NBA fans who never saw Scottie Pippen play have quite a different image of him from those that did. As a defender, Pippen has a case to be considered the most versatile and effective of all time. He was also a leader in the locker room who brought people together from the strife that Michael Jordan caused on the Bulls. Even though he has received rich tributes from his peers, Pippen still feels very underrated.
Yet, after his retirement and following his stints as a pundit on ESPN, Pippen is more of a pop culture quirk than a true basketball persona. A whole generation of people know him as the person that Future was calling out on his song Thought It Was A Drought in 2015. A few more also know him as the man who felt slighted by The Last Dance, even though all it did was shed a light on his greatness for the Bulls.
Pippen’s soreness at his portrayal, his subsequent press tour of pettiness before releasing his tell-all book, and later on, the frankly ridiculous love affair between Marcus Jordan and his wife Larsa, which lasted for over a year has seen public opinion of him dip from the lofty standards it was at during the mid-1990s, when he was a famous playboy who Madonna would pick up from games with a bathtub in her limousine.
Nevertheless, Pippen has found a way of keeping his name around in headlines and in pop culture. He’s been on the interview circuit and has built a new brand around investing his money in Bitcoin. Pippen’s latest tweets read much like a Gen X’er trying to adapt to the latest trends and keep up with the internet slang of the times. However, every now and then, Pippen shows fans that he’s still got his fastball.
The Bulls legend tweeted a dad joke that sent NBA Twitter into hysterics on Saturday, saying:
I miss when AI stood for Allen Iverson and BBL stood for Be Back Later
I miss when AI stood for Allen Iverson and BBL stood for Be Back Later
NBA fans laugh heartily with Scottie Pippen at his AI and BBL joke
One thing that the Internet always takes to heartily is when people act their age on the internet. Scottie Pippen cracking this witty one-liner, which also had an element of truth with the Allen Iverson bit, definitely fits into this category of cool content, and received the appropriate amount of interest and approval from NBA fans.
Scottie Pippen (Getty Images)
A user joked about trying to get Pippen ‘off the app’, to which Pippen replied with a set of laughing emojis.
If it is true that Pippen has sold his account – which might very well be the case considering the tone of his tweets over the past two years and change – the Bulls legend’s aura will experience yet another fall. For that reason, the author hopes that such a notion isn’t true. Pippen has proven to be a colorful, happy personality over the past year, attending his son’s NBA games with regularity and cheering him on.
Amulya Shekhar holds a degree in Applied Geology from IIT Kharagpur. He built a following by authoring Quora answers from 2013-14 and eventually started freelancing as a football writer with Sportskeeda.
He grew his expertise to later on cover basketball, a sport he had played alongside football since childhood. Within a year of working with the organization, Shekhar held an interview with Basketball Hall of Famer Tim Hardaway Sr.
Shekhar has had stints as a content manager and editor with TheSportsRush, later on rejoining Sportskeeda as a strategist for major American league sports. He has built connections with accredited NBA and NFL media personnel and sourced questions for interviews with Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kevin Durant, Luka Doncic, Kristaps Porzingis, Jaylen Brown. Shekhar holds expertise in conducting interviews in video as well as text mediums.
Currently working as a Director of Content Strategy at Firstsportz with an emphasis on American Sports, he wishes to gain credentials as a major league reporter.
Shekhar has authored over 5000 articles, edited and strategized over 100,000 pieces and gained over 70 million reads across platforms through 11 years of sports writing. He has also been responsible for generating monthly traffic flows of up to 35 million unique site visits.
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