NBA Legend Scottie Pippen's Honest Steph Curry Statement

In a recent interview with MARCA , Pippen was asked who would win between his 1995-96 Bulls team and the 2016-17 Warriors, and harshly admitted that Steph Curry would not have been the same superstar in his era.

"It depends on the rules. If you play by today's rules, it would be one thing. But with the rules of the '90s, Curry wouldn't be the same. If we played in his era, it would be like playing freely: no one holds you, no one stops you. I don't know who would win," Pippen answered.

"We weren't built to shoot 25-50 three-pointers per game. They would probably win that way because they have two of the best shooters in Steph and Klay. But we played physical, we defended hard. We made teams score only 75-80 points. Today, that's almost impossible."

Prior to that question, Pippen claimed that his 1995-96 Bulls team is the greatest team of all time "on paper," but thinks that the Warriors would win this hypothetical matchup because of Steph Curry and Klay Thompson's shooting ability.

Of course, many of Pippen's era of players would agree with him about the physicality, and him saying that Curry would not be the same back then. The game was much different, and Curry likely would not have been able to get off 10-12 three-pointers per game.

Still, that 2016-17 Warriors team, led by the future Hall of Fame point guard, is the most dominant regular-season NBA team in the common era despite ultimately losing in the Finals. Fans will never know who would win a matchup between the two powerhouses, but it keeps it alive for a good debate.