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Pippen tweets on Kobe, compares him to Jordan

With seemingly the entire sports world celebrating the career of Kobe Bryant on social media, Basketball Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen -- who squared off with Bryant in the epic 2000 Western Conference Finals -- chimed in with a lengthy series of tweets on his thoughts on the retiring legend.

A few thoughts on Kobe Bean Bryant now that #MambaDay has arrived... @kobebryant pic.twitter.com/CrV5dvAh7n

First things that come to mind when I think of Kobe? Fierce competitor. Relentless player. Like MJ, he always had that competitive edge.