Ron Harper explains why playing with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen was different from playing with Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant

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Ron Harper explains why playing with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen was different from playing with Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant

2024/04/02 Report

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Those who knew Ron Harper are well aware that he won NBA championships alongside Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in Chicago and also with Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles. As far as success goes, Harper couldn't tell the difference between the two sets of dynamic NBA duos, but he could still remember how he played a different role for them during those championship runs.

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"With Scottie and MJ, it was more of guys of my size, same size, so we could do the same thing. We were good offensive players but [with] great defense and passing too… With Shaq and Kobe, [I was] trying to teach them how to be a part of a basketball team, you know [like], 'You two, gonna need this team.

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