Pippen, Barkley never played small forward

Mar 21, 2023
11:59:55pm

Remigius All-American

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In a must win game who is your small forward Pippen or Barkley?

buckeyecougarguy

3/21/23 11:53pm

In their prime? Probably Barkley, who was more on an Alpha/Star

Aircooled

3/21/23 11:57pm

Barkley, even though he wasn't a small forward

GSwarriorcoug

3/22/23 1:18am

Not as an older player, but as a young player he was more 3 than 4.

SinkingQuffa

3/22/23 4:26am

True

GSwarriorcoug

3/22/23 9:11am

Pippen, Barkley never played small forward

Remigius

3/21/23 11:59pm

True. I just read Barkley vs Pippen

Aircooled

3/22/23 12:00am

He was primarily a PF, but he played a decent number of minutes at SF.

cougarfan84

3/22/23 6:37am

Pippen was a small forward, Barkley played power and small forward.

buckeyecougarguy

3/23/23 8:19am

If Malone is the PF then you take Pippen

Remigius

3/23/23 9:45am

I tend to agree in a game I think I take pippen. But in terms of recognizing

buckeyecougarguy

3/23/23 10:01am

Probably Barkley. He could be a great small five. He would probably be able to

Jay Kay

3/22/23 12:12am

Pippen (33%) had a better 3-point % than Barkley (27%).

dYrtbYkerYder

3/22/23 2:11am

Guys didn't shoot 3's back then so it isn't a great statistic.

kimdaddy35

3/22/23 2:34am

JKay said "no shot whatsoever", but he was the better shooter. Pippen shot 5 3s/

dYrtbYkerYder

3/22/23 7:34am

Define better shooter. Pippen was 53.6% TS% for career compared to 61.2% for Barkley. Pippen 70.4% from the FT line

kimdaddy35

3/22/23 8:26am

Not using TS%. Going by TS%, Shaq was a better shooter than Ray Allen.

dYrtbYkerYder

3/22/23 9:15am

As a five Barkley wouldn’t need to shoot 3’s. He would be unstoppable in the

Jay Kay

3/22/23 9:36am

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dYrtbYkerYder

3/22/23 7:33am

Barkley. A strong rebounder and defender.

lightmann

3/22/23 2:29am

Barkley was the better player, but not a SF

kimdaddy35

3/22/23 2:33am

If the rules are no zone (like when Barkley played), Barkley.

YSMACK

3/22/23 2:42am

CB tells me only championships matter, so give me Tom Heinsohn

vagabonder

3/22/23 4:49am

Would also depend on who else you have on the team. Without that info, Barkley

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