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@shadiibrahim9240
June 1, 2026 at 1:33 pm
So what’s LeBron’s record with out Wade/Bosh, Kyrie, AD. Why does only MJ get penalized for getting any help? Pippen wasn’t even better than Wade. W
AD was a much more talented player than Pippen too. Kyrie was averaging 28ppg and the Finals winning shot in 2016. How many times did Pippen do that?
Respect to Pippen but, MJ never had the help LeBron had.
@JO-qh7wv
June 1, 2026 at 2:50 pm
Wait what lol. You need to actually watch basketball. I think Kyrie played in a finals with LeBron once. AD was injured for a good portion of his Lakers tenure. D Wade was mostly injured outside of their first year together. LeBron never had the help MJ did. Meaning he never had a consistent healthy guy in their prime to partner with as a #2. Kyrie as a #1 either has basically never made the playoffs bro. MJ is the goat but there’s a reason Scottie won 55 games without him, those teams were stacked.
@icedfalcon08
June 1, 2026 at 3:17 pm
@JO-qh7wv Kyrie played healthy in 2016 & 2017.
@frankiethefrog1752
June 1, 2026 at 3:29 pm
Pretty sure in his 2nd stint, the Cavs with Love and Irving were 4-23 in games Bron missed.😂😂
@JO-qh7wv
June 1, 2026 at 3:54 pm
@icedfalcon08was love healthy? But yea you’re right
@focuz4899
June 1, 2026 at 5:29 pm
@JO-qh7wv
Exactly 💯. Nobody LeBron played with is better than Pippen.
@Michigan_dad
June 1, 2026 at 1:33 pm
Like I’ve said this before why are we paying Rich Paul any mind just cause he started dating Ozempic does not mean that his opinion holds any weight? His opinion matters as much as a stranger does. If we don’t know who Lebron James was, we would never know who Rich was.
@jeffsullivan4150
June 1, 2026 at 3:35 pm
Bingo! That’s one of the reasons I respect LeBron. How many players lost a fortune trying to take care of everyone? LeBron empowered his friends, put them on, and then made them work for it. So now his close friends are moguls in their own right.
@Michigan_dad
June 1, 2026 at 3:59 pm
@jeffsullivan4150no Rich was LeBron agent. That’s how he got his power it wasn’t by his own. When you have the biggest NBA athlete you can do whatever you want. It wasn’t Rich talents that got him here. It was being LeBron friend. Do you think once Lebron retires Rich is gonna have any sway whatsoever. I’ll be surprised if Rich retires. Because who is gonna take his call once LeBron is gone.
@jeffsullivan4150
June 1, 2026 at 4:17 pm
@Michigan_dad Bro, I literally said that LeBron EMPOWERED his day-one friends to become moguls in their own right. Yes, it started with LeBron and his friends and now Klutch Sports has De’Aaron Fox, Tyrese Maxey, Jalen Hurts, A’ja Wilson, and Myles Garrett! That’s just off the top of my head. They are ranked a top-5 sports agency globally! Rich Paul isn’t going anywhere! What are you talking about 😂
@theoenigma8180
June 1, 2026 at 1:37 pm
I agree with perk
@marquisecarter4400
June 1, 2026 at 1:43 pm
They really cant stand how this man was the main piece for winning 6 championships all while being the mvp of all of them it just eats them up alive that lebron is never gonna do that have to wait til someone else come along to match that greatness 😂
@Twrite609
June 1, 2026 at 2:04 pm
Rich Paul should talk as much about Lebron as he does Jordan maybe if he stops trying to discredit MJ and build Lebron on his accolades it would help Lebron. Guess what every time Rich makes a statement about MJ these younger guys go look up MJ and realize how good he really was. They say old heads are the only ones who call MJ the G.O.A.T. why every time ESPN does a poll MJ still wins, we know it’s the younger generation that mostly do social media and ESPN is Lebron channel.
@THEUNONUMBER
June 1, 2026 at 2:06 pm
Pippen never averaged more than 15 in a finals twice. He never was putting up points and his defense was needed. People act like pippen was healthy. When the magic beat jordan pippen was showing out like he did that year he went to ecf and people forget that. It wasnt just jordan it was the bulls and scottie couldnt be relied on for offense thats why he mad at phil jackson for kukoc, Kerr paxson and bj took the clutch shots. Pippen wasnt even asked to do the most on offense he was there playmaker but why people act like scottie was gonna give you 25 a night with elite defense. Hes not better than kawhi or dr j
@frankiethefrog1752
June 1, 2026 at 3:28 pm
Didn’t Scottie lead the bulls to 55 wins without MJ while scoring around 23ppg and playing elite defense?
@jeffsullivan4150
June 1, 2026 at 3:31 pm
It’s a team sport! Jordan was the best player on his team and the league.He earned all of his MVPs and rings. But it’s okay to say Jordan needed Pippen and Jackson just as much as they needed him.
@JJFromAroundTheWay
June 1, 2026 at 4:33 pm
Scottie Pippen averaged 19.0 points, 8.3 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 1.9 steals, and 1.0 blocks per game across 35 career NBA Finals games.
@jb32215
June 1, 2026 at 10:39 pm
@frankiethefrog1752yep. That’s the year he pouted on the sideline and refused to go in a playoff game because Kukoc was chosen to take and made the game winning shot 😂
@henryg9279
June 1, 2026 at 2:13 pm
U actually think if say Scottie was gone ..another player would have.been filled that sport…..phil would have had a Scottie type player stop this!
@Chris-h5r3g
June 1, 2026 at 3:24 pm
Right in that triangle!!
@jeffsullivan4150
June 1, 2026 at 3:43 pm
Bro, Scotty Pippen type players weren’t just growing on trees back then.
@barimack
June 1, 2026 at 2:17 pm
lol. Finally someone brought this up. Mj didn’t start winning chips until Scottie. Pippen went to Portland and helped lead his team to the finals. So now to keep all the glory on MJ, they’re going to try n diminish how great pippen was? Lol. Bron led 3 diff teams to a chip. And brought teams that were TRASH to the finals lol. Alot of people only fanboy on Mj because they are LeBron haters. I’m a fan of both. Yall fanboys in the comments sound crazy 😂. And now rich paul doesn’t know anything about basketball lolll okay
@5starathlete804
June 1, 2026 at 2:24 pm
Stfu 😂
@kevinc8955
June 1, 2026 at 5:32 pm
Rich Paul literally works for LeBron.
Knowing that, why would his opinion on MJ mean anything to me or anyone else? Idiot.
@All4right-p3f
June 1, 2026 at 9:17 pm
The bulls had a horrible team before Pippen got there…with the team they had when pippen got there…they would have still won without him…and you can only bring up pippen…how many chips would LeBron have to Kyrie…Wade and Bosh…and Anthony Davis…not only that…do you see the trend…MJ stuck it out with one team…no team jumping for chips…every team LeBron played on was championship or bust… because they were built that way…not including his first years in Cleveland… Jordan stayed on that bad team…they built that team around him from the ground up…Rich Paul definitely is a friend first..
@Nat3da8
June 1, 2026 at 3:43 pm
Jordan only won 1 playoff game without pippen nd didn’t make the playoffs ever again without Scottie Jordan wouldn’t even have a record in the finals because he would’ve never made it outta the 1st round without pippen 🤣🤣🤣
@MRSHABLEEK1
June 1, 2026 at 3:57 pm
Factssssss
@kevinc8955
June 1, 2026 at 5:20 pm
LeBron joining Wade and Bosh in 2011 would be like MJ joining Karl Malone and Magic in 1991.
LeBron #1 PER, Wade 2, Bosh 4
MJ #1 PER, Malone 2, Magic 4
And then MJ goes on and loses to Dirk and JJ Barea and still calls himself the goat. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@focuz4899
June 1, 2026 at 5:31 pm
@kevinc8955
D Wade and Bosh will never be better than Malone and Magic.
@Nat3da8
June 1, 2026 at 6:33 pm
@kevinc8955lmfao yeah sure watever now tell me how many playoff games did Jordan win without pippen nd how many did LeBron win with wade nd both LeBron made it to the finals with nobodies in his 3 year Jordan was getting sweep nd barely winning half his regular season games 🤣🤣🤣 some years the niggah couldn’t even win 40 games especially with the wizards Jordan was a great role player didn’t was never the goat niggah couldn’t even win 2 playoff games
@MRSHABLEEK1
June 1, 2026 at 3:55 pm
Clown..everybody comes defending jordan out of context. HE DIDNT GO IN BECAUSE THEY TRied TO PLAY HIM CALLING KOCHOCH’S NUMBER WHICH WAS DISRESPECTFUL!!!! YALL WORK FOR THE EMPLOYER THAT SAYS JORDAN IS WHOSE NAME YOU DEFEND
@blairjohnson6785
June 1, 2026 at 4:15 pm
Healthy Kawhi definitely better than Scottie but tbh he’s better than a lot of ppl
@realtingdis9099
June 1, 2026 at 4:21 pm
Every year of his 26000 year career we hear “LeBron needs more help”. Every year Jordan played it was said the LEAGUE needs more help to deal with air jordan…… think about it
@Yahispower81
June 1, 2026 at 4:31 pm
Put some respect 🫡 on Scottie Pippen’s name
@Keepit_100
June 1, 2026 at 4:35 pm
Lmaoo everybody saying Bron name and this is about 1-9 in the playoffs without pippen .. and the wizards years added on … same energy not kept when screamin A smith says Bron needed Wade to win
@jb32215
June 1, 2026 at 10:49 pm
It’s because Wade was already Wade when LeBron played with himlol. People act like it didn’t take Pippen 5 years to become what he was. Playing with Jordan helped get him to the player he ended up being
@Keepit_100
June 1, 2026 at 4:41 pm
JORDAN
WITHOUT PIPPEN
O CHAMPIONSHIPS
O FINALS
O FINAL MVPS
6 LOSING SEASONS
O WINNING SEASONS (164-170) COMBINED
LOSING RECORD
NEVER GỘT OUT THE 1ST ROUND
(1-9) COMBINED LOSING PLAYOFF RECORD
MISSED PLAYOFFS TWICE (WIZARDS)
@All4right-p3f
June 1, 2026 at 9:05 pm
Before pippen got there…how many points per game was MJ averaging…how many defensive teams did he make…and name me two players that could have even made a close all star appearance playing with MJ… before pippen got there…
@Keepit_100
June 1, 2026 at 4:43 pm
HE NEVER WON WITHOUT SCOTTIE THATS A FACT!
@kevinc8955
June 1, 2026 at 5:24 pm
Because he played on the same team his whole career. He didn’t mercenary himself searching for top 5 players to carry him like LeBron.
@All4right-p3f
June 1, 2026 at 9:10 pm
That is a fact…you can take pippen off that team and they still win the chip…go look at how many games they won the year of those threepeat chips… before pippen got there…they had a horrible team…when pippen got there…the team was better…
@Idkyou89
June 1, 2026 at 4:45 pm
Lebrick need to put Paul in timeout or take away his allowance
@ChevyReacts
June 1, 2026 at 5:16 pm
Aye perk is Jordan ringless without pippen
@focuz4899
June 1, 2026 at 5:28 pm
Definitely
@keandregreen5628
June 1, 2026 at 5:21 pm
If perk and LeBron were still cool he would be siding with the other dickrider
@focuz4899
June 1, 2026 at 5:32 pm
Wait Perk. Isn’t Jordan ringless without Pippen?
@DariusWhittle-o6n
June 1, 2026 at 5:43 pm
I agree with perk for the most part the only thing I would argue is Kobe being a better 2nd option for the simple fact that in history he’s the only number 2 that became a number 1 successfully
@ClubberLang-s7w
June 1, 2026 at 6:36 pm
wow Perk making complete sense for once. cogent and hit the key points exactly
@AndyMilonakis-j5p
June 1, 2026 at 6:39 pm
In general this conversation is stupid lol. Everyone needs a partner in crime. It’s a team sport ffs.
@bascoshyne9629
June 1, 2026 at 7:01 pm
He never won without pippen say a lot whether mj fans admit it or not. Before pip got there. Pip make a BIGGG difference even mj himself said that. Perk be talking sideways alot
@Parageshoto
June 1, 2026 at 9:22 pm
So rich paul basically saying, Pippen is better than Bron too. There you go.
Jordan
Pippen
Kobe
LeBron
That’s the list