Dennis Rodman not only thinks Michael Jordan was better than LeBron James, but he also feels the same way about Scottie Pippen.
Anybody could see that Scottie Pippen was highly talented, but nobody in their right mind would actually put him above LeBron. Well, Rodman isn’t exactly in his right mind, so this makes sense.
Rodman recently sat down with ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan for a wide-ranging interview recently and spoke about the ongoing ESPN documentary “The Last Dance” and how Pippen is portrayed.
That’s when he made his shocking comment about Pippen being better than LeBron.
“At that time, people were calling Larry Bird the quintessential forward,” Rodman said. “He was great, but he couldn’t play multiple positions like Scottie could. He wasn’t agile enough. I just don’t think people realize what Scottie was doing in 1991.
“He revolutionized the point-forward position. All these players today should thank Scottie Pippen. Guys like Kevin Durant should say, ‘Wow, look what you did for us.’ Scottie could handle, he could shoot the ball, he could defend, he could rebound.
“If LeBron was playing during the ’90s, I’d still say Scottie Pippen was the second-best player behind Michael.”
Credit to Rodman for having his teammate’s back, but his opinion is completely wrong.
This narrative that LeBron wouldn’t be able to handle 90’s basketball and adjust while players from that era could adjust to now is just simply played out and wrong.
