Scottie Pippen has President Obama's back when it comes to basketball -- saying #44 is absolutely RIGHT picking Michael Jordan over LeBron James.
Remember, Obama went with MJ over LBJ during a rapid fire question session with Prince Harry -- saying he "loves" LeBron ... but ultimately he's gotta go with His Airness.
Pippen agrees ... and referred us back to a recent interview where he told us HE'S better than LeBron too!
"LeBron ain't better than me until he gets 6 titles."