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...Pippen has experience with this sort of thing. After all, he sat out most of the Bulls' final championship season with a foot injury, saying he would never play for Chicago again. Of course, Jordan won his sixth ring, with Pippen tagging along after a change of heart, and then rode off into the sunset...
...Pippen's career demonstrates that he's a supplemental player, incapable of carrying a team all the way. After Jordan left the first time, Pippen had his best year statistically, but when Phil Jackson called a last-second play in the playoffs for Toni Kukoc--who won the game--Pippen was sulking on the bench. He's brought the same when-the-going-gets-tough-get-going mentality to Houston...
...Rockets expected him to be a difference-maker, and they treated him like the superstar he thinks he is. Pippen felt unappreciated in Chicago, which tends to happen when you're playing next to Jordan. Stacy King somehow managed to deal with it. But respect wasn't the problem in Houston...
Meanwhile, Pippen scored 14.5 points per game, a drop of 4.6 points from the previous season. He whined the entire year about his role in the offense, even after Coach Rudy Tomjanovich met with him and tried to accommodate...
...didn't play like a winner last year when the Rockets lost Game One of their playoff series against the Lakers? Pippen blamed Barkley for fouling Shaquille O'Neal prematurely. It was Pippen who dribbled the ball off his foot with eight seconds left. Earlier in the year, Pippen publicly wondered why the Rockets had traded for him if they were going to misuse...