I've seen 5 major Pippen trade proposals. I will list four of them because the fifth does not have the full details other than the Clippers offered up 2 firsts.
1. Pippen for Kemp/Pierce
2. Pippen for McGrady
3. Pippen/Longley for Boston's 3/6 or the 3 pick and Antoine Walker (1997)
4. Pippen for Thunder Dan, Wesley Persons and two firsts.
Which trade intrigued you enough to pull the trigger? Which would be you least favorite idea?
For me, I would have pulled the trigger on Pippen for Mcgrady over the Boston 2 first's because despite drafting Billups and Mercer, TMac > over those two, heck Tmac over anybody in the first rd with the exception being Duncan. Wanted nothing to do with Walker. So Boston #3/Walker for Pippen would be a non-starter. Only way I would have taken Walker would have been both the 3 and 6 pick involved in the deal.
The least favorite idea would be the Suns idea. While Thunder Dan and Person would have been solid rotational pieces, that deal would hinge on the two first rd picks. With Pippen and Barkley a young Michael Finley, a solid PG in Kevin Johnson, those two picks would have been lower in the first rd. I would have said no on the Suns deal.
No trading Pippen might be the best move/non-move Krause ever made with the Bulls.