Antron Pippen, Former Collins Hill Basketball Star, Dead At 33

GWINNETT COUNTY, GA — Antron Pippen, the son of basketball legend Scottie Pippen and at one time a star himself at Collins Hill High School in Suwanee, died Sunday. He was 33.

The elder Pippen announced his son’s death on Twitter Monday afternoon. No cause of death was given.

“Antron suffered from chronic asthma and if he hadn’t had it, I truly believe he would’ve made it to the NBA,” Scottie Pippen tweeted. “He never let that get him down, though — Antron stayed positive and worked hard, and I am so proud of the man that he became.”

The oldest of Pippen’s seven children, Antron graduated from Collins Hill in 2006, where he was a top college basketball prospect. He later played for South Georgia Tech in Americus; Texas A&M International in Laredo; and the Upstate Heat in Anderson, South Carolina, of the now-defunct semi-pro World Basketball Association.

In 2006, Scottie Pippen told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Antron was probably a better player than he was in high school.

“A kind heart and beautiful soul gone way too soon,” the elder Pippen tweeted of Antron” Monday afternoon. “I love you, son, rest easy until we meet again.”

Please keep his mom, Karen, and all of his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers. A kind heart and beautiful soul gone way too soon. I love you, son, rest easy until we meet again. (3/3) pic.twitter.com/eYyQ6pcdtx
— Scottie Pippen (@ScottiePippen) April 19, 2021