If Pippen is so great, why couldn t he win without jordon in 1993-94?
2 words: Hue Hollins. jordon could have tackled Hubert Davis at the end of game 5 and the jordon-jocking refs wouldn t have called a foul. (Need proof? Look at the jordon no-call at the end of the game 4 vs. Charlotte in 1995). However, unlike jordon, Pippen doesn t control David Stern, who in turn controls the outcome of the games through the officials. The league would profit more by having the big media-city New York go to the finals than the jordon-less Bulls. If jordon had not been so selfish, and had chosen to retire before the draft, instead of before the start of camp, the Bulls could have drafted a shooting guard, or better yet, picked up somebody like Kevin Edwards, who though unspectacular, would certainly have been better than a CBA-journeyman like Pete Myers. Edwards certainly would have been able to make up the 1 point the Bulls lost by in the 5th game.
