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2742322, Agree with this
Posted by rl9, Sun Jul-04-21 05:50 AM
>94 and 95 specifically because Jordan wasn’t there taking
>up a spot.
>
>Probably more like top 5 or 6, but really how do you compare a
>Pippen to a center like Shaq or Robinson, or to a Karl
>Malone?
>
>You could argue he was the second best perimeter player in
>that time, after Jordan(best when MJ retired). Drexler was
>older and declining a bit by then. Guys like Penny and Hill
>were coming up but you probably have to still take Pippen over
>them at that point. He was probably more valuable than any of
>the “true” PG’s, given all the things he could do out
>there. Who else is there?

A lot of guys on the perimeter were very good. None at Pip’s level.
Barkley comes to mind as another elite at that time. He was still a PF tho.