Watching "The Last Dance" tonight the second episode focused on Scottie Pippen. One of the storylines that got people on Twitter talking was, "Krause tried to trade Pippen after championship 5?! What were the offers?" Well I recall the Celtics were actually the team that got closest to trading for Pippen right after the Bulls had won in 1997. Here are the details via the New York Times:
A frantic night of trade talks throughout the National Basketball Association led to one very interesting possibility involving the Bulls' Scottie Pippen. Those close to the situation said Boston Coach Rick Pitino was mulling a deal in which he would send his team's third and sixth picks in tonight's draft to Chicago for Pippen and center Luc Longley.