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[QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 3395892, member: 652"]
The Lakers almost traded for Pippen after the 1999 season.

If the Bulls gave Pippen 5 years 80 million after the lockout ended and then played one more half year with the Bulls in 1999 the team could have traded Pippen easily he still had value.

Reinsdorf made it sound like the team couldnt afford to pay players for past performance and I get that for a guy like Dennis Rodman but MJ and Pippen would have paid for themselves.

If the Bulls play out the 1999 season and then Phil goes to LA in 2000 and the Lakers offer Eddie Jones and Eldin Campbell for Pippen that deal gets done.

The Lakers traded Campbell and Jones to the Hornets for Glen Rice and basically made the Hornets more competitive as a result right away. It was one of Jerry West worst deals.

The Rockets gave Pippen away for a pupu platter of role players that screwed Houston up.

Pippen with Kobe and Shaq win the same titles and Pippen has a chance for potentially 10 rings.
6 with the Bulls, who knows if the 1999 Bulls in 50 games do and then 3 with the Lakers.
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