Talk:Scottie Pippen

74 inch Wingspan

In describing his athleticism, someone referred to Pippen having long arms and a “74 inch wingspan.” This is about average for a person 6'2, and very short for someone 6'8. Is 74 inches correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.33.226.231 (talk) 20:44, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

That's a good point. The article from 1987 states his wingspan as 74 inches. I'm pretty sure it should actually read 7 feet 4 inches.Hoops gza (talk) 04:10, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your contribution.Hoops gza (talk) 04:14, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

He said on a video his arm span is 7 feet, so I agree. It's gotta be 7'4" AnalyticalChick (talk) 15:00, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

Outside of NBA

The man did a few things outside of his nba career like Slam City perhaps a section should be created, or the retirement section be changed to a more general purpose headline.Atirage 13:30, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Someone needs to mention how he's a punk. -Amit (Why don't you? Marzolian (talk) 21:11, 27 March 2011 (UTC))

• Feel free to mention any documented incidents of punk-ness. The time he refused to play when PJ drew up a play for Kukoc would work...

(That incident is mentioned already. Marzolian (talk) 21:11, 27 March 2011 (UTC))

I'm deleting the information about Pippen's desire for a comeback from retirement, since it is subsequently restated in the section marked "Return."

No Tippin' Pippen

• How about his "No Tippin' Pippen" reputation? It's fairly well known in Chicago. Sources:

Chicago Tribune NY Post/Chicagoist CNN/Sports Illustrated Chicago Magazine —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.15.107.149 (talk) 21:13, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Family life?

There's nothing about his family life, parents, siblings, wedding, or where he lives now.Marzolian (talk) 21:11, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Point Forward

I'm changing the language regarding point forward, and Pippen's role. While he is a fine example of the position, the term was widely used to describe Paul Pressey long before Pippen ever enjoyed the NBA. Before Pressey, Rick Barry has point forward duties. One could even argue for Magic Johnson as a point forward (if for no other reason due to height)--making the Lakers unusual for being a 1-guard, 3-forward team. On D, it was usually Byron Scott who guarded the other team's PG, not Magic; with Kareem in the middle blocking shots, the Lakers could afford to cheat on defense in this manner.

--EngineerScotty 21:38, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Agreed, I'm removing "point forward" from his official position (it's not an official position anyway - it's a avid basketball fan's term, if anything (in other words, a little too esoteric for the common reader)). It is an anachronistic term that did not exist during Pippen's heyday. Having said that, I should stress that Pippen's style of play is discussed further in the article. --Downwards 04:30, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Early Life

Somebody needs to add Scottie's early life... For instance how he didn't play basketball for a while and then played in college —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.47.208.34 (talk • contribs)

Scottie Pippen is not a member of phi beta sigma checked with nationals and some personnal friends of his. Nope he is NOT —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.209.140.19 (talk • contribs)

Picture

lol, I love how the picture came from his mugshot :D Armyrifle 18:00, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Hahaha, I know. I know Scottie has one of the happiest looking mugshots of all time, but could somebody find a picture of him playing or something? At least not in jail. --Freepablo 22:56, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

The 1994 playoff game against the Knicks was tied 102-102 when Chicago called timeout, not 100-100 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.49.90.88 (talk) 17:52, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Who is the retarded idiot that chose that pic. It looks awkward. How about find a decent pic to use. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Svenlesstires (talk • contribs) 18:48, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Pippen without Jordan

So is there anyway that someone could find actual sources for the material under Pippen without Jordan? That and it could use a serious re-write. Much of it is needlessly melodramatic and very little of it is sourced to anything. The tone, the content and the structure all reads more like a blog than an article of any kind. There's only a couple mentions to anything substantive that Pippen did during those two seasons. Most of it just consists of overly exaggerating language and flowery prose about a couple of supposedly controversial anecdotes which aren't sourced to anything. It apparently is just the writer's rambling about his/her impressions of those incidents. It's just really, really sloppy. Maybe if I have time later I'll try to re-write some of it, but it's pretty shoddy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdlund (talk • contribs) 20:59, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm actually in favor of changing the name of the section to something more neutral, like "Pippen Post Jordan" or "Pippen after Jordans retirement". Pippen without Jordan just has a negative tone/vibe. Any thoughts on this? EliteArcher88 (talk) 22:45, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Hall of Fame Eligibility

The Hall requires that the player be "fully retired from basketball" for five years. Does that mean him playing in Europe in 2008 mean he isn't eligible until 2013 or 2014?

Duplicate copy

Cleanup is needed as the same slam dunk episode over Patrick Ewing is mentioned at length twice within the article, in the "Pippen without Jordan (1993—1995)" and "Legacy" sections. Much of the two anecdotes are the exact same copy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.174.166.231 (talk) 14:38, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Aggravated Assault Investigation

Why does someone keep deleting the information regarding the LA Sheriff's investigation into Pippen over a fight in which he beat and kicked some dude in Malibu? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.201.184.111 (talk) 07:59, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

Some of the claims were not supported by the sources. There's no wiggle room for that when dealing with content like this; see WP:Biographies of living people. In addition, large chunks of the section were copyright infringements, in that they were simply copied and pasted from TMZ.

It could be possible to write a section on the incident, but we'd have to get things right. At this point, it would be good to wait, since new details keep coming in, and some of the earliest reports are known to be incorrect. Pippen wasn't arrested or charged with anything. Zagalejo^^^ 17:08, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

What is incorrect about this? Did Pippen get into a fight with some guy. YES. Did the guy get punched in the face and kicked. YES. Did the guy go to the hospital. YES. Are the police investigating. YES. The only question is whether or not the beating was justified. UNKNOWN. Pippen says he got called a nigger. The other guy said, "no, Pippen called me a nigger." Ok. Whatever. that's for the cops to sort out. But what is undisputed is that there was a fight and someone got hurt pretty badly. By repeatedly blanking the article you act like you want to pretend it never even happened, and that's BS and that's what I got a problem with.The Man Hole (talk) 02:36, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

Well, the primary reasons I blanked it were because 1) some serious claims were not correctly sourced, and 2) some sentences were copied and pasted directly from TMZ (a copyright infringement). There is absolutely no way to justify such content in an article.

In any case, the facts are not as clear as you make them. This article even quotes a source who said, "When Scottie left, this guy had no injuries." Now, I'm not saying that is definitely true, but I do think it would be prudent to wait until more information is available. (Remember, it was originally reported that Pippen had been arrested; that has been shown to be WRONG.) We should try to be responsible about what we say here. What's the rush? Zagalejo^^^ 05:23, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 3 external links on Scottie Pippen. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.nba.com/news_feat/recap/970601/uthchi.html
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.nba.com/news_feat/recap/970611/chiuth.html
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.nba.com/news_feat/recap/970613/uthchi.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—^{cyberbot II}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 01:06, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 May 2020

Under "Personal Life," change "Pipped" to "Pippen" in the third paragraph. Kerpow99 (talk) 04:45, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

 Done—Bagumba (talk) 05:26, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 May 2020

Change stavig to staving 71.218.64.58 (talk) 17:23, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

 Done RandomCanadian (talk | contribs) 17:42, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Green missing from career statistics for 1997-1998

Can someone show me how to fix this? So I can do it myself next time? Dr. Universe (talk) 20:13, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 July 2021

In 2021, Pippen introduced his own Bourbon whiskey release called Digits in partnership with Savage & Cooke Distillery. Weknowwhiskey (talk) 14:15, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:12, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

References

Tipping

Pippen developed a reputation for being a poor tipper at restaurants, earning him the nickname "No Tippin' Pippen".

I don’t really think this belongs here. You could probably make that claim about most celebrities or rich people. Viriditas (talk) 11:53, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

See #Outside of NBA (above). It seems the argument is that WP:WEIGHT is met.—Bagumba (talk) 16:18, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

I read it before I made the comment. I don't believe the material is relevant, and like I said before, this is a common claim made about most wealthy people and celebrities. It's not notable and non-encyclopedic. Most rich people are lousy tippers. Should we add that to every celeb bio? I don't think so. Furthermore, anyone who has ever worked a service job knows for a fact that the best tippers are non-celebrities and people who are working to middle class. This appears to surprise a lot of people whenever it is brought up. Rich people did not get rich giving away their money and they certainly don't respect the non-rich, given their general philosophy and political positions on this matter. There's also a lot of supporting literature on this subject. The fact is, the wealthy do not pay their fair share across the board; they think they got theirs and everyone can fuck off. This isn't interesting, notable, or encyclopedic in a bio about someone who has a net worth of $20 million. However, it would cross that threshold if Pippen has directly addressed it, talked about it, or written about it. That would make it notable, IMO. Viriditas (talk) 10:24, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 September 2024

In the overview of the article one sentence reads: Pippen is the only two NBA players to have won an NBA title and Olympic gold medal in the same year twice (another one is Jrue Holiday), having done so in both 1992 and 1996. I believe this should be changed to for example, [...] one of only two [...]. Lakis01 (talk) 10:28, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ⸺(Random)staplers 19:32, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Edit

Pippen is [one of] only two NBA players to have won an NBA title and Olympic gold medal in the same year twice (another one is Jrue Holiday), Cleverconnections (talk) 05:43, 11 September 2024 (UTC)