wait did this dude say olajuwon<pippen?
Hakeem 93-94:27.3 PPG,11.9 RPG,3.7 BPG,.528 FG 14.3 WS MVP title
Pippen 93-94:22.3 PPG,8.7 RPG,5.6APG,.490 FG 11.2 WS no MVP no title
i hope you are kidding
Olajuwon is the better player overall. He won 2 titles as the clear main guy. Scottie as the main guy, didn't handle the pressure well.
But in terms of MVP voting in 1994. A case could be made for Pippen. The Bulls lose the greatest player ever and still win 55 games. Only 2 less than the year before with MJ.
I remember the Sun-Times picking them as a 6th seed that year in their preseason preview.
There was a game, right after the West coast trip - which Pippen missed because of an ankle injury, I believe - against Phoenix and Pippen came back earlier than expected and the Bulls blew them out at home. That win catapulted the Bulls to a huge winning stretch.
But Pippen had his bad stretches that probably cost him the MVP. There was a stretch of games at home, I want to say right before the all-star break, where the Bulls lost 4 of 6 or 3 of 4 at home to teams they should have beat. After one of those games Pippen called Bulls fans racist for booing them. :shrug: I think that was also the same year he got a arrested for having the gun in his car. Not a good PR year for Pip.
Then there was a game late in the season vs Boston - who sucked. And the Bulls, with the No. 1 seed on the line (not in that game, but it would have put them in position), lost to Boston in overtime. Pippen choked on 2 free throws at the end of regulation. Then Will Purdue went on to get torched by a 43-year-old Robert Parish in overtime. Bulls lost the game and lost their chance at the No. 1 seed.
I love Pippen, but he's just not a clutch player. He's great for 47 minutes. That's the difference between him and Hakeem.
Anyone who doubts Olajuwon's greatness just needs to watch the 1995 NBA playoffs. One of the greatest playoff runs I've ever seen - including Jordan.