It’s by no means simple for a younger NBA participant to comply with within the footsteps of their father, who performed within the league earlier than them, particularly when their father is a six-time NBA champion and Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen.
Sadly for Scotty Pippen Jr., that’s what he’s tasked with as he continues to attempt to get his skilled profession off the bottom and stop from being somebody who bounces backwards and forwards between the G League and the NBA degree whereas additionally having to show himself within the NBA Summer season League yearly.
Though the undersized guard has needed to attempt to make a profession for himself within the NBA the laborious manner, he has stayed centered and decided to make it occur, as he was simply probably the greatest gamers throughout the Memphis Grizzlies stint within the Summer season League in Las Vegas, Nevada, this 12 months.
Pippen has performed so effectively on this event that he led the Grizzlies to the NBA Summer season League Championship sport, which shall be performed Monday evening on the Thomas & Mack Middle.
The 23-year-old helped his staff advance to the championship sport with a formidable triple-double efficiency in opposition to the Los Angeles Clippers by way of the NBA’s Twitter account.
Scotty Pippen Jr. dropped a TRIPLE DOUBLE to steer the @memgrizz to the #NBA2KSummerLeague Championship!
23 PTS | 10 REB | 10 AST pic.twitter.com/WazhLJEMjS
— NBA (@NBA) July 21, 2024
The Grizzlies will tackle the Golden State Warriors on Monday evening in Las Vegas, with Pippen being the star of the present as he’ll have all eyes on him as he tries to steer his staff to a title and persuade Memphis to present him a spot within the rotation subsequent season.
With the best way Pippen has performed throughout the Summer season League and his progress over the previous 12 months or so, it’s secure to imagine that he can have a job on the staff subsequent season because it makes an attempt to bounce again with famous person guard Ja Morant again within the fold.
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