Scottie Pippen

He is currently working as a basketball analyst for the Chicago Bulls. For the more socially conscious student, package trips are available to help people in poor countries, experience nature, and other activities outside the typical party scene. Pippen is also famous for having pioneered the point forward position, which he popularized with his great ball-handling, passing and court vision, skills traditionally limited to point guards, in addition to his rebounding and scoring, all contributing to his dominant play for over a decade. Alternative spring break trips are becoming more popular. However, Pippen's effectiveness was drastically limited by injuries, and he retired prior to the 2004–05 season on October 5, 2004. Prices range from about $600 to $1400 which includes airfare, hotel, and 50 hours of open bar. In the summer of 2003, new Bulls General Manager and former Pippen teammate John Paxson attempted to change the fortunes of the rebuilding Bulls by bringing Scottie back to Chicago. There are several logistics companies that charter airplanes and buy large blocks of hotel rooms to offer the deep discounts most college kids need.

Pippen was a consummate playoff performer, reaching the playoffs an amazing 16 straight years (11 with Chicago, 1 with Houston, 4 with Portland) and played in more playoff games than anyone but Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Most students purchase specialized packaged tours. He was traded in the offseason to the Portland Trail Blazers, who he led to the Western Conference finals, where they lost to the eventual champion, the Los Angeles Lakers, in seven games. About 1,000,000 students go on spring break to these locations (USA Today, 2003-01-05). In Houston, he teamed with Hakeem Olajuwon and Charles Barkley to form one of the best front lines in NBA history, but the squad lacked chemistry. The most popular spring break spots today include Cancún, Jamaica, Acapulco, South Padre Island, and Panama City Beach. After playing in Chicago for 11 seasons, his tumultuous relationship with General Manager Jerry Krause came to a head, and the second alltime leader in points, assists, and steals in Chicago's history was traded to the Houston Rockets for the lockout-shortened season in 1998–99. Fort Lauderdale suffered a recession as a result of the self-imposed boycott, but the local hotel industry survived by catering to the retirement population.

For his efforts, he earned the second of three straight All-NBA First Team nods, and he was a strong candidate for MVP. Spring break partygoers responded by moving to the much more liberal Daytona Beach area (which eventually got sick of it too by the mid-90s). He had perhaps his best season, leading the Bulls in scoring, rebounding, assists, and the entire league in steals, averaging 21.4 points, 8.1 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 2.9 steals per game. Residents of the area became so upset at the damage done by vacationers, that the local government passed laws restricting parties in the late 80s. That year, he earned All-Star Game MVP honors. In the 1970s and 1980s, Fort Lauderdale, Florida was a notorious spring break destination in the United States. The 1993–94 season marked Pippen's coming out party, when he stepped out from Jordan's shadow and became known as one of the best players in the league. March break is invariably one or both of the middle two weeks of March.

In 1992, he was named to the original Dream Team which competed in the Olympics in Barcelona. Spring break is also celebrated by K-12 institutions, and is also known as March break. Pippen became known for stellar defense in addition to his consistent scoring, earning several NBA All-Defensive Team nods, including several on the first team. In Japan, the spring break starts with the end of the academic year in March and ends on April 1 with the beginning of a new academic year. Pippen was selected as one of the NBA's Fifty Greatest Players when the league was celebrating its fiftieth season in 1996. In Canadian universities, it is known as Reading week and is in February. He helped lead the Bulls to six NBA Championships (1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97, and 1997–98). In the U.S., spring break ranges from the end of February to mid-April, but most schools are out the first two weeks of March.

In 1991, he continued to establish himself as a force to be reckoned with, undoubtedly the Bulls' second best offensive and defensive player after Jordan. Spring break's notorieties include increased drinking and sexuality, including public nudity. Pippen continued to improve, helping the Bulls to the Conference Finals the following year as well as 1990, when he earned his first NBA All-Star Game berth. Recently, many students have begun traveling to other countries, such as Mexico and Jamaica. Still, Pippen claimed the starting small forward position during the 1988 playoffs with his stellar play, helping the Michael Jordan-led Bulls reach the Eastern Conference semi-finals for the first time in over a decade. It is commonly a time when students travel to a tropical location and party hard for a week. Pippen immediately became part of Chicago's young forward tandem with 6'10" (2.08 m) power forward Horace Grant, though both came off the bench to back up Brad Sellers and Charles Oakley, respectively, during their rookie seasons. Spring break is a week-long recess from studying in early spring at universities in the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, China and other countries.

The 6'7" (2.02 m) small forward was drafted 5th overall in the 1987 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, who immediately traded him to the Chicago Bulls for the 8th pick, 7-foot (2.13 m) center Olden Polynice. He grew up in Arkansas, where he attended college at Central Arkansas. Scottie Pippen (born September 25, 1965 in Hamburg, Arkansas) is a professional American basketball player who played in the NBA.