Celtics Trading For Pippen?

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> This comes from the ESPN Message Board, so who knows?
> But interesting stuff....
>
> Boston / Portland Details
>  Posted by: metalorusa42  9:20PM PDT, Jun 25, 2001
>
> Talked to NBA draft analyst Chris Monter( he was
> on ESPN "up close" this weekend ) about the
> Portland / Boston trade. He feels strongly that
> B. Wells is not part of this trade and that
> Kenny Anderson is included. You may hate this
> but here goes: Celts could be looking to package
> Anderson, EWill, and K.Brown for Pippen. The
> trade works under the cap. Portland gets a
> young stud to fill in at the 3 for a very washed
> up Pippen. What does Boston get? Cap room. The
> C's are shooting for free agency in 2 years when
> only Pierce, Walker, Battie, V, and Ewill are
> under contract. Pippen has 2 years left at $13
> mil per but will be off the cap in 2 years. So
> by making this trade the C's clear another $5 mil
> for their F/A signing period in 2 years. V,Battie,
> Pierce, Walker and (Gasol?) would only be making
> about 35 to 36 mil total. The cap should be about
> $50 mil in 2 years. The C's would then target
> Duncan (who will be a free agent) with the max
> offer and hope that Pierce,Walker,Gasol,Duncan
> core can bring home a ring .(even if you miss on
> duncan you'll be one of only a couple teams that
> can offer the max for any other blue chip starter.