Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen is one of the best defenders in NBA history, so he's the right guy to ask on how to stop the patented spin-move dunk of Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo.
However, the 10-time All-Defensive team member said he'd likely just foul Antetokounmpo really hard and wrap him up.
Scottie Pippen was a beast on defense during his prime. He also played in the '90s, the era when basketball was very physical and the refs allowed players to essentially beat people up, as Dennis Rodman said in The Last Dance docuseries.
If Pippen and Giannis Antetokounmpo hypothetically matched up, it would have been fascinating to watch the two battle it out.
Antetokounmpo is averaging 29.5 points, 18.5 rebounds and 6.0 assists in two games against the Orlando Magic in the first round of the 2020 playoffs. Milwaukee bounced back very well in Game 2 to even up the series after shockingly losing Game 1.
The Bucks will look to take a 2-1 series lead by winning Game 3 on Saturday.
Antetokounmpo put up 27.8 points, 12.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists in the six seeding games in Orlando. With that said, he is clearly motivated to lead the Bucks to the NBA Finals after coming up short last season.
Milwaukee took a 2-0 series lead on the Toronto Raptors in the 2019 Eastern Conference Finals before losing four straight and the overall series.
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