Let's take a moment to look at those comments now:
"Michael Jordan is probably the greatest scorer to ever play in the game, but I may go as far as to say LeBron James may be the greatest player to ever play the game because he's so potent offensively that not only can he score at will, but he keeps everybody involved and you have to be on your P's and Q's on defense because no guy on the basketball court is not a threat to score when LeBron James is out there." via ESPN's Mike And Mike
Now, someone show me where Pippen said LeBron was better than Jordan and the greatest player of all-time. Don't worry, I'll wait.
"May." The man said "may." Not "is," but "may." That's "may" as in "I may get in a car accident on my way to work" or "This may be a better way to solve your problem." The word "may" indicates possibility, not inevitability. How isn't that common knowledge? And anyone with an ounce of common sense can clearly see Pippen is not taking a shot at Jordan, but rather applauding LeBron's passing ability in the quote above. Hell, half of the quote is Scottie talking about how off balance defenses have to be knowing LeBron's ability to create shots for others. Pippen's comments aren't blasphemous, they're dead on; LeBron is a better passer than Jordan. Period.
Unfortunately, majority of people don't have common sense, or hell, just sense in general, so instead of hearing what Pip actually said, they heard this:
"Michael Jordan ain't got shit on LeBron James. LeBron is a better scorer, passer, defender, teammate, and person than Jordan and is the greatest to ever play the game of basketball. Go Heat!" via everyone's imagination
Let's just cut the bullshit, all this hoopla is not about Scottie Pippen and it's not about Michael Jordan, it's about everybody "hating" LeBron James for whatever reason. It's true, and do you know how I know? Because I've seen multiple NBA analysts say Dirk Nowitzki may be better than Larry Bird, and not one of them was met with anywhere near the amount of outrage or backlash as Scottie Pippen. Now, of course none of the guys who said it were teammates of Bird (at least as far as I've seen), but the fact still remains that an extremely good player was comparison to a legend. Why wasn't that blown up on SportsCenter? Oh yeah, because everyone still likes Dirk. Simple as that.
(Side note: When I put it in that context, it really makes sense that all the people who now hate LeBron because he took less money to play on a better team would be mad at Scottie Pippen for something he didn't even say.)
