Scottie Pippen Height: How Tall Is Scottie Pippen?

Publish date: 2024-04-06

Scottie Pippen Height: How Tall Is Scottie Pippen?: Born on September 25, 1965, Scottie Pippen, officially known as Scotty Maurice Pippen Sr. is an American former professional basketball player.

He developed a passion for playing basketball at a younger age and was consistent throughout his career rising through his career to become one of the most sought-after basketball players.

Pippen began his college playing career at the University of Central Arkansas after being discovered by the school’s head basketball coach, Don Dyer

During his career, he played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.

During his 17-year career, he played 12 seasons with the Bulls, one with the Houston Rockets, and four with the Portland Trail Blazers

Pippen was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team eight consecutive times, the All-NBA First Team three times, and also a seven-time NBA All-Star.

He was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History during the 1996–97 season and is one of four players to have his jersey retired by the Chicago Bulls.

Pippen has been honored as one of the league’s greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team

He’s the only NBA player to have won an NBA title and Olympic gold medal in the same year twice, having done so in both 1992 and 1996.

Pippen is a two-time inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, once for his individual career and once as a member of the “Dream Team”.

The Bulls retired his number 33 on December 8, 2005, while the University of Central Arkansas retired his number 33 on January 21, 2010.

In May 2023, Scottie Pippen hit major headlines following comments he made about his celebrated former teammate, Michael Jordan.

Pippen made an appearance on Stacey King’s podcast and made wild claims about Jordan, stating that, Jordan was a “horrible player” with the Bulls until he (Pippen) showed up and the team got stronger around him.

In a VIDEO that has since gone viral, Pippen said;

“I seen Michael Jordan play before I came to play with the Bulls. You guys seen him play. He was a horrible player. He was horrible to play with. He was all one-on-one, he was shooting bad shots and all of a sudden we become a team and we start winning and everybody forgot who he was.”

Scottie Pippen Height & Weight

Scottie Pippen stands at a height of 2.03 m and weighs around 103 kg. His height aided him during rebounds, blocks, and also while shooting.

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