Im so sick and tired of hearing people, not necessarily on this board, talk about how krause made a dumb move when he traded pippen. Sure we didnt really get any talent that would help us immediatly or ever but if we would have resigned pip for the money he is making that would have been a huge mistake. What has scottie ever done in a big game situation, nothing much that i remember. I remember in big games, mj would take over and i'll never forget in 1994 when he refused to stay in the game because the game winning shot wasnt drawn up for him. Ever since Pippen left the Bulls, Scottie Pippen as we know him went into retirement. Im glad we got rid of him because he would be hurting our team right now and we would not have the salary cap room that gives us so much flexibility to make moves now. I live in Portland and most Blazer fans can't wait til 2003 is over and pippens contract is up, since last summer we've just been hoping he'd retire.
It's no disrespect to Scottie, while the Bulls we're winning championships he was great on Defense and was an excellent #2 option and deserves his rightful place in the hall of fame but im glad we got rid of him when we did because it's obvious we had seen the last of his greatness and we were trying to look toward the future and we wouldn't be able to with him on our payroll.
So stop criticizing JK for trading pippen for a bunch of nobodies, We could have probably gotten more but that still wouldnt have taken us anywhere, it was time for a change.
It's no disrespect to Scottie, while the Bulls we're winning championships he was great on Defense and was an excellent #2 option and deserves his rightful place in the hall of fame but im glad we got rid of him when we did because it's obvious we had seen the last of his greatness and we were trying to look toward the future and we wouldn't be able to with him on our payroll.
So stop criticizing JK for trading pippen for a bunch of nobodies, We could have probably gotten more but that still wouldnt have taken us anywhere, it was time for a change.