Posted by 4949:

Posted by SupremeCommander:

Posted by 4949:

I have to dissagree. Scotty was wayyyyy overated. He was nothing without jordan. I guarantee he would not have those six rings without jordan. And when jordan was gone for a few years, that was proven. Scotty couldn't carry that team.

Okay? Still doesn't change the fact that (1) the Knicks would have had Pippen playing next to Ewing (2) he wouldn't have been on Chicago (3) he's one of the 50 greatest players of all-time (4) the Knicks still would have had another lotto pick to play alongside Ewing and (5) Pippen > Nene + Camby.

Okay I'll give you that. The only thing. He's on the 50 greatest (I'm still laughing at that one) because of jordan.

Overrated? Maybe. Nothing without Jordan? Not so much.

Pippen was a great player, a tremendous defensive presence and was willing to accept the number two role. Some guys can never do that.

A look at Pippen without Jordan:

"1993-94: There Is Life Without Jordan
However, the 1993-94 Bulls proved there was life without Michael Jordan. Although Chicago didn't win its fourth straight championship, it posted a 55-27 record (for second place behind the Atlanta Hawks in the Central Division) and advanced to the Eastern Conference Semifinals. But for the first time in four consecutive playoff matchups, the New York Knicks eliminated the Bulls, though it took them seven games to do it.

Scottie Pippen had a tremendous season in all facets of the game. The leading vote-getter for both the All-NBA First Team and the NBA All-Defensive First Team, he ranked eighth in the league in scoring (22.0 ppg), 23rd in rebounding (8.7 rpg), 19th in assists (5.6 apg), and second in steals (2.93 per game). Pippen also won MVP honors at the 1994 NBA All-Star Game, in which he was joined for the first time by teammates Horace Grant and B. J. Armstrong."

That was a damn good Knicks team that needed seven games to knock off those Pippen led Bulls. And I guarantee Jordan would not have those six rings without Pippen.



[Edited by - mythfaze on 04-26-2007 2:17 PM]

C'mon- The Ewing trade by far was the worst trade:

1) We got an injured, overpaid declining Glen Rice, an injured Longley, and useless overpaid Travis Knight.

3) We trade Glen Rice for Shandon Anderson and Howard Eisley, who were both horribly overpaid.

3) We didn't let Ewing's $18 mil contract expire and doomed ourselves to cap hell.

Posted by Solace:

Posted by VDesai:

C'mon- The Ewing trade by far was the worst trade:

1) We got an injured, overpaid declining Glen Rice, an injured Longley, and useless overpaid Travis Knight.

3) We trade Glen Rice for Shandon Anderson and Howard Eisley, who were both horribly overpaid.

3) We didn't let Ewing's $18 mil contract expire and doomed ourselves to cap hell.

You have two 3's. Also, your first 3 was a separate trade.

My bad on the 2 3's....but Rice for Shanderson would've never happened without the Ewing trade. It was the move triggered the nightmare.

Posted by blueNorange:

the Eddy Curry deal

What about a #1 pick for Erick Strickland, then trading Strickland and a #1 for Othella Harrington. You can't beat that.

Posted by blueNorange:

Posted by kam77:

Posted by blueNorange:

the Eddy Curry deal

What about a #1 pick for Erick Strickland, then trading Strickland and a #1 for Othella Harrington. You can't beat that.

Sweets who expires this year
Thomas who expired last year
Jackson who expired last year
lottery pick who could've been Brandon Roy or Rudy Gay
lottery pick this year who knows what it could be

for

an overweight softie who's done nothing but be a bust in his career

yeah i think this trade beats that one by a mile

The Curry trade might be the worst in NBA history. I can't remember a team ever giving up consecutive lottery picks for any player let alone someone like lazy Eddy

Posted by Bonn1997:

The Curry trade might be the worst in NBA history. I can't remember a team ever giving up consecutive lottery picks for any player let alone someone like lazy Eddy

Agreed. Every single player in the Y Curry trade is better than Y Curry. Even Tim Thomas!!! How bad is that!!!?

this is the most depressing thread ever

and the off season is looking bleak right now

so is this a new all time low or was that when Larry was here?

4949 .... what's up man ... haven't seen you since MSG day. I'm banned from MSG =P

good to see you're still alive and not dead from watching the hideous freak show that Isiah has created