ver won without Pippen" clowns always
>conveniently leave out is that Pippen never won without MJ,
>although he had a well tooled Blazers team that blew a 15
>point lead to the Lakers in 2000. That was the time where
>Pip's leadership and experience SHOULD have sealed the deal,
>but hence, he wasn't an alpha.

Uh. Nobody said Pippen is a Mt Rushmore great.

And Pippen's Bulls were actually damn fine without
Jordan. Elite-caliber even.

But that has nothing to do with it:

Jordan was a sorry loser until he got Pippen.