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Scottie Pippen thinks his Bulls would match up well with Warriors

By Mike Luciano

10 Jun 1998: Scottie Pippen #33 of the Chicago Bulls in action during the NBA Finals Game 4 against the Utah Jazz at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The Bulls defeated the Jazz 86-82. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Daniel /Allsport
10 Jun 1998: Scottie Pippen #33 of the Chicago Bulls in action during the NBA Finals Game 4 against the Utah Jazz at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The Bulls defeated the Jazz 86-82. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Daniel /Allsport /
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Scottie Pippen is taking his Chicago Bulls over the Golden State Warriors dynasty.

The Golden State Warriors teams that ran the league for the last half of the decade have been the subject of intense debate across NBA fandoms with regards to their place in history, especially after the Kevin Durant addition. While their athleticism, star power and shooting has many declaring they can match up with anyone, some old-timers think that their lack of size and depth inside would be their Achilles heel against more physical teams of yesteryear.

On FanSided’s “Da Windy City” podcast with Mark Carman, Scottie Pippen, doing his best Phil Jackson impression, claimed he cracked the Warriors’ code and knows how to beat them. The best way to go about shutting down the Warriors was for Pippen to take Durant and the eternally underappreciated Ron Harper to lock down Stephen Curry. This arrangement would put Michael Jordan on fellow shooting guard Klay Thompson, while Dennis Rodman would take care of Draymond Green.

Scottie Pippen thinks the Warriors would struggle against the 90s Bulls’ defense.

“I think Dennis Rodman would be huge,” Pippen said. “I don’t see Draymond Green being able to do anything to Dennis Rodman.” Given how Rodman, at 6-foot-7 and a hair over 200 pounds, was able to lock down elite big men like Karl Malone who towered over him, a smaller center with less offensive skill in Green could be a much easier matchup.

Pippen also took the time to squash any notion that he and Jordan weren’t on great terms after the airing of “The Last Dance,” claiming that his friendship with Jordan can’t be sullied by one documentary.

While the Bulls might not be able to match Golden State shot-for-shot if the Warriors manage to start lighting it up from deep, Pippen is correct in assessing that Chicago in the 1990s were as tough to go against defensively as any team in history, and even the mighty Warriors will need to pack their lunchpail before playing them.

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