Scottie Pippen

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  • Birth Name: Scottie Maurice Pippen
  • Birth Place: Hamburg, AR
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 09/25/1965, Libra
  • Profession: Former NBA player; Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee; analyst
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Scottie Pippen Fast Facts:
  • Named to the NAIA All-America Team in his junior and senior years at Central Arkansas.
  • Taken fifth overall by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1987 NBA draft, but was traded to the Chicago Bulls for Olden Polynice.
  • Sat out Game 7 of the 1990 Eastern Conference finals against the eventual NBA champion Detroit Pistons due to severe migraines.
  • Was selected for the U.S. National Team, dubbed the Dream Team, in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
  • Along with Michael Jordan, was a crucial part of the Bulls in their NBA title "threepeats" in the 1990s (1991-93; 1996-98).
  • Wrote Reach Higher, a children's book, in 1997.
  • His No. 33 jersey was retired by the Bulls in 2005.
  • Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.
  • Reportedly has lost $120 million in career earnings through poor financial planning and bad investments.
  • Scottie Pippen Relationships:
  • Larsa Pippen - Wife
  • Scottie Pippen Jr. - Son
  • Preston Pippen - Son
  • College:
  • Central Arkansas, Conway, AR (2002)
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