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Message: [QUOTE="Lefty2one, post: 3547506, member: 1001"] Also on board with Pippen being generally overrated. For example, there is no way in hell Pippen was a better player than Barkley. Pip was the perfect Batman and his defensive reputation is deserved but his overall ability to lead a team and be the alpha is overstated. I always thought the talk was a bit crazy that he was the second-best player in the NBA back then, granted it wasn't a super popular opinion, but enough people said it. Every Pippen supporter mentions Chicago's '93-'94 season but no one brings up the struggling '94-'95 team before MJ's return. They went 13-4 after MJ returned, including a 12-1 stretch. Chicago was 32-31 and looking like a surefire first-round exit before MJ laced them up. [/QUOTE]