinds. He didn't like them at all, freakin jerry krause and shit. He should not forfeit any money, its his and he should get it. If they care he can come sit on the bench again. I mean either away he'll get it.
I think we all saw this coming. This is an end to a great career. I wish we could've at least had the Portland Pippen when he came to Chicago, he played very well as a Blazer, but his knees couldn't hold up.
My Favorite Player Of All-time. One Of The Greatest All-around Players In The History Of The Nba. Man Did He Get Short-changed In 1994, Mvp Season And One Blown Call By Hugh Hollins Against The Knicks And The Bulls Would Have Gone To The Finals W/o Mj, And They Could Have Beaten The Rockets That Year As Well, Proving He Can Not Only Win But Win A Title W/o Him. Even In Portland, Blowing A 15 Point Lead Lead In The 4th Quarter, Another Championship For Pippen W/o Jordan On A Different Team But Lost It In Game 7 Against The Lakers. He's Always Been Underrated Imo. Jordan Couldn't Win W/o Pippen But Pippen Could Win W/o Jordan, And He Proved It. But He Obviously Would Have Solidified That By Actaully Beating The Knicks And Then The Rockets And The Lakers With Portland, But It Was Close And He Got Ripped-off. <font color="Navy">Please, discontinue typing your posts like this, as it is very difficult to read and is also against JBBs guidelines. Moo2K4</font>
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting saad:</div><div class="quote_post">My Favorite Player Of All-time. One Of The Greatest All-around Players In The History Of The Nba. Man Did He Get Short-changed In 1994, Mvp Season And One Blown Call By Hugh Hollins Against The Knicks And The Bulls Would Have Gone To The Finals W/o Mj, And They Could Have Beaten The Rockets That Year As Well, Proving He Can Not Only Win But Win A Title W/o Him. Even In Portland, Blowing A 15 Point Lead Lead In The 4th Quarter, Another Championship For Pippen W/o Jordan On A Different Team But Lost It In Game 7 Against The Lakers. He's Always Been Underrated Imo. Jordan Couldn't Win W/o Pippen But Pippen Could Win W/o Jordan, And He Proved It. But He Obviously Would Have Solidified That By Actaully Beating The Knicks And Then The Rockets And The Lakers With Portland, But It Was Close And He Got Ripped-off.</div> How long did it take you to type that while capitalizing the beginning of EVERY word? That's kind of scary.
pip turned 39 yesterday. maybe gettin older has somethin to do with his retirement thoughts as for the money, obviously there is no obligation for him to give up some cash, but it would be a nice gesture on his part. they should settle on an amount.
scottie had a great distinguished career; however, I thought sometimes his whining and complaining tarnished him...there was his game against the Knicks when he refused to go in the game, as well as his whole stint in Houston...but hes definitely one of the greatest of all time and he will be missed...
