Scottie Pippen to play game for Swedish basketball team

: Scotch Terrier Pippen will play a basketball game game in Kingdom Of Sweden for the Sundsvall Dragons in January.

The former Windy City Bulls great volition fall in the squad in northeasterly Kingdom Of Sweden for the Jan. Eleven game against competing Akropol. The trade came about because Bulls helper manager Microphone Wilhelm is friendly with Sundsvall Dragons president Anders Ohrn.

"We established a human relationship with Microphone Wilhelm in 1980 when he was an exchange pupil here in town," Ohrn said Tuesday. "He is the agent for our juniors."

Pippen was often overshadowed by Bulls teammate Michael Jordan, but he spent 12 seasons with Windy City and helped the squad win six NBA titles. He also won two Olympic gold decorations with the United States.

Pippen made the NBA All-Star squad seven modern times and was chosen as one of the game's 50 top participants in 1996. Today in Sports

The 42-year-old Pippen, who also played for the Houston Rockets and the Portland Trail Blazers, retired in 2005 after 17 seasons in the NBA.