Scotty Pippen

Scotty Maurice Pippen Jr. was born in Portland, Oregon in November of 2000. At the time, his Hall of Fame father, Scottie Pippen, was playing for the Trail Blazers. Scotty Jr.'s mother is Larsa and he has three siblings. From kindergarten through the tenth grade, Pippen attended Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His family moved to Los Angeles before Pippen's high school junior season, which led Pippen to transfer to Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth. At Sierra Canyon, Pippen was teammates with future NBA players Marvin Bagley III, Cassius Stanley and Kenyan Martin Jr. As a senior, Pippen posted 16.3 points, 3.6 boards and 4.6 dimes per game and was named to the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Daily News All-Area teams. Pippen then committed to play college ball at Vanderbilt University. As a freshman Commodore in 2019-20, Pippen started 31 of 32 games and delivered 12.0 points, 2.8 boards and 3.6 assists over 30 minutes per contest. When Vandy lost Aaron Nesmith and Saben Lee to the NBA, Pippen took more of a leadership role as a sophomore. He upped his numbers in 2020-21 to 20.8 points and 4.9 assists in 22 starts, before a hip injury forced him to miss games late in the season. Pippen returned to Vanderbilt for his junior season, delivered similar stats and was named to both the coaches and AP All-SEC first team while also making the SEC Academic Honor Roll. In April of 2022, Pippen declared himself eligible for the upcoming NBA Draft, but was not selected. He then signed a two-way contract with the Los Angeles Lakers.