I just finished reading the locked thread on Mercer where BCH and KC were in a little "discussion."
BCH,
I am not sure whether or not Krause did/did not want rose. But the articles you mentioned do not explicitly back up your position.
"And, no, operations chief Jerry Krause also was not in favor of the deal in the first place. Pacers president Donnie Walsh wanted to do the deal that included Charles Oakley instead of Ron Mercer."
In this statement, it is unclear whether Krause was against the deal becaue of Rose or because of the Oakley/Mercer factor.
You mentioned another statement that Walsh wanted to get the deal done quickly. Again, it is unclear whether it was because Krause didn't want rose or the Oakley/Mercer factor.
It seemed at the time of the trade the big factor holding up the deal was the Oak/Mercer scenario. I dont remember reading about Krause not wanting Rose.
On Pippen.... I think the sign-and-trade was done to help the bulls. This relates to the thread about loyalty, etc.
Granted, pippen was underpaid, etc, etc... But in order to try to salvage some of that strained relationship, the bulls did a sign-and-trade to the team of pippens choice in order to provide him with the best deal possible. The bulls got nothing directly in return. But in directly they may have gotten some good PR.
So i believe the pippen trade was for the betterment of the Bulls.
BCH,
I am not sure whether or not Krause did/did not want rose. But the articles you mentioned do not explicitly back up your position.
"And, no, operations chief Jerry Krause also was not in favor of the deal in the first place. Pacers president Donnie Walsh wanted to do the deal that included Charles Oakley instead of Ron Mercer."
In this statement, it is unclear whether Krause was against the deal becaue of Rose or because of the Oakley/Mercer factor.
You mentioned another statement that Walsh wanted to get the deal done quickly. Again, it is unclear whether it was because Krause didn't want rose or the Oakley/Mercer factor.
It seemed at the time of the trade the big factor holding up the deal was the Oak/Mercer scenario. I dont remember reading about Krause not wanting Rose.
On Pippen.... I think the sign-and-trade was done to help the bulls. This relates to the thread about loyalty, etc.
Granted, pippen was underpaid, etc, etc... But in order to try to salvage some of that strained relationship, the bulls did a sign-and-trade to the team of pippens choice in order to provide him with the best deal possible. The bulls got nothing directly in return. But in directly they may have gotten some good PR.
So i believe the pippen trade was for the betterment of the Bulls.