Scottie Pippen on Lakers troubling season: 'The sacrifice wasn’t there'

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The Los Angeles Lakers failed to make the playoffs this year after an unimpressive season, but Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen says it wasn’t because of a shortage of talent.

The six-time NBA champion told KTLA in a recent interview the Lakers failed to make the "sacrifice" needed to be a winning team. 

The Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James (6) and Washington Wizards' Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (1) reach for the ball during the second half of an NBA game March 19, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

"I just felt like, this season, the sacrifice wasn’t there," Pippen said. "The players are obviously very talented. They brought in some players who are very knowledgeable about the game and can still play at a very high level, but I just felt like there wasn’t a lot of sacrifice from the individuals. That really caused that team to have a lot of chaos throughout the season."

Pippen compared the Lakers to the Golden State Warriors, who are up 1-0 in the Western Conference finals against the Dallas Mavericks. 

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Chicago Bulls' forward Scottie Pippen dribbles against the Washington Bullets during a game at the Capital Centre in the 1990's in Washington, D.C. (Focus on Sport via Getty Images)

"Steph, Klay, Draymond — those guys are leaders on their team," he said. "Those guys make that team go."

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Lakers owner Jeanie Buss expressed a similar sentiment earlier this month when she told the Los Angeles Times she was expecting a playoff run. 

"I’m growing impatient just because we had the fourth-highest