Back to the Chicago Bulls Newsfeed

Scottie Pippen pays tribute to late Tex Winter: ''Without Tex, we may never have won a title'

After Basketball Hall of Famer and legendary assistant coach Fred "Tex" Winter died Wednesday at the age of 96, former Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen took to Twitter to pay tribute to the man who helped Pippen and the Bulls win six titles in the 1990s.

Tex Winter was my biggest critic. He was also my biggest fan. A few words about the legendary coach who lived his 96 years as well as anyone could have... pic.twitter.com/vOrS7UNkMS

Tex was a man of fundamentals. Ball movement + player movement = success.