#Charles barkley's daughter's wedding professional#

His mother was 6 ft (180 cm) tall and his father was 6 ft 1 in (185 cm), and all of their children were tall, with Scottie Pippen being the tallest. Pippen was born in Hamburg, Arkansas, to Ethel (1923–2016) and Preston Pippen (1920–1990).

He was formerly married to television personality Larsa Pippen, and is the father of basketball player Scotty Pippen Jr. The University of Central Arkansas retired his number 33 on January 21, 2010. The Bulls retired his number 33 on December 8, 2005. Pippen is a two-time inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, once for his individual career and once as a member of the 'Dream Team', having been simultaneously inducted for both on August 13, 2010. He was also a key figure in the 1996 Olympic team, alongside former 'Dream Team' members Karl Malone, John Stockton, Charles Barkley, and David Robinson, as well as newer faces such as Shaquille O'Neal, Anfernee 'Penny' Hardaway and Grant Hill. Olympic 'Dream Team' which beat its opponents by an average of 44 points. Pippen is the only NBA player to have won an NBA title and Olympic gold medal in the same year twice, having done so in both 19. In October 2021, Pippen was again honored as one of the league’s greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. His biography on the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame's website states that 'the multidimensional Pippen ran the court like a point guard, attacked the boards like a power forward, and swished the nets like a shooting guard.' During his 17-year career, he played 12 seasons with the Bulls, one with the Houston Rockets and four with the Portland Trail Blazers, making the postseason 16 consecutive times. He played a main role on both the 1992 Chicago Bulls Championship team and the 1996 Chicago Bulls Championship team, which were selected as two of the Top 10 Teams in NBA History. He was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History during the 1996–97 season, and is one of four players to have his jersey retired by the Chicago Bulls (the others being Jerry Sloan, Bob Love, and Michael Jordan). He was a seven-time NBA All-Star and was the NBA All-Star Game MVP in 1994. Pippen was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team eight consecutive times and the All-NBA First Team three times. Considered one of the greatest small forwards of all time, Pippen played an important role in transforming the Bulls into a championship team and popularizing the NBA around the world during the 1990s. He played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.

#Charles barkley's daughter's wedding professional#

(born September 25, 1965), usually spelled Scottie Pippen, is an American former professional basketball player. USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1996).2× NBA All-Defensive Second Team ( 1991, 2000).8× NBA All-Defensive First Team ( 1992– 1999).