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<t>Within this very strange and narrow context (best "definitively second best" player in history), it's Pippen by a huge margin. Jordan was probably the GOAT, and Pippen was very nearly as good as Jordan.<br/> <br/> Also, the Kobe/Shaq pairing definitely wasn't a "two main guys"...

And we had to trade Love because Khan wouldn't give him the five year max, so... mission accomplished?

<r><QUOTE author="KiwiMatt"><s>[quote="KiwiMatt"]</s>I don't understand why everyone thinks Kevin Martin's contract is horrible. Sure he doesn't play a lick of D, but 6.5 Mil a year for a 19ppg efficient scorer is far from bad.<br/> <br/> Compare that to Mayo and Marcus Thornton's contract and it's ...

<t>My post wasn't meant to advocate for keeping Love. I just wanted to illustrate why a team in our position really has all the leverage in the world: we can go scorched earth, embracing the worst case scenario, and the end result won't be fantastically different.<br/> <br/> Meanwhile, the differenc...

<t>If you lose love for nothing, you bottom out to 15 wins and pick top 3 next year.<br/> <br/> If you lose love for veteran scraps, you sorta bottom out to 20-25 wins and pick in the 5-8 range next year.<br/> <br/> If you lose love for young potential stars and picks, you bottom out next year to 15...

<r><QUOTE author="Camden0916"><s>[quote="Camden0916"]</s><QUOTE author="horatio81"><s>[quote="horatio81"]</s>Total agreement. Gasol will go miles towards fixing their offensive woes all by himself. They're a top-four seed before factoring in the potential emergence of McDermott or Mirotic (or return...

<t>Total agreement. Gasol will go miles towards fixing their offensive woes all by himself. They're a top-four seed before factoring in the potential emergence of McDermott or Mirotic (or return to form of Rose). If one or two of the "unknowns" break right for the Bulls, they'll be the fav...

<t>It's really embarrassing when you see national media editorializing almost exclusively in their own interests. Would Bill Simmons love it if Cleveland somehow snags Love without losing Wiggins? Of course. That would be in his best interest. In fact, that would be best for just about every casual ...

<t>What a bunch of morons. Andrew Sharp is the only one making any goddamn sense.<br/> <br/> When your best player (and the best player in the league) is 30 years old, you take the 25 year old all-star over the raw 19 year old prospect every single time. Kevin Love is a distributor, a floor spacer, ...

<t>Call me paranoid, but I think this is mostly about giving poorly run big-market teams like the Lakers and Knicks a better shot at landing top three picks going forward. These squads will never be talent-poor to the tune of 15-18 wins (typical top-3 territory) nor are they run well enough to compe...