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The Bulls saw an opportunity. Four days before the draft, Jerry Krause called. The Chicago GM, who’d visited me in Spain, had a proposal: Kemp, Pierce, and our number one for Scottie Pippen. Pippen was the best small forward, or 3, in the league. Nothing he wasn’t good at. During one of Michael’s retirements, Scottie led his team in all five of the main categories—rebounds, scoring, blocks, steals, and assists—so rare that it had only happened once before in NBA history (Dave Cowens, for the Celtics, in 1977-78). But with his running buddy MJ now a baseball player, maybe Pippen was a little disconnected. When I tried to imagine the Sonics without Shawn I knew I’d miss him, but I got pretty excited picturing Gary and Scottie teaming up on a trap; they’d smother opposing guards. But every trade prompts a debate. I was in favor of this one but I wasn’t sure.
So I called Michael. We talked about minor-league baseball, North Carolina basketball, and golf. Then we talked about the big deal on the table. Should we do this?
“Do it,” he said. “Scottie can make your other players better. Kemp can’t.”
So, the day before the draft, we said yes. News of the trade immediately leaked out and onto the KJR airwaves. More anger from the callers, a lot more; our fans loved Shawn. Again, Ackerley listened. That afternoon, he called our draft headquarters in the Sonics locker room. It doesn’t feel right, he told Wally. Better wait. I had the unpleasant job of calling Krause, who was not happy.
While we dragged our feet on draft day, Krause got desperate. He called to tell me the Bulls would drop the demand for our number one pick. He offered a big chunk of money in the next call. Then he called back to double it. Literally minutes before the draft started, Ackerley backed us out of the deal. When I delivered the bad news, Krause dropped f-bombs and called me names. We’d keep Kemp, they’d keep Pippen.
http://nba.nbcsports.com/2016/12/28/...-sonics-trade/
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Should this have gone down in the alternate universe, could DK have won his 2nd three peat with Kemp as his wing man ?
Meanwhile Lebron is trading the andre wiggins of the world for Kevin Love and winning a championship in the proccess..
Yes, easily.
No way. Kemp was already in full-blown cancer mode by then.
Absolutely, one of the best to ever play
no.
Thru 96 the coke had not yet overtaken him.
93 the Sonics were in the Finals if not for a rigged Game 7 vs Phoenix approaching 2002 Kings-Laker level tossing.
93 Sonics were awesome.
Dat team, jersey, etc, coolest team in the NBA.
64 FT's in game 7 for the Suns, with an injured KJ and spot up shooters
Pippen actually cost DK one more le as he was absolutely against the Magic in '95 & the Bulls lost in large part b/c he got outplayed by none other than Horace Grant.
Last edited by Kawhitstorm; 12-29-2016 at 12:21 PM.
Don't forget how Pippen cost MJ against Detroit in Game 7 in 1990; Jordan was a monster all series, but Pippen let him down in Game 7.Pippen actually cost DK on more le as he was absolutely against the Magic in '95 & the Bulls lost in large part b/c he got outplayed by none other than Horace Grant.
Huh Pippen was matched up against Grant?
Let's ignore thr fact that DK got killed by Penny Hardaway
Also, didn't DK disappear in 4th quarters in elimination games vs Detroit?
Why in the does it matter whether they were matched up?
I guess Bird/Magic never outplayed each other b/c they weren't matched up w/ each other.
Yeah, Pippen/Grant had different roles but Horace played his as well as possible while Pippen wet the bed especially in the pivotal Gm 5 where Horace was Orlando's leading scorer while Pippen put up
Pippen was matched up w/ Penny & DK was matched up w/ Nick "The Brick" Anderson.Let's ignore thr fact that DK got killed by Penny Hardaway
DK was terrible in Gm 1 but Pippen wasn't much better as he had
I don't really know what to say, I think a Jordan/Kemp duo would have been very good, at least 1 NBA le. Jordan/Pippen though it's like having two smart Doberman's on the court ready to attack, so I don't think it would have been quite the same, Jordan/Pippen had tons of chemistry. Good thing this trade didn't go down.
lol "demanded"
More fake news from OP
Why in the does it matter whether they were matched up?
I guess Bird/Magic never outplayed each other b/c they weren't matched up w/ each other.
Yeah, Pippen/Grant had different roles but Horace played his as well as possible while Pippen wet the bed especially in the pivotal Gm 5 where Horace was Orlando's leading scorer while Pippen put up
Pippen was matched up w/ Penny & DK was matched up w/ Nick "The Brick" Anderson.
DK was terrible in Gm 1 but Pippen wasn't much better as he had
According to you Penny had his way against the Bulls......& he was being guarded by none other than Pippen.
Damn, the Thunder were dumb. No wonder they had to move to a new town.
According to you Penny had his way against the Bulls......& he was being guarded by none other than Pippen.
DK spent the entire regular season chewing tobacco while fattening up playing beisbol & Pippen with full training camp couldn't even hold his jock strap in the postseason.
Oh yeah the old rust excuseDK spent the entire regular season chewing tobacco while fattening up playing beisbol & Pippen with full training camp couldn't even hold his jock strap in the postseason.
He dropped 55 on NY because he was so rusty
And the following season Nike and Stern put Pippen on Penny again
He dropped 55 after he took out Starks to dinner the previous night.
Who is DK?
Dichael Kordan mate.
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